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Original poster

£50 cash for Xmas. Joke.

108 replies

mummmy2017 · 30/11/2019 22:47

Ok stay with me for this.
I stuck £50 cash in an envelopes.
I gave one to A and one too B. Said here is your Xmas presents early.
A and B swap envelopes.
A and B then hand me back the envelopes...
I then thanked then for my Xmas gifts and asked if they were happy as that was Xmas done....
The way I see it we all got £100 in Xmas cash....LOL.

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Charley34 · 30/11/2019 23:15

YANBU love it !!!

Babybel90 · 30/11/2019 23:18

It’s basically what millions of other people are doing without the middleman of Argos.

Cherrysoup · 30/11/2019 23:21

So they gave you the money you gave them back? Therefore nobody got cash/gift and you got your money back? Or are you on glue?

Dreamstosell · 30/11/2019 23:27

🤣

Havaina · 30/11/2019 23:27

People are a bit slow tonight Hmm

OP, very apt, and much better for the environment and bank balance!

growinganotherhead · 30/11/2019 23:28

Cherrysoup

So they gave you the money you gave them back? Therefore nobody got cash/gift and you got your money back? Or are you on glue?

Check Babybel90 Sat 30-Nov-19 23:18:49, that might clear it up for you.

PickAChew · 30/11/2019 23:32

@Borris :o

tararabumdeay · 30/11/2019 23:34

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that's all you need to know on earth. Money is not beauty it's crass.

Thought that counts.

The monogrammed hankies, notelets, bubble bath. Just something thoughtful. Don't let money get in the way of the joy of giving.

katy1213 · 30/11/2019 23:34

I wish! But the bubble bath industry would be bankrupt.

MatildaTheCat · 30/11/2019 23:41

Hopefloatsaway you misunderstand me. I’d rather receive nothing, a tiny token or whatever another person decides they wish to give me than a pre- designed gift of a pre-decided value.

There are some circumstances where it’s appropriate to designate a value on a gift such as a secret Santa - so long as the value is decided by the budget of the less wealthy participants. However, between friends and family we should give as we wish but without ostentation or discussion.

WhenYouCantRunYouCrawl · 30/11/2019 23:44

Haha, this is like DH and his family. They all exchange £30 gift vouchers. What's the point?

MitziK · 30/11/2019 23:46

Get a Tory to do that and they'll tell you that they've put £300 into the economy that way.

AdoptedBumpkin · 01/12/2019 00:06

Reminds me of Jim Royle. "That's the same tenner she'll be getting back from me."

Butterisbest · 01/12/2019 00:11

Balmy stuff doing the rounds
There's also some very suspect spelling.

MrsEricBana · 01/12/2019 00:13

Agree OP, all daft.

JemSynergy · 01/12/2019 00:40

Agree, and I wish I could just say to people let's not bother with gifts.

mokapot · 01/12/2019 00:46

No need to give: that’s the point. Christmas Now is just commercialized shite

mokapot · 01/12/2019 00:46

@mummmy2017 Star

Havaina · 01/12/2019 00:52

@Butterisbest

Balmy stuff doing the rounds
There's also some very suspect spelling.

What do you mean? OP is a very regular poster.

Original poster
mummmy2017 · 01/12/2019 01:52

My DD was A. She is now telling me how unfair I am being.
As I said it is a joke, DD has now admitted while I give her £50 Xmas Eve she never intend to give me that much back, I am just winding her up about this way being fair.

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 01/12/2019 01:59

Havaina

Butterisbest was just commenting on the spelling, not the intentions or contents of any posters.

Balmy means soothing or warm, and would be a very peculiar word in this context.
Barmy means mad or crazy, and would appear to be the actual correct word for what the PP was suggesting.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 01/12/2019 02:01

My DD was A. She is now telling me how unfair I am being.
As I said it is a joke, DD has now admitted while I give her £50 Xmas Eve she never intend to give me that much back, I am just winding her up about this way being fair.

"Mum - you're being really unfair by employing perfect fairness and thus thwarting my plans to make everything fair by being deliberately unfair to you!!"

NewtonPulsifer · 01/12/2019 02:02

Diane Abbot is that you?

changeforprivacy · 01/12/2019 02:03

I remember you from a thread months ago, you made little sense then too

Original poster
mummmy2017 · 01/12/2019 02:05

changeforprivacy . Whatever..

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