Guys - Which X-mas gift would you rather have? [Archive]

Scarlet

12-23-2003, 12:31 PM

Alright, I'm trying to decide which of following to get DH for xmas and I'm not sure what one to go with... so I thought I'd get some opinions.

So would you rather have:

2 or 3 PS2 games that you really want?

OR

A shotgun that you really want?

I need to decide tonight. I know he wants all of them, but I can only afford to go with one or the other. The gun is expensive, so I can't go with the gun & 1 game either.

viking

12-23-2003, 12:56 PM

Well, of course we don't know DH or anything, but personally I like fewer bigger longer lasting presents over more smaller and more consumable ones (both on the giving and receiving end). The games would be fun for a while, but in a year's time, he'd probably have played them as much as they're good for and moved on to something else. The shotgun, he'd have for decades, and every time he shot a goose/ duck/ grouse/ clay target, he'd remember your kind generosity on Christmas in 2003...

Doctor Jackson

12-23-2003, 01:03 PM

Another vote for weaponry!

Dinsdale

12-23-2003, 01:06 PM

Yeah - I'd go with the gun, for reasons stated by viking.

Just make sure it is exactly what he wants - or can be exchanged.

Over the course of his life, I'll be he owns a lot more games - and gets them as gifts from a number of sources of various closeness to him - than shotguns. That alone makes the gun more special.

Plus, if your relationship turns sour, he wouldn't be able to off you with a computer game you gave him. No reason to preclude the possibility of that type of irony. (Just trying to shed a joyful light on this special season!)

Scarlet

12-23-2003, 01:13 PM

Plus, if your relationship turns sour, he wouldn't be able to off you with a computer game you gave him. No reason to preclude the possibility of that type of irony. (Just trying to shed a joyful light on this special season!)

LOL maybe I should go with the game then :D

He showed me the gun he wants, said it was one that he's wanted since he was a kid... The whole idea of buying it kinda scares me. That whole background check thing gives me the creeps (and no, I'm not a criminal or anything).

mrbuddylee

12-23-2003, 01:19 PM

I would like a gun...
But my wife wouldn't... :(

rjung

12-23-2003, 03:09 PM

I'd take the games, but that's because I have no interest in guns. :)

At least the games are something you two could enjoy together.

Dinsdale

12-23-2003, 03:15 PM

Just wondering, with waiting periods and whatnot, are you going to be able to get the gun in time for x-mas?

Cue Homer: "But I'm angry NOW!"

Dinsdale

12-23-2003, 03:17 PM

Oh yeah - aren't you afraid he'll shoot his eye out?

Ol'Gaffer

12-23-2003, 03:22 PM

Another vote for the shotgun. It is a gift that he will have for the rest of his life and, if he has one, it is something that he can pass on to a child. My children will learn to shoot on an old single-shot .22 that belonged to their great-great-grandfather. Pretty cool.

Ol'Gaffer

12-23-2003, 03:33 PM

DrMemory

12-23-2003, 03:57 PM

Damn Dinsdale....

"You'll put your eye out, Kid"...beat me to it.

Ya know, at first, I was doing the anti-gun thing (It's frigin Xmas")
but, as a lasting gift, I guess I hafta go for the gun.

PS2's last a season, but a gun is gift that keeps on giving....

Hostile Dialect

12-23-2003, 04:05 PM

I would rather have the videogame, personally, because I'm not big on guns. (That, and the last time I fired a shotgun I hurt my shoulder and looked really silly doing it.)

In his case, though, it depends on how you want him to use the gift. Like others said, if you like videogames too, you can play them with him. The games will get old eventually, and he/you will stop playing them--but if you want to have them as a way to have fun with him now, go for it. The shotgun is something you won't be able to share with him (assuming from your queasiness about buying it that you're not the hunting and/or homicide type), but he'll have it for a long time (assuming it doesn't break) and he'll think of you whenever he uses it.

NurseCarmen

12-23-2003, 04:33 PM

Is it an over-under?

Just kidding. Shotgun. Easy.

He'll be able to blow the PS2 to smithereens 5 years from now when it's an antique.

Gary T

12-23-2003, 04:44 PM

As a practical matter, it's easier to acquire the games one at a time later on. Kinda hard to buy half a shotgun, though. :)

Khadaji

12-23-2003, 04:46 PM

Games.

Michael Ellis

12-23-2003, 05:00 PM

Shotgun.

Snuggles

12-23-2003, 05:01 PM

I asked a good guy friend of mine, and he sad he'd prefer the games because he'd get more use out of them, than the gun, although he said "owning a shotgun would be pretty sweet". hehe..

picker

12-23-2003, 05:14 PM

Shotgun

Hal Briston

12-23-2003, 05:29 PM

Cover all the bases: Shotgun-based PS2 games are in abundance.

jackelope

12-23-2003, 05:55 PM

Shotgun shotgun shotgun!

Rysdad

12-23-2003, 07:24 PM

Shotgun

Vezer

12-23-2003, 08:35 PM

Games get old. He will shelve them after the system becomes arcane.

Shotgun! Every shot he fires will make him think of you, or turkeys.

don't ask

12-23-2003, 08:47 PM

I'd rather have the shotgun. Then I can get my own games, or liquor or damn near whatever I wants.

Merry Christmas.

buttonjockey308

12-23-2003, 10:00 PM

Another vote for the shotgun. Once the PS2 gets replaced with PS 3/4/5, he'll be able to have a bit of target practice.

Cardinal

12-23-2003, 10:29 PM

It's also easier to find video games on ebay in six months. I go for shotgun. It won't be obsolete in three years.

Bear_Nenno

12-23-2003, 10:30 PM

Shotgun. Definitely.

Wysiwig

12-24-2003, 01:37 AM

Could I have the shotgun please as I am up to my neck in bunnies as the foxes seem to have disapeared this season.

Doomtrain

12-24-2003, 01:48 AM

If he has a place where he'll use it, I vote shotgun. With some care, it'll last a lifetime and beyond.

And speaking as a guy, something that goes BOOM and makes smoke is way, way cooler than a few games.

umop ap!sdn

12-24-2003, 02:16 AM

Figure it this way: which does he spend more time doing, hunting or playing video games? Which does he seem to enjoy more?

NevarMore

12-24-2003, 05:07 AM

Shotgun. It'll hold its value and will be around for a long time. It'll remind him of who got it whenever its handled. Plus a shotgun is metal and will take better to engraving than a PS2 disc.

Originally posted by rjung

At least the games are something you two could enjoy together.

So the guy couldn't take the missus out shooting??
Fighting ignorance and all that.

Kalhoun

12-24-2003, 07:55 AM

My husband will take weapons of mass destruction over a pussy-boy video game any day. I wish he was more of a pussy-boy, but in reality, all he does is "collect" WMD...he never actually goes shooting or or stabbing or anything. They're simply something he acquires.

Dread Pirate Danno

12-24-2003, 07:56 AM

Another vote for the shotgun.

The Piratess and I got each other weapons (a shotgun for her, and a black powder pistol for me) over 20 years ago for Christmas gifts. Those are the only gifts from that time that we still regularly use. Video games? Meh.

As far as the waiting period - AFAIK you can walk out with a shotgun the same day out here. Pistols have a waiting period, but unless it has changed recently there are none for shotguns. YMMV.

seal_cleaner

12-24-2003, 08:05 AM

1. Ask yourself: Is he more into Ted Nugent or Fosajiro Yamaguchi?
2. Check elsewhere on SDMB for "Left Behind" end-times thread. When the Beast of Babylon comes a-calling, your SO will feel silly with nothing but a game controller in his mitts.

magog

12-24-2003, 08:47 AM

I call shotgun!

unclviny

12-24-2003, 10:53 AM

I would like the shotgun please...oh! it's not for me?. Ok, buy him the shotgun, but please tell us about it so we (I) can live vicariously through him. Between you and me a new firearm and sex on the same day is a guy's dream!

unclviny

The Face

12-24-2003, 11:01 AM

1-PS2 game value today 40$ --game value in 6 months 40 CENTS
2-shotgun value today 200-500+$---gun value in 6 years 200-500$

life of PS game 3 months, life of gun, 3 generations

easy choice.

cornflakes

12-24-2003, 04:46 PM

Bam!

Declan

12-24-2003, 10:59 PM

rent the games , buy the peace maker

Declan

Susanann

12-25-2003, 01:29 PM

Shotgun.

He will never forget your love.

It will be something his great grandchildren will remember you by.

Although it will considerably lessen any resale value, you can even engrave it: "to DH with love, from Scarlet, Christmas 2003"

(...and hopefully, he will buy you a shotgun, or a pearl and red rose handled silver revolver, for your next birthday!)