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Christmas Present Fail

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    You won't find a pharmacist over 30, who when you say Hollister, doesnt automatically think "colostomy bags" followed by " at least 48 hours for delivery, and that doesn't  include weekends, bank holidays and a fortnight shutdown at xmas"

    What do you mean.. you only have enough to last until tomorrow?

    I almost wet my pants when I see the bright young things parading around with "Hollister" emblazoned on the front.

  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Got lots of gardening vouchers this year, so really pleased.  Also got snuggly boot slippers which were on my list.  Firstborn gave me her nearly new IPhone so well pleased all round.  Didnt get any chocolates this year which is a bit disappointing but good in terms of calorie intake.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    We don't buy each other presents anymore and our son says he doesn't want anything also for his birthdayimage
  • mollismollis Posts: 151

    I've loved reading this thread. image

    My funniest memory is when my Auntie bought her husband a washing machine for Christmas!

  • Aster2Aster2 Posts: 629

    image The biggest hint she could have given him!

  • fidgetbones wrote (see)

    You won't find a pharmacist over 30, who when you say Hollister, doesnt automatically think "colostomy bags" followed by " at least 48 hours for delivery, and that doesn't  include weekends, bank holidays and a fortnight shutdown at xmas"

    What do you mean.. you only have enough to last until tomorrow?

    I almost wet my pants when I see the bright young things parading around with "Hollister" emblazoned on the front.

    That's made my day Fidget image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • I remember Ma getting very excited when she saw that a shop called  Fatface was opening in Southwold. 

    The 'traditional' dress shop  called Olivia's where she'd always bought her clothes had recently closed and been replaced by a 'trendy designer boutique' with nothing over a size 12 image

    When she saw Fatface she took the name at face value image and said  'At last, a shop for people like me!'   .......... she was soon sadly disappointed image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • I can't think for the life of me why anyone would want to walk around with the words 'fatface' plastered on them. Maybe its a young people thing. Maybe for next Christmas I'll send an amusing poem, like they do for weddings now when they want money instead of gifts. 

    It would start:

    Bottles of wine and reels of twine 

    are always fine...

     

    But the creative muse fails me and I can't find a rhyme for 'secateurs'. 

  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

    Nice pears imageimage

  • Aster2Aster2 Posts: 629

    I don't mind the name Fatface, but I do avoid Sweaty Betty, because the name just makes me queasy. And Slug and Lettuce. I do like Weird Fish, though.

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