Comments on: Rubbish Christmas 2007 - Grand Prize Announcement.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:32:33 +0000

Sorry Michelle, but that is merely slightly odd, not genuine Rubbish (note the capitalisation) at all. You see, where your grandfather is going wrong here is that a Parker pen is a rather good present. I think he might have cleaned it and stuffed a new cartridge in, but it is nevertheless still a Parker. What he should have done is to have given Marcus your grandmother’s old Bic with an empty cartridge and then you might have been in the running. Never mind, though, your grandfather’s effort shows promise and there is always next year.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:48:44 +0000

Not tasteless in the way you intended but my Grandfather gave Marcus for Christmas (all wrapped up in jolly paper) my dead grandmother’s Parker pen set with dried up ink left on the fountain pen nib and an empty ink cartridge inside.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:38:03 +0000

Sorry, but no video unless there’s a dramatic increase in entries.

By: T-bird

T-bird — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:37:37 +0000

well, i thought Duke had the winner until Jan posted about the cake knife but anyway…

from duke’s mum the ultimate get out of bed alarm clock - it’s a small blue beacon and siren that flashes wails like a real emergency vehicle siren to wake you up but alas also has one of those every hour on the hour alarms which gives a 10 second blast. Well, it did until I got out of bed at 4 am this morning and extracted the batteries after it had woken me up AGAIN!

The cow oven timer is positively tasteful in comparison

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:25:50 +0000

I got a hairdryer. I don’t ever use a hairdryer - none of us here do. But if I ever were to use a hairdryer I already had two anyway, so now I have three. Not useful, not decorative, not wanted!

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:38:42 +0000

Nope, got all nice presents here too.

Merry Christmas all

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:52:31 +0000

Tim - I insist, someone else must have the honour this year.

Jax - my Mum, who usually knows better…

I’ll ask tech support about the possibility of a movie clip.

By: Jax

Jax — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:22:33 +0000

and who did you get it from???

By: Jax

Jax — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:22:13 +0000

I really think we need a photo. Or better still, a movie clip…

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:21:08 +0000

It sounds wonderfully awful. I am sorry, but winning last year certainly gives you no exemption.