The Official Cheer Up Drewster Thread

[cailin maith]

One word of advice though, a word of warning actually. Being away from female company for so long can lead you to overdo the er.. you know, pot noodle activity. Your little fella can get a bit raw, sometimes even bleeding and stuff.
The solution - get yourself a jar of vaseline or hand cream, two sheets of A4paper, a lolly ice stick, two paper clips and a copy of razzle

Now make a paper boat and sail it in the bath and put yer kn0b away, you dirty boy

You will go blind

[Churchill]

You will go blind

Who said that?

[Drewster]

Right...
I have cycled a few Ks in the gym....
I have swum a few lengths of the pool....
Dhuhr prayers should just be winding down....
(Everything outside the Hotel stops for prayers..... not everyone actually goes through the praying rituals but they all shut up shop (literally) and nothing happens)
Time to wander out to get some lunch and/or shopping....

Come on girls.... still need prezzie ideas for "my" girls.......

[Drewster]

Who said that?

It was that hairy bloke over there....

[cailin maith]

Right...
I have cycled a few Ks in the gym....
I have swum a few lengths of the pool....
Dhuhr prayers should just be winding down....
(Everything outside the Hotel stops for prayers..... not everyone actually goes through the praying rituals but they all shut up shop (literally) and nothing happens)
Time to wander out to get some lunch and/or shopping....

Come on girls.... still need prezzie ideas for "my" girls.......

How old are the kids? I remember when my Dad used to go away, he'd bring back some of the local sweets and we loved it. He also used to bring us back things like pens notebooks and stuff - we could bring them to school and say look what my Dad brought me back. Cheap pressies but at the time we thought they were ace!

[cojak]

Jewellery is always well received. I'm sure the ladies/laydees will back me up on this??

Oh yes - the gold jewellery out there will go down well.

And the perfumes (I mean the ones outside of the duty-free, handmade ones...)

[Drewster]

How old are the kids? I remember when my Dad used to go away, he'd bring back some of the local sweets and we loved it. He also used to bring us back things like pens notebooks and stuff - we could bring them to school and say look what my Dad brough me back. Cheap pressies but at the time we thought they were ace!

Well:
There is Mrs D, and The D-ettes 22, 17 and 11

22 is "sorted" ie She wants me to look for fake/shonky Chanel Handbags.
17 - Not even the tiniest clue of an idea.... possibly tat/touristy baubles ??
11 - Mmmmm see above... possibly easier ie She is less likely to say "WTF is this Tulip?"
Mrs D.... This is the tricky one..... I think I will look at the Jewellry options.... plus tourist tat etc obviously..... Unless I get some HELP

[Drewster]

Oh yes - the gold jewellery out there will go down well.

And the perfumes (I mean the ones outside of the duty-free, handmade ones...)

I like the Gold idea... there is loads of that..... not that subtle (see below)

There is also loads of perfumes and stuff - my only problem here is that I don't know if the stuff they are selling is meant for drinking, washing up or cleaning drains..... Seriously the Saudi mentality is not to go for a small discrete bottle - the bigger, brighter and louder the better and I have seen "perfume" bottles that hold about a gallon..... and they sell them in presentation sets (Leather case, velvet lined) of 1/2 a dozen.....

[EternalOptimist]

Mrs D.... This is the tricky one..... I think I will look at the Jewellry options.... plus tourist tat etc obviously..... Unless I get some HELP

I view this as a Strategic problem rather than a tactical one. What you have done here is boxed yourself into a corner, you now have one more thing to worry about, just when you least need it.

The solution - 'Pre-gifting'.

All through the year at random times, buy her a pressie. choccies, handbag , shoes , perfume, dvd etc.
'You know how rubbish I am at remembering significant dates, and if I go away for work I dont get the time - so I got you this'


There you go, you are now pre-gifted and pre-forgiven

It also helps if you constantly act shifty and secretive. Then if you do ever sh@g another bird , and have to cover it up, she wont notice

[Drewster]

There you go, you are now pre-gifted and pre-forgiven

It also helps if you constantly act shifty and secretive. Then if you do ever sh@g another bird , and have to cover it up, she wont notice

I take your point... and as I am such a caring guy I am taking this opportunity to get just such a random gift.. its not for B'day or anything just "for the sake of it".............

Just as an aside - why would you go to the effort of using bold before "hiding" your postscript.... only asking