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Fellow Mner needs awful present for awful ILS any ideas?

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:05

much appreciated

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HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:06

How about those toe thongs that YorkieGirl linked to yesterday?

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:08

good idea, keep em coming

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taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:09

a belt a size too small for MIL, and slippers a size too small for FIL.

taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:09

out of date Xmas pudding??

SpookyMadMerryChristmasMummy · 03/12/2006 11:10

TOE THONGS??? pmsl!!!

link purllease!

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:10

haha! Are you reading this Mrs X?

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PinkTinsel · 03/12/2006 11:10

cheap shiny tat..... vases or horrible figurines they'll have to put it up in their home and see it every day!

taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:11

or say graciously "we haven't bought pressies this year. we donated the money we would have spent on your to charity - i am sure you don't mind" - you could really do that actually - you would feel great and what could they say. Lots of charities have Xmas appeals and would appreciate the donation.

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:11

Taylor, you're good at this

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Carmenere · 03/12/2006 11:11

Knicker elastic obviously.........

taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:12

i know - i have difficult ILS ... plus maybe i am a bit evil

HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:12

YG's link from last night

HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:13

6000 piece jigsaw, so they can't use their dining table for months until it's finished!
(And remove 3 or 4 pieces before wrapping it up!)

taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:13

humphrey - PMSl and ROFL - they are beyond hideous!!

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:14

I thought as much taylor

Am loving the toe thongs, how about you Mrs X? I know you're there

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:15

Humphrey!1 that's genius

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taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:15

pack of broken biscuits ...

MrsXwithhorridILs · 03/12/2006 11:15

omg! these ideas are fab!

edam · 03/12/2006 11:15

You could copy the awful MIL who gave a MNer several metres of knicker elastic.

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yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:17

hehe

leave you to your shopping MrsX, ds1 is stealing my poota!!!!

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MrsXwithhorridILs · 03/12/2006 11:17

was thinking along the lines of as revolting cookie jar I saw on ebay that she can only use at xmas... but keep the ideas coming!

HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:18

a dice.

in a very small box, inside a bigger box, inside a bigger box etc.

taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:19

anything which has on it "not for re-sale" like freebies from a hotel or free books which come with magazines ....

MrsXwithhorridILs · 03/12/2006 11:19

ok. without too much detail she is a sah granny and he is an accountant..

they like to think they have high morals but i KNOW BETTER! Apparently other things are more important than child or grandchild

HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:20

one knitting needle (give her the other one for her birthday!) and a solar calculator then!