# Is anything \_NOT\_ the 'perfect christmas gift'?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-_not_-the-perfect-christmas-gift/215340>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 26, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-_not_-the-perfect-christmas-gift/215340 "2003-11-26T06:30:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-_not_-the-perfect-christmas-gift/215340/61 "2003-11-28T20:43:01Z")

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If someone will by me a PDA as an early christmas present I’ll make a note of all the places I see or hear the phrase “The Perfect Christmas Gift”

So who’s going to buy it for me?

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-_not_-the-perfect-christmas-gift/215340/62 "2003-11-28T23:05:24Z")

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Would a half-used memo pad and a chewed pencil be the perfect Christmas gift for **Lobsang**?

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-_not_-the-perfect-christmas-gift/215340/63 "2003-11-29T04:10:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by BurnMeUp \*  
> \*\*I don’t think a football is a very good present. \*\*

::falls to the floor laughing::

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**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anything-_not_-the-perfect-christmas-gift/215340/64 "2003-11-29T19:49:47Z")

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For the “You Might Be Surprised What People Like” category:

My mother was once given donkey poop by my uncle, and loved it.

Half of you are saying, my goodness, what kind of presents did she USED to get??? And the other half are saying,…there must be a donkey!

Simpler explanation: she is a gardener. Although she did have to put up with a lot of “all you got for Christmas was crap” jokes.

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