worst x-mas present ever recieved

[BlueEyedSorrel]

[QUOTE=TikiSoo;3727921]
I restore carousels and when people see a carousel ornament, pillow, t shirt, ANYthing, they would buy it for me.
Well, as you might guess, none of these things even come close to the art of real carousels, they look weird & demented, some even have Asian eyes! So I just say to people, “I have the real thing and have no use for fake carousel stuff.” It worked well. (except that ugly rocking horse)[/QUOTE]

That is soooo cool (the restoration part, not the hideous gifts). I was just in San Francisco last week and walked by the Yerba Buena Gardens Carousel everyday. So beautiful, and the closest I got to a horse while in CA

BES

[pattnic]

[QUOTE=Bluey;3727991]
Ok, for the unbelievers, here is proof::winkgrin:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a298/Robintoo/Horses2-20-07798.jpg?t=1229350122[/QUOTE]

That explains it, Bluey! They came from Hereford, TX! :lol:
I was in Hereford for a few days for work - there was NO escaping the smell!

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=pattnic;3728082]
That explains it, Bluey! They came from Hereford, TX! :lol:
I was in Hereford for a few days for work - there was NO escaping the smell![/QUOTE]

You are right, it smells with so many feedlots right there.
The people there call it the smell of money, because without those hundreds of thousands of cattle being fed in that area, there would not be need of a town there for the people that work in them.
I have to admit that the new composting machines have made the smell half of what it was many years ago.
Just try to stay upwind.

You sure can get some very nicely, gentle broke horses out of those feedlots.
Those horses know what a day’s work is and are very much nonsense about it.:yes:

[JSwan]

I received a ceramic candle holder of a cabbage with a goat standing on top of it.

Yes. A big cabbage with a goat on top of it. A very deranged looking goat. And there is a hole in the goats back for the candle.

Is there some significance to the cabbage? I mean - why cabbage? It’s not the most attractive looking produce. Wouldn’t a pumpkin be better? And why is the goat standing on it? Shouldn’t he be eating it or pooping on it? because that’s pretty much what goats do. Eat and poop.

I store it in the closet and bring it out when my friend visits or the power is out.

[VCT]

[QUOTE=King’s Ransom;2054345]
Well, I have one that is not funny and not horsey. But since Christmas is coming up again, and we’re all talking about it, I would be interested in what you guys would do with this.

A few years back, at the end of a very serious relationship that went suddenly and unexpectedly sour, my soon-to-be ex-BF gave me a VERY expensive watch. Here is how he did it. He called me and gave me his cc # and exp. date and told me to go online and buy it. He really wanted me to have it, but was too busy to do it himself. ??? At any rate, the danged watch is a Cartier and it cost a bundle.

Fast forward to today. I love the watch. In theory, at least. It’s a wonderful watch. But I hate the whole situation surrounding it. I always think of it as my “booby prize” (no pun intended) or “parting gift.” I think the guy felt very guilty for the very slimey thing he was doing, and this expensive watch made him feel better. In many ways, it made me feel worse. Definitely my worst Christmas gift ever.

AND, to keep it horse-related, I have nowhere to wear this watch anymore. King entered my life as the ex- exited. Now I live on a small farm with two horses and absolutely nowhere to wear this expensive watch.

So … do I keep it and wear it occasionally and forget about the whole awful-ness of the thing … send it back to the guy with a hateful note … or sell it on ebay?

Hate the guy. Love the watch. What to do?[/QUOTE]

SELL IT. And get yourself a new saddle. Or whatever you want.

[Carrera]

I’ve been really lucky over the years! Mom is great at getting me exactly what I want, even if I am too self conscious to ask for it. Like a new polo saddle, or heck a horse!!

But Dad on the other hand, is BAD at gift shopping!! One year he got mom green cowboy boots, LIME green. Mom returned them. A few years later he got her a stunning night gown, but with two holes cut out of the front. His reasoning, every one gets what they want then. They didn’t speak for a few weeks after that.

[Rienzi]

These are hilarious! As I sit by my computer waiting to see if my job has been cut. Thanks for the laughs!
Now, the leather hippo, not so terrible. I mean, they don’t really have hair or fur anyway. But the horse–! “Gee, it’s just what I wanted, a skinned horse made out of skin.”

My grandfather used to give away old milk bottles for Christmas. They are actually rather valuable collectors’ items, so, not so bad, for grown-ups. Except that he gave one to my niece, when she was about 6 years old. The worst part was that he wrapped it in a denture cleaner box!

[Bluey]

I am thinking that JSwan’s cabbage-with-goat candle holder, along with a few other such jewels of the imagination, is probably a front runner here.

[equineartworks]

[QUOTE=JSwan;3728257]
I received a ceramic candle holder of a cabbage with a goat standing on top of it.

Yes. A big cabbage with a goat on top of it. A very deranged looking goat. And there is a hole in the goats back for the candle.

Is there some significance to the cabbage? I mean - why cabbage? It’s not the most attractive looking produce. Wouldn’t a pumpkin be better? And why is the goat standing on it? Shouldn’t he be eating it or pooping on it? because that’s pretty much what goats do. Eat and poop.

I store it in the closet and bring it out when my friend visits or the power is out.[/QUOTE]

There has to be some sort of symbolic thing going on there…

:lol:

[IronwoodFarm]

My mother, normally a person of terrific taste, had a brain fart one year. She got all three of her daughters, Epi-Ladies. Maybe she thought her girls were too hairy. Thank goodness for Ebay.

[Sport]

@Trixie;2055456

My mother and I have the holidays down. She tells me what she wants, my father gives me his credit card. I buy it, whatever it is, in whatever color and size she wants, and have it wrapped, then give it to dad with credit card back. That way, she gets what she wants and he doesn’t buy her another stupid perfume gift set. When he was guessing, it was just disasterous for all.

My dad and I had this arrangement as well. Was just thinking of it the other day. He passed away this year so there will be no last minute shopping for mom from him.

[jen-s]

Stick Horse

My first Christmas Eve with my stepfather’s family (I was 12 and totally horse crazy) was dramatic at best. I remember peaking under the tree and all I saw for me was a single envelope with my name on it. I remarked to my step-brother-in-law that wouldn’t it be great if it said something about my horse being outside, which really wasn’t such a stretch of the imagination as my stepfather owned several (that I wasn’t allowed to ride even though I’d been riding hunters for years) and had access to a trailer.

By the time we finally got to gifts and my envelope was handed to me, I opened it eagerly. And lo and behold, it did say that my horse was tied outside. I lept up and raced outside. I looked and looked but couldn’t find anything. No horse, no trailer, no poop even. After much searching, and lots of laughter coming from the house, I finally went back in and my stepfather directed me to the base of a tree where there was a stick with a rope tied on it. I was crushed.

My other gift that night from my step-grandparents, an orange and navy thong. They were very fond of gag gifts. I was never happier than when that marriage dissolved. It’s 17 Christmases later and I still cringe when I remember that night.

[JSwan]

[QUOTE=equineartworks;3728622]
There has to be some sort of symbolic thing going on there…

:lol:[/QUOTE]

Posting that prompted me to take it out and look at it. Good God, I’d forgotten.

I’m staring at it right now. It’s got a bell around its neck and has some sort of pack thingy filled with a tomato, a squash, a few flowers, and grapes. I thought the pedestal was plain but it’s not. It’s black and orange and turquoise with cartoonish flowers and some sort of bird.

And get this - it’s from the Fitz and Floyd “Classics” “Country Chic” collection.

Clearly I need to get out more. This isn’t just chic, it’s Country Chic.

[amastrike]

@jen-s;3728670

By the time we finally got to gifts and my envelope was handed to me, I opened it eagerly. And lo and behold, it did say that my horse was tied outside. I lept up and raced outside. I looked and looked but couldn’t find anything. No horse, no trailer, no poop even. After much searching, and lots of laughter coming from the house, I finally went back in and my stepfather directed me to the base of a tree where there was a stick with a rope tied on it. I was crushed.

That’s just cruel :no: .

[Simkie]

@JSwan;3728893

Posting that prompted me to take it out and look at it. Good God, I’d forgotten.

I’m staring at it right now. It’s got a bell around its neck and has some sort of pack thingy filled with a tomato, a squash, a few flowers, and grapes. I thought the pedestal was plain but it’s not. It’s black and orange and turquoise with cartoonish flowers and some sort of bird.

And get this - it’s from the Fitz and Floyd “Classics” “Country Chic” collection.

Clearly I need to get out more. This isn’t just chic, it’s Country Chic.

Perhaps you’d like the matching Canape Plate?

:lol:

OH OH OH! LOOK! Is that it, at the bottom?

[caffeinated]

hahaha! oh my. So we can all share…

eta… oops, someone beat me… hehe

[Bluey]

Hey, that is not a bad goat, although I don’t know what is with the basket.
He is a hair billy goat, Kathadin, real neat goats, or a cross of those.
I was thinking it was a great big cabbage with a little bitty goat on top of it.

Just think how hard someone had to work to make the molds for all those…ah…well…kinds of clay figurines, paint them and all that…:rolleyes:

[DressageGeek_Ribbon]

@jen-s;3728670

My first Christmas Eve with my stepfather’s family (I was 12 and totally horse crazy) was dramatic at best. I remember peaking under the tree and all I saw for me was a single envelope with my name on it. I remarked to my step-brother-in-law that wouldn’t it be great if it said something about my horse being outside, which really wasn’t such a stretch of the imagination as my stepfather owned several (that I wasn’t allowed to ride even though I’d been riding hunters for years) and had access to a trailer.

By the time we finally got to gifts and my envelope was handed to me, I opened it eagerly. And lo and behold, it did say that my horse was tied outside. I lept up and raced outside. I looked and looked but couldn’t find anything. No horse, no trailer, no poop even. After much searching, and lots of laughter coming from the house, I finally went back in and my stepfather directed me to the base of a tree where there was a stick with a rope tied on it. I was crushed.

My other gift that night from my step-grandparents, an orange and navy thong. They were very fond of gag gifts. I was never happier than when that marriage dissolved. It’s 17 Christmases later and I still cringe when I remember that night.

I find myself very angry for you - what a cruel thing to do to a 12 year old child.

[ChocoMare]

@Simkie;3728905

Perhaps you’d like the matching Canape Plate?

:lol:

OH OH OH! LOOK! Is that it, at the bottom?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well that piece o’china is just beau-va-lah. :winkgrin: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Alas, I am in the Leather Horse club too. :no: My riding student gave me one last year for Christmas. It’s hiding in the office behind some other stuff so I can’t see it and so it can’t watch me. Blech. :dead:

[Rienzi]

Jen-S – that is terrible. Is it too late to call down the COTH explosive diahrea curse upon those who thought it was so funny to do something so cruel? (Or maybe the Christmas COTH Projectile Vomiting Curse.)