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I can not get why Jason  is so persistent in giving gag gifts to his father, even when he sees  that his dad does not like it ?

I  have received  a gag gift ones, and  I  am steel  keeping it as a memory, although this stuff  is useless for me.  

HI EVERYBODY

Actually, I don’t accept them, except for from very close people to me..

disaster girl let us know what was it? ;p

by the way it is good idea to give someone gag Gift…^^

hhhhhhhhhhhh … you make me laugh..because i remamber my self when i give my lovely sister gag Gifts…^{^}

it was really fun hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh^

I have never given or received gag gifts. If I receive a gag gift, it maybe very interesting. I have a thick-tongued friend. Before his birthday coming, we discuss give he what gift. My friend said give he a iron, let’s ironing his tongue. Actually, we didn’t give he iron. We worried that he will angry with us. Next year we will try to give he a gag gift.

I have alread given a gag gift for my great friend. Many beers… 

nope

I just only recognized the well famous and ‘much favourite’ kitchen gift in the hands of a woman on the picture lesson. It was so skillfully and beautiful wrapped that you can hardly think what’s inside. The green thing I thought is just to be pulled out and something come out.  I was wondering why the woman is so unhappy:) The frying pan. Of course! The ballet tickets would be bettter!’:)

Ohh! My dad’s getting on in years but I’d not give him that kind of gifts. I’m sure he wouldn’t take it bad but I’d rather give him something useful hahahaahah… maybe to my friends I’d to! :)

Ola,

Thanks Julito,

 You raised a good point in your first post as well. If I’m going to spend my  hard-earned money on a gift It might as well be useful and long-lasting  to that person. This is my pauper way of looking at it ;)

Hello Snoopy , thanks for your input  on this matter. Jason is planning to tease his Dad  , it might be a typo  ,anyway , I have enjoyed reading your post  ,as everyone`s else posts.  

     My stand on gag gift  is that it must be given with precaution. Play it safe. You need to make sure it’s done at the right time and most importantly be sure that the receiver is in the right mood to take on a joke. A birthday celebration doesn’t  necessarily give you carte blanche to play all kind of dirty tricks on a person. There’s this tendency to assume everybody is in a good mood and more tolerant when it’s his or her birthday. That is not true.  So I’d suggest to anyone to use lot of tacts before you give someone a fake winning lottery ticket or a jack in a box.

What might seem a harmless practical joke can quickly end up being a blunt offense to the receiver of that decoy gift. Also, it’s good to keep in mind that some people love to be messed with as long as they’re among their close knit entourage. if anyone outside their circles is laughing , their mood can turn sour and cause mayhem at the party ;).

Now I’ve read some comments and what I make of them is that there may be a  generational threshold  humor should never cross.  I agree with that to a degree, because I can trick my grandmother all day and have her laughing, she gets my humor.  I can’t say that I ‘d given her gag gifts before, but one time I acted as though I had forgotten her birthday and right when she started to pelt me with friendly cursing ;) I told her “ relax grandmother, I got you something I would never forget your birthday”. I could never play this kind of trick on my mother though, I never tried, but I know she wouldn’t have found it funny. I know what kind of jokes she can handle. I would never present a walker to her and not expect to be hit with it right across my head she’d have me utilize this walker when I’m not even 30 years old ;).

I’m sure Jason knows his grandfather better than anyone of us here. From my perspective the gift he’s planning to hand his grandfather could be a little unpleasant and daring . But his grandfather  and the whole might find it very funny and bring that event up at every family reunion  years after years. Who knows ;)

Personally, I have  never given anyone a gag gift, I like my presents to last more than just a brief laughter ;). but if someone else is planning in giving one to a person I know will understand it as a joke  and I can remain hush-hush about it ;).

Nabilo, as a CEO! He’s got all the skills for a CEO!

gag gift… don’t agree with this… i think people would like to receive a good surprise instead a bad one lol

Yes, he found a job just after he left, but not as a project leader;);)

Nabilo, how is he now? Has he found a job?