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Anyone want to contribute to a special 40th birthday wanky basket for Enid...

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 12:44

I will be putting in

A trowel (with which to plaster on her orange make-up to hide wrinkles, Boots make-up counter woman stylee)

A crochet hook (for making antimacassars and the like as her hair will get greasier with age)

Some reading glasses (cheap 99p ones from superdrug)

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nailpolish · 14/09/2006 13:02

oh marina! these meals for one make me want to cry, they just say it all dont they

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Marina · 14/09/2006 13:03

Patience Strong Friendship Book

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CountessDracula · 14/09/2006 13:03

some plug in air fresheners to make the whole house smell like a bog that someone has just done a poo in and tried to cover up

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Marina · 14/09/2006 13:03

I know np. I worked at M & S and there were whole lives laid bare in those little treat shops on pension day

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 14/09/2006 13:04

some hanging ducks for her wall

carpet sweeper

passion killer neckwarmer knicks

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nailpolish · 14/09/2006 13:06

for your meals for one

and a lovely blouse

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Sobernow · 14/09/2006 13:07

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Bozza · 14/09/2006 13:09

I think she needs a beige anorak for wearing daily between April and September however warm it is.

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LiliLaTigresse · 14/09/2006 13:11

Daniel O'Donnell CD
Photograph book containing very old pictures and anecdotes on where you live
fake silver frame

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UrsulatheSeaWitch · 14/09/2006 13:13

A box of French Fancies and some nice doilies for the plate.

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happenedtometoo · 14/09/2006 13:16

Bed socks and bed jacket
Trebor mints
Tin of Spam
A Sholley (one of those shopping trolleys, that is their name )
Crocheted table mats

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foxinsocks · 14/09/2006 13:17

a bottle of floradix with an extra special measuring cup with large numbers on

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ssd · 14/09/2006 13:26

I'm 40 next week, can I have something too?

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FioFio · 14/09/2006 13:27

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bundle · 14/09/2006 13:28

pill box
trolley on wheels for shopping
drawn-on eyebrows

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bundle · 14/09/2006 13:29

camp coffee
bottle of sterilised milk
packet of malted milk biscuits

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UrsulatheSeaWitch · 14/09/2006 13:29

Yardleys lavender bath cubes

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FioFio · 14/09/2006 13:30

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nailpolish · 14/09/2006 13:33

ill provide the gin for fio's hip flask

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bundle · 14/09/2006 13:34

naily, surely that should be a Nice Sweet Sherry?

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LiliLaTigresse · 14/09/2006 13:34

a new remote control with extra big buttons and two settings for sound: 'loud' and 'louder than hell'

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Piffle · 14/09/2006 13:35

I'll have doc provide a new hip

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bundle · 14/09/2006 13:36

batteries for hearing aid
uncle joe's mint balls

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FioFio · 14/09/2006 13:37

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LiliLaTigresse · 14/09/2006 13:38

a weekly blow dry and monthly blue rinse at local hairdresser's

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