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Quote: Jennie @ October 8 2013, 9:29 PM BST

WHY are some men so impossible to buy presents for? Is there a male equivalent of the generic gift? Like jewellery or a Jo Malone candle or body butter?

No. There is not. Even Not on the High Street is letting me down, which is a rarity.

Humph.

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A set of spanners?

Or a tiny set of pliers.

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d00121/5-piece-mini-pliers-set/dp/TL10330?in_merch=Featured%20Products

Or one of these, used to make fresh holes in a waist belt, thus indicating that he is getting slimmer. http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d00126/leather-punch-set/dp/TL10335

Quote: Harridan @ October 8 2013, 9:45 PM BST

How about one of those men's sets of toiletries from Body Shop or the like? Or a nice food gift, like vinegar sets or posh relishes?

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Complete waste, I bet most men hate getting sets of toiletries and probably has lots of never used sets tucked away in a cupboard.

In fact, I think men's toiletries should be banned - or rather the perfume content in them. Most of them have a nauseating, overpowering perfume - it's the Body Shop stink multiplied 100 fold.

I spent three weeks cheerfully spraying body spray under my armpits without realising it wasn't deodorant !

No wonder my shirts were getting wet !

Chip's tossing and turning.

Filth.

Chip missed a bit while shaving earlier in the week and has had to trim bits of his face with scissors. He thinks he's got away with it.

Yeah,...well...more or less.

Quote: Jennie @ October 8 2013, 10:15 PM BST

Should we have a BCG meet up, I promise to bring my chicken bag.

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If/when I come down to London town in the New year we should arrange something for then! There are lots of different people since the one and old meet I went to.

Quote: chipolata @ October 9 2013, 9:39 AM BST

Chip missed a bit while shaving earlier in the week and has had to trim bits of his face with scissors. He thinks he's got away with it.

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Nothing worse than a rogue hair.

Quote: Ben @ October 7 2013, 6:41 PM BST

Ben is not a fan of gluten-free pasta.

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Always cook to the package directions unless you want to be eating glue. San Remo is a good brand but don't know if it's available in England.

If you have choice, I would suggest eating normal pasta.

Quote: reds @ October 9 2013, 12:58 PM BST

Always cook to the package directions unless you want to be eating glue. San Remo is a good brand but don't know if it's available in England.

If you have choice, I would suggest eating normal pasta.

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My dad's a coeliac, so he would have been a bit put out with normal pasta. The stuff he gets on prescription is very good, but this rubbish was from the supermarket and was 'clumpy'.

Prescription pasta? What a beautiful world we live in!

Quote: Ben @ October 9 2013, 2:44 PM BST

My dad's a coeliac, so he would have been a bit put out with normal pasta. The stuff he gets on prescription is very good, but this rubbish was from the supermarket and was 'clumpy'.

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A fly on your breakfast, missing Allsorts, and now clumpy pasta.

Your life is one long culinary minefield right now.

Chin up, mate!

It's ok, George, I'm planning to watch a lot of telly tonight to cheer myself up.

Quote: Ben @ October 9 2013, 5:51 PM BST

It's ok, George, I'm planning to watch a lot of telly tonight to cheer myself up.

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Maybe best not to eat/drink anything though, to be on the safe side.