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What is the best present you have ever given?
Submitted by quornflour.
Off the top of my head:
- Introducing Joel to E.G.Daly (now going by "Elizabeth Daly"). He was MASSIVELY in love-from-afar with her. It was the only time I ever saw him speechless. I got the convo going then left him alone to talk with her before her concert. He was in heaven for weeks after.
- Tix to the B52s. Again Joel. The group had long disbanded - leaving Joel regretting that he never saw them live. While Joel was on vacation in NewYork, the B52s announced a reunion tour. I showed up in NewYork (that part was pre-planned) with their new cassette (yes, it was that long ago), full page ad for the tour, and info that I had gotten tix for us. He was ECSTATIC!!
- The tie, designed by Jerry Garcia, that I bought for Alan Little. Ties were our "thing" - our friendship originally bloomed out of my habit of straightening his every day. The tie I got him was so well received that nearly all the men in the office told me that I could buy a tie for them any time I want.
- The "bust of Elvis" I painted for Alan Little. Long story short: Alan modeled himself after our corp president. The corp president had this big, super tacky, bust of Elvis in his office (I'm certain it was an old joke). I found a smaller version of the same bust at one of those paint-your-own ceramics places and made a replica of the larger one for Alan's office.
- "Blue Balls" to Alan Little. He had the best sense of humor! I found some of the balls from an Ikea play area in the parking lot. I took 2 blue ones, brought them to work the next day, and handed them to him without saying a word. He totally got the joke and proudly displayed them on his credenza.
update: And apparently the Coffee/Chocolate bar I gave to Andy, coworker (he's on the EyeCandy list), a few days ago - cause he just came up and told me "you give good chocolate".
Happy Hannukah!!