Christmas 2008: here is the thread for listing crappy presents you've received...

...and will be stuffed into the bottom of the closet/binned/sent to a charity shop as soon as no-one is looking.

First up for me this year, an electronic sudoku/math game that doesn't have detailed enough instructions to actually, you know, play it.

A Waterford crystal bottle coaster. It's lovely, but I'm not one for crystal...

Oh, and a screwdriver set - the handle of which is made of such soft plastic that it's broken already FFS

My has been freaking out every time she discovers I have had an alcoholic beverage for the past decade or so. This year she gave me a 10-pack of "world" beers, which was awesome, but as she watched me unwrap it she gave me a loooooooong lecture on the history of alcoholism in my family. She told me to drink no more than one beer a day. I'm pretty sure she just gave me the beer so I could get the lecture again.

I got great gifts from my close family (I made a list for them). But I also got Magic Cards. Not really that sucky of a gift - I mean, it's two starter decks so I suppose I could actually play it with someone.

Don't open the boxes, then e-B4y them.
Meanwhile, I also received a Pocket Bastketball Game. I mean, I've heard of pocket billiards, but pocket basketball? Anyway, it's a small fold out basketball court with a flipper to launch the balls at the net. After a bit of thought, I've managed to work out that it's purchase was based on a similar present I received when I was 13 - one of those hoops that clips onto a wastebasket. However, I'm now 34...