*sigh* Christmas with duct tape...

[KillerMuffin]

... again.

For some reason the Christmas season brings out the smart asses in the family in the "outdo" contest. And it requires a case of duct tape at our house every year.

The StudMuffin has been informed that any present that is wrapped in duct tape will not only not be opened, it will be chucked into the trash. He's gotten all huffy puffy pissed because he wrapped something in duct tape already. He says he'll take it back instead. I said, "okey fine, I'm not opening it. Duct tape is NOT a requirement for Christmas wrapping."

*sigh*

I volunteered for this, too. I married him. On purpose even.

 

[lilfrk]

LOL

OMG I think we maybe related. Duct tape happens in this house too. It's just not right.

Good luck with your christmas gifts KM and wish me luck with my birthday gifts.

 

[Cheyenne]

Does he use the Sunday comics as wrapping paper? If he does, he'd fit right into my family.

 

[iann666]

Duct tape

can look very seasonal with its silvery glint lol

 

[LadyDarkFire]

Sunday Comics, with Duct tape ribbon, and an index card gift tag. My friends are mainly guys, so I get at least one gift wrapped like this each year. Utility knife for the ribbon, and careful unwrapping of the newspaper. It's a tradition, they give me the sunday comics, I save the Garfield (used to also be Calvin and Hobbes).

 

[Nobody Special's wife]

NS has this annoying little tack to wrap the presents in a big box then fill it up so it will not shake make a sound what so ever..

What annoys me the most he takes the fun out of guessing what you got .. The big lunk head and to think I'm carring his spawn ( but a cute little burger when he/she gets here)

 

[Wiggles]

At least you guys get a little bit of wrapping! My gift usually comes in the box/bag it came in.
I would appreciate a little duct tape and funnies......sniff sniff

 

[batter]

i dont use duct tape

i use the wide roll of packing tape...works like a charm.
and i mean i "USE" packing tape. LOL about half a roll for a small gift.
i used it once like that for my teenage son. i wrapped a box of chocolates in wrapping paper and used the packing tape to seal it up! inside was a box of Slowpokes chocolates.
and it is a lot cheaper than duct tape.

but i will remember the duct tape one year. LOL great idea KM

 

[Moridin187]

How I wrap my presents depends entirely on my mood at the time....

I might wrap it great, like something done professionally...


Or, I might wrap it in plain writing paper, then go over it with electrical tape, then put it in a bigger box and pack it in so you can't shake it, then wrap the box in duct tape, then put That box in Another box, and wrap that box perfectly...

I once put a necklace in six boxes, I swear my mom must've thought I got her a chair or something from the size of the last box.

 

[KillerMuffin]

I'm seeing a definite gender trend here...

*glares at the guys*

It's NOT cute and it's NOT clever it will NOT get you laid.

 

[Cheyenne]

Laid? Definitely not!

It was my brother who always did that. Waited until
Christmas Eve before wrapping his gifts in the basement, literally while we were all upstairs waiting as we were supposed to be opening them!

That gender thing you definitely have correct though...

 

[morninggirl5]

It's definitely a gender thing and it starts early. My students wrapped their presents for their parents today. The boys used 1 whole roll of tape. The girls didn't even use half of their roll.

 

[Silverlily]

Yep, it's a gender thing.

What gets me is, name a mall that doesn't have gift wrapping available. Are they too cheap or to stupid to find the kiosk?

Guys appreciate a little stripping, so do we.

 

[batter]

I'm seeing a definite gender trend here...

*glares at the guys*

It's NOT cute and it's NOT clever it will NOT get you laid.

OOOPS!!!!
raises hands after spotting KM's gun and backs out of thread.

 

[Samuari]

I've done the multi-box thing, it can be fun. I've also been known to include small jars with a few beans, or a bell or two to provide assorted noises when the package is shook. A brick can add suitable density.

Duck tape is for shiping boxes, and comics are only used for birthdays.

They only time that I ever used the gifrt wrapping service was when I was out of time and needed it wrapped right now, as I was going to be giving it in 5 minutes.

 

[Cheyenne]

Duck tape is for shiping boxes, and comics are only used for birthdays.

Does that mean birthdays are comical in your life?

 

[Samuari]

Does that mean birthdays are comical in your life?

When you've had as many as I have you either learn laugh at them or turn into a pompus, arrogant, SOB like Shadow baby. I'd rather luagh.

 

[celiaKitten]

It's NOT cute and it's NOT clever it will NOT get you laid.

LOL


KM - I love that line ...

 

[Moridin187]

I'm seeing a definite gender trend here...

*glares at the guys*

It's NOT cute and it's NOT clever it will NOT get you laid.

Okay.. I do it to my mom, so as for getting laid... Ewwww....

The only other person I ever did it to was my ex, I put her ring box in a larger box that was about 1 ft^3, and that was because I didn't want her to guess what it was until the last second.

As to why I do it, my mom does the same thing to me, it's one of those quirky little family traditions

 

[Weird Harold]

I beg to differ!

it will NOT get you laid.

Many years ago, I wrapped a pair of earrings by cutting a hole in a large thick piece of styrofoam and then sandwiching it between two other pieces of foam. I carefully "upholstered" the resulting cube with Duct tape and presented it to a girl with a card that read, "This is nice as a hassock, but it's nicer if you tear it apart."

It got me laid. (after she carefully unwrapped all 150 feet of duct tape.)

 

[weathered2]

Does he use the Sunday comics as wrapping paper? If he does, he'd fit right into my family.

Hey, that's one of my favorite tricks. It's a tradition around here to start saving the comics up for dad starting around thanksgiving. They must feel the same way about it though. This year they threw out the comics and did a dollar store extravaganza on wrapping paper. Now, if I could just find that @$$#% duct tape.

 

[RisiaSkye]

KM, there's an easy solution:
Sometimes, you have to pull that gun out from behind your back. This seems like a suitable occasion.

 

[scylis]

hey! SHE started it! it took me 15 goddamn minutes to open the thing with a KNIFE, even! i remember taking one look at that box all covered in duct tape and thinking "a woman after my own heart! damn, i love her!" so, of course i had to reciprocate the next year, but i used white and black duct tape, too!

this year there was no duct tape for me to use on her b-day present, so i was forced to make due with packing tape. even sent her a "present opener" to make things easier: my little pocket knife i got from my dad after the rehearsal when he remarried.

if nothing else, i'll hold on to her as friend for dear life. she knows all of my dirty little secrets, after all (like how that really was me that let one last wednsday. i'm a good liar)

 

[Cheyenne]

Re: I beg to differ!

Many years ago, I wrapped a pair of earrings by cutting a hole in a large thick piece of styrofoam and then sandwiching it between two other pieces of foam. I carefully "upholstered" the resulting cube with Duct tape and presented it to a girl with a card that read, "This is nice as a hassock, but it's nicer if you tear it apart."

It got me laid. (after she carefully unwrapped all 150 feet of duct tape.)

The earrings are what got you laid, not the duct tape. And if you had wrapped that package in easier to open materials, you would have gotten laid much quicker!

 

[Wiggles]

Omg. I went to get some presents wrapped last night, no Scotch tape.
But I still wanted to get it done to see what I still had to buy......
So I used the duct tape. I'm ashamed of myself.

<Hangs head and leaves room quietly>