Wrapping Presents

[Josy]

Think we had a thread on this but anyway......

Do you like wrapping xmas presents? when do you do it?

I buy those gift bags for most of them but this year I still have quite a lot to wrap up too..so not really looking forward to it tbh.

[King Gizzard]

horrible at it

but putting them in a bag is just lazy and not fun for the recipient

[Josy]

horrible at it

but putting them in a bag is just lazy and not fun for the recipient

Sellotape the top of the bag so they can't see in it...

[Jake.]

I love wrapping, apart from this one time when I didn't have anywhere to stick the tape as my hands were full so I put the tape on my mouth... pulling it off wasn't fun, ended up bleeding a bit

[King Gizzard]

but still, unwrapping something >

[Niamh.]

almost every year I end up wrapping them on the floor on Christmas Eve till the early hours with a pain in my back, this year I was actually very organised and I did bits and pieces in my office at work at lunchtime and they're all done now. I actually don't mind wrapping presents but not that much all in one go

[Josy]

I love wrapping, apart from this one time when I didn't have anywhere to stick the tape as my hands were full so I put the tape on my mouth... pulling it off wasn't fun, ended up bleeding a bit

Wtf? was it duck tape? never known normal tape to be as strong as that :laugh:

[Jake.]

Wtf? was it duck tape? never known normal tape to be as strong as that :laugh:

Normal tape :laugh:

[Drew.]

Anything in a square or rectangle shape is fun to wrap.. Anything else I make a right mess of

[Jake.]

Oh and I can't really fold the corners too well, make quite a mess of it whilst ripping off my own skin

[Josy]

Anything in a square or rectangle shape is fun to wrap.. Anything else I make a right mess of

If i'm wrapping anything in a cylinder type shape or like a bottle I just make into a kinda cracker saves messing about trying to get it perfect :laugh:

[lily.]

I love wrapping, apart from this one time when I didn't have anywhere to stick the tape as my hands were full so I put the tape on my mouth... pulling it off wasn't fun, ended up bleeding a bit

Oh and I can't really fold the corners too well, make quite a mess of it whilst ripping off my own skin

It's quite a traumatic ordeal for you isn't it? lol

I hate wrapping gifts to be honest. I've not wrapped any so far. I should be doing it today, but I'll basically do anything else instead.

[Niamh.]

If i'm wrapping anything in a cylinder type shape or like a bottle I just make into a kinda cracker saves messing about trying to get it perfect :laugh:

Josys helpful tip #14

[Drew.]

If i'm wrapping anything in a cylinder type shape or like a bottle I just make into a kinda cracker saves messing about trying to get it perfect :laugh:

:laugh: Yeah my mum does that, I'm no good at it though. Anything small and in stupid shapes ill just fold in tissue paper and stick it in one of the 100 Christmas gift bags we have.

[Jake.]

I might start wrapping mine now actually

[King Gizzard]

josy would be perfect on blue peter

[Jake.]

If i'm wrapping anything in a cylinder type shape or like a bottle I just make into a kinda cracker saves messing about trying to get it perfect :laugh:

ohhhh great tip

[Josy]

I have to start wrapping tonight actually I am actually stepping over bags of stuff everywhere plus my bag that I carry around is bursting at the seams with presents for Stuart that I can hide anywhere in the house :laugh:

[Jake.]

my presents from my mum are in the spare cuboard, so tempting.. lol

[Vicky.]

I always look forward to wrapping them. Then I start, get bored quickly, get a bad back, bt feel the need to finish them all in one sitting still. Like last night :bored:

Still, at least its all done now.

Honestly could have slapped gav when (after I spent 2 hours wrapping stuff) he started going on about how 'we' should wrap the piddly things that go in the stockings. Threw the stuff at him and told him to ****ing do it if hes that bothered :hmph:

[Josy]

I always look forward to wrapping them. Then I start, get bored quickly, get a bad back, bt feel the need to finish them all in one sitting still. Like last night :bored:

Still, at least its all done now.

Honestly could have slapped gav when (after I spent 2 hours wrapping stuff) he started going on about how 'we' should wrap the piddly things that go in the stockings. Threw the stuff at him and told him to ****ing do it if hes that bothered :hmph:

:joker:

[Jake.]

I always look forward to wrapping them. Then I start, get bored quickly, get a bad back, bt feel the need to finish them all in one sitting still. Like last night :bored:

Still, at least its all done now.

Honestly could have slapped gav when (after I spent 2 hours wrapping stuff) he started going on about how 'we' should wrap the piddly things that go in the stockings. Threw the stuff at him and told him to ****ing do it if hes that bothered :hmph:

:laugh2:

[Josy]

Does anyone bother with bows and all that crap? I can't be bothered to do all that sometimes I buy those bow type things in a pack that you just stick on.

[Jake.]

Does anyone bother with bows and all that crap? I can't be bothered to do all that sometimes I buy those bow type things in a pack that you just stick on.

I wouldn't even know where to start with a bow

[Vicky.]

I used to, when I only had my mam, dad, brother and sister to buy for. Not now

Had to put nametags on some of them though because we have games and dvds and stuff so wouldnt know whos was whos

[Jake.]

Don't even really bother with cards, they all go in the bloody bin anyway

[Vicky.]

Cost us about 30 quid for cards this year, because we have to buy 2 lots, one of us and one of Skye :bored:

[King Gizzard]

haven't done cards in ages for family, no point, and just put a sticker on the present

[Jake.]

haven't done cards in ages for family, no point, and just put a sticker on the present

Exactly

[Drew.]

Does anyone bother with bows and all that crap? I can't be bothered to do all that sometimes I buy those bow type things in a pack that you just stick on.

http://i.imgur.com/8QY5f4f.jpg

[Jake.]

Impressive stuff there Drew

[Vicky.]

If Drew wrapped that himself, I think we might have another catfish on our hands tbh...definitely a womans touch :suspect:

[Josy]

Yeah whats going on there Drew :suspect:

[Drew.]

That's years worth of wrapping experience that is, that kind of skill doesn't come easy

[Jake.]

In other words his mother wrapped it

[Drew.]

It's her own bloody present

[Vicky.]

:laugh:

[lily.]

http://i.imgur.com/8QY5f4f.jpg

So, what's your address then? I could pop round, drink you tea, eat your biscuits, and you could wrap all mine, deal?

[Jake.]

:laugh:

[Tom4784]

My wrapped presents always look like they were wrapped by a blind psychopath.

[Drew.]

So, what's your address then? I could pop round, drink you tea, eat your biscuits, and you could wrap all mine, deal?

We're out of biscuits i'm afraid but its a deal

[AnnieK]

Very impressive Drew.......although just one criticism, the paper is upside down :pipe:

[Tom4784]

Very impressive Drew.......although just one criticism, the paper is upside down :pipe:

Maybe it is you who is upside down?

http://edcetera.rafter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Sloth.jpg

[Jake.]

Quick Drew, you best remove that bow and wrap it again, can't be handing over presents in upside down wrapping paper can you now

[AnnieK]

If you going to show off with your bows and ribbons, you could at least make sure the Christmas trees and reindeers aren't upside down is all I'm saying... :idc:

[Vicky.]

Now that a problem has been found, I can accept that a man did it.

[Vicky.]

*awaits thetruths input*

[Jake.]

He doesn't venture out of serious debates too much, think we're fine.

[lily.]

lol.. Only on TiBB could we find fault with something like this.. I love it!

[Drew.]

Very impressive Drew.......although just one criticism, the paper is upside down :pipe:

It was all going so well until you said this Annie

[AnnieK]

It was all going so well until you said this Annie

Sorry Drew.....I've had no sleep and so grumpy :laugh:

[Drew.]

Sorry Drew.....I've had no sleep and so grumpy :laugh:

I might as well show you what the rest of them are really like now, it's all gone downhill

http://i.imgur.com/x5CEHag.jpg

[Jake.]

Good God

[Jake.]

(joking it's not even bad)

[Drew.]

the wrapping paper isn't even cut straight

[Jake.]

Wait till you see mine, I don't even know where the big scissors are, I might have to use those small nail ones

[Drew.]

:laugh: just rip it with you're hands tbh

[Jake.]

What a great idea

[Ammi]

..yeah, I guess it's my guilty pleasure/indulgence...some people like to buy shoes, I like to wrap gifts...:lovedup:...I think if I added all of the hours together, I probably spend days and days on doing it at Christmas....

[Z]

I'm dreadful at wrapping gifts, why did nobody teach me how to do that at school? Screw Pythagoras, why did no one teach me about managing my finances or shopping for obscure relatives? Why has nobody told me how to react when friends tell you they're having babies? THIS COUNTRY HAS GONE TO THE DOGS