We’ve all given and received gifts: good gifts, bad gifts, red gifts, blue gifts. Of course, some of these gifts transcend concepts like ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and enter the realm of the surreal.
Your guess is as good as ours when it comes to these things.
Wrong universe.
Putting aside the obvious DC/Marvel universe problems here, what even is this thing? Some kind of Batman-themed swizzle stick?
Fork off.
This person received this gift from their ex’s parents. A fork is an odd gift for sure but the message here is crystal clear.
Step Pets.
This was a housewarming gift from coworkers. I don’t know why this, of all things, was what they landed on but I like it.
Feliz Navidad.
This Christmas card was gifted by the city’s mayor to all of the inhabitants. I wonder what he’s trying to communicate.
Friendly lion.
What if you asked a taxidermist to stuff a lion…and the taxidermist had no idea what a lion looks like?
The most interesting man in the world.
Someone got this business card from Peter [redacted], and made sure to emphasize that ‘he was deadly serious’. I guess this is a good one to tuck in your wallet.
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Aliens?
I don’t know what’s going on here but if I had to guess, I’d say it’s either a cult or aliens.
Bad energy.
I’m sure the gift-giver meant well but I really wouldn’t want to take on the weird energy of a voodoo doll.
Just strap ’em on.
It’s always nice when you can find a new home for your old furniture but strapping it haphazardly onto your car is a weird way to give it.
Thanks, I hate it.
Some dude received this from his stepmother. I’m at a loss here. Maybe she just thought he really like unicorns.
…Santa?
They say you should never meet your heroes. Maybe that’s because they’re indescribably creepy once you get a good look at them.
Merry Christmas.
These siblings exchanged gifts for Christmas. She got him a phone; he got her an empty box. I guess that’s what being a brother is all about.
Cute?
This was given to a baby by a random stranger at a market. How cute! Now, that’s a word I never thought I’d use to describe Leatherface.
Mysterious pill.
This anti-cough pill — manufactured by the good people of HATAKAB (SIM TIEN HOR) in Bangkok — looks so intimidating that I wouldn’t even want to try it.
Laser rat.
Someone taxidermied a rat — which is kind of weird — and then gave it glowing eyes, which is a little bit more than weird.
No thanks.
Imagine receiving these dried, plastic-encased grasshopper corpse earrings as a gift. I guess it’s the thought that truly counts, right?
Never open it.
“A customer just gave me this cactus flower as a thank you. Then told me not to touch it because it will sting me and not to smell it because it smells like rotting flesh.”
Mixed messages.
If you get a gift with this kind of language on it, you just know that you’ll now have to deal with an unpredictable stalker.
Weird pitcher.
This is a pitcher that’s supposed to look like a dog that has a hole in the back of its head and markings like a Holstein cow.
Seems unnecessary.
This little pot is apparently supposed to hold baby teeth for the Tooth Fairy. I’ve always been against saving teeth for any reason, so this is a hard no from me.
