# Help me pick out some gifts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219 "2007-10-10T15:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219/41 "2007-10-11T00:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] \A couple of years ago, I gave Heather a pearl necklace that I made myself.\ [/QUOTE] How did this slip by? You perverts aren’t doing your job around here. :mad: 😃 I like the idea of you planning a big November baby party. If they won’t give you one, make one for yourself. (I am also a November baby - the 27th. Same day as Jimi Hendrix. Better check before giving another November baby citrine for a gift - I personally hate it. It looks like frozen piss to me.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219/42 "2007-10-11T01:30:03Z")
**Anaamika** , noted and logged. I should mention that I’m not huge into man jewelry. I’m a toy geek and science geek. I say that with no hidden agenda whatsoever. [QUOTE=featherlou] How did this slip by? You perverts aren’t doing your job around here. :mad: 😃 [/QUOTE] Fuck! I’m the biggest pervert here, I typed the damn thing, and even I missed that! I didn’t even get what you said until I read it the third time. I picked Heather’s name three years in a row (yes, it was random, I swear). If I get her again this year, maybe I’ll get her the a CD by Lovin’ Spoonful. > [@](#): > > I like the idea of you planning a big November baby party. If they won’t give you one, make one for yourself. I did drop a hint of the not-so-subtle sort that my birthday would make an excellent date for a Boston Dopefest. No one got the hint. > [@](#): > > (I am also a November baby - the 27th. Same day as Jimi Hendrix. Better check before giving another November baby citrine for a gift - I personally hate it. It looks like frozen piss to me.) How many times were your birthday parties celebrated with turkey? How many had a coice of cake or pumpkin pie? For my brother (11/28/57), there were many. I bet that this year you and he will have the same dinner on your birthdays. Leftovers. I think I’m going to make yet another “frozen piss” necklace for his daughter. With the mother/daughter charm. Her baby’s due date is on my birthday, and will probably a week or four late. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219/43 "2007-10-11T01:35:00Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] A couple of years ago, I gave Heather a pearl necklace that I made myself. [/QUOTE] ETA: More pervy is more fun. I gave Heather a pearl necklace that we collaborated on together. EATA: A few years ago we had a birthday party for someone, for whom I don’t remember. Chinese food was served. Most people used plastic forks. A few of us used chopsticks. Heather commented “I don’t like chopsticks. I don’t like the feel of wood in my mouth.” I was, to say the least, a little disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219/44 "2007-10-11T15:24:46Z")
Heh heh - you’re making me snigger here. You know what they say, a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. 😃 Actually, Canadian Thanksgiving is in October, or I would be a Thanksgiving baby. As it is, I’m a [Grey Cup baby.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Cup) I’ve had a few Grey Cup party birthdays. (Go Riders!) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219/45 "2007-10-11T23:30:47Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] [Stephanie i]s at an age where being popular is more important. So I was thinking of getting her a little something, maybe along with a card that says something like “From one neglected November baby to another.” Or maybe I should organize the party myself. [/QUOTE] My vote would be to get a cake and organize an office birthday party for her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-gifts/422219.md?page=2)