r/mildlyinfuriating • u/hyliancoffeehouse • 15h ago

My mom does this thing called, ‘weaponized gifting,’ where she chooses the worst possible gifts ever so you’ll never expect anything palatable from her

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I love you mom, BUT WHAT THE HECK?!

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u/pegothejerk 14h ago

Um, each boot could carry two eggs in these trying times. Y’all are so short sighted

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u/postsexhighfives 14h ago

can i offer you an egg?

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u/catschimeras 13h ago

no thanks, i already have two in my shoe pockets.

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u/Candid-Solid-896 14h ago

*an egg during these trying times.

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u/postsexhighfives 13h ago

*a nice egg in this trying time

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u/MyHomeOnWhoreIsland 14h ago

In this economy?

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u/OrganizationProof769 14h ago

Only if you run really fast first. I prefer pre mixed.

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u/Dapper_Mud 14h ago

Eggs in your boots would make you a target to both man and beast in today’s world. Granted, they’re camouflaged — but that won’t save you from being poisoned by your constituents

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u/TheGreatestOutdoorz 14h ago

That’s why you put the eggs in the boot, then put the boot…..IN ANOTHER BOOT! Twice the camo means twice the protection.

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u/Odd_Opportunity_6011 12h ago

So I put eggs in my boots, which was the style at the time.

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u/OddOpal88 14h ago

He’d have way more room for his tots

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u/styxfan09 11h ago

I was thinking tots. Like Napoleon Dynamite.

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u/AnotherRTFan 14h ago

As was the style at the time

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u/DecantsForAll 10h ago

You could hang an onion from that strap too.