Well Christmas ain't that far away away folks - I always think it flies by after October. So I was just wondering, what's the most unusual / funny pressie you've ever bought, or had bought for you?
I've just bought my mate one of the world's hottest chilli sauces, (357 Mad Dog) because I want his anus to fall out. Check it out: http://www.chilliworld.com/SP6.asp?p_id=134
I received a hunk of fossilized dinosaur poop one year. I'm quite fond of it.
Quote: DaButt @ October 4 2008, 4:27 PM BSTI received a hunk of fossilized dinosaur poop one year. I'm quite fond of it.
I once got that. A coprolite, I believe it's called. Mine is from a prehistoric fish.
I've also got something similar that wasn't fossilised or of dinosaur origin from papa.
Quote: Tommy Power @ October 4 2008, 4:33 PM BSTI once got that. A coprolite, I believe it's called. Mine is from a prehistoric fish.
Yep, it's a coprolite. Mine is huge and came from a dinosaur. My friend found it in Utah.
Another friend sends me weird mineral specimens and fossils for Christmas and my birthday: meteorites, fossilized fish, fossilized bugs, etc.
That's amazing. What're the odds of TWO people on the same internet forum opening a Christmas present to find a lump of dinosaur shit?
Quote: DaButt @ October 4 2008, 4:42 PM BSTYep, it's a coprolite. Mine is huge and came from a dinosaur. My friend found it in Utah.
Yeah because I'm ALWAYS coming home with Brontosaurus turds I found whilst out walking the dog. How does this happen? How do you just find dinosaur cack? How do you know it even is cack? I'd be tempted to think it was just a bit of old rock, unless there was absolute proof, like a piece of fozzilized sweetcorn stuck in it.
Quote: Perry Nium @ October 4 2008, 5:07 PM BSTThat's amazing. What're the odds of TWO people on the same internet forum opening a Christmas present to find a lump of dinosaur shit?
That would almost never happen, Perry. However, one forum user unwrapping dinosaur shit and another unwrapping fish shit is surprisingly frequent.
We've got jurassic plant fossils at the back of our property. My dad and I would regularly spend days out fossil hunting when I was a small boy. Found some real beauties.
Quote: Tommy Power @ October 4 2008, 5:13 PM BSTThat would almost never happen, Perry. However, one forum user unwrapping dinosaur shit and another unwrapping fish shit is surprisingly frequent.
We've got jurassic plant fossils at the back of our property. My dad and I would regularly spend days out fossil hunting when I was a small boy. Found some real beauties.
Yes but you still both unwrapped prehistoric shit on Christmas morning! As far as I'm aware that's never happened to me. Apart from maybe that Jim Davidson Joke Book I got one year...
Quote: Perry Nium @ October 4 2008, 5:07 PM BSTYeah because I'm ALWAYS coming home with Brontosaurus turds I found whilst out walking the dog. How does this happen? How do you just find dinosaur cack? How do you know it even is cack? I'd be tempted to think it was just a bit of old rock, unless there was absolute proof, like a piece of fozzilized sweetcorn stuck in it.
My friend grew up in Utah and spends a lot of time collecting rocks and fossils in the mountains. There's a lot of dinosaur bones and poop in the area. It looks like a turd, so identification isn't all that difficult. The guy's uncle is a dinosaur expert at a university, so that helps a bit, too.
Quote: DaButt @ October 4 2008, 5:15 PM BSTIt looks like a turd, so identification isn't all that difficult.
That's fantastic. 
I'll admit, a bit of shit for Christmas is quite charming. I've often found, however, that people tend to go overboard with the poo theme. Turkey stuffing, bon-bon prizes, stocking contents, tree decorations - there is a limit to the amount of faecal matter you can really enjoy at Christmas, and certain individuals need to realise that.
Quote: DaButt @ October 4 2008, 5:15 PM BSTMy friend grew up in Utah and spends a lot of time collecting rocks and fossils in the mountains. There's a lot of dinosaur bones and poop in the area. It looks like a turd, so identification isn't all that difficult. The guy's uncle is a dinosaur expert at a university, so that helps a bit, too.
The fish version is rather lumpy, or spiky, and is almost perfectly spherical (apart from the many little spikes).
Sorry about the shit photography.
Oh my God. I think I did one of those this morning.
Quote: Perry Nium @ October 4 2008, 5:27 PM BSTOh my God. I think I did one of those this morning.
It's 4 inches in diameter. Are you related to that Goatse fellow?
(Just realized that I should have stuck a piece of last night's corn on top of El Turdo.)
Quote: Perry Nium @ October 4 2008, 4:06 PM BSTI've just bought my mate one of the world's hottest chilli sauces, because I want his anus to fall out.
We're having a competition in our family regarding who can find the worst Christmas jumper this year. I decided this was the thread to ask for help with this in, so "Help"!