In the spirit of the Holidays: Share the crapiest gifts you've got (1 Viewer)

[netnalp]

one year Grandma gave me, my sister and my brother all condoms. We were like 15-18 yrs old. a bit awkward

Especially if she got your size right. Check for peep holes in the shower."A little big but you'll grow into it Tommy."

 

[Evilgrin 72]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

The first few years he would go on and on telling Kev about what an awesome gift he'd bought him that year. He'd spend weeks talking about how much money he spent, etc.. in order to coerce Kevin into buying him something really good....... and then the poor ******* would get socked with a Rotato. I think Kev fell for it for about 2 or 3 years before he got wise and started wrapping up coasters out of their parents end table and giving them to his brother.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Also, about 7-8 years ago, I told the president of my company this story and he loved it so much that he now gets a Rotato every year and wraps it up and drops it into the pile of gifts he gives out at our annual holiday party. He writes each employees name on an ornament and draws them out of a big bowl and whoevers name is on it gets to come up and select a gift. It's an exciting holiday tradition at our company now to see who gets the Rotato.

 

[Raider Nation]

A one-year membership in the Jelly of the Month club.

 

[offdee]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

where does one store 55 boxes of Rotatos?

 

[Wooderson]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

I had to google Rotato.

lol, so did I.

me toowtf?

As did I. A potato peeler WTH?

 

[Wooderson]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

where does one store 55 boxes of Rotatos?

How and why does one steal 55 Rotatos?

 

[phrozen]

Also, about 7-8 years ago, I told the president of my company this story and he loved it so much that he now gets a Rotato every year and wraps it up and drops it into the pile of gifts he gives out at our annual holiday party. He writes each employees name on an ornament and draws them out of a big bowl and whoevers name is on it gets to come up and select a gift. It's an exciting holiday tradition at our company now to see who gets the Rotato.

I have a couple of white elephant gift exchanges coming up and I'm seriously considering buying Rotato's

 

[Evilgrin 72]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

where does one store 55 boxes of Rotatos?

Not sure - he does have a fairly large house. He also runs a Home Depot, so he may store them there, I'm not sure.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

where does one store 55 boxes of Rotatos?

How and why does one steal 55 Rotatos?

He only stole the first 15-20 back when he was around 19 or so. The rest, he's procured, either online or through his connections with Home Depot.

 

[Rick James]

From my Mother:

Shiny silver mylar gloves. They were supposed to keep your hands warm. Looked like a cheap knock off of a Michael Jackson glove.

From Grandmother:

An assortment of 30 handcrafted dickey's and they were clip-ons. No clue, I grew up in the 80's not the 1910's.

From Brother:

The "stopped at the gas station before I arrived at the house gift pack". Vitamin spray in a tiny aerosol can, wiper fluid, pencil with a Troll Doll on top, Code Red Gatorade (room temperature) and a slice of pepperoni pizza.

...THE brother?

 

[netnalp]

From my Mother:

Shiny silver mylar gloves. They were supposed to keep your hands warm. Looked like a cheap knock off of a Michael Jackson glove.

From Grandmother:

An assortment of 30 handcrafted dickey's and they were clip-ons. No clue, I grew up in the 80's not the 1910's.

From Brother:

The "stopped at the gas station before I arrived at the house gift pack". Vitamin spray in a tiny aerosol can, wiper fluid, pencil with a Troll Doll on top, Code Red Gatorade (room temperature) and a slice of pepperoni pizza.

...THE brother?

Not THE brother. But the peeper.THE brother never gave presents.

 

[QuizGuy66]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

Genius Rotato on amazon

I agree that the one-year break adds to the awesomeness. Kinda surprised that Kev hasn't gotten into the act anually regifting a Rotato to someone else.

-QG

 

[Leroy Hoard]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

Genius Rotato on amazon

I agree that the one-year break adds to the awesomeness. Kinda surprised that Kev hasn't gotten into the act anually regifting a Rotato to someone else.

-QG

Top review listed: “ The first one was given to me as a gift about 10 years ago!! ”

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

From my Mother:

Shiny silver mylar gloves. They were supposed to keep your hands warm. Looked like a cheap knock off of a Michael Jackson glove.

From Grandmother:

An assortment of 30 handcrafted dickey's and they were clip-ons. No clue, I grew up in the 80's not the 1910's.

From Brother:

The "stopped at the gas station before I arrived at the house gift pack". Vitamin spray in a tiny aerosol can, wiper fluid, pencil with a Troll Doll on top, Code Red Gatorade (room temperature) and a slice of pepperoni pizza.

...THE brother?

Not THE brother. But the peeper.THE brother never gave presents.

That was probably a good thing. I'm just saying.

 

[phrozen]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

The first few years he would go on and on telling Kev about what an awesome gift he'd bought him that year. He'd spend weeks talking about how much money he spent, etc.. in order to coerce Kevin into buying him something really good....... and then the poor ******* would get socked with a Rotato. I think Kev fell for it for about 2 or 3 years before he got wise and started wrapping up coasters out of their parents end table and giving them to his brother.

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Did Kevin get a rotato again this year?

 

[flysack]

From my slightly insane mother -

A 3D Blu-Ray player for my bedroom TV, which is 10 years old, is obviously not 3D or even HD. She was convinced that the player made the movies 3D, and could be hooked up to any old tube laying around the house. This despite saying RIGHT ON THE BOX - NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO A 3D HD TELEVISION.

 

[Somebody]

Love the Rotato story.

 

[Tom Servo]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

 

[Eraser]

Hair Dryer ....... I shave my head bald.

 

[Raider Nation]

Hair Dryer ....... I shave my head bald.

Are you an old guy? Bring it to the gym and blow dry your pouch in front of everyone without a care.

 

[Tom Servo]

I need an update on Kev and his 2013 rotato gift.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

On year when visiting my wife's family (600 mile drive) for Holloween, I left my Baylor sweatshirt there that I had gotten the week before at the BU / ATM football game.I got it back wrapped up for Christmas, and my MIL proclaimed that it was the only one left in the sporting goods store (and she was serious). My wife politely kicked me before I said something. I make sure that I wear it every year when we go back just in case I could start a conversation.

You drove 600 miles for Halloween?!?! Were they handing out 1-lb Hershey bars or what?

 

[SWC]

hey brohan that rotato thing is hte best story i have ever heard for a christmas present take that to the bank rotathans

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

I just looked at yahoo and Rotato is trending. How many people in here searched fir that thing?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Love the Rotato story.

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[mr roboto]

I got an insulated travel coffee mug. The reason I needed one is that the last one I got for Father's Day went missing. My wife lost it. So it's a replacement.

 

[phrozen]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

The first few years he would go on and on telling Kev about what an awesome gift he'd bought him that year. He'd spend weeks talking about how much money he spent, etc.. in order to coerce Kevin into buying him something really good....... and then the poor ******* would get socked with a Rotato. I think Kev fell for it for about 2 or 3 years before he got wise and started wrapping up coasters out of their parents end table and giving them to his brother.

tap

Did Kevin get a rotato again this year?

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EG I MUST KNOW!!!!!

 

[GroveDiesel]

I got a Call of Duty Black Ops II T-shirt from my wife. Awful.

To make things worse, my mom gave me the exact same shirt last year.

So now I have 2 COD shirts that I will never ever wear in public.

I know I like video games, but I don't know what I ever did to make either one of them think that I'd ever wear something like that in public.

 

[The Duff Man]

When my daughter was 6, my mom got her the Mousetrap game. That thing is a POS and a real pain, also impossible to play with a 6 yr old.

Last year, age 7, my step-mom got her Mousetrap! I give her a lot of credit, she put on a fake smile and later we all had a good laugh.

This year my step-mom again.....Mousetrap!! She forgot she gave my daughter the same crappy game last year. Big props to my kid, she faked the smile again. I laughed my ### off with friends over drinks telling that story and have already decided that I am getting her a Mousetrap next year.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

The first few years he would go on and on telling Kev about what an awesome gift he'd bought him that year. He'd spend weeks talking about how much money he spent, etc.. in order to coerce Kevin into buying him something really good....... and then the poor ******* would get socked with a Rotato. I think Kev fell for it for about 2 or 3 years before he got wise and started wrapping up coasters out of their parents end table and giving them to his brother.

tap

Did Kevin get a rotato again this year?

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EG I MUST KNOW!!!!!

No, and I'm not sure what the story is. I e-mailed him shortly after Christmas, here was the exchange:

Me : Did you get a Rotato this year?

Kev : Nope. Got a Magic Peeler !!

Me : Wow. You can do more than just potatoes with that bad boy.

Kev : F###ing Bri. I guess he ran out of Rotatos finally... what an ###hole.

So one of three things is happening here.

1 - Brian was jerking my chain when he told me he has 30 more Rotatos, hoping I'd tell Kev.

2 - He had a ton of Rotatos but lost them in his recent move.

3 - He went with the Magic Peeler this year to throw Kev off and next year it's back to Rotato.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.....

 

[Rick James]

let's hope he's pulling the long con

 

[phrozen]

One of my best friends' (Kev) older brother stole a bunch of Rotatos from an Odd Lot store he used to work at back in the mid 80s. He gave Kev a Rotato for Christmas every year for 25 years. Last year, he told my buddy he finally ran out and gave him an actual Christmas gift. Kev e-mailed me all excited that the Rotato horror each Christmas had finally ended. A day later his older brother e-mailed me telling me he actually still has 30 more Rotatos and that he had only broken the trend last year to give Kev false hope that he would get real gifts from now on. This year, it's back to Rotato and my buddy has no idea.

WTH?!?!

I'm looking forward to Kev's post-Christmas e-mail more than I'm looking forward to Christmas. His brother is around 47 so he's hoping that this current batch of Rotatos will last the rest of his life. His goal is to give his brother a Rotato (and nothing more) for Christmas every year from adolescence to death. He also wants to put a codicil in his will that will take whatever Rotatos are left when he dies and distribute them to Kev, with the provision that he gets one per year, and on December 25th.

I'd love to meet this guy

The first few years he would go on and on telling Kev about what an awesome gift he'd bought him that year. He'd spend weeks talking about how much money he spent, etc.. in order to coerce Kevin into buying him something really good....... and then the poor ******* would get socked with a Rotato. I think Kev fell for it for about 2 or 3 years before he got wise and started wrapping up coasters out of their parents end table and giving them to his brother.

tap

Did Kevin get a rotato again this year?

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EG I MUST KNOW!!!!!

No, and I'm not sure what the story is. I e-mailed him shortly after Christmas, here was the exchange:

Me : Did you get a Rotato this year?

Kev : Nope. Got a Magic Peeler !!

Me : Wow. You can do more than just potatoes with that bad boy.

Kev : F###ing Bri. I guess he ran out of Rotatos finally... what an ###hole.

So one of three things is happening here.

1 - Brian was jerking my chain when he told me he has 30 more Rotatos, hoping I'd tell Kev.

2 - He had a ton of Rotatos but lost them in his recent move.

3 - He went with the Magic Peeler this year to throw Kev off and next year it's back to Rotato.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.....

thanks for the update GB

looking forward to the 2014 update let's hope Kev gets another rotato