Did you get any bad gifts this holiday? I mean really bad gifts -- gifts as undesirable as the ones swapped at the annual holiday "regift" party we attended in Glen Ridge last weekend. We've got the footage to prove it and I've got something I'd gladly swap. Watch the video, then let me know if I've got any takers...
When bad gifts happen to good people, they take matters into their own hands.
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Comments (35)
This was great! What a cool party! How come I wasn't invited? I have TONS of sweaters from the clearance rack at Marshalls that my Mother In Law has given me!
I think the worst gift I ever got was a pair of gym socks from a former beau (note the operative word "former" here?). They were not even my size. Talk about lack of attention to details. I broke up with him soon after that.
Barista,
What's happening in Blmfd.? Just heard something about it on Channel 2 News.
Barista: What about this lock-down. What is going on now? Helicopters all over. Lock down at all schools. What kind of a town are we living in. No police advice. Someone E-Mail me and let me know what the heck is going on. I am afraid to go out of my own house!!!!!!
Driver Of Stolen Truck Flees N.J. Traffic Stop
2 Nearby Schools Locked Down As Precaution
(CBS) BLOOMFIELD, N.J. At traffic stop near mile marker 151 in Bloomfield, N.J., a white truck came up as stolen, and the driver fled the scene, according to state police.
Aviation and K-9 units are actively searching for the man.
Bloomfield Police reported that St. Thomas and Brookdale schools are in lockdown just as a precaution because of a search.
The man is described as a white male, wearing and gray coat and blue pants.
back to the regifting:
this video is funny. too bad regifting wasn't in vogue when I've received some horrendous "gifts" in the past!
Anyone know the names of the people in the video?? Some of the people look familiar...
I recognize Debbie and Warren, that's it.
I think I saw Looky Daddy in the video (am I right?)
There's something a little off-putting about a group of better than your average bear suburbanites getting together to sneer at the misguided efforts of their friends and relatives.
I hope the children were not party to this meanspirited parlor game. Isn't it the thought that counts?
I saw my business partner--hope my Christmas gift to her wasn't in the pile! :)
Why go back to that stupid regifting party. Is that the only thing people are concerned about. How about people getting killed when they are not aware that a truck is running through the streets of our town, and nobody is notified. Don't you think our townships should have something put in place (like a siren/telephone call, computerized) to keep our citizens safe. Please E-Mail your mayor in your community and demand something be done about this ongoing problem. Don't be so concerned about your stupid regifting parties. Humanity comes first.......
>>>>Why go back to that stupid regifting party.
DE, I believe I asked to go back to the regifting party, because, . . . um, . . . this is the thread for that. There is entirely another thread covering the school lockdown. Go to that one to air your concerns.
Sorry. Last one was posted by me.
Deb, Liz and Warren look bored out of their brains -- this is what alcohol is designed for people...they should have had multiple cocktails first, then exchanged gifts. Oh well.
This year I told my friend stop buying this crap (Moose Munch) last year I threw it out and this years box I told her I gave it away. Anybody out there want next years box of Moose Munch? I sure its coming.
Not bad, though it feels a little weird to be allowed into somebody's living room like that. Who was the babe with the mike, the Angie McDowell look-alike--is that you, Debbie? (Might not be a bad idea to sign off with an ID, like, "this is Angie McDowell for Baristanet," or somesuch.) Liz I recognized in all her radiant glory from that photo posted here a while back, to which I can only say: grrrrrrr, growwwwlll, humahumahuma... If I were king of the foreeeeeeeeeest.... (thump thump thump) meow.
two words...smith and wessson
two words...smith and wesson
two words...smith and wesson
I'll trade the sweater for some Moose Munch
that's six words...you were only allotted two. you have gone over your alottment
first time i've experienced a glitch in posting. sorry.
and it's Mr Ice to you.
Mr Ice,
Happens to me all the time.
One word for you
BERETTA!!!!
Ignore the pitiable, horny angst of the middle-aged marsupial above. (I always thought he'd been altered by a vet, anyway.)
And, eucalyptus leaf-eating boy, it's "Andie" McDowell. You'll also never be king of the forest.
Iceman, two more two-word "statements" for you: Heckler & Koch, and even better, Fabrique Nationale. (God bless the non-pacific tendencies of those crazy, cherry sparkling beer-brewing Belgians!)
Andie, Angie, Angus, what's the difference. And who the heck was she, anyway? Do you even know, you big bag of gas?
Ah, the marsupial has stirred. Now shut up, you little outback version of a sea slug or I'll feed you to the dingo(e?)s.
that's not very nice. you are certainly no gentleman and not a nice person either.
Walleroo - many thanks for the compliment. I am the Baristanet correspondent (see Divalicious "Holiday Party" and "Blow This" for more) and my name is Lauren Mattia. And, yes, next time we will include a lower third. Thanks for viewing, everyone!
Walleroo, for being a pathetically drooling sexist, gets thanked by the object of his drooling? Lauren, I think you too might profit from a course in reading comprehension (you can sit next to lasermikey), and from a reading of "The Collector."
and maybe The story of O, a cathar favorite!
I'm not sure what anybody is talking about here--the innuendo, sarcasm, double entendres, put downs, slap downs and come downs come so fast and furious I'm just all agog.(I'm afraid to ask if there really issuch a thing as a Barisanet item called "Blow This"?) For the moment, I'm going to assume that there really is a Lauren Mattia and that it was she who did the flick. (I'm not sure what the ref to "lower third" means, but I'm not going to ask.)
I almost forgot to say, Lauren: really nice job on the film. Do more please.
Walleroo, a "lower third" is text that identifies the person speaking and appears in the bottom third of the screen - frequently used in news videos. "Blow This" is one of our Barista videos (see homepage, scroll down on the lefthand side, click on thumbnail). More to come!
Speed Humps! Blow This! Her Lower Third! What's next you animals?!? Haven't you any morals?