My wife's family exchanges names every year. So we have a master wish list fo items people would like. I picked all items you could buy at the local Walmart.

I got dish towles and pot holders from my sister in law. She said she could not find anything on my list so she picked something off my wifes list.

I hope I pick her name soon.

 

Ive never got a bad present, but I remember way way back when I was a lil kid...

My dad (RIP pop)...

He got my mom one of these slim down contraption, it was like a small platform you stand on, then you hook this belt around your butt, and turn the machine on...

The idea was the the machine would agitate the fat off ur ****, and all you had to do was spend 20 minutes a day with this thing 'massaging' your butt.

Well my mom cried and me and my brother laughed pretty hard.

Us kids were the only one who played with the thing, the rest of the time it was a 'coat rack'

In retrospect, it was a prickish thing to do, but it sure was funny.
We still bug her about it today and still makes her blush.

 

Food poisoning. Christmas dinner at my parents' friends house.

 

Anyone that took the time to shop a gift for me I found that effort was nice to do for me...Got many ties I did not wear...and this year I got to recyle 2 of them

The rest I don't want to talk about...

 

laid off

 

A nail kit. I'm a guy. Wife thought it was practical. Wonder if she'll like her practical vacum this year

 

Our families are so big we exchange names too.
I just prayed that whoever drew my name had a job.
Not that it mattered, every year I got the same thing, socks.
(I have two sock drawers)

A few years back, I got real excited because I heard thru the grapevine that my millionaire sister-in-law had my name. Believe me, of all the smelly relatives this is the coup d'Etat.

I let it be known early on that I knew who had my name so, she couldn't dump her shifty brother-in-law off on one of the other usually unemployed brother-in-laws.

It was with great anticipation I unwrapped the elegantly wrapped box that definitely didn't contain socks....

...It was a certificate for 25 shares of a sock factory.

 

In this area a few businesses closed or laid off. all due to cheaper labor overseas.

 

Socks, underwear, T-shirts and hankerchiefs.

 

The Clap.

 

havent seen you in a few days tuff.

 

Heh, the gift that keeps on giving.

 

Haven't been around! This unemployment stuff is keeping me busy! Hunting, Fishing, Traveling!

 

My mom has gotten somewhat senile in the last few years. Last year she gave me a big can with food and crap in it. A can of tuna, a jar of spaghetti sauce, some stale lollipops, a bag of microwave popcorn.
She's gotten really weird. She doesn't suffer from depression but she's a carrier. And she's a travel agent for guilt trips.

I still have the jar of spaghetti sauce, I might have to give it back to her this year.
:santa:

 

oopps