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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:48 PM
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I just love wrapping presents! Best part about Christmas.
And if I must say, I'm quite good.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:49 PM
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1. So what are you getting me?
:bounce:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:50 PM
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4. And spoil the surprize
That would be just wrong. You have to wait Mr. Woof
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:05 PM
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15. Ok ok...
You can just send me an empty box so I can admire your handiwork. :D
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:06 PM
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16. Ok ok...
You can just send me an empty box so I can admire your handiwork. :D
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:06 PM
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17. Ok ok...
You can just send me an empty box so I can admire your handiwork. :D
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MrUnderhill Donating Member (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:49 PM
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2. Oh man! And I love UNwrapping them!
We should get together!
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:52 PM
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6. You would need to admire them sufficiently first
I need a 'Wow' at least.
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MrUnderhill Donating Member (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:55 PM
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8. Huh? Oh sure! Bulging eyes and all.
I mean... free presents is worth a little oogling.

Have a great Christmas.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:50 PM
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3. It's Christmas baggies for me.
I'm all thumbs when it comes to wrapping.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:56 PM
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9. The trick is to not use too much paper
Thin paper also is a problem.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:08 PM
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18. I can NEVER figure out how much paper to cut off.
It's ALWAYS too much or too little!!! AAAARRRGH! Me slam things now, break table, aarrgh,

See what happens? In the long run, baggies are cheaper. :)
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:15 PM
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22. Paper should be the length of the circumference of the package +
the length of the side of the package. Use your ribbon to measure.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:19 PM
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23. Wait . . .
. . . paper should be (wrapping ribbon, slipping, sliding,) of circum- fr- long way? short way? -ence of the box, plus (tape falls on floor - where are those scissors?) length of box

Snip snip snip

#%&@##$&*$#(@%# it's too $%#@%$#@! short again @#$#@!$#!

AAAAARRGGH! RRROOOWWRR! Crash Boom

I think I'll stick to my baggies.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:23 PM
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24. You made me laugh
I could offer you a wrapping seminar, but it's really expensive. Have fun with the bags. ....you do coordinate your tissue don't you?
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:29 PM
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25. Absolutely.
I may be all thumbs, but I have *excellent* fashion sense. :)
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:37 PM
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26. I have used a bag or two in my time
I can't at Christmas. A whole family of peekers. Myself included.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:50 PM
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5. I like to wrap presents
But this year, I can't afford to buy any! Yeah, wrapping gifts brings out my creativity. Perhaps I'll wrap some empty boxes just for the fun of it. :silly:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:53 PM
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7. My budget is a bit tight this year too
Which sucks, cause I love giving presents.
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Nikepallas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 02:59 PM
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10. I wish I could wrap presents well. BUT I do love to give 'em
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:00 PM
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11. I cannot wrap gifts!
in years past i have had my secretary do it, but this year a buddy and i are taking my teenage sons to hooters and let them wrap the gifts for a dollar a gift with the dollar going to MDA. A worthy cause I think.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:00 PM
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12. dupe!!
Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 03:00 PM by Pirate looks at 50
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:01 PM
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13. I've got a bunch you can wrap!
:evilgrin:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:09 PM
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20. I would if we were closer
You'd have to supply me with quality paper and ribbon though.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:01 PM
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14. Blegh...
my former career, in high school.

I do it fine, I just don't like doing it.

FSC
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:09 PM
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19. For a male, I'm decent
At wrapping presents, but I never bother being too fussy about making sure my cuts are perfectly straight like my sister does. For the most part, only the top will be shown where there are no overlaps and tape, and when it is seen, it will be when the gift is flipped over and the paper ripped off, which happens in a split second.

By the way, I finished my Xmas shopping yesterday. Only had to go out once to any "big stores." Everything else was Ebay. :)

TlalocW
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:12 PM
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21. My seems are always at an edge
Edges are always folded.

You would hate watching me unwrap a present. I do that just as carefully as I wrap them.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:38 PM
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27. I love to wrap presents too!
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 03:39 PM
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28. my cats like it way more than I do. They can rip all the paper they
want and run away with the ribbon. They are a big help.
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