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poopers 22-12-2009 05:06 PM
Wrapping presents
 
Honest to god, what hell is this?

I’ve just spent the entire afternoon wrapping presents, and now the dining room is covered in bits of cellotape, shreds of wrapping paper and annoying shiney ribbons people do fancy bows with. I swear men weren’t designed to do this stuff, not one of my efforts met the gf's approval. It took me 20 mins to wrap a dvd, and I was being really careful, but the thing still looks like its been in a war zone. I’ve been told I’m not to wrap anything being sent to the gf's friends or family, as she doesn’t want them to think I’m “quite that retarded”. :blush:

Good news is it’s all done now, apart from one, which might need a bit of dremeling.:lol:

deepdale11 22-12-2009 05:14 PM
lol......I thought it was just me, mine are the same, it was the cellotape that got me, kept getting stuck around my fingers! I couldn't seem to cut the papaer straight and the ends are all crunched up now!!

you are right men are not designed to wrap presents.....lol

reg 22-12-2009 05:20 PM
i thought you bought them wrapped :woot:

MatJohnson 22-12-2009 05:20 PM
I'm useless at it too. Took me an hour to wrap some slippers on sat evening.

David Church 22-12-2009 05:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by poopers (Post 323296)
Honest to god, what hell is this?

I’ve just spent the entire afternoon wrapping presents, and now the dining room is covered in bits of cellotape, shreds of wrapping paper and annoying shiney ribbons people do fancy bows with. I swear men weren’t designed to do this stuff, not one of my efforts met the gf's approval. It took me 20 mins to wrap a dvd, and I was being really careful, but the thing still looks like its been in a war zone. I’ve been told I’m not to wrap anything being sent to the gf's friends or family, as she doesn’t want them to think I’m “quite that retarded”. :blush:

Good news is it’s all done now, apart from one, which might need a bit of dremeling.:lol:
Your plan has worked, she will never ask you to wrap a present again!!!
Good Job :thumbsup:

savageracer1 22-12-2009 05:39 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^
This is why gift bags were invented :woot::thumbsup::woot::thumbsup:

deepdale11 22-12-2009 05:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by David Church (Post 323308)
Your plan has worked, she will never ask you to wrap a present again!!!
Good Job :thumbsup:
that plan worked for me too but it's the wife's presents i've wrapped!!

reg 22-12-2009 05:57 PM
we have a gift wrapping service in leicestershire,they wrap your prezy while you go for a pint:thumbsup:...........result till christmas day when the wife unwraps a brick hahahahahahahaha

poopers 22-12-2009 06:08 PM
Yeah, getting banned from wrapping certain presents is definitely a result. :thumbsup:

Prewrapped stuff loses me brownie points with the gf though. And what with the Tamiya Sand Scorcher, Kyosho MP9e and Schumacher 2wd due early next year, I need all the brownie points I can get.:lol:

So I’m taking the Hugh Grant approach. By that I mean by being the loveable hopeless guy who’s trying his best to make good, rather than the getting arrested with a hooker bit, obviously.

emtee 22-12-2009 08:55 PM
What's with all this wrapping presents stuff... mine get done by Santa...

jus' a minute.... hold on now.... what do you mean not real... OMG that can't be true... can it? :cry: no... noo-o-o-o... its gotta be true...

DCM 22-12-2009 09:20 PM
you lot perpetuate the myth that as men are useless.... all presents wrapped in a day, 5 kids worth, lol, and no tape or paper wasted, lol!!!

Spencer Mulcahy 22-12-2009 09:32 PM
With 5 kids you cant afford to wast paper and sellotape. How the bloody hell do you wrap ladys boots with four inch hells I am going to impale myself I dont know how many times.

Spoolio 22-12-2009 09:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by savageracer1 (Post 323311)
^^^^^^^^^^^
This is why gift bags were invented :woot::thumbsup::woot::thumbsup:
Abso-bloody-lutely mate. Gift bags rule, especially for awkward presents that have the brassneck to not be square or rectangular (like effin' bottles of Baileys for example).

Titch 22-12-2009 10:00 PM
I've found Gaffa tape is much easier.. B&Q do a nice white roll.

Battle_axe 22-12-2009 10:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy (Post 323372)
With 5 kids you cant afford to wast paper and sellotape. How the bloody hell do you wrap ladys boots with four inch hells I am going to impale myself I dont know how many times.
i work in clarks m8 and i have no idea the girls on tills are amazing how do they do it

ben 22-12-2009 10:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by poopers (Post 323296)

Good news is it’s all done now, apart from one, which might need a bit of dremeling
Is that present an X6 by any chance???

ashleyb4 23-12-2009 01:41 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy (Post 323372)
With 5 kids you cant afford to wast paper and sellotape. How the bloody hell do you wrap ladys boots with four inch hells I am going to impale myself I dont know how many times.
Buy boots that come in a box :p

A

Spencer Mulcahy 23-12-2009 12:37 PM
They where from primarni so no box could put them in a B4 box and get my arse kicked for buying her an rc car LOL:thumbsup:


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