What is the weirdest gift you have ever received?

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  • What is the weirdest gift you have ever received?

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    • a banana hanger.

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      11.06.09, 07:21 AM Flag
      • lol, my SIL has one of those.

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        11.06.09, 07:22 AM Flag
      • lol, we bought one for ourselves and still use it and people always laugh at it but we don't care.

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        11.06.09, 08:25 AM Flag
        • OR: funny, I got rid of ours (it was an engagement gift, no less,) and now I wish I had it back. my kids eat a lot of bananas. It was still the weirdest gift, though.

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          11.06.09, 08:27 AM Flag
          • np: i use mine everyday. i like how the bananas get ripe evenly.

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            11.06.09, 09:18 AM Flag
      • Speedo?

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        11.06.09, 08:28 AM Flag
        • no, that's a banana hammock.

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          11.06.09, 08:29 AM Flag
    • Earrings that looked like back stock from an 80s woolworth. Must have been in the 5/$ bargain bin. We had an extended family tradition of only exchanging gifts of $5 or less so that things wouldn't get out of control I think one person just took it to the extreme.

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      11.06.09, 07:24 AM Flag
      • ^^I wonder if I still have them? Now they are back in style.

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        11.06.09, 07:25 AM Flag
    • My dad gave me a Men's timex army watch when I was 15. It looked silly on me and didn't fit, so I didn't wear it. Two months later he asked if he could wear it if I didn't want it. This is the same dad who "bought" me a '57 Buick when I was 15. Do you think I ever drove it?

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      11.06.09, 07:27 AM Flag
      • were you 15 in '57?

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        11.06.09, 07:49 AM Flag
        • Not even funny, go sharpen your pencil smart a**

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          11.06.09, 07:54 AM Flag
    • A nativity set (I'm Jewish and the giver KNEW I was Jewish)

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      11.06.09, 07:46 AM Flag
      • well i'm not religious at all, chinese in fact, and i received one too. i wasn't offended though. what are jews so touchy?

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        11.06.09, 07:51 AM Flag
        • np: lol. she wasn't offended. she just thought it was weird. If someone gave me a dreidel, I would think it's weird too.

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          11.06.09, 07:53 AM Flag
          • OP - exactly. I wasn't offended at all, it just made me laugh. What the hell did the giver think I was going to do with it?

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            11.06.09, 07:57 AM Flag
          • I once gave a cousin a mezuzah as a wedding gift because I thought it was pretty and that the sentiment was nice, were catholic.

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            11.06.09, 08:17 AM Flag
            • I don't even know what that is.

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              11.06.09, 08:19 AM Flag
        • np - where did she say she was offended? I once got a sacred heart wall hanging. I'm jewish. The gifter was jewish. She knew I was jewish..

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          11.06.09, 07:57 AM Flag
          • I don't know, we grew up together and even went to mass together almost every sunday so obviously I knew her religion. She always tries to be open to other cultures and religions so I thought she would have appreciated it. To me, at the time, it seemed very mystical and exotic. I never asked though.

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            11.06.09, 08:31 AM Flag
      • Oh, that reminds me of the strangest gift i ever got. a mini christmas tree with "jewish" ornaments. they knew i was jewish, too. it was quite awkward.

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        11.06.09, 07:55 AM Flag
        • my family doesn't have a christmas tree, and never will, so for someone to give us one, it's like giving someone without any water a boat. it was just odd (but well-intentioned.)

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          11.06.09, 07:57 AM Flag
        • i'm jewish and I have a christmas tree every year. THey're too pretty not to have them! Plus, they smell great!

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          11.06.09, 07:58 AM Flag
          • i am jewish and looooove xmas trees. just love them. i just won't have one because of my family's specific beliefs.

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            11.06.09, 08:14 AM Flag
        • NP: Over the years I've gotten several X-mas ornaments. I feel guilty but I throw them away. I don't have a X-mas tree!

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          11.06.09, 07:59 AM Flag
    • My mother-in-law, who has overly clingy issues to my husband and to whom I am not close due to these issues (and some others), gave me some very sexy lingerie. DH and I almost threw up. Needless to say, it's never been worn.

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      11.06.09, 09:04 AM Flag
      • oh that's weird. you can see what was going thru her brain when purchased--oh, my dear son would LOVE this. ew!

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        11.06.09, 06:55 PM Flag
    • A copy of the Kama Sutra from one of my dh's clients who I think had a crush on me. Eew.

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      11.06.09, 09:19 AM Flag
      • omg. that's hilarious. and seriously eew.

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        11.06.09, 09:27 AM Flag
    • my weirdest gift was also my best... 30 pair of socks. I told DH that if I was ever rich I'd have new socks every day...so he bought me enough to "live like I was rich for a month"

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      11.06.09, 09:28 AM Flag
      • Thats pretty sweet if you think about it.

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        11.06.09, 09:42 AM Flag
        • very. best gift ever, i still have some of those socks and he got them for me when we were dating. but you have to admit, it's a weird gift...

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          11.06.09, 10:21 AM Flag
    • A menorah that someone made themselves out of clay. Unglazed. It looked like a five year old's art project...a big, gray lump of clay with finger holes for candles.

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      11.06.09, 04:20 PM Flag
    • a turtle

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      11.06.09, 06:50 PM Flag
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