Who Gives a Shit: What's The Worst Christmas/Hanukkah Gift You've Ever Gotten?

A holiday thong clad in jingle bells and lace that was plucked from the dollar bin and smells like an old pharmacy.

An oversized t-shirt printed with a sepia-toned, faux "Wanted" poster of your Uncle Norm (the crime? "Eating all the deviled eggs at last year's Christmas dinner.").

A flowbee.

These are all AWFUL GIFTS that I'm happy to report my family has never dared give me for Christmas. Others have not been so lucky in this department. Poor Ralphie.

A bad holiday gift sucks for a few reasons:

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Who Gives A Shit: Are All Park Slopers Officially Self-Entitled A-Holes?

image via quasiagitato.com

Former Park Slope mom Christine is fed up with Park Slope's entitled 'tude, as she recently said on her blog, Quasi Agitato. I know you're totally a grown-up who can read her post for yourself, but I thought I would highlight some quotes from this particular article in case you want the Cliff notes version:

We'll start at the beginning (it's a very good place to start) with Quasi Agitato's annotated definition of our fair neighborhood: 

Note: Park Slope is a Brooklyn neighborhood bordering on Prospect Park that boasts beautiful brownstones and lovely shops and restaurants. The majority of the people who live there consider themselves very special lucky.

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Who gives a shit: Have you ever had a bucket of water dumped on your head while walking down 5th ave?

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Because it's happened to at least one FiPS reader! A Park Slope resident who wishes to remain anon recently sent us this account:

"I was walking down 5th avenue last night around 10 pm, and then water fell on me.  I thought I was going crazy, but i was wet and the ground was wet.  I looked up at the apartment but there was no sight of where/who/what.  This happened right outside of Southpaw and I asked the bouncer if he saw what happened.  He told me that this happens every once and a while. He doesn't know why, but the people up there in one of those apartments throws water on people randomly. ya. I just hope it wasn't caught on tape anywhere...b/c that would be so embarrassing! haha i should probably add that it was DEAD.  no loud noise from the street or southpaw. that added to the bizarreness..."

 

So... this ever happen to anyone else?

Who Gives A Shit: Is Your Hot New Baby Car seat Gonna Get Stolen?

This week in Brooklynian's forum, a parent-to-be posed a burning question that I am only mildly interested in because I was lacking a story for this slot: DO PEOPLE STEAL BABY CAR SEATS? I mean, we know that thieves are swiping our laptops, iPhones and puppies in this neighborhood. But are they breaking car windows to steal things regarding the safety of a baby? One woman, whose profile picture features a child smoking a cigarette, wonders just that:

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Who Gives a Shit: Would You Drink Wine From The Gowanus Canal?

J.C. RICE / The NY Post

73 year-old Joseph Mariano once fell into the Gowanus Canal. "And I'm still here," he says of the incident. With this in mind, perhaps we can put aside our negative feelings toward the watery, toxic stinkfest and embrace Mariano's life endeavor: he produces wine from a 50-foot grapevine located only a few blocks away from the canal. 

“I have no fear about it,” he tells the NY Post.  “It has a very unique flavor.”

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