Strangest Valentine's Day Gifts? 174
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?"
Not quite the same but (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Not quite the same but (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Not quite the same but (Score:2, Funny)
duh.. (Score:2, Funny)
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?
Re:duh.. (Score:5, Funny)
Spouses are protected by priviledge.
The Greatest Gift (Score:5, Funny)
A night at home in front of glowing CRT =/
Re:The Greatest Gift (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Greatest Gift (Score:2, Funny)
Me too.
She gave me Kama Sutra "Oil of Love" (raspberry flavour) I fired up the computer and we watched pr0n for about 5 minutes then farked until 5 am.
Yes I'm bragging. . . and posting anonymously so as not to lose my geek status.
Re:The Greatest Gift (Score:2)
Thank you, dear.
What...? (Score:5, Funny)
Bastard.
Re:What...? (Score:2)
A kitchen sink... (Score:5, Funny)
Did not make that mistake again... asking, that is...
Re:A kitchen sink... (Score:3)
Re:A kitchen sink... (Score:3, Funny)
love at first kiss (Score:5, Funny)
Re:love at first kiss (Score:2)
Awwww, how disgusting.
Nothing like a picture of two guys kissing sitting on your mantle.
You can say that again, but I'll never know.
LK
Re:love at first kiss (Score:2)
Everything is appreciated (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Everything is appreciated (Score:2)
Re:Everything is appreciated (Score:2)
an account (Score:5, Funny)
Re:an account (Score:2)
Re:an account (Score:5, Funny)
The best part of it is that the domain expires at the end of each year, so I know what to get her EVERY Valentines day! It's the gift that keeps on giving!
It's also insurance; If she ever breaks up with me, no webpages and email for you, missy! *kapow*!
And if she's reading this right now, er
Candy hearts with a twist (Score:3, Insightful)
with saying like Kiss Me and Be Mine?
Now imagine her wearing them.
And only them. Whooo-hooo!
Candy hearts facts [factmonster.com]
Cheers, Joel
Re:Candy hearts with a twist (Score:2, Funny)
My wife.... (Score:2, Funny)
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insert someone's witty sig here.
Re:My wife.... (Score:5, Funny)
Worst Give EVAR!! (Score:5, Funny)
It's symbolic (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:It's symbolic (Score:3, Informative)
I can't help but wonder what the guy did about this; perhaps he can tell us the ending of the story.
D
Comet is fresh water (Score:2)
A comet is a nice fish. It can be a little agressive if your other fish are fancy and slow varieties, but in general goldfish are much nicer to each other than tropical fish. When I had goldfish, they would huddle down on the bottom together at night.
They are friendly and social animals.
Re:Comet is fresh water (Score:2)
I guess we'll just have to wait for the original poster to find out what was really meant. In your case, there would be no problem with the gift and it would have been genuinely sweet. I doubt that's the situation considering the context.
D
Re:Comet is fresh water (Score:3, Informative)
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
If this were Fark... (Score:3, Funny)
What is this 'Valentines Day' you speak of? (Score:5, Funny)
(Adjusts tape on glasses, scratches self, and resumes coding)
Got a gift for myself (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Got a gift for myself (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Got a gift for myself (Score:5, Funny)
Right next to:
+1, Sureal Fish
-1, Dean
+1, Dean
+1, Corect use of apostrophie
-1, Reference to Amiga and/or BeOS
-1, Incorect spelling of "apostrophie"
Re:Got a gift for myself (Score:2)
-1, Dean
+1, Dean
+1, Correct use of apostrophe
-1, Reference to Amiga and/or BeOS
-1, Incorrect spelling of "apostrophe"
OK, now it's perfect!
Re:Got a gift for myself (Score:2)
Creepy? You bet your ass - but it's NOT offtopic.
Geeks in love (Score:5, Funny)
I got her a charoite pendant, serpentine chain -- plus a new hard drive for her computer.
Having a geek grrlfriend: priceless.
Re:Geeks in love (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Geeks in love (Score:2)
Got myself my gift... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Got myself my gift... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Got myself my gift... (Score:2)
Tolkien to the Rescue! (Score:5, Funny)
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?"
Best Present (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Best Present (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Best Present (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Best Present (Score:5, Funny)
As Gob Bluthe would say, you've made a huuuge mistake.
Re:Best Present (Score:2)
I never thought I would hear myself say this but there are other things to consider with a girl than freaky sex and willingness to give blow jobs. The girl was a doormat and although she was right pretty to look at she had the personality of a lamp post. She new that all she really had to offer was sex, and at the time I was perfectly happy to settle for that. But when you're actually embarrassed to be around her in public because your friend's nickname for her is "Bag of H
Re:Best Present (Score:2)
We did the Rocky Horror Picture Show on Valentine's Day (I'm the director of the local cast, she's the projectionist), so we did Valentine's Day on Monday instead. Spent the day inside e
Re:Best Present (Score:2)
Or a new friend.
And like I said, she hasn't said "No" to BABJ Day, she's just luke warm to the idea.
It would take most of the fun out of a blowjob if you had to beg for a month to get it.
Dunp the frigid bitch and find yourself a freaky geek chick.
LK
Re:Best Present (Score:2)
The guys woman is apparently hot and smart, although she isnt kinky i would bet the saying 2 out of 3 aint bad comes into play here.
Besides which, where the hell do you find freaky geek chick's ? its like trying to find a dodo bird, the only difference is there is proof the dodo exsisted, freaky geek chicks ? i think not. at least not hot freaky geek chicks.
Would you prefer... (Score:3, Funny)
Whiney bastard. (Score:5, Funny)
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!
Moo. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Moo. (Score:3, Funny)
I read the subject as mono
whoah (Score:2)
I don't have an SO, you insensitive clod! (Score:4, Interesting)
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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Re:I don't have an SO, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
Valentine's day is just commercialism, IMO. But that might be because I don't have a girlfriend.
Re:I don't have an SO, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
Worse than that: it's commercialism with the implied hint that if you don't participate, there's something wrong with you. For the record, I got my partner a box of handmade truffles (partly cause I like chocolate and I knew I'd eat some), but we opened them 3 days early. If I hadn't heard of those chocs before, odds are she wouldn't have gotten anything for Valentine's. It's not my style to think "hey, it's XXXX day, I'd better do what's expected of me." I think most
Re:I don't have an SO, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
Re:I don't have an SO, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
Um, there's nothing "Judeo" about the solar calendar. The Jewish New Year is sometime in mid November, usually.
As for Valentine's Day, it is for couples in love, and we as a society value and celebrate love (at least as an ideal, given the current divorce rates something is missing from the act
Worst gift I ever gave (Score:4, Informative)
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.
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:2)
The latter part though seems unreasonable.
This valentines I bought my ex-gf a large cuddly valentines bear. She loved it, but kept asking why had I bought it etc.
oh well.
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:2, Insightful)
You must be new to this SO thing
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:2)
If you're broke, and manage to get her something, tell her that.
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Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:5, Funny)
Hee hee, reminds me of my first giving-flowers-to-the-wife debacle.
I arranged for the delivery, and the guy said they'd be delivered that day, probably early afternoon. I was home for the later afternoon, and they hadn't been delivered.
So I'm sitting on the couch, reading a newspaper, when a knock knock knock sounds at the door. There's the flower guy.
The wife looks at me. "You going to answer that?" The wife hates answering the door. "No," I said, "I think you should."
So she gives me a look which, if looks could kill, would splatter me across the wall, stomps over to the door, and flings it open. "Yes?" she growls out in that pissed-off female way.
"Flowers for Suzanne, with love, from your husband. Happy Valentines Day."
She turned around and immediatly broke into full-on bawling.
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:3, Funny)
For Valentine's Day, I bought her a watch (~$40). She looked at it and her face darkened a bit and she was moody for the rest of the day (she *said* she liked it, but I could tell she was miffed). Finally, I said, "What is wrong with the watch? Don't you like it?".
It turns out she was expecting the cheap CZ
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:4, Insightful)
--Another little tip for the females: (yeah right, all 3 of you who read Slashdot!)
Ladies, BE BLUNT. Men do not take well to subtlety, and we DO RESENT IT when you apparently expected us to read your mind. Tell us in plain language what you're looking for, and kindly DON'T give us a steaming pile of shit if we end up getting you something that wasn't exactly what you wanted.
--Try to appreciate the gift anyhow - at least we TRIED!
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:2)
Seriously, like theres any women reading your comment :) And if they are I doubt they're the type who'll be getting much for v-day heh.
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:4, Funny)
"Supermarket flowers" (Score:2)
Needless to say, she's my ex now.
(I actually had a lovely valentine's day this year, enjoying a gourmet dinner with my sweetie, and before that helping out with same sex marriages at SF City Hall. So it can be a good day.)
Re:Worst gift I ever gave (Score:2)
Get the Hell away from her. Get out of the relationship. Now. Leave town if you need to. Move to another *state* if you need to. But by all means, extricate yourself before it's too late!!
--Spoken from experience. Get AWAY before she ruins your life!
Since this is on topic... (Score:2)
Of course, any other fish would have been nice. Perhaps some Kuhli Loaches, or some "bleeding heart tetras," for something more appropriate for Valentine's Day.
A Threesome (Score:4, Interesting)
No more strange than us having a threesome for the last three anniversaries though.
Re:A Threesome (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A Threesome (Score:2)
Mine left town... (Score:3, Funny)
I wonder if she's trying to tell me something?
Unusual Gift for an Unusual Person (Score:2)
Unusual person: She loves it, mostly due to the acknowledgement of her eligibility (age > 50).
May you all be so lucky as to have an SO who wears the years proudly.
non-geek gf (Score:2, Interesting)
For my pregnant wife (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For my pregnant wife (Score:2)
Not a gift... (Score:2, Funny)
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
I got the best present I could ask for... (Score:2, Funny)
Just for giggles: (Score:2)
Strangely charming (Score:2)
In the evening I had a date with a wonderful geek girl. :)
A dozen long-stem noses (Score:3, Funny)
A raging hangover? (Score:2)
I gave my phantom of the opera tickets (Score:2)
What did we learn today? (Score:2)
A pineapple (Score:2)
Re:dream cum true (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Um. So? (Score:4, Funny)
Either way, I doubt either the goldfish or the girlfriend would be too happy about the girlfeind in-throwing idea...
Re:Um. So? (Score:2)
They why do you have goldfish?
Where's the sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads?!