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Magpie
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Dec 10 2012, 5:22am
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in a only slightly related way...
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I wanted to disguise the gift I was giving my son because he had suggested only a few things and if I wrapped the one I got him - a tabletop game - he would know from the size and shape exactly what it was. So I bought another game with a very different size at a thrift store - Twilight, the board game.
Then I put a note in the game saying, "What? This isn't the one you wanted?" When he opened it, I went up to get the real game.
Well, he snuck the Twilight game into the annual after Christmas gaming party his social group has and wouldn't let on that he had brought it when people went all bananas that it had shown up (These guys are serious gamers). Apparently the host tried for a year to get someone to fess up to bringing it so they could take it home. My son is as straight faced as it comes when pulling a prank. I don't think he ever came clean.
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Query for the holidays: Re-gift? Yes or No?
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wendy woo
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Dec 8 2012, 6:10am
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Nope
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zarabia
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Dec 8 2012, 7:15am
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Would you keep this if it were sent to you?
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Magpie
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Dec 8 2012, 3:04pm
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Oh dear, I knew I should have been clearer in my post - didn't mean to offend
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zarabia
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Dec 9 2012, 3:04am
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no, I wasn't offended.
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Magpie
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Dec 9 2012, 5:38am
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I must admit
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zarabia
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Dec 9 2012, 8:08am
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No, I don't.
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DanielLB
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Dec 8 2012, 8:07am
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Depending on the situation
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CuriousG
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Dec 8 2012, 8:27am
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I look on it as recycling.
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Alcarcalime
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Dec 8 2012, 10:21am
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yes //
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Magpie
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Dec 8 2012, 3:06pm
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Yes, kind of
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Magpie
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Dec 8 2012, 2:55pm
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"from the Island of Misfit Toys"
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Dec 8 2012, 3:15pm
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the problem with that idea is...
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Magpie
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Dec 8 2012, 4:08pm
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I have done it a couple of times
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Annael
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Dec 9 2012, 7:32pm
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ah, White Elephant parties are great
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Magpie
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Dec 9 2012, 7:41pm
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My family had a perpetual re-gift
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Silverlode
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Dec 10 2012, 12:13am
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oh, that happened at my dad's office annual party
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Annael
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Dec 10 2012, 4:57am
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in a only slightly related way...
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Magpie
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Dec 10 2012, 5:22am
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this year's version
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Magpie
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Dec 19 2012, 11:18am
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At our office Secret Santa gift-giving
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Ataahua
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Dec 10 2012, 6:43am
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That reminds me of a set of red vinyl shower curtains
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 10 2012, 7:28pm
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Hey, I think I own that CD by Baltimore Consort!
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wendy woo
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Dec 11 2012, 3:48am
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Yes!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 10 2012, 7:26pm
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Only if it was of great beauty or value...
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diedye
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Dec 10 2012, 9:25pm
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I said "Maybe"
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Kelvarhin
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Dec 11 2012, 1:33am
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Maybe: If you can pull it off as well as this...
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Eärwen of Mithlond
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Dec 19 2012, 7:15am
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