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a garbanzo bean
Jun 14, 2016

by Shine
like what the gently caress honestly

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Ultimate Shrek Fan
May 2, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
ocd prolly

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx

a garbanzo bean posted:

like what the gently caress honestly

hi dare

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
And whats the deal with bears? I just don't get it! :shrug:

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007

if you're enough of a lunatic to do that, you might as well insist everyone gives you gifts in bags

Creed Reunion Tour
Jul 3, 2007

by Cyrano4747
Grimey Drawer
The same people who still remember the depression.

old bean factory
Nov 18, 2006

Will ya close the fucking doors?!
My mom used to, like 30 years ago, when it made sense to recycle things. Now she doesn't. That's my story, OP.

ChrisHansen
Oct 28, 2014

Suck my damn balls.
Lipstick Apathy

Bundle of Keys posted:

The same people who still remember the depression.

Many posters have the depression

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
If you have kids, you can wrap one of their school work books in to make them last longer.
I always thought that this was an irish thing though.

Captain Splashback
Jan 1, 2007

BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
SPLASHBACK HOLDINGS LTD
PUCKINS AND PRINTERS PURVEYORS
Save the paper to make festive papier machée animals!

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

happyhippy posted:

If you have kids, you can wrap one of their school work books in to make them last longer.
I always thought that this was an irish thing though.

we did this but just used plain brown paper bags

cult_hero
Jul 10, 2001
What, I'm just supposed to tear into it like some savage animal so I can quickly see the lovely mug or pen set you got me again Barbara? The paper is the real gift here, because I can actually use it, unlike the new pair of tits you begged me for after we got married.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
My family has been reusing the same gift bags for something like 20 years now

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
my mom used to like to save it because it was too pretty to throw away I have no loving ideas what she ended up doing with it though

yeah I eat ass
Mar 14, 2005

only people who enjoy my posting can replace this avatar
My grandma does this, and watches over your shoulder making sure you open it without tearing the paper. She eventually started handing out letter openers so you could more cleanly cut the tape. I'm pretty sure she has been using the same paper for the past 20+ years. When you get her presents she goes through the same process and saves that too. If you have the audacity to throw it away you will likely find her fishing it out of the trash later when she thinks nobody's looking.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

poverty

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




cult_hero posted:

What, I'm just supposed to tear into it like some savage animal so I can quickly see the lovely mug or pen set you got me again Barbara? The paper is the real gift here, because I can actually use it, unlike the new pair of tits you begged me for after we got married.

MettleRamiel
Jun 29, 2005
My sister does this, but she doesn't re-use it. She folds it up neatly and, I don't know, gives it some kind of wrapping paper burial, I guess.

I give her presents in the plastic shopping bag it came in.

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR
im not cheap enough to re-use tissue paper but i totally toss like 3 of the folding gift bag things under my bed then dig them out when it comes time to think of which 3 people do i owe enough favors to that i have to give them a gift

Jellidelic
Nov 28, 2011

lmbo if you privileged fucks ever got "presents"

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Jellidelic posted:

lmbo if you privileged fucks ever got "presents"
some of us are medium poor

1000 Sweaty Rikers
Oct 13, 2005

it's an old recycling custom from before it was possible to recycle paper

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
I just tell them i like to save it too and burn it when they arent looking

FlimFlam Imam
Mar 1, 2007

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
Oooh, that's some very nice paper, please open it carefully.

ghlbtsk
Apr 19, 2005

these bath mats
are
GORGEOUS

Bundle of Keys posted:

The same people who still remember the depression.

The kinds of people who save the water after boiling pasta and use it to bathe.

buttcrackmenace
Nov 14, 2007

see its right there in the manual where it says
Grimey Drawer
my grandma used to do this

she'd stay with us over the holidays, and carefully open her presents without tearing the paper

she said that she used the paper to re-wrap her gifts when she got home

I miss her :(

SOME PIG
Aug 12, 2004

Hittin' Switches,
Twistin' wigs with
Phat Radical Mathematical type Scriptures

ghlbtsk posted:

The kinds of people who save the water after boiling pasta and use it to bathe.

In my family we don't just save the water, we bathe in the noodles AND sauce before we eat them.

chippy
Aug 16, 2006

OK I DON'T GET IT
My fiancée does this, it's pretty useful for when I realise I forgot to buy paper for a last minute present.

PallasAthene
Dec 6, 2010

Why, vixen, have you again set the gods by the ears in the pride and haughtiness of your heart?
If I like the pattern I save it and use it in a photo album or scrapbook or cover a hardbound journal with it.

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

buttcrackmenace posted:

my grandma used to do this

she'd stay with us over the holidays, and carefully open her presents without tearing the paper

she said that she used the paper to re-wrap her gifts when she got home

I miss her :(

Bob James
Nov 15, 2005

by Lowtax
Ultra Carp
They use it to wipe their rear end.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
One time I noticed my parents used the same wrapping paper as Santa Claus.

Snatch Duster
Feb 20, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
we like to cum on it

thanks for free cum paper

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009



So its bad then? I have never recieved a present but thinking about whether i would save the paper or not were i to get one keeps me up at night

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib

Hector Beerlioz posted:

One time I noticed my parents used the same wrapping paper as Santa Claus.

Amateur

Jerry Mumphrey
Mar 11, 2004

by zen death robot

(and can't post for 4 years!)

happyhippy posted:

If you have kids, you can wrap one of their school work books in to make them last longer.
I always thought that this was an irish thing though.

happy birthday bitch, it's homework

Roylicious
Feb 21, 2012

Braver than the cops
ain't afraid of no chaps
If they steppin up on me
I just start bustin some caps
For one thing so you don't have scraps of paper all over the place you need to clean up after tearing it apart like an animal, for another you can re-use the wrapping paper so next time there's an event you don't need to go 'poo poo!' and run to the store to grab some.

happyhippy posted:

If you have kids, you can wrap one of their school work books in to make them last longer.
I always thought that this was an irish thing though.

My school made this required homework because school is lame.

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artsy fartsy
May 10, 2014

You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!
Once sat through the world's longest baby shower where the mother-to-be spent roughly 20 minutes opening every gift, she had the baby halfway through and that took forever too

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