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Strangest Valentine's Day Gifts?
BladeMelbourne asks: "On Valentine's Day my partner gave me (among other things), two comet goldfish, to put in my tank with my existing comet. Where she got the idea to give fish for Valentines day is still a mystery. I'm curious to know if any Slashdot readers gave/received any unusual gifts - and whether the gift was appreciated or not?"
My Dad once got my Step Mother a Bonzi tree for soem gift to her holiday (V-day,B-day Mothers day etc.). She hated it because it was like another pet to take care of and it promptly died due to neglect (though it is the thoguh, right?)
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On Valentine's Day my partner gave me .. two comet goldfish, to put in my tank with my existing comet.
Gee, where did she come up with that CRAZY IDEA!
PS: what is a "partner", is that like a tax designation for a business or what?
This year I got the same great gift my significant other has given me for the past 7 years:
A night at home in front of glowing CRT =/
You told me you liked the fish!
Bastard.
My bride asked for a new kitchen sink... The 20 some year old cheapo that came with the house was leaking, so when I was trying to subtly ask for ideas she came right out and stated the desire of her heart. Five hours, many trips to the hardware store, and not knowing if we are going to ever be able to turn the water mains back on... I succeeded.
Did not make that mistake again... asking, that is...
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In addition to a getting me a sweet new pair of airwalks, my gf framed me a picture of Ed Vedder (who I worship) and Anthony Kiedis (who she worships) locking lips. Nothing like a picture of two guys kissing sitting on your mantle.
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I'm curious to know if any Slashdot readers gave/received any unusual gifts - and whether the gift was appreciated or not?
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I've appreciated every unusual gift I've received on Valentine's day.
Heck, I've appreciated every gift, unusual or not, which I've received on Valentine's day.
Ok, I'll admit it: I've never received any gifts on Valentine's day.
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I got my wife a beginning PHP book and an account on my server. Worked a treat, I can tell you. Today I teased her about wanting to walk with her and have all the guys admire her: Look at the head on that broad! She allowed that she had told all her co-workers about it but not everyone appreciated what a great present it was.
illegitimii non ingravare
with saying like Kiss Me and Be Mine?
Now imagine her wearing them.
And only them. Whooo-hooo!
Candy hearts facts
Cheers, Joel
Gave me sex in unusual positions and time to myself.... does that count??
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Slashdot Subscription. The gift that says 'I see you love your computer more than me'.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
the fish was lonely so she got another one to keep it company (somewhat like you before you met her huh?)
As for the third fish, there are 2 explanations, she wants a threesome and was using the third fish to hint at it or she knows how fish always die so was buying it in anticipation.
I'd say that I got a Hot Cocoa Sampler pack.
And why does everyone avoid me on Feb 14?
(Adjusts tape on glasses, scratches self, and resumes coding)
Don't be a zoa (zealous overbearing ass), be happy!
I was bound and determined not to spend another Valentine's Day alone, so I bough THIS!!!
My GF got me a 256 MB DIMM for my computer, and has Player's Guide to Faerun on pre-order. And she took me out to dinner, to Famous Hot Weiner.
I got her a charoite pendant, serpentine chain -- plus a new hard drive for her computer.
Having a geek grrlfriend: priceless.
I got a gift for the dog and a gift for the wife... but the wife only got me a card. So I went out and bought myself a drill press. :)
_sig_ is away
Luckily I readied her for the past few weeks by saying, "Now I got you a gift, but it's not all Valentine-ey or whatnot, but you'll like it."
Maybe it's a bad sign when she said, "You got me a GIFT! Really?"
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
34. Okay, 27, if you don't count pets.
I got an ex a nice lacy number two years ago. She liked it so much she informed me that since we celebrated Valentines for her, we'd celebrate "Beer and a Blow Job Day" on March 14th. Best holiday ever. Current gf doesn't think it's such a hot idea, but I told her I felt the same way about Valentines day so I've got a month to convince her.
Btw, you celebrate BABJ Day by her getting you a cold beer first thing in the morning, giving you a blow job while you drink it and then her letting you do whatever you want for the day. She's supposed to serve you steak for dinner and top the day off with another beer and a blow job. There are days when I miss my ex.
... Comet cursors instead?
It was about 5 or 6pm when I realized it was valentines day, and I didn't get anything either.. Oh well, back to coding..
Why does it seem like all the recent Ask Slashdots have been posted by ungrateful whiny bastards?
"Help, I've got too much bandwidth, why do I have so much?"
"I found a truck in my yard full of AMD64 machines"
"The stick I use for beating supermodels off of me is broken, what can I do? They won't stop touching me?"
I hate you all!
My gf gave me a plastic cow that dispenses brown jelly beans. Of all the things I spend my time finding meaning in...
"Derp de derp."
Wait, sorry, not a poll thread... my mistake.
I got some "Valentines" gifts and cards from family members, but as they're not in the so-called "spirit" of the holiday, I don't suppose they count.
That being the case, I believe one could say that I didn't get anything for Val's day. That being the norm, one could question why I'm posting in this thread at all, to which I would respond, "bite me." In truth, it's probably loneliness and a touch of frustration which inspires me, and no doubt many others in similar romantic situations (or lack thereof), to post here.
A few have expressed it before, that the holiday of February 14 is a discriminatory one, and I have to agree. Still, one could argue that it is no more or less a discriminatory holiday than any other "major" holiday is; Christmas is discriminatory to non-Christians, for example. The difference is that Christmas is an "optional" holiday, whereas Valentines Day seems to be applied to everyone, regaurdless to whether or not they want to take part in it.
Think about it, you don't see many resteraunts offering cross-shaped salmon filets on Christmas, but for some reason it's popular and acceptable to offer heart-shaped filets, steaks, etc. on Valentines day. It is, in short, assumed that every man, woman, and child will be participating in said holiday, even though said holiday is not applicable to every man, woman, and child. The only other holiday where such assumption is made (which I can think of, right now) is New Year's Day, but you're hard-pressed to find people who do not use the "common" (aka Judeo-Christian) calendar primarily.
But enough of my rather off-topic rant; please, those of you who were able to truly celebrate the holiday, share with us your stories. I, at least, want to hear of your experiences, how they were exciting and/or different, seemed strange and/or wonderful, or were just plain horrible.
Respectfully,
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Eat the Path.
You might be surprised but the worst gift I ever gave was a dozen long stem roses. Actually, it was a rather NICE gift on multiple levels, but it was extremely poorly received.
I was working in an incredibly horrible job, living hand to mouth, my girlfriend and I were living in a loft near Skid Row, barely able to pay the rent, and even food was scarce. One of my coworkers went down to the wholesale flower mart and bought a whole load of boxed longstem roses, really nice ones. He sold them on the street in front of our office during his lunch hour for $75. At the end of the day, he had one box left over, and the buyers were all gone, he knew how poor I was so he just gave them to me, and wished me and my GF a happy Valentines day.
So I took the roses home, and immediately my GF had a fit, how DARE I spend money so frivolously on an expensive gift like THAT! We can barely pay the rent, and you bought expensive FLOWERS?!? Well, I could hardly tell her I got them for free, so I just took the heat.
The next year at Valentine's day, I was doing a little better moneywise, so I bought her some jewelry, some gold/pearl earrings. She had another fit, she wanted diamond earrings, I said I couldn't afford anything like that. She demanded to know how much they cost, and said if should have just given her the money instead.
It should come as no surprise we broke up not too long after that.
But if he throws in his girlfriend it's likely to get her very wet and probably scare the fish to death.. unless they're like my goldfish, in which case they'll try to eat her (so I may have scored 92% on the Evil Genius test, that doesn't mean my goldfish should act like piranha, but would they listen? Wait until they see the anti-piranha trap...)
Either way, I doubt either the goldfish or the girlfriend would be too happy about the girlfeind in-throwing idea...
Strange.....but I loved it.
No more strange than us having a threesome for the last three anniversaries though.
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My wife gave me the Volume 1 Futurama dvds, along with the Clerks animated series on dvd. And then she left town to visit family.
I wonder if she's trying to tell me something?
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I installed this program called HappyWife on my girlfriend's computer. She thinks I hacked into her computer and that it was "cute." *phew*... Sometimes it pays off to have a non-geek girlfriend...
My wife is currently pregnant and has been craving macaroni & cheese, so this year I got her mac & cheese. I also gave her some other stuff, but she got a good laugh out of the mac & cheese.
Not quite a gift, but funny and Valentine's Day releated...
A friend sent an ecard to everybody in our group. The computer she sent it from didn't have a Flash player installed, so all she could see was a picture of some cats in the preview. She's a cat person, so she liked the card. Late on V-day I get the card. It says "Happy Valentine's Day to the one I'll love my whole life." It was odd because she'd already turned me down for a date. Later that evening we all got together and nobody else had gotten the card yet, so we were all a little concerned about her motives. When she heard what the card said she about died. We gave her a hard time all night, like whenever she'd make a joke about me I'd say, "But I thought you loved me" and we made sure she sat next to me at dinner, in the car, and on the couch. She'll never live it down and has to send an explanatory email to all her girlfriends she sent it to.
A girlfriend! Time to change the sig.
I have a girlfriend whose name doesn't end in
I ordered a dozen-long stem (clown) noses from the circus world museum gift shop. She loved them and they still haven't wilted.
Exactly right Jammer.
They are fresh/cold water fish. Very hardy, and prefer alkaline environments too.
And I am so sick of hearing about my 3 fish having 3somes - there has been nothing of the sort going on (unless they do IT at night?).
BladeMelbourne