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That is,
gifts as if personally made by the
buyer (with all necessary
imperfections, etc), who then
impresses the recipient with all
the thought and care that went into it
(when, in reality, he just paid some service to create it, filling
out requisite personality questionnaires...) Which,
of course, still makes it more
thoughtful than some last-minute
crap from a gift shop...
For plish's friend who likes Salmon and Abba
http://www.nordicho.../detail.aspx?ID=277
[jutta, Sep 16 2006]
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I'd like to purchase a gift for a friend but please just one or two subtle imperfections, please. +1 excellent idea. |
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I think we already have that, it's called "China" |
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I don't think you are quite *getting* the spirit of the idea, GC. |
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Given that you can buy such items at any church fair, most thrift shops, and a great many charity outlets, I'm not sure this is a really novel idea. |
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Besides, diamonds are a girl's best friend, and homemade diamonds really don't cut it. |
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Seriously though, this sounds like a relationship timebomb. |
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"Oh! How lovely! Where did you get the recipe/pattern? Would you be a dear and teach me how to make that?" |
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"buy such items at any church fair, most thrift shops, and a great many charity outlets" |
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No, you go to this service
and describe what this
person is like, or what they
may like, and what you are like,
and what you may do for them, and they do it:) |
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so then you are saying that it's thoughtful crap from a gift shop? |
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unless you really make it yourself at home, isn't this like a monogram service, or something to just add a personal touch. |
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are you lot being deliberately obtuse today? ;) |
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[po] not me. I *do* make homemade gifts for friends and family, so to think that getting a service to do it would seem to slighten the thought. maybe it would be a good service for someone who has never crafted a homemade gift. ( the word *home* means something to me) |
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I'll open the shop across the street from this one, offering to well-meaningly, but ineptly, wrap the "homemade" gifts in slightly wrong wrapping paper that's been carefully crincled and aged. |
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maybe the word to use should be * Hand-made*...that way it wouldn't imply being made at home... |
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I think debbydebeddy wants the credit for this. |
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last time I looked, the shop had cheap MANUFACTURED goods. Under no stretch of imagination can they be passed off as "home made" or "hand made". |
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Are you saying chinese sweatshop laborors don't have homes? Or hands? |
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I've seen crochet(ed?) tablecloths and such that were made in China. To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing as machine crochet. I guess there's always some bit of common ground to be found between the warring factions. :-) |
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(I'd love to see a crochet machine if anyone knows of one.) |
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[half] there are no machines that weave baskets either. |
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Google "crochet machine" they do exist |
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