Holiday Souvenires

6 Sep 2005

having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday cool

there is a reason for this
I brought back an impressive Marlboro ashtray which was given to me on purchasing two million cheap fags
Eldest son bought a cheap but very good MP3 player
Youngest son bought.............
.......A six foot inflatable Crocodile........ :shock: confused

which now resides in his bedroom rolleyes

6 Sep 2005

two 10cm long squirty plastic goldfish
biggrin

6 Sep 2005

My Lava lamp biggrin

6 Sep 2005

My plastic Eiffel Tower on a real, solid marbelette base :smile2:

6 Sep 2005

ops: I brought back a potato peeler from South Africa.
(don't ask lol

:lol: )
When we went to Thailand brought back some gold from the golden temple (we had a heavy storm and some of the gold leaf was floating on the pavement)
Lee unfortunately only brought back campylobacter :shock: :shock:

6 Sep 2005

Quote by warwick
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday
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Mrs davej

6 Sep 2005

a shamack from Eygpt. don't know why, just looked good at the time.

6 Sep 2005

Quote by davej
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday
:

Mrs davej
:giggle:

:rotflmao:
poor

6 Sep 2005

Quote by warwick
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday
there is a reason for this
I brought back an impressive Marlboro ashtray which was given to me on purchasing two million cheap fags
Eldest son bought a cheap but very good MP3 player
Youngest son bought.............
.......A six foot inflatable Crocodile........ :shock:
which now resides in his bedroom

Stop yer whinging.......you've got something very similar in your room, she might only be five foot and not as attractive as the crocodile, with that strange open mouthed smile they've all got, but thats your choice.....

6 Sep 2005

a samurai sword which was 35cm too big for my suitcase,which i rolled in towels and had sticking out of said case. was bricking it all way through baggage clearance that it would be confiscated.......
got through fine,got home unwraped it and the blade fell clean off the handle, tempered steel my bloody ass,those turkish market traders will tell you anything.......
and some idiots believe them innocent

6 Sep 2005

Sand from various beaches I've visited in different countries.
It always seems to get into everything! dunno

6 Sep 2005

I bought my mam a lovely traditional Mayan table cloth in Mexico, only to discover back at the hotel that it was embroidered with traditional Mayan Geisha girls :shock:

6 Sep 2005

the wife always take `s home the shower gels and soaps out of the hotel rooms dunno

:dunno:

6 Sep 2005

i actually brought back one of those straw donkeys that you alway see on tele, but didnt realise till i got home that it had a fifth leg :shock:
so i gave it to my mother and found a new friend with her springer, the relationship only lasted 3 months when a disagreement came up about something and el senoiro is no more sad

6 Sep 2005

Quote by davej
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday
:

Mrs davej
How many camels did it cost you? lol

6 Sep 2005

Quote by little gem
two 10cm long squirty plastic goldfish

Would these be the two little fellas in question?

:lol2:

6 Sep 2005

well..not so much souvenier...but was off to thailand as I do most Novembers....and had shown some mates my Fake Rolex watch and fake Tag Watch....said it was Â£10 and if anyone wanted one to let me know and I'd bring them one back. Ended up bringing through 92 watches in total !!! Actually got stopped at customes in bangkok...I had all the watches in my hand luggage....and he put hand in the bag pulled out about 20 Rolex..looked at me..smiled and said christmas is coming eh.....you must have a big family !!! and waved me on....

6 Sep 2005

Quote by postie
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday
:

Mrs davej
How many camels did it cost you? lol

I suspect less than it would if I tried to return her.

6 Sep 2005

Quote by davej
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday
:

Mrs davej
How many camels did it cost you? lol

I suspect less than it would if I tried to return her.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
It's a good job you're loved Mr Davej!! :shock: :rotflmao:

6 Sep 2005

Quote by deancannock
well..not so much souvenier...but was off to thailand as I do most Novembers....and had shown some mates my Fake Rolex watch and fake Tag Watch....said it was Â£10 and if anyone wanted one to let me know and I'd bring them one back. Ended up bringing through 92 watches in total !!! Actually got stopped at customes in bangkok...I had all the watches in my hand luggage....and he put hand in the bag pulled out about 20 Rolex..looked at me..smiled and said christmas is coming eh.....you must have a big family !!! and waved me on....

Bangkok customs did me Â£300 for excess bagage....................as my case was over weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 Sep 2005

yes sarah but 92 fake rolex don't actually weigh much......now your 92 pairs of fake gucci shoes and matching hand bag..i would of thought may of pushed you over the limit a little !!!!!

6 Sep 2005

no, it was something to do with adult DVD's and a large number of fake shirts etc!
And them I ended up handing them over to trading standards in this country!!!!
Life is just not fair confused

6 Sep 2005

HI, Pete here
1st place has to go to the .50 LRLCR I brought back from Arizona, boy did that cause a stir at customs :twisted: (don't ask rolleyes

)
2nd place goes to 3 very pissed students that Caron picked up on our return from Algiers ...... they still visit from time to time :roll: (I'm sure we contravened some sort of livestock importation regs there)
3rd place goes to a 40 foot collapsible radio mast that somehow found its way into the van the last time we visited Longleat Safari Park ........ Long story lol
Pete

7 Sep 2005

I brought back 2 large bags of sticks from Africa.
On departure it was a Malawi table and 2 chairs. On the luggage carousel at Heathrow it was firelighters.
On that particular trip I managed to bring home 63kilos of luggage without paying an excess. At the time I did not realise they would be dragging my luggage behind the plane rather than in the hold.

7 Sep 2005

Quote by EagerSlut
Sand from various beaches I've visited in different countries.
It always seems to get into everything!

erm me thinking confused

this sand getting into everything, do u mean up your jacksie,
or up ur foreskin wink

sierra x x

7 Sep 2005

Quote by warwick
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday

not really a souvineer, but t'was something i made in a moment of madness / boredom.
I'm a licensed radio amateur, like several other geeks on this site, and whilst on holiday in Brittany this year I bought a 6 metre long fibreglass fishing pole, some wire, tent pegs and a few other bits and pieces.
I ended up with a real doody antenna which worked on several of the HF bands. I even made contact with fellow geeks all over Europe.
And to my laughing wife who thinks I am like the mad professor
flipa

:flipa: :flipa:
Ian

7 Sep 2005

Quote by warwick
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday

Last December I brought a rolling pin all the way back from Prague, needed it to make mince pies you know.

7 Sep 2005

Hippo from South Africa rolleyes

Weighs a ton.

7 Sep 2005

Quote by bluexxx
two 10cm long squirty plastic goldfish

Would these be the two little fellas in question?

:lol2:
Yep! those are them... aint they pretty! :smitten:
Broke my heart to give them to you Blue as your birthday pressie... but I feel they are in a better home as I wouldn't look after them very well.
lol

Have you found them a home yet?

7 Sep 2005

Quote by Ian_Mids
having just returned from Tenerife I wondered what the most obscure souvenire anybody had brought home from a holiday

not really a souvineer, but t'was something i made in a moment of madness / boredom.
I'm a licensed radio amateur, like several other geeks on this site, and whilst on holiday in Brittany this year I bought a 6 metre long fibreglass fishing pole, some wire, tent pegs and a few other bits and pieces.
I ended up with a real doody antenna which worked on several of the HF bands. I even made contact with fellow geeks all over Europe.
And to my laughing wife who thinks I am like the mad professor
flipa

:flipa: :flipa:
Ian
Ian you really are a boring bastard ain't ya rolleyes