Am I mean for this holiday swerve?

[TheDieselTrain]

So last year I spent my hard earned money on gifts for two siblings artwork for their houses. Get stuff from the heart they say....... so I do. Yet despite their happiness that day the art never left my parents house where we meet every year. In fact both items were left behind in my room. So ive been thinking about this for a WHILE BUT I'M GOING TO RE-WRAP those art/wall decos again and put them under the tree again this year. We always go one person at a time as to who opens gifts from youngest to oldest. So when it comes to their turn and they open it they get something they already know that they have and pretty much forfeit their turn. ;D

Hopefully they'll get the hint this year.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I think it would be amusing (at least for me) if they didn't recognize the art and thought it was a new gift.

[TheDieselTrain]

Yea i already wrapped them again one of them is my secret santa so it'll be doubly funny. hey I know that i'll be laughing on the inside......maybe on the outside too.

[Red Impact]

Mean? Not at all. They pretty much acted like assholes when they left your stuff behind.

[bob]

you're in the right

[Deleted]

Actually, I think you need to take a hint, not them. They didn't like what you got them, and they didn't want to be jerks about it, so they pretended to forget it. All you're probably going to do is start an argument or something. Yeah, ruin Christmas at your mom's house, that'll show them.

It's really not my business, but hey, you asked our opinions.

[aka Cthulhu]

Dec 24, 2011 21:08:03 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Actually, I think you need to take a hint, not them. They didn't like what you got them, and they didn't want to be jerks about it, so they pretended to forget it. All you're probably going to do is start an argument or something. Yeah, ruin Christmas at your mom's house, that'll show them.

It's really not my business, but hey, you asked our opinions.

Yeah. It's not really on who's in the right here. It's the Holidays, after all. Well, it could be a funny prank, but add some new gifts as well or something - nothing fancy or expensive.

[Captain2]

To make sure they get the message be sure to include a tag that says "Get your shit outta my house"

[TheDieselTrain]

Dec 24, 2011 21:08:03 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Actually, I think you need to take a hint, not them. They didn't like what you got them, and they didn't want to be jerks about it, so they pretended to forget it. All you're probably going to do is start an argument or something. Yeah, ruin Christmas at your mom's house, that'll show them.

It's really not my business, but hey, you asked our opinions.

To quote Jerry Lawler......Kinda hard to see the big picture when you've got such a small screen. Not once did I say my "master" plan was to get them nothing (evil laughter) but only trick them into thinking I got them something (evil laughter) when I actually did.

You're on to me. My plan is foiled. Next time Gadget..... Next time...........

Yea let's not make assumptions because we know what happens when you assume.........

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Dec 24, 2011 21:59:06 GMT -5 TheDieselTrain said:

Dec 24, 2011 21:08:03 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Actually, I think you need to take a hint, not them. They didn't like what you got them, and they didn't want to be jerks about it, so they pretended to forget it. All you're probably going to do is start an argument or something. Yeah, ruin Christmas at your mom's house, that'll show them.

It's really not my business, but hey, you asked our opinions.

To quote Jerry Lawler......Kinda hard to see the big picture when you've got such a small screen. Not once did I say my "master" plan was to get them nothing (evil laughter) but only trick them into thinking I got them something (evil laughter) when I actually did.

You're on to me. My plan is foiled. Next time Gadget..... Next time...........

Yea let's not make assumptions because we know what happens when you assume.........

I dunno, I assume it's something bad.

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Dec 24, 2011 21:59:06 GMT -5 TheDieselTrain said:

Dec 24, 2011 21:08:03 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Actually, I think you need to take a hint, not them. They didn't like what you got them, and they didn't want to be jerks about it, so they pretended to forget it. All you're probably going to do is start an argument or something. Yeah, ruin Christmas at your mom's house, that'll show them.

It's really not my business, but hey, you asked our opinions.

To quote Jerry Lawler......Kinda hard to see the big picture when you've got such a small screen. Not once did I say my "master" plan was to get them nothing (evil laughter) but only trick them into thinking I got them something (evil laughter) when I actually did.

You're on to me. My plan is foiled. Next time Gadget..... Next time...........

Yea let's not make assumptions because we know what happens when you assume.........

I wasn't assuming anything. I was forming an opinion (that you asked for ) based on the information you provided us with.

[Back to being Cenanuff]

Here's how holiday swerves go bad:

Every Christmas, my family's Christmas party had a White Elephant gift exchange. For those of you not familiar, everyone puts a wrapped gift on the table, and draws a number. 1 goes first, picks a present, opens it, and sits down. 2 can either steal 1's present and make them pick again, or pick another one from the table, and so on till the end. Each present can only be stolen once per round, and there's always at least 2 sets of scratch off lottery tickets, and 1 Snuggie. Well, last year I decided to be clever and take a Snuggie box, fill it with old wash cloths for weight and feel, and tape an iTunes gift card to the inside lid. I called it Snuggieflage. As it turns out, the oldest person in the room picked my gift, stealing it from her younger sister. Turns out she really wanted a Snuggie. The game goes on, and nobody steals from her, because nobody wanted a Snuggie but her, and nobody wanted to steal from her anyway. The end of the game comes, she opens the box, gets this confused look on her face at the washcloths, and totally misses the gift card, which wouldn't matter anyway, because she doesn't have an iAnything. One of my aunts bought the gift card from her, because she's a card carrying Apple user, but still. Then, two weeks later, she died, so I just felt terrible. So, cautionary tale.

[emoney3265]

Dec 25, 2011 22:18:25 GMT -5 Back to being Cenanuff said:

Here's how holiday swerves go bad:

Every Christmas, my family's Christmas party had a White Elephant gift exchange. For those of you not familiar, everyone puts a wrapped gift on the table, and draws a number. 1 goes first, picks a present, opens it, and sits down. 2 can either steal 1's present and make them pick again, or pick another one from the table, and so on till the end. Each present can only be stolen once per round, and there's always at least 2 sets of scratch off lottery tickets, and 1 Snuggie. Well, last year I decided to be clever and take a Snuggie box, fill it with old wash cloths for weight and feel, and tape an iTunes gift card to the inside lid. I called it Snuggieflage. As it turns out, the oldest person in the room picked my gift, stealing it from her younger sister. Turns out she really wanted a Snuggie. The game goes on, and nobody steals from her, because nobody wanted a Snuggie but her, and nobody wanted to steal from her anyway. The end of the game comes, she opens the box, gets this confused look on her face at the washcloths, and totally misses the gift card, which wouldn't matter anyway, because she doesn't have an iAnything. One of my aunts bought the gift card from her, because she's a card carrying Apple user, but still. Then, two weeks later, she died, so I just felt terrible. So, cautionary tale.

Holy crap Vince, you got me GOOD!