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Just gotta share this. Very OT..... We had a family Christmas party Saturday evening at my son's house. We have a white elephant gift exchange, where each person takes a turn picking a gift, and if he doesn't like the one he opens, he has the option of trading with someone who has already opened something. We didn't have this exchange last year....just decided against it. We started again this year mainly because my brother harped on it....really wanted to do it again this year. We draw numbers to see who picks first, etc. Well, my brother was #23, and my son was #24 (last person to play). My brother got an electric razor ( $25 is the limit, so it was a cheapie) and he was all smiles. My son took the last gift, and it was a $25 gift card to Target. And he traded with my brother. Took the razor. Boy, did this tick my brother off. He said loudly, "Well, this must be crap all over Jeff day." Like, who else crapped on him earlier??? People told him he could take the Target gift card and get a razor, if that's what he had his heart set on. You can practically see the neighborhood Target from his house, by the way. No long trip or anything. But he just acted p/o'd the rest of the evening. I've gotten to the point where I can't tolerate my brother anymore, so I stayed far away from him. Actually, hardly anyone can stand him, and my son didn't offer to give back the razor. That's part of the game anyhow. Anyhow, to end this long story.......last night Marco and I were shopping at our Meijer store, and while walking down an aisle to buy toothpaste, we passed the identical Philips Norelco razor. We stopped, looked at each other and laughed, and threw the razor in our cart. It's now on it's way, anonymously, to my brother. I just dropped it off at the post office.  Barb |
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HAHAHAHA...Scots, preparation H ? ROFL, tha'ts too funny. We have the white elephant game every year for the adults and buy gifts for the children I love the game...we just laugh so hard..... usually someone puts in a home-made pint of white-lightening with a $20 taped to it and the fights on...hahaha one yr we didn't know it but there was 2 and the 2nd one was picked last it was so funny because the one that got it ( my bro, Skip) was the one that brought it...he didn't even realize that the other one wasn't the one he brought until then we get some pretty bad gag gifts too sometimes but it's all good..cause the joy and laughter of playing the game is what that game is really all about, it makes memories of a life time... flesea |
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I can always send a tube of Preparation H and mail it from another post office, so it will have a different postmark. Columbus is nothing but suburbs, and I'm close to 4 post offices with different zip codes. What a great idea. I'm going to do it. Nothing is too much trouble for siblings. Thanks for all the support and your own stories!!! I'll let you all know what develops. Barb |
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They say Barb that one has to have the hemmorhoidectomy (sp) first to become perfect...
I think your brother qualifies to be the perfect A@@ hole without the surgery... <grin> |
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Yes, he does Etta. And I kinda hate to throw this in.....don't want to upset anyone in any way.....but my brother is an assistant pastor at his church. I'll leave it at that. 'Nuff said. Here's chubby me and chubby hubby at the party. Eleven more days, and we diet seriously. Notice I'm hiding behind Marco. Oink. Barb |
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That is a beautiful picture! And you aren't CHUBBY! Sheesh.....pass me some of that stuff on that there table! I'll show you chubby! Crystal |
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Oh yeah!!! Look at those cheeks. And the other cheeks, the one's that are hiding......they are awful. My pants cut into my waist so bad that I still had marks the next morning. I'm truly depressed over things. But that's a whole other chat room! (But thanks for the compliment Crystal!) Barb |
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Barb, you forgot that this time of year SWEAT PANTS are in!!! Just sew some jingle bells on them! ;)
*HUGS*
Crystal |
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I'm wearing them now! I'll remember the jingle bells next time I go to Hobby Lobby! Barb |
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"What a great idea, Santa Barbara (not the CA ibe  )! I'll be interested to hear if your brother says anything about it, or if he will just keep mum." Abby.....I get the Santa Barbara part.,,,,,,,very clever, very cute!!!!! But what the heck is this "not the CA ibe" You stumped me on this one!!!! |
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Di, we may never know (or figure out) what the "CA ibe" is.  I'm thinkin' it's something to do with "California", due to the Santa Barbara, but that's as far as I got...... Where's Abby?? My brother got the razor; he emailed my son (who took it from him at the party), and said, "Did you mail me back the razor?" Scott said he just emailed him back, and said, "No, I still have it." And left it at that. So far, no one else has gotten a query. Jerk. Barb |
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Scott should have taken a picture of himself using it!!! Rub it in, rub it in!! Gee....I think there is a song out there with those words.... probably not rated for this site though! :/
Crystal
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Ah, Erika has solved the mystery! Kathy |
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We also do the white elephant. My family is off, they get excited about things I would never want and thing the things I like are the gag gifts so I usually do just fine. For example, mom is all excite she is bringing the best gift this year. (I had to go get it at world market cause she came in from florida). It is a little 3 dish glass tray and 5 tiny bottles of Sea Salt. She is sure everyone is going to want that. _ NOT ME _- what would I do with it? Only salt I want about now is the kind that goes around the rim of a tall full glass.
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