101 things you would not like to receive for Xmas!

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Post: # 180195Post Millymollymandy »

Cloud - you will have to explain what musical clothing is! :shock: :dontknow: :scratch: :iconbiggrin:
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Post: # 180327Post gdb »

WOW!

Musical clothing?!

Sounds more like a must have to me....
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Post: # 180332Post Millymollymandy »

Oh gawd :roll: :pukeright: , there really are times I am happy living in my cave! :iconbiggrin:
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Post: # 180340Post JulieSherris »

<groan> Musical socks!!
Like the ones that the granddaughter bought for Andy the year before last... then I washed them & they sounded like the battery was going... and Leah thought it was the funniest thing one particular day to just keep pressing that button...... :roll:

And into the bin they went!! :mrgreen:
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Post: # 180342Post Milims »

tiggy wrote: 43 anything at all other than a bar of chocolate [not too big]
Is there such a thing as a bar of chocolate that's too big?

Musical clothing - my daughter had a pair of musical socks that went into the washer once too often - we often heard mysterious wailing sounds coming from the laundry basket!

My mother keeps trying ro "reward" me with Lancome products :pale:
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Post: # 180343Post Green Aura »

Are you sure it's not just the lurid socks they're attached to that the moles don't like? :lol:
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And how would we prove it over here.... we don't have moles in Ireland!! :shock:
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Post: # 180405Post gdb »

"I think he means ties, socks or hats that have an inbuilt music chip (like you get on some naff birthday cards) that you touch a button which then plays happy christmas or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer - oh yes they do exist believe me :santa: :santa: :santa:"


thats a shame.

i had an image of a suit playing beethoven or wellies which banged out a bit of techno as you dug....
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Post: # 180406Post Green Aura »

gdb wrote:wellies which banged out a bit of techno as you dug
I think you may have spotted a hole in the market there gdb - remember us when you're rich and famous :lol: :lol:
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51 Any pointless phone gadgets, it's a brick that rings and that's all I need!
52 Tacky gifts for the garden, as a gardener I really do have what I want already.
53 Cat toys, how to you explain that the expensive toy that someone has bought them is being ignored for a rolled up bit of paper?!

Tis the season :santa:

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54: pyjamas or slippers, i have enough and always end up giving the new ones away as i like my trousers 3/4 length!

55: any kind of smelly product unless its organic

56: cheap chocolate ( i like mine to actually taste like chocolate and be at least 70% cocoa fussy i know)

57: naff xmas-y themed items, they'll either go to the charity shop or wont see the light of day till next year.

58: if it gathers dust i dont want it, if its useless i dont want it, if i already have it whats the point?

grateful arnt i :tongue:

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Post: # 180512Post Minnesota »

indy wrote:46. champagne that isn't
Hey, there is three different #46's
some of you had difficulty with numbers :lol:

thank you "indy" for the tackful why to put my thoughts.

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60. Wine that isn't
61. Gun that isn't

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