I hate getting books for Christmas in general because I’m such a mood reader, and I’ve plastered a fake smile on my face many a time and repeated internally ‘Its the thought that counts.’ as I unwrap a book I will not read.
But the worst one by far, given to me by my own Mother , who I know loves me, when I was fourteen years old! was >!Men are from Mars Women are from Venus.!< I am sitting there horrified thinking what is she trying to tell me? As my sisters are flat on the floor laughing to the point of puking. We eventually came to the conclusion she just saw an attractive cover on a bestseller table and grabbed it. Love to know your terrible gift stories.
Side story: one friend’s father was recovering from Big C surgery and being grumpy. Someone gifted him “Deep Thoughts” by Jack Handly. He laughed so hard he almost hurt himself.
“It’s a shame how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.”
Jack Handy’s Deep Thoughts books were the best. He recently released a couple of novels, which are basically just deep thought jokes strung together in a loose narrative.
“ If you drop your keys in molten lava, let them go, cause man, they’re gone.”
That’s my favorite one of his deep thoughts!!! I joke to my children that it’s a metaphor (I think a metaphor is what I mean) for letting go of things that aren’t meant to be anymore
He’s still got an active website that was updated last time I checked. His stuff never fails to make me laugh.
My favourite Jack Handy was ‘People think clowns are funny but I don’t. In fact, I think they’re kind of scary. I think it’s because when I was a child, a clown killed my dad.’
Probably not remembering it exactly right but I laughed so much.