Post #12801 by Scamboogah on Tue, Nov 5, 2002 6:46 AM

I have no problem in anyone wanting to be a purist, in fact I commend it. That said, the idea of telling someone who has just gone out of their way to give me something that their gift sucks because they don't have the butt-licking fanboy anal-retentive attitude about it that I do is reprehensible.

If someone takes the time to get you something 'pirate-related' or 'african' or 'from the wrong tropical region', thank them kindly for it, find an out of the way place to display it, and then eventually replace it and put it in storage. Either that or run the risk of no one ever buying anything for you again because they know that you're worse than a hummell or beanie baby collector and that no matter how much effort they put into finding you a present, you'll turn your nose up at it and put it on EBay...

"Dammit, this is a Cook Island mask, you KNOW I only collect Marquesian!"

Thanks for letting me rant. Oh, by the way, I'm new, nice to be here!