The "What Did You Get" Thread

[MadGamer]

So come on then, what did you all get?

I got

Family Guy Season 9 DVD
The Cleveland Show Season 1 DVD
American Pie DVD Boxset (Contains all 7 movies)
Avatar Collectors Edition Blu Ray
Desperate Housewives Season 6
2 x Pairs of Jeans
2 x Belts
Diabetic Chocolates
A Fleece Jacket
Pair of PJ's
Beware of Chickens sign
Family Guy 2011 Annual

[Tezcatlipoca]

Beware of chickens? :confused: :erm:

Not opened mine yet - waiting until after dinner.

[MadGamer]

A little joke pressie from my sister. because of course I am a chicken keeper :), I got them a "welcome to our nest sign" lol

[Derek]

New pair of running shoes, a camelbak running rucksack, some new running clothes and socks. (Can you guess what my hobby is?)

Aside from that some comedy DVD's, a couple of Xbox games and other bits and bobs.

[papa smurf]

New pair of running shoes, a camelbak running rucksack, some new running clothes and socks. (Can you guess what my hobby is?)

Aside from that some comedy DVD's, a couple of Xbox games and other bits and bobs.

hope it didn't give you the hump :)

[Taf]

4 long sleeve T shirts

[Russ]

steering wheel set for my xbox, Transformers game, unauthorised degeneration-x book, shawn michaels "my journey" dvd, d&g masculine aftershave, chanel allure sport eau de toilette, boxers, socks, wool jumper, shirt from the in-laws, fifa 11, slippers, gamer bean bag chair, 12 months xbox live subscription, guinness book of records, other bits and pieces :)

[GazCBG]

From Parents
Tee shirt
Underwear
Top Gear Calendar
Electric Shaver
2100 Points for my XBox 360
£50

From Brother and his family
£10 Game voucher
Bar of chocolate

From others
2x £25 cheques

[Lord Nikon]

New pair of running shoes, a camelbak running rucksack, some new running clothes and socks. (Can you guess what my hobby is?)


If it involves dressing like a camel I'm not sure I WANT to know


Aside from that some comedy DVD's, a couple of Xbox games and other bits and bobs.

[Maggy]

Nothing so far.Have to wait for hubby coming home from work.

[Jimmy-J]

A nice Craft Lamp and Magnifier.
3 Pairs of Boxer Shorts (With lots of little smillie faces on them). :)
A Manchester Legends cup and coaster (featuring Morrissy, Ian Brown, Noel Gallagher and Shaun Ryder. SORTED!).
Logitech Z323 Sub-woofer & surround sound speakers.
A fruit cake from Texas.
A 20"x20" photo frame.

[Osem]

Ryobi 18v drill/driver combi pack, high power led torch, umpteen pairs of socks, England rugby union shirt, slippers (much needed), the biggest bar of chocolate I've ever seen, several bottles of wine, a book on digital photography and a Supertramp CD. Still got some more to open though..

My best presents, however, were the looks on the kids' and wife's faces as they opened theirs... :)

[Peter_]

19in Computer monitor.
£100
Inception special edition in an aluminium briefcase.
Bottle Pernod.
Bottle of Pimms No1 Cup.
Muppet Pyjamas
Snoopy Pyjamas
2 shirts
Gola shoulder bag
FCUK shower set
2 x Nivea shower sets
Lynx shower set
Tin of Roses
Box of Heroes
Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts
Socks
Tolberone
The Book of Eli on Bluray.

To self Nokia N8.

[Lord Nikon]

2 bottles Stellar Gin,
1 bottle Ketel One lemon Vodka,
2 bottles Malibu
1 bottle Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
1 bottle Amaretto
2 Bottles banana liqueur
1 bottle E&J Brandy
2 bottles UV Red
1 bottle Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka
1 Nivea for men Shaving kit

Gift to self - Supreme Commander 2 Infinite War addon pack. (PC)

[LSainsbury]

Socks
Shower Gel
Lens Hood for a Canon Lens
Back to The Future Trilogy on Blu-Ray
Alien Quad on Blu-Ray*
Empire Strikes Back Book
Subscription of a EOS Magazine
Tron Legacy OST by Daft Punk

...and few other bits and pieces!

* Question about Aliens Blu-Ray - just shoved the disc in for a quick look last night - it appeared quite grainy - is it supposed to be like that? I know it's a old old film now and wasn't expecting it pin sharp. Suppose it could be some settings on Blu-Ray / TV

[Maggy]

1 huge bottle of Chloe Narcisse.
The latest Terry Pratchett.
various sweets and chocolates and biscuits.
A CD from my daughter called Acid Tongue(is she making a point?) by Jenny Lewis.I obviously am being retrained in my music tastes.:D

[Stephen]

I got

Xbox 360 kinect
Dance central for kinect
Hair clippers
Slippers
Ghostbusters lounge pants
Ghostbusters T Shirt
A ring

More still as not got pressies from my brother and parents yet.

[Uncle Peter]

Debenhams vouchers
Travel luggage
Wine
Curvoisier

[Gary L]

One of mine was an i-stubble. for my face and wherever.

[dazzer89]

Ring, Pacco Rabbane 1million, new Sat Nav, socks, Linx, money all in all a good Christmas.

[budwieser]

I got............................................. Drunk and very Happy.
Spent the evening with great fun people and family.:D

[gazfan]

I got

a Sony Viao netbook (Had it a few weeks now as it was purchased using the Tesco get £20 for every £10 worth of clubcard vouchers offer)
Slippers, Thorntons fudge toffee & cookies, money, Inception BluRay, Garlic Chilli etc infused oils, cola cubes - and some fat balls for feeding the birds .....

[Hugh]

I got

a Sony Viao netbook (Had it a few weeks now as it was purchased using the Tesco get £20 for every £10 worth of clubcard vouchers offer)
Slippers, Thorntons fudge toffee & cookies, money, Inception BluRay, Garlic Chilli etc infused oils, cola cubes - and some fat balls for feeding the birds .....
Before Mr_love_monkey gets here, can I just say -

Fnarr fnarr.....:D

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[budwieser]

I got

a Sony Viao netbook (Had it a few weeks now as it was purchased using the Tesco get £20 for every £10 worth of clubcard vouchers offer)
Slippers, Thorntons fudge toffee & cookies, money, Inception BluRay, Garlic Chilli etc infused oils, cola cubes - and some fat balls for feeding the birds .....
" some fat balls for feeding the birds " :D

[dilli-theclaw]

Most importantly I got a future wife :)

Other hightlights (so far - I still have to open stuff from Peter tomorrow)

Alien Quadrilogy on Blu Ray
Lord of the Rings on Blu Ray
Avatar Extended on Blu Ray
Smellies
Dr Who Coasters
A TARDOS with a phone in it :)
A Blow up sheep
Handcuffs

[budwieser]

" A Blow up sheep,
Handcuffs "

WTF!!!!!!!!?:erm:

[dilli-theclaw]

They were from my dad - I'm still working that one out to be honest ;)

[budwieser]

They were from my dad - I'm still working that one out to be honest ;)
No need to explain mate, we understand.;):D

[devilincarnate]

What did i get £200 and a few cases of beer, and lets not forget a set of guitar strings for my electric and acoustic guitars.

The only things that matters is music, beer and money:D:D:D

[Wayfair]

A back door mat.
Wooden chopping board.
16 pairs of socks.
Ide / sata to usb 2 adapter.
Sweets.
Ass / face soap, before you ask, it says ass on one side and face on the other.
£5.


Yeah, yeah I know :/

[Hugh]

Don't get the sides mixed up.....

[peanut]

I got some Adnams (local) aged oak vodka (50%vol) and some of their Gin in really nice presentation boxes.
2 pairs of FCUK jeans.
2 types of incrediballs (puzzles).
150ml Hugo Man edt
Both of Chris Evans autobiography books
Nigel Slater's Diary Cookbook
Jamie Oliver's USA cookbook
A sweater
Smellies
Technics lego (offroader No8297) Always wanted to try one.
14 bottles of spirits and wines.
Pasta making machine
2x360 games (Beatles Rock Band and Grid).
Underwear (as usual).
6 Royal Doulton glasses (cocktail/goblets (style:lunar)) (shared with Mrs)
Large box of Thorntons (shared with Mrs but she can bugger off)
1 Large Toilet mug complete with cistern!

And Amazon vouchers :D

[Hom3r]

I got............................................. Drunk and very Happy.
Spent the evening with great fun people and family.:D


Ditto, I did it on 1/4 bottle of vodka :D

[moaningmags]

A ticket to see Bon Jovi in June at Murrayfield :D

Ermm can't remember anything else cos I got a ticket to see Bon Jovi in June :D

[peanut]

A ticket to see Bon Jovi in June at Murrayfield :D

Ermm can't remember anything else cos I got a ticket to see Bon Jovi in June :D

Wow, cool present. :)

[Sirius]

Flu :(

[Ken W]

I was not as lucky as some I was given a £20 Marks and Spencer voucher

[papa smurf]

Flu :(

man flu ?- or something less serious ?;)

[Sirius]

man flu ?- or something less serious ?;)

Real Flu so less serious :D

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I was not as lucky as some I was given a £20 Marks and Spencer voucher

Nice you should be able to buy a small carrier bag for that at M&S :D

[papa smurf]

Real Flu so less serious :D

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Nice you should be able to buy a small carrier bag for that at M&S :D

not just any carrier bag this is a m&s ergonomically designed free range plastic carrier bag from a sustainable source ;)

[Ken W]

Nice you should be able to buy a small carrier bag for that at M&S :D[/QUOTE]

Two packs of socks which are always welcome.

[Halcyon]

- Chocolates
- Bottle of Jack Daniels.
- Ski socks
- A book on photography

And a voucher for a flight in a light aircraft over these mountains in France where I'l be able to have a go flying too:

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[Flyboy]

Mrs Flyboy and I don't splash out on each other anymore, we tend to concentrate more on the children. My favourite present this year was a potato ricer.

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Oops, nealry forgot, my favourite tipple, a bottle of ten year old single malt Laphroaig.

[Mr_love_monkey]

Mrs Flyboy and I don't splash out on each other anymore

fnar! fnar!

[Gary L]

fnar! fnar!

I'd have left the children part in :D