Is this a weird gift

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 4:35pm #1

Myself and a mate were on holidays recently, and had to do some last minute panic souvenir shopping on the final day. We picked up all kinds of crap for all kinds of people, but she was looking for something to give to a guy she's been tapping off for the last two months or so. We had no idea what to get him, 'cause she doesn't know him that well so she doesn't know what he likes, and it's too early to get too extravagant. So... she bought him a switchblade - something like this.

Now, in fairness, she was desperate to find something to bring back, and it is a pretty cool bit of kit, but I have to wonder what message this is sending the poor guy.

Hey I just met you.
And this is crazy.
But here's a knife.
.... ???

She says she's going to give it to him 'cause she's already bought it, but I'm not so sure.

What do you all think?

krudler · 29-10-2012 4:39pm

She's clearly played knifey spooney before.

Rigol · 29-10-2012 4:39pm

General rule:
If (as in the picture) it has secondary/multiple parts designed for different tactical situations then a man will appreciate it.

She should be fine.

Kintarō Hattori · 29-10-2012 4:39pm

If it was well made I'd be delighted. If it's cheap Chinese tack.... not so much.

29-10-2012 4:39pm

What does he do?
If he does a practical job, carpenter, builder etc all well. If I got it I'd be happy, but then again I'm a farmer and a knife is always handy to have on you.
If he works in shop or office, then NO!!!

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 4:47pm

krudler wrote: »

She's clearly played knifey spooney before.

Wait 'till you see the double fork blade I bought - Blow. Your. Mind.

Rigol wrote: »

General rule:
If (as in the picture) it has secondary/multiple parts designed for different tactical situations then a man will appreciate it.

She should be fine.

We discovered that it actually has a tiny torch attached - which is very, very cool. That's it though.

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

If it was well made I'd be delighted. If it's cheap Chinese tack.... not so much.

Not sure. It cost about €20 from a street seller in Thailand. I have a feeling it might be tack though - they wanted approx €50 originally, but, sure we didn't have a clue about value over there.

Deleted User wrote: »

What does he do?
If he does a practical job, carpenter, builder etc all well. If I got it I'd be happy, but then again I'm a farmer and a knife is always handy to have on you.
If he works in shop or office, then NO!!!

He's still studying, so, he doesn't need it for his job. But, students love knives right!?!

biko · 29-10-2012 4:49pm

That's not a switchblade. It's a pocket knife.

Sulla Felix · 29-10-2012 4:50pm

That's not a switchblade, it's a folding knife. Get your shlt together OP!

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 4:51pm

Whoops!

What's the difference??

jester77 · 29-10-2012 4:51pm

Who brings back souvenirs these days, especially to someone they hardly know

I'm sure the guy would have been more than happy to get a bit of action upon her return

29-10-2012 4:52pm

http://img1.ranker.com/list_img/16253/536253/full/the-very-best-of-the-overly-attached-girlfriend-meme.jpg?version=1351295424000

squod · 29-10-2012 4:52pm

She should have got him a voucher for a blowjob.

biko · 29-10-2012 4:53pm

xoxyx wrote: »

Whoops!

What's the difference??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade

Merkin · 29-10-2012 4:54pm

I think most guys would like a gift like that. Two things though. The old wives tale goes that you should never give a gift of a knife or scissors to someone you value as it is bad luck and "cuts" the relationship in two. Also, if I was merely "tapping" someone, which I presume to mean scoring then I wouldn't be getting them a present.

Rigol · 29-10-2012 4:55pm

xoxyx wrote: »

We discovered that it actually has a tiny torch attached - which is very, very cool. That's it though.

Sorted. No worries.
Torch attachment allows him to blind his attacker and/or read cave scrolls.

reginald · 29-10-2012 4:57pm

She obviously does'nt like the fact that he ties her up, hence the pressie

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 4:59pm

biko wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade

Gotcha - the pic I posted was just something that looked like what my mate bought. It is a switchblade IRL.

bluewolf wrote: »

http://img1.ranker.com/list_img/16253/536253/full/the-very-best-of-the-overly-attached-girlfriend-meme.jpg?version=1351295424000

Odd. Why would you bother posting that??

Freddy Smelly · 29-10-2012 5:00pm

xoxyx wrote: »

she bought him a switchblade - something like this.

thats not a knife this is a knife

phasers · 29-10-2012 5:00pm

my Mam brought me back a handbag shaped like a coconut from Spain last week. I wish I'd gotten a pocket knife.

29-10-2012 5:00pm

xoxyx wrote: »

Gotcha - the pic I posted was just something that looked like what my mate bought. It is a switchblade IRL.

Odd. Why would you bother posting that??

Because it's the "crazy girlfriend" meme. Continuing on from the post someone made earlier (did they delete it?) of "here's a knife, call me maybe"

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 5:02pm

phasers wrote: »

my Mam brought me back a handbag shaped like a coconut from Spain last week. I wish I'd gotten a pocket knife.

I wish somebody would give me a handbag shaped like a coconut...

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 5:04pm

bluewolf wrote: »

Because it's the "crazy girlfriend" meme. Continuing on from the post someone made earlier (did they delete it?) of "here's a knife, call me maybe"

Ahhhhh!

I'm so out of touch with memes right now. I just saw a pic of some girl and had no idea what was going on!

CrazyRabbit · 29-10-2012 5:04pm

biko wrote: »

That's not a switchblade. It's a pocket knife.

Sulla Felix wrote: »

That's not a switchblade, it's a folding knife. Get your shlt together OP!

Don't argue with the OP...they have a knife.

29-10-2012 5:04pm

xoxyx wrote: »

Whoops!

What's the difference??

What makes you think I'd know?

phasers · 29-10-2012 5:06pm

xoxyx wrote: »

I wish somebody would give me a handbag shaped like a coconut...

Swapsies

Kylo Ren · 29-10-2012 5:07pm

A blowjob would of sufficed.

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 5:10pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What makes you think I'd know?

You just have that look about you.

phasers wrote: »

Swapsies

Yes! The knife isn't mine though, so I need to come up with a convincing enough argument that it's given to me.

pickarooney · 29-10-2012 5:11pm

Tapping off? Like she's been stealing his electricity?

xoxyx · 29-10-2012 5:14pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Tapping off? Like she's been stealing his electricity?

Nah - she's just been removing all the water-giving appliances that sit over a sink.

29-10-2012 5:15pm

xoxyx wrote: »

Nah - she's just been removing all the water-giving appliances that sit over a sink.

Providing other forms of moisture herself, is she

pipelaser · 30-10-2012 7:02am

It depends.... Is he from Limerick?

suicide_circus · 30-10-2012 7:46am

So much money spent on holiday souvenirs, so much tacky crap that no body wants! I don't get it, nasty fridge magnets and the like, if i bring back presents it's gonna be some food or drink you can't get at home, a taste of the place i've been, not some Chinese made crap thats just gonna collect dust in a drawer.

Mucky.Bucky · 30-10-2012 8:38am

I had someone, similiar to the op's friend - early stages, tell me he bought a gift for me while out away and he stressed that it was only something small but he'd like to send it to me.

I waited for it to arrive in the post but nothing came.

Then an excuse.

Then weeks later, he came back to hook up with me and me there - and your gift?
He lost it was his excuse.

Well done at making someone fell dirty, cheap, like sh1t and nothing.

Honestly I wish a new sti would develop where people who play others, will contract a disease where their genitals just fall fcuking off.

w@nker

Skerries · 30-10-2012 9:00am

are you allowed bring a knife back from holidays even it is in your checked in luggage?

I think switchblades are illegal here so your friend was lucky she wasn't caught

Gummy Panda · 30-10-2012 9:14am

I'd probably think she was a mad kinky bitch and wanted me to cut her up during sex like Angelina Jolee and Billy Bob Thornton.

smash · 30-10-2012 9:15am

Skerries wrote: »

are you allowed bring a knife back from holidays even it is in your checked in luggage?

I think switchblades are illegal here so your friend was lucky she wasn't caught

They rarely check bags and don't really care about knives anyway. I've brought home harpoon guns and large diving knives lots of times.

WoollyRedHat · 30-10-2012 11:00am

smash wrote: »

They rarely check bags and don't really care about knives anyway. I've brought home harpoon guns and large diving knives lots of times.

So much for airport security and " get rid of that roll on perspirant" carry on then.

Sulla Felix · 30-10-2012 9:48pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

So much for airport security and " get rid of that roll on perspirant" carry on then.

Bags in the hold generally aren't accessible during the flight so who cares what goes in them unless it's compressed or explosive?. You do realise there could even well be firearms in the hold, particularly this year if you travelled to the Olympics?

Is this a weird gift

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