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So I told my mom that I didn't want anything for Christmas and that she didn't have to get me anything until my 16th birthday where I'd be able to drive a car. Well, she something along the lines of "Ha, Your getting a Christmas present! Don't even think about 8 months from now!"

So...My one chance for a decently expensive item for free until July (still hoping for that car...). Any ideas on what's good at the $100-$150 price range?

My friend showed me that video iPod, but the cheapest one is $300. And the iPod nano is probably going to be rereleased after Apple is done with all those lawsuits about the faulty screen cracking and scratching up for people without them doing any wrong to it.

iPods suck, and are overpriced.. if you're not using it as a status symbol of some kind, trying to impress, don't waste your time there.. get a generic brand one.

For $150, if I had it to spare, I'd get some dvd's or video games (if we're talking electronics).. also, if you travel and don't want to lug a laptop, you can get a good portable dvd player for under $150.. that's what I'd do.

iPods suck, and are overpriced.. if you're not using it as a status symbol of some kind, trying to impress, don't waste your time there.. get a generic brand one.

For $150, if I had it to spare, I'd get some dvd's or video games (if we're talking electronics).. also, if you travel and don't want to lug a laptop, you can get a good portable dvd player for under $150.. that's what I'd do.
iPods aren't a status symbol in my school anymore. They have become something of a social standard, I believe.

So...Christmas is coming...

Yeah ... thanks .... I'd really prefer we forget that, but nooooooo ... you just gotta go reminding everyone, don't you?

Now my kids are gonna be doing the "I want that" with every commercial they see on TV.

Thanks a lot, Colodia. The Grinch will have something special for you this year.

No, you need to play hardball with mom. Getting the car has to be the #1 priority, so you can't let her dodge the issue. Tell her, "well, I'd just like to put cash in savings so I will have $$ to start paying car insurance when I turn 16". Or maybe, "well, I could use a few gas cards in a few months". Or, if you have a job, you can play the "well, cash would help me get a car faster since I am saving for one"...or mention the fact that you want to get a job, but need to get transportation to be relaible...
The point is, no game, or ipod, or stack of CD's is even near the same as having your own wheels. You gotta stay focused, and not get distracted. Even if you have to give up or outright refuse getting something for christmas, it will be worth guilt points later.

Yeah ... thanks .... I'd really prefer we forget that, but nooooooo ... you just gotta go reminding everyone, don't you?

Now my kids are gonna be doing the "I want that" with every commercial they see on TV.

Thanks a lot, Colodia. The Grinch will have something special for you this year.
And I'll be the one breaking into your house through your chimney on Christmas Day at 1 am and switching all the presents with Girls Gone Wild DVDs.

Either your kids will thank me, or you will.

Yeah ... thanks .... I'd really prefer we forget that, but nooooooo ... you just gotta go reminding everyone, don't you?
Do you kids often go on NS? That would disturb me very much, I woulnd't want anyone I cared about exposed to this group of freaks on a regular basis.
Now my kids are gonna be doing the "I want that" with every commercial they see on TV.
The answer is simple, throw your TV out the window. If someone asks why you just did that, throw them out the window too.

No, you need to play hardball with mom. Getting the car has to be the #1 priority, so you can't let her dodge the issue. Tell her, "well, I'd just like to put cash in savings so I will have $$ to start paying car insurance when I turn 16". Or maybe, "well, I could use a few gas cards in a few months". Or, if you have a job, you can play the "well, cash would help me get a car faster since I am saving for one"...or mention the fact that you want to get a job, but need to get transportation to be relaible...

Your right, your right. I need to put more effort into securing my car. I'll see where she stands by bugging her about it throughout this week. Thanks for bringing this up.
Even if you have to give up or outright refuse getting something for christmas, it will be worth guilt points later.
I beg to differ on the guilt points. Back on July, my last birthday, I didn't want and therefore didn't get a single present because I literally wanted nothing at the time. Well....I didn't take into account the long wait between my birthday and Christmas...you see...

Do you kids often go on NS? That would disturb me very much, I woulnd't want anyone I cared about exposed to this group of freaks on a regular basis.

They serve as my minions and catalogue any post made while I sleep so that I never miss a beat.

The answer is simple, throw your TV out the window. If someone asks why you just did that, throw them out the window too.

But without my TV, how will the aliens control my mind?

Yeah ... thanks .... I'd really prefer we forget that, but nooooooo ... you just gotta go reminding everyone, don't you?

Now my kids are gonna be doing the "I want that" with every commercial they see on TV.

Thanks a lot, Colodia. The Grinch will have something special for you this year.
Give them coal and tell them it's 'cos they're lousy kids... they'll thank you for it when they're older :D

And I'll be the one breaking into your house through your chimney on Christmas Day at 1 am and switching all the presents with Girls Gone Wild DVDs.

The perfect gift for every Muslim home. :D

Give them coal and tell them it's 'cos they're lousy kids... they'll thank you for it when they're older :D

Ah! Someone who understand the finer points of parenting.

[non-parents will think this post sarcasm while all parents will know it to be truth]

The perfect gift for every Muslim home. :D
My little way of evening out being allergic to milk and having a shot at being sent to a land where half of it produces flowing milk.

Your right, your right. I need to put more effort into securing my car.

Have you considered setting up a car battery, strapping your mother to a mattress wire frame with her feet in a bucket of salty water, and giving her the jumper cables to the nipples treatment?

The perfect gift for every Muslim home. :D

I thought the perfect gift was Egyptian cookies in the same bag with a baked ham, arriving at dawn during Ramadan

My little way of evening out being allergic to milk and having a shot at being sent to a land where half of it produces flowing milk.

Ah God ... the merry, merry prankster.

Have you considered setting up a car battery, strapping your mother to a mattress wire frame with her feet in a bucket of salty water, and giving her the jumper cables to the nipples treatment?

gross

i don't want to touch mom's nipples

that's totally gh3y

I thought the perfect gift was Egyptian cookies in the same bag with a baked ham, arriving at dawn during Ramadan

Quiet, you.

gh3y

That made my 12:17 am. :D

Quiet, you.
When I gave this to my friend Adam Ali, he was so happy he cried :P

I beg to differ on the guilt points. Back on July, my last birthday, I didn't want and therefore didn't get a single present because I literally wanted nothing at the time. Well....I didn't take into account the long wait between my birthday and Christmas...you see...

No, you see, parents need to be reminded of things like that. If she says "no, we're not getting you a car", you can say "but I didn't ask for anything for christmas or my last birthday because I wanted to save the family money because all I really ever want is a car..." You can't make it too obvious, but you gotta play the guilt card. You can even throw in, the I don't want anything for any other birthday's/christmas' card, because once you get to college, your mom is going to be giving you money for clothes, food, etc ALL the time. And don't forget to play the "books are so expensive" card. Because you can inflate that figure a lot. And you and a friend can share books in classes you have in common. Man, I have so much to teach...

When I gave this to my friend Adam Ali, he was so happy he cried :P

You know him, too? Damn that boy gets around!

When I gave this to my friend Adam Ali, he was so happy he cried :P
You sure he didn't cry AFTER he touched the ham?

They serve as my minions and catalogue any post made while I sleep so that I never miss a beat.
Hm, child labour. Me likey.
But without my TV, how will the aliens control my mind?
Aliens move in mysterious ways, and by that I mean that if you take up interpretive dance your actions will mimic the aliens' actions closely enough that your minds will be forced to meld.
If anyone asks you why you are dancing, then you should throw them out the window with the people who asked about the TV and the TV itself.

then you should throw them out the window

Ok .... serious question time .... please tell me you listen to Trout Fishing in America. :D

Ok .... serious question time .... please tell me you listen to Trout Fishing in America. :D
No, never really heard of them.
Do they also promote throwing people out windows, because that is the sort of cause that all people's can get behind. Except the one's who get thrown out the windows, they might bitch a bit, but most will probably die quickly enough that it won't matter.

You sure he didn't cry AFTER he touched the ham?
Well, yeah, but he didn't touch the ham itself. In fact, he wanted so badly to keep it clean that he put on rubber gloves before he touched it.

No, never really heard of them.
Do they also promote throwing people out windows, because that is the sort of cause that all people's can get behind. Except the one's who get thrown out the windows, they might bitch a bit, but most will probably die quickly enough that it won't matter.

Might I then suggest you do your local choice of MP3 search for Trout Fishing in America and find the song "Throw Him Out The Window" or "The Window". Enjoyable stuff.

Might I then suggest you do your local choice of MP3 search for Trout Fishing in America and find the song "Throw Him Out The Window" or "The Window". Enjoyable stuff.
Fascinating. It'll probably be slightly less entrancing tommorow morning, but still nice. Almost as nice as the thought that your roommate may have died out in the street somewhere because he has yet to come in. What's so amusing outside on a Monday night, anyway?
If he snuffs it his Sodas are all mine!

Fascinating. It'll probably be slightly less entrancing tommorow morning, but still nice. Almost as nice as the thought that your roommate may have died out in the street somewhere because he has yet to come in. What's so amusing outside on a Monday night, anyway?
If he snuffs it his Sodas are all mine!

Oh just download the damn song, Fiddlebottoms. :p

Your arrogance is already on an even keel with mine. No need to rock the boat,

Oh just download the damn song, Fiddlebottoms. :p
I did download it, just because I am more proficient at multi-tasking and having great internet speeds then you is no reason to get snippy. Just for you, though, I have listened to it and devoted my whole attentions to analysing it.
Now I'm back to listening to t.A.T.u., because that is just the way we roll in the Bronx.
Your arrogance is already on an even keel with mine. No need to rock the boat,
What was arrogant? Talking about my roommate dying? Bah, that is knews to no one. I think even he has realized that I have a running plan to kill him now.
Won't do it, though, I have watched enough Law and Order to know that I would be the immediate suspect.

I'm actually quite amazed, because I'm not sure how this works in other places, but here in Ostralya all the hype and Christmas sales begin usually around mid-August... but this hasn't happened this year... I can't actually remember any Christmas commercials yet and its mid-November... good stuff...

Besides, its my birthday before Christmas, so it takes precedent...

Ah! Someone who understand the finer points of parenting.

[non-parents will think this post sarcasm while all parents will know it to be truth]
I once thought I knocked upa girl, does that count...?

No... it's not christmas time until after my birthday, damnit. Talk about christmas after Friday if you must, but not before.

*plugs ears and yells "lalalala... I can't hear you!"*

I'm actually quite amazed, because I'm not sure how this works in other places, but here in Ostralya all the hype and Christmas sales begin usually around mid-August... but this hasn't happened this year... I can't actually remember any Christmas commercials yet and its mid-November... good stuff...
They had the christmas crap out before Halloween here.

:) iPods aren't a status symbol in my school anymore. They have become something of a social standard, I believe.
pepole shoud like you for you, don't make me laugh!

Well Colodia, I respect you because you are an old member and all, but I must ask you some hard hitting questions :
1) How important is your mom
2) Do you believe in mind control
3) How do you feel about murder

Oh crap the police are here I gott

So...My one chance for a decently expensive item for free until July (still hoping for that car...). Any ideas on what's good at the $100-$150 price range?

Jeez, that's a lot.

Just be glad you aren't my kid, you'd be lucky if your present valued more than ten quid :p

iPods aren't a status symbol in my school anymore. They have become something of a social standard, I believe.
i bloody hate ipods. (edit: make that apple ;))

just ask for some porn and be happy like the rest of us when you get socks.

i bloody hate ipods. (edit: make that apple ;))
just ask for some porn and be happy like the rest of us when you get socks.

You mean socks and porn, or just socks. Because if you get both, you can use the socks to clean up the "mess" from the porn without having to deal with paper...

Santa is coming, I guess...

You mean socks and porn, or just socks. Because if you get both, you can use the socks to clean up the "mess" from the porn without having to deal with paper...

Santa is coming, I guess...
just be glad christmas only comes once a year ;)

ho ho ho :P

They had the christmas crap out before Halloween here.

I'm assuming here is America... correct me if I'm mistaken... maybe I haven't been watching enough TV...

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