to tell off my dad?

[Nagini]

Last week my dad offered a hideous, dirty large piece of tat to my DS.

I declined to take it from his house, as I am not going to have it in my home.

He came over yesterday, and when I went into DS's room this morning it was in there.

I was furious, because now when I throw it out, DS is going to be upset. I am going to throw it out, it is too big to hide and horrid.

I rang him and explained that although he might think it is funny, it isn't, as my DS will be upset.

He swore and put the phone down.

Was IBU?

[iscream]

I was thinking it could be a stuffed fish or animal head on a plaque, or a bear skin rug with head. Or antlers.

[LineRunner]

Nagini, if you ever need a rotting used shed .....

[AmberLeaf]

Ooh sticks and fairy lights in a vase!...........nnow all you need is for him to collect some.....pebbley shit

[Nagini]

linerunner I concede :)

[kickassmunkiii]

YANBU. At all.

[LineRunner]

My dad once cleared out his back shed and stuck it all in his pal's car and sent it round to my house. I found his pal unloading it into my front garden.

"Wha .. wh .." I managed to stammer.

"Your dad said you needed some help. Here it is," he replied, as he tipped what I can only describe as a rusting artefactual montage onto my garden.

[Nagini]

amberleaf I am probably a bit mean. I always have to lose the sticks that DS brings home from walks. Maybe I should put them in a vase with some fairy lights

[Nagini]

parsley game... beer you are right!

I love sausages' idea of buying him a delightful gift. I am however very nervous of raising the stakes. My dad will win as I am very intolerant of clutter and tat. He used to delight in buying large plastic noisy toys for DS that would entirely dominate my living room. I did let him keep those

[AmberLeaf]

Ha! Thanks Beertricks

[AmberLeaf]

What's the parsley game?

I think you are being a bit U, my dad [steptoe] often sends my DCs home with ....odd bits and bobs, but I dont mind as I know they will have no doubt has fun helping him 'fix' something or other in the workshop.

DC3 brought a small plank home once.......hours of fun!

He loves them, they love him and I love them all so....who does it really hurt?

[Bigglewinkle]

Very odd! Poor you!
YANBU

[SnapesPlaything]

What a strange thing to give a child!

[Sausagesarenottheonlyfruit]

Why on Earth?!

How vile! Can you and DS choose an equally 'lovely' present for your Dad to display in his home?

[MonsterBookOfTysons]

Yuck I think your Dad needs to learn what a good present would be.

[superjobee]

god thats naff take a picture of it for your DS then chuck it!

[LineRunner]

Nagini, that is indeed fairly tat. The stains always do it for me, too.

[Nagini]

I didn't want to say it and completely out myself, but fuck it, it's a fairly niche story I guess.

It was a large sunvisor presumably for a rear windscreen (I have tinted windows in my car and pull up sunshade things built in BTW) Circa 1990 it may have had racing cars printed on it. It's about a metre across and you can't fold it up. It also had no means of attaching it to a window. It was covered in brown liquidy type stains and what I assume to be mould spores.

Anyhoo, I saw im this afternoon and pretneded nothing had happened and we are all friends. Either he'll take this as a challenge to put something even more horrible in my house, or he'll stop

[Bigglewinkle]

What else could be mouldy tat?
Carpet?
Curtains?
Or is it an old man's flasher-type mac?

[happymole]

YABVVVVU not to say what it is. We can only judge with all the information.

AIBU my Dad gave us a Monet painting which I don't like.
AIBU my Dad snuck a scorpion into the house as a pet for DS.

[TakeMeDrunkImHome]

Why on earth won't OP say what it is!

[pinkyp]

yABU to not say what it is. I'm guessing that it's not that bad otherwise u would of said

[SnapesPlaything]

YANBU to chuck it and tell off dad.

YABU not to sate our curiosity as to what it is. :o