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Poll: Were you that kid? Or maybe you still are?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Care Bear, Dec 18, 2009.

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Did you always snoop for your presents before Christmas?

  1. Yes

    30 vote(s)
    48.4%

  2. No

    29 vote(s)
    46.8%

  3. No point, my presents generally sucked.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. I still do.

    3 vote(s)
    4.8%
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  1. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Apple...not far from tree, etc.
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 18, 2009
    #25
  2. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Thank you, he'll be here all week.
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 18, 2009
    #26
  3. StormSurge

    StormSurge Active Member

    I wish I was joking.
     
    StormSurge, Dec 18, 2009
    #27
  4. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    No, probably not, but it's the thought of deception that counts.
     
    Double J, Dec 18, 2009
    #28
  5. Care Bear

    Care Bear Guest

    Three of you still search??? Do you ever ponder over that?
     
    Care Bear, Dec 18, 2009
    #29
  6. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Those are the BLOGGGGGGGGGGers among us, who still live in their parents' basement. :D
     
    imjustagirl, Dec 18, 2009
    #30
  7. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    Drawers, closets, basements, attics .. you name it, I probably went digging through it for presents.

    Hell, I've torn the wrapping paper off gifts to get a early peek. A few times I had to add more tape to, uh, hide any evidence of tampering.

    Between the ages of 10-14, I wasn't looking for a surprise Christmas morning. I just wanted to know if I got what was on my list. :)
     
    Trey Beamon, Dec 18, 2009
    #31
  8. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    Not only did I not snoop for presents, 1) I bitched any time my parents asked me to open any of my presents early and 2) I went apeshit when my stepsister shook gift boxes labeled with my name and tried to guess what was in there.

    I HATED opening presents before Christmas.
     
    forever_town, Dec 18, 2009
    #32
  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    With you on the shaking. That's another thing. Anyone picks up a box, I say, "Put it down now or I tell. Pick it up again and I tell."
    Yeah, I'm no fun. Except on Christmas a.m.
     
    Moderator1, Dec 18, 2009
    #33
  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I didn't snoop but I do remember finding presents one year when I wasn't even looking for them. Opened the hatch in the back of my mom's station wagon when I was looking for something else and - bingo - there was a big stash of gifts.
     
    Armchair_QB, Dec 18, 2009
    #34
  11. farmerjerome

    farmerjerome Active Member

    I snooped when I was a kid but out grew it really quick. My parents "hid" some things poorly so I thought that was all I was getting, then I was really surprised with other stuff on Christmas morning. I liked the surprise better.

    Dr. J likes to snoop, the little bastard. But I don't hide things that well either. All he has to do is look in the spare room and his presents are spilling out of bags.
     
    farmerjerome, Dec 18, 2009
    #35
  12. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    was a master snooper to the point mom started keeping my gifts at my aunt's house. my brother would wait til they were wrapped and then carefully undo wrapping paper and then re-wrap.
     
    txsportsscribe, Dec 18, 2009
    #36
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