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I'm 3 presents in and already used 2 rolls of paper, is it just me or are us men completely hopeless at wrapping presents.?

Pass me the JD!
 
yep your useless.. all men are mine more so than most.. he seems to get out of it year after year after year...
 
gumbo-67 said:
yep your useless.. all men are mine more so than most.. he seems to get out of it year after year after year...
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I can hardly expect the future wife to wrap her own though haha, rubix cube is easier than this!
 
piece of p**s :)

told my wife hoarding boxes of all shapes and sizes over the year will reap the rewards. She was struggling wrapping all weird and wonderfully shaped blister packed stuff. Me? pop it in a similarly sized box and bingo!
 
neil_g said:
I rock at it, providing its square/rectangle.

Otherwise it's a complete mess.
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Funny you should say that, I've just wrapped an album, that was easy!
 
antihero said:
piece of p**s :)

told my wife hoarding boxes of all shapes and sizes over the year will reap the rewards. She was struggling wrapping all weird and wonderfully shaped blister packed stuff. Me? pop it in a similarly sized box and bingo!
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All the old boxes were painted white with holes cut in for little light boxes months ago, great idea though :)
 
Julie always lets me wrap them, as I do them perfect, :thinking: or is she just saying that

No really they have to be very very neatly wrapped for me
 
I laugh at the mess I'm making as I'm making it. Despite seemingly applying all the best scientific practice I still seem to make something look like it's been through the shredder.
 
I start off well, then when I get to the corners,
somehow, it all goes tits up :thinking:
 
5 down 5 to go, I've saved the teddy until last , crap wrapper's worst nightmare !
 
mattd85 said:
I'm 3 presents in and already used 2 rolls of paper, is it just me or are us men completely hopeless at wrapping presents.?

Pass me the JD!
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LOL Matt. By coincidence Sarah just accused me of this less than 60 seconds before finding this thread.

She's asked me to let you know that she agrees with your theory. :lol:
 
mattd85 said:
I'm 3 presents in and already used 2 rolls of paper, is it just me or are us men completely hopeless at wrapping presents.?

Pass me the JD!
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This is perfectly normal - don't worry! Glad to hear that someone else is giving elephants as Christmas presents. :)

The need for JD after wrapping is also completely normal.
 
I couldn't find the sellotape one year so I used a stapler. Had to put dozens of staples in each present to seal the ends of the wrapping paper. My satisfaction of a job well done was not particularly shared by the recipients.
 
To save time we don't wrap the presents, we wrap the kids instead......


It's a bit awkward carrying them downstairs on Christmas morning but watching them wriggle free is brilliant (also got good money from You've been Framed)







;)
 
Mine usually start OK, but end up in the style of Fish and Chips.
 
b****r does that mean i'm really male???:eek::eek:

I hate wrapping and pretty useless!.... i guess if i take my time i'm ok but because i hate it i really have to force myself!..

My motto its usually for the kids so it doesn't matter :D:D
 
Cg_Girl said:
My motto its usually for the kids so it doesn't matter :D:D
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And of course they always look at how neatly and artistically
the presents have been wrapped before tearing the paper off like
something possessed :D
 
Cobra said:
And of course they always look at how neatly and artistically
the presents have been wrapped before tearing the paper off like
something possessed :D
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Possessed is certainly the correct word to use for my youngest! tho my girl at 13 now just gives me that 'look'!
 
mattd85 said:
I'm 3 presents in and already used 2 rolls of paper, is it just me or are us men completely hopeless at wrapping presents.?

Pass me the JD!
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Just get her some ear-rings then you will only need a single A4 sized sheet.;)
 
I had a really weird dream a while back :cuckoo::
I was in some sort of present wrapping competition with about 5 other people. We were all given a roll of wrapping paper, some tape and a gift to wrap.
The others all got things like CDs, shoe boxes or nice square things - I got a watering can!:bang:
 
This year my daughter has wrapped all her presents in plain old brown paper and added brown luggage labels as the gift tags.She then added some clear tape with a red Merry Xmas message that had red text all the way around each gift like you would with ribbon and they look amazing!!

Cheap as chips but look designer! :)
 
My tip: Always pay to get them wrapped if ordering online, or get the shop to do it when in store.
 
nothing to it - the trick is to do it on the floor so you can use your big toe to hold down edges etc, when you get a job that really needs 3 hands

(putting a sheet of mdf on the floor first to work on also avoids fluff and dog hair issues)

simples
 
neil_g said:
So impersonal though, I'd prefer a mess that I know some one has taken time over :D
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Ah goody, send me your address, at least I know someone will appreciate
my "efforts" :D
 
I just had my dad wrap all my gifts for friends. He is awrsome at it. Look like a dogs dinner when I do it. Then asked my mum to wrap my dads Xmas presents up. They didn't look as good......
 
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