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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 08:47:41 AM
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I'm always thankful for any gift I receive, however many years ago that philosophy was tested. I recieved a used wallet from a family member that was a little short on cash for the hoildays. It gets worse. The wallet had tire tracks on it and it had actually been "run over" by a car(s)!! I'm not kidding! I knew about recycled gifts, but this was crazy! So I was wondering if anyone has a similar story to tell? What's your weirdest received gift? Hope this made you laugh. Now, 20 yrs later I can laugh about it! Happy Hoildays! Luzy
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 10:29:19 AM
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i can't honestly think of any weird gifts that i have received. do you know the 'story' behind the run over wallet? did it belong to the family member .. or did they just 'find' it.
HA! i actually collect 'olde' wallets, change purses and little purses .. and oh my .. some do indeed look 'run-over'. the stories they must tell .. below is a picture of my collection. ... sometimes, i use them as 'purses' for my dollies that i make to look olde.
This is the precious olde change purse that started my collection. It belonged to my grandfather, who was born in the 1800's .. (he died before i was born (he was a farmer .. and was cuting down trees .. and one fell on him and killed him. When he died, his wife (my 'Teenie-Maw') carried it until her death .. i really don't remember her either .. i was only 3 or 4 when she died. They had nine children. Upon Teenie-Maw's death, my Aunt Betty (their first born child .. born in 1898 carried it for many years .. then it went to one of the younger sisters, my 'Nannie' .. who raised my brother, sister and me. Upon her death about ten years ago, i was looking through her 'hope chest' .. and discovered the olde change purse. The youngest daughter told me that upon Nannie's death, she (Aunt Emma) returned the dollar bill and change to it. The dollar bill is dated 1935 .. and is quite 'run over' looking! But is is so GREEN on the one side. Some of the coins are dated in the 1800's.
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i think i counted 80-some in my collection .. here are a few:
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bet i woulda' liked that olde run-over wallet!
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Anna
MaryJane's Farmgirl
27 Posts
Pullman
WA
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Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 11:12:10 AM
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My mom's side of the family has this horribly obnoxious powder blue metal earring tree shaped like a poodle! Every year it is wrapped back up and given to a different member of the family...I remember when I was a kid I actually wanted to keep it and I couldn't quite understand why my mom wouldn't let me! 
The Sewing Girl at MaryJanesFarm :^) |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 11:14:46 AM
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One man's trash is another man's trasure.
That said - that is one WEIRD gift!!!!
I can't think of anything weird I ever got. There have been times that I opened the box and thought "now, why in the world would they have thought I would have liked THAT???" Stuff like that I just put into a box, rewrap it, and "re-gift" it for someone else (completely unrelated, so word never gets back to anyone!). |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 11:16:11 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Anna
My mom's side of the family has this horribly obnoxious powder blue metal earring tree shaped like a poodle! Every year it is wrapped back up and given to a different member of the family...I remember when I was a kid I actually wanted to keep it and I couldn't quite understand why my mom wouldn't let me!
The Sewing Girl at MaryJanesFarm :^)
We have something that gets rewrapped every year too! It's an old ox yoke. Nobody has ever given it to me, because more than likely I would keep it! Haha - they all know me too well! |
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
989 Posts
Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
989 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 11:31:47 AM
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Last year my mom gave me an adult sized bib. enough said.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
-Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
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Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 11:37:28 AM
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My mother still fills my Christmas Stocking. Instead of little toys, I now get travel sized personal care items. They really come in handy because I travel frequently. BUT, she always includes a package of paper toilet seat liners . I have a whole collection of them because I can't bear to carry them in my purse. I will admit, though, that there are sometimes when I really wish I had them with me!
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
922 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 12:25:34 PM
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Naw Frannie, I promise you-you would not have wanted this hideous wallet. It was from late 60's early 70's not even leather. It was filthy and I'm sure they found it in a parking lot or worse. Creeps me out just to think about where it came from!! It's obvious my aunt didn't think too highly of me!! Even tho she did wrap it nicely. Could've just given me a big hug and said "Merry Christmas Luzy" Guess she was trying to make a point. BTW, your wallet/purse collection is wonderful. I have some old beaded purses.
Oh, and Lynn I'd love to get your family gift of an old ox yoke. Too Cool!! Bet You'll want to keep it. Lu
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 12:30:55 PM
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| Is your Auntie still living? maybe you should just ask her about it...the story behind it might even be funnier...Maybe she thought it was "an antique" and that you would like it..I have gotten a few gifts like that over the years..mostly from my VERY thrifty relatives. |
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
922 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 12:40:39 PM
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Ya Diane, She's still alive but most likely would'nt remember it and think I was the crazy one with a story like this!!! Or worse yet, wonder why I did'nt like her "thoughtful" gift. I come from a crazy rednneck family.
Reminds me of the movie Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase and the crazy aunt wrapped up her cat as a gift! Guess I should have considered myself lucky....could've been lots worse!!! Lu
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 1:35:15 PM
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Hey Frannie!! I have a little leather coin purse just EXACTLY like the one on the top picture you posted. My grandpa gave it to me years and years ago and he had gotten it from his daddy!! Wow. neat to see someone else have a treasure just like mine.
I will try to think of a weird gift I have recieved and post that later...I am sure there is at least one. Luzy..I am from a crazy redneck family too..you are for sure not alone!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 2:57:09 PM
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Jenny .. do you use or display that wonderful olde change purse? i have all of mine in an olde basket .. i think i'll take my grand-daddy's out and hang it on the wall .. so when i pass by i can touch it and feel connected to a grandfather i never knew.
True Friends, Frannie |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 3:00:54 PM
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LUZY .. what a great name .. is that what you are called?
I must admit your wallet does sound like a 'road-kill wallet' .. and i would have wondered what might have touched it. My 'nannie' used to shudder when i would buy ANYTHING second hand .. lordy! she worried about the diseases i was gonna' get with my love for 'olde stuff'! hasn't killed me yet though!
True Friends, Frannie |
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
922 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 3:44:11 PM
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Yep, That's what my family calls me. My name is Luanne but when a neighbor saw me after my Mom and Dad brought me home from the hospital, he loudy proclaimed "Well here's our Luzianne" and the Luzy part stuck. First name is Martha, but was NEVER called that. Now I just use it for legal stuff. Lu
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 5:01:58 PM
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nope...never have displayed that coin purse..I keep it in my "special stuff box"..but I do display (on my bedroom wall) two old neat purses that were my grandmas..one beaded and one a small black evening bag in a matte silk stuff..
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 8:53:48 PM
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Page 3, this thread, last years responses to this question.
with a happy heart |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 3:35:39 PM
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jenny .. you musta' had a classy grammie to carry beautiful beaded and silk bags. my grammie's probably used 'feedsack' hand-did purses ... ohhhh .. tell us some stories of your grammie!
p.s. how wonderful that you have her purses! 'family' heirlooms are the very best kind!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 3:37:56 PM
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Luzy .. i adore childhood names that 'stick'. My own sweet sister was named Patricia .. and that is what the family called her until she named herself! She couldn't quite pronounce 'patricia' .. and what came out was: Shasha! And Shasha she is to this very day! unfortunately .. i guess i 'could' pronounce "FRANCES" .. but along the way .. friends shortened it to Frannie.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 9:58:43 PM
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What is funny is that my grandma was so NOT a classy type..she was a very simple farm woman who was the oldest of twelve children. Her family moved to CAlif from Oklahoma during the depression and never had it easy. She helped raise all those brothers and sisters and then had two of her own and raised them (with my grandpa of course) on a dairy farm) she taught me everything I love to do and was so much more than a grandma to me. I miss her so much!!!
When I was little she worked as a substitute cafeteria lady and she fit the part perfectly...chubby with her perfect silver hair in a net and a big jolly smile. I called her Mom. We all did. My grandparents were Mom and Pappy. I am not sure the story behind the fancy purses..they didn't "fit" her at all. Maybe they were gifts from a prissy younger sister..she had a couple of those..or maybe she was different as a teenager..who knows. They sure are treasures though.
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 08:25:42 AM
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| My sister once got a sweat suit, the pants and matching jacket, from her Mother-in-law. She was pleased with this until she saw it was used and used to be her MIL's. Money wasn't an issue (doctor and his wife). My daughter's husband had a pierced ear and his grandmother, trying to be nice, bought him a pair of women's dangling earrings. Not what he had hoped for. My ex-husband wrapped up duct tape for me one Christmas.(notice,ex) |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 09:29:29 AM
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my ex-MIL got me a pewter pin of a cow with little oval pearl udders swinging beneath..real cute. She didn't do it to be nice..it was a "dig" and she was so shocked when I loved it. Still have it. Glad I don't have to deal with her anymore though. She got some cute red overalls for me once..same sort of thing..and I wore them out..loved them. She was very exasperated trying to get my goat..haha.
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 09:56:32 AM
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Aunt Jenny that is hilarious...sounds like my MIL. I think I drive her plain mad with my "decorating". We just finished painting our living/dining room in warm cozy colors and the family loves it. My MIL says I have to develop a "sight line" that draws the eye..huh??? I was also TOLD to return the new light fixture I bought as tiffany would look better. I told her it was too expensive and I liked what I had. She said "well then I'll pay for it". Sheesh!!
Back on topic...funniest gift I received was a hayfork from my city brother the Christmas we bought our farm. Best darn gift I ever got! |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 10:19:23 AM
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Every year we give each other zipper pulls. The first year I gave one to my daughter, I thought it was cute. It was pewter and had a Christian symbol on it. She has kidded me about that gift ever since, and so now each year I hunt for the worst zipper pull I can find and put it in her stocking.
"Sell cleverness and buy wonder" |
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LifeSmiles
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Kathy
DeKalb
IL
USA
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Posted - Dec 05 2005 : 9:06:19 PM
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One year I got a CD of Broadway showtunes from my Dad, who's really into musicals, etc. I'm not. I kind of set the CD aside (after thanking him, of course) but apparently forgot to gather it up with the rest of my haul. I didn't really care, and didn't think of it again.
Until the next Christmas when I got THE SAME CD. Not another copy, but THE SAME CD! It was out of its shrinkwrap and everything! He gave me the same thing again. Heehee! I still give him a hard time for it.
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Dec 06 2005 : 05:54:52 AM
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| Once I got a pair of salt and pepper shakers that were shaped like toilets. Why would these even be made in the first place, much less be given as a gift??? I sent them off to a radio station running a 'my worst gift' contest the week after Christmas and won a fantastic dinner. So maybe that wasn't my worst gift after all! |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2005 : 08:06:12 AM
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| Oh Katie-ell, that is so funny. It's amazing what people think up. Toilets on the table!!! |
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