Below is my original gift list and is still in brand new condition, except for the fact that I obtained items 1 and 10 myself, it has never been used. So I convieniently removed items 1 and 10 and resubmit it for your buying pleasure.
I think Andy's idea of a gift list is a good one. You just never know when people are wanting to shower you with gifts, and it is rude to not have gift ideas readily available. I must admit that I haven't bothered to look at Andy's list yet- just too busy, but I hope everyone studies mine closely and takes notes if necessary. Last year I put out some really wild and expensive ideas, this year I will try to be more practical. Perhaps this will prove to be a more effective list.
2 Repair Manual for my MG Midget, I think it is a 1972
3 Repair Manual for my Ski-doo, it is a 1986 Safari 377
4 Leather or cotton work gloves, not expensive ones
5 New wallet
6 Garden hose
7 Speedometer for my bike
8 Mole trap to get rid of mole in yard
9 Adapter to play CD's in my car cassette player
I will keep adding to this as I think of more things. And just to absolve my guilt I will look at Andy's list right now.
11 comments:
what?! i'm not buying you this crap!
Oh, I may get a CD player/radio for my car, so item 9 may not be a needed soon. If only I could get Sandy to leave her car with me for a while, I could trade radios, her's has a cassette/CD/radio. I think I'll offer to change oil and make the switch then, don't anyone tell.
Despite her son-in-law's amusement that both a cassette and CD player were requirements for her "new" car, Sandy made sure the "new" car had those features, and has been very glad she did. In light of the previous post, Andrew, I rest my case!
I'll quickly volunteer to bug Gift Number One on the list.
Annette said....
Ok you guys, I have one question. Since your dad made the list, {although Janell, your's was great, and would be most fun to shop for), how do you pull any surprises? If everyone says, ok, I'll do this and someone else will do that,he knows everything he thinks, he's going to get especially because you know he's going to look at these comments.
I can answer this one, this list is about a year old and I haven't gotten anything off it yet (except what I bought) so the chance of me getting something for my birhday from my kids that is on this list is zero. This list is just something I post as an allusion to myself, it is a way to lie to myself and say "my children love me and want to do nice things for me on my birthday". Then after my birthday the list will slip once more into obscurity and life will go back to the honest reality that no one cares.
There is one other explanation also. My name, Michael, means "knower of all gifts given" so there is no use trying to hide, wrap, or surprise me with gifts. Mere mortals have tried and failed in vain for years to surprise me with gifts. Now that everyone clearly knows I can't be surprised because of my super powers in this area, they don't try, they just shop from the provided gift list. It is a little predictable for me, but what can I do? suspend my super powers for the month of November each year? I think not.
You think so huh? I wouldn't be so totally sure, some of us are more observant than others, and now it just might be worth the challenge to test those "super powers". Things we thought we knew, can change quite quickly.
What? You question my super powers? That's like a small boy challenging Super man to an arm wrestling contest! I already know all the gifts that everyone is even thinking about giving me this year! In fact if I wanted to concentrate on it for a while, I could tell you all the gifts that everyone will receive this year for Christmas! So don't mess with me.
And by the way, I can tell that some of you are now thinking of getting me a new radio/cd/cassette for my car, and I don't want you to. I am going to get a junkyard factory original one. I don't want anything non-GM in my car.
OK, I confess, I am mortal, I don't really have super powers. I was visited last night by a contingent of Super Heros and Mythical Gods. I had to sign a statement stating that fact and only then would they let me go back to sleep. Are you happy now Zeus?
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