Fess Up your Christmas Disappointments

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:35 pm

David - i thought the thread was great, i wish i had somethng to add to it -
carla and the kids got me shampoo ( i shave my head Buddah style ).
i was so hurt - still recovering, but i'm sure Santa's memory is as long as his beard

i hate how the "holy" people always come out of the woodwork.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:56 pm

DCrom wrote:Drat it! Despite all my hints, nobody got me that electric dog polisher I wanted!

Only in San Jose would someone have an electric dog...

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:09 pm

Denny wrote:
DCrom wrote:Drat it! Despite all my hints, nobody got me that electric dog polisher I wanted!
Only in San Jose would someone have an electric dog...

I was going to deny that, but I *do* (my daughter does, anyway) have an electric dog. And a flashlight shaped like a crouching cat that loudly meows when you turn it on.

But let me assure you that we *don't* have a robotic maid.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:22 pm

DCrom wrote:
Denny wrote:
DCrom wrote:Drat it! Despite all my hints, nobody got me that electric dog polisher I wanted!
Only in San Jose would someone have an electric dog...
I was going to deny that, but I *do* (my daughter does, anyway) have an electric dog. And a flashlight shaped like a crouching cat that loudly meows when you turn it on.

But let me assure you that we *don't* have a robotic maid.

Starting a "birthday list", eh?

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:39 pm

I might add that robot dogs are beginning to be popular with the old folks who can't have real dogs in the assisted living centers where they live. In a discussion at the Christmas dinner table about robot dogs, the Japanese student laughed and said that they were very popular in Japan. She said the cost there was $1,600. Heck, you could buy a nice flute and a few stuffed animals for that amount.

Fishie · Post by **Fishie** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:26 pm

I have no dissapointments to report.

My girlfriend bought me an Iam Lambe low D whistle which looks and sounds absolutely beautiful. She also arranged for some flute lessons while we were in Ireland.

Nope, no complaints...except that I'm back from Ireland.

:(

RudallRose · Post by **RudallRose** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:51 pm

Ruff, ruff, ruff, hello, I'm Raggs

(from a really good Woody Allen flick of years ago!)

seisflutes · Post by **seisflutes** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:52 am

I can't really complain, as I did get a lovely Sweetheart maple C flute(:D !!!!!!!!)from my grandma, and the new Compact Oxford English Dictionary(which I had asked for, and love) from my dad.
However, I was disappointed about one thing. My mom tried to get me some pre-gouged bassoon cane to make chanter reeds out of, but what ended up arriving was some pre-shaped oboe cane instead.

We are trying again.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:18 pm

eilam wrote:David - i thought the thread was great, i wish i had somethng to add to it -
carla and the kids got me shampoo ( i shave my head Buddah style ).
i was so hurt - still recovering, but i'm sure Santa's memory is as long as his beard

i hate how the "holy" people always come out of the woodwork.

And how I adore my e-ski! But what I want to know is, did they all volunteer to massage the shampoo into your bald pate for you?

I heard a good one the other day ... 'Beery Christmas and Happy Harmonica.' I shared it with the two nice Jewish brothers who own our company, and they were pretty pleased.

One sister got me some "eh, not so much" fireplace tools, so that was probably a quasi-dud ... from there, neither my other sister nor my aunt (these three are all that's left of my immediate family) actually got round to getting me anything at all. However, they've told me to buy myself stuff and they'd cough up within reason (i.e., no Olwell for this girl) -- so I'm not complaining, but it did make for a little skimpier under-tree experience than previous years.

Meanwhile, my sweetie spoiled me rotten with a Delft teapot and I got him the Burke Session Pro Brass whistle he's been hankering for.

(Being as fiddle is, so far, pretty obviously his primary instrument, this was truly a gesture of love.

)

P.S. Another Christmas treat: Mick, Louise, & Michelle Mulcahy's "Notes from the Heart" CD is WONDERFUL.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:01 pm

On second thought, I should retract the joke about my beloved's whistle playing. He'll be fine.

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:15 pm

catski - they got me the shampoo they like, but i think to grow my hair as a retaliation move

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:30 pm

Aha! Reverse psychosis!

Brilliant.

springrobin · Post by **springrobin** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:38 am

My disappointment was that I'd hoped to start my kids skiing over the holiday but we had a thaw and all the snow in our area melted.

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:27 pm

-Lessee..didn't get that world peace I asked for, but did get on the waiting list. Its on backorder. Santa understood "World Peace" was mostly acquisitive middle-aged guy code for a Three Stooges DVD box set and the zennishly perfect little teapot found beneath the tree. Don't know when the peace will arrive, but there's hot tea and lots of Nyuk Nyuks and Woob Woobs in the meantime.

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!
Woob Woob Woob!

amar · Post by **amar** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:36 am

I didn't get one.