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Originally posted by Pogle View PostHi, I would like to get my daughters teacher a Christmas present. He is a bloke,
my daughter really likes him and has worked very hard this term, so I felt like saying thank you.
Any ideas? women teachers are easy to get stuff for, but I'm not so sure about a youngish male teacher. My back up present is a bottle of Jamesons.
Can anyone suggest anything better?
Keep it clean!
Wine / whisky / chocolates are nice, if you want to go that route. Picture frame?
This Christmas, for example, my daughter has made her teachers some tree decorations. Granted, she is 5, but she spent ages thinking about each design and making each one special for each teacher.Comment
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A teacher ?
How about a cane ?
Not just any old cane however.
There are some real nice ones on this site. NSFW
I wish my teacher's used nice canes like these, instead of the pathetic excuses for bamboo sticks they used to keep us under control.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C.S. LewisComment
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Originally posted by dwm009 View PostHere here!
Hear, hear is an expression used as a short repeated form of hear ye and hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker.
It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been used, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as "the regular form of cheering in the House of Commons", with many purposes depending on the intonation of its user.[1] It is often incorrectly spelled "here here", especially on websites.[2]
The phrase hear him, hear him! was used in Parliament since the late 1600s, and had been reduced to hear! or hear, hear! by the late 1700s. The verb hear had earlier been used in the King James Bible as a command for others to listen.[1]The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostA teacher ?
How about a cane ?
Not just any old cane however.
There are some real nice ones on this site. NSFW
I wish my teacher's used nice canes like these, instead of the pathetic excuses for bamboo sticks they used to keep us under control.Comment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostI wish my teacher's used nice canes like these, instead of the pathetic excuses for bamboo sticks they used to keep us under control.
As for the Chrissie present, hard to say. It depends how much you (Pogle) want to spend and how much you know of the teacher's tastes and personal interests (and weaknesses - booze for example wouldn't be good if they're a borderline alkie!)
How about a brace of DVDs? For example, the BBC Shakespeare set (probably a bit pricey though, but might be worth checking - you never know with all these discounts), or a recent BBC documentary.
edit: I did a quick check, and the 38-DVD set of BBC Shakespeare is available for £96 direct from the BBC Shop, and about £120 from Amazon.Last edited by OwlHoot; 17 December 2008, 21:23.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostWe're all fliped. I'm fliped. You're fliped. The whole country is fliped. It's the biggest flip-up ever. We're all completely fliped.
-- Sir Richard Mottram
Richard Branson says economy is "f****d"
A miserable lot these Sir Richard'sComment
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