Gifts?

[Clown Shoes]

If you can't lure a lovely lady into your camp with alcohol I have found that the seductive nature of an Otter Pop in the middle of a scorching afternoon to be irresistable.

Doc, bring me in on this Otter pop thing. Explain please, I'm a noob.

[Captain Goddammit]

Otter pops YES! I brought over a hundred of 'em this year. They proved more popular than margaritas! (I don't understand or agree with that, but it wuz what it wuz.)

[Clown Shoes]

Never mind, I looked up Otter pops. Never seen them before
I have much to learn. BM gonna blow my mind.

[ibdave]

FWIW I have always found that Barbies, wine, and the occassional beer make wonderful gifts. Oh, and Otter Pops. If you can't lure a lovely lady into your camp with alcohol I have found that the seductive nature of an Otter Pop in the middle of a scorching afternoon to be irresistable. Um, am I answering the question correctly?

I've seen Doc's ladies, Jem, and they're always a bunch of HOT dolls. And he always has a horde of them around, listen to him. Otter pops rule.

Doc is the Hugh Hefner of the Playa

without the silk PJs..

[Sail Man]

FWIW I have always found that Barbies, wine, and the occassional beer make wonderful gifts. Oh, and Otter Pops. If you can't lure a lovely lady into your camp with alcohol I have found that the seductive nature of an Otter Pop in the middle of a scorching afternoon to be irresistable. Um, am I answering the question correctly?

I've seen Doc's ladies, Jem, and they're always a bunch of HOT dolls. And he always has a horde of them around, listen to him. Otter pops rule.

Doc is the Hugh Hefner of the Playa

without the silk PJs..

I don't know, get him some bright orange jammies to match his hair and he may just be stylin

[Lambic]

I was constantly finding things in my pockets that I had no memory of putting there.

Once I found a lollipop that was half eaten, but preserved in a condom rapper...

It was lime flavored[/i]

[bigbluedoggy]

I was constantly finding things in my pockets that I had no memory of putting there.

Once I found a lollipop that was half eaten, but preserved in a condom rapper...

It was lime flavored[/i]

The condom was?

[wedeliver]

I was constantly finding things in my pockets that I had no memory of putting there.

Once I found a lollipop that was half eaten, but preserved in a condom rapper...

It was lime flavored[/i]

You didn't put that stuff in your pocket. I did. That was my lollipop that I was saving for later. I hoped you liked it.

but the real question is.... what happened to the missing condom??

(I was hoping someone would wanna "suck on my lollipop")

[Lambic]

the condom was glow in the dark, but I wish the lollipop was too.

Were you the one who kissed me and then said, "This is for all the birthdays I missed"?

[klondike_bar]

im also stuck for gift ideas. I posted a thread in the q/a section about the possibility of gifting out custom matchboxes (who doesnt want portable fire?), but it seems to be shot down as potential moop or not personal.

unfortunately, not having been thier, i do not know what the common gifts are. what are past gifts that you have found especially nice? (from both friends and strangers)

my other idea is to make funky dollarama garbage cans (im pretty sure you can buy a plastic wastebasket there) to help locals contain the moop?

[wedeliver]

im also stuck for gift ideas. I posted a thread in the q/a section about the possibility of gifting out custom matchboxes (who doesnt want portable fire?), but it seems to be shot down as potential moop or not personal.

unfortunately, not having been thier, i do not know what the common gifts are. what are past gifts that you have found especially nice? (from both friends and strangers)

my other idea is to make funky dollarama garbage cans (im pretty sure you can buy a plastic wastebasket there) to help locals contain the moop?

I am looking at a Bic lighter with a sticker on it saying "Burning Man 2003" lighter hasn't worked in a while, don't know why I keep it... I think I can remember the person who gave it to me.. but not really.. maybe... can't tell...

[Lambic]

Regardless of anything that has ever been gifted in the past, if you really want someone to have something from you, it doesnt matter what it is. You could bring 10 thousand buttons with every geometric design in the known universe on them, and give them out all day for the entire week... BUT, if you dont really give a damn what you are shelling out, it really defeats the purpose.

For example!

I gifted my friend a lighter leash. He really could have used it, and he did. He must have raved and ranted about it for hours (I remember my first lighter leash too, and I loved it just as much). The next day I gifted the same friend a necklace that I had just finished making. I had a bunch of necklaces, and really, I just wanted to see him wear something I made. The truth is he never wore it. It wasnt special, and it wasnt needed, and it wasnt really "for him", it was just gifted to him out of... I dunno... randomocity?

Im not saying that the random gift factor is bad, it opens up infinate possibilities within everyone you could possibly meet. But really, if what you gift isnt something you would care about, then it isnt a gift... its just MOOP that you have turned over to someone else.

You know whats a great gift though? Candy... Who can turn down candy? Or Pizza... everyone loves pizza... or toast! or Inflatable toast at that

[wedeliver]

Regardless of anything that has ever been gifted in the past, if you really want someone to have something from you, it doesnt matter what it is. You could bring 10 thousand buttons with every geometric design in the known universe on them, and give them out all day for the entire week... BUT, if you dont really give a damn what you are shelling out, it really defeats the purpose.

For example!

I gifted my friend a lighter leash. He really could have used it, and he did. He must have raved and ranted about it for hours (I remember my first lighter leash too, and I loved it just as much). The next day I gifted the same friend a necklace that I had just finished making. I had a bunch of necklaces, and really, I just wanted to see him wear something I made. The truth is he never wore it. It wasnt special, and it wasnt needed, and it wasnt really "for him", it was just gifted to him out of... I dunno... randomocity?

Im not saying that the random gift factor is bad, it opens up infinate possibilities within everyone you could possibly meet. But really, if what you gift isnt something you would care about, then it isnt a gift... its just MOOP that you have turned over to someone else.

You know whats a great gift though? Candy... Who can turn down candy? Or Pizza... everyone loves pizza... or toast! or Inflatable toast at that

Great explanation above!

[Captain Goddammit]

Trailer tail lights make great gifts.

[klondike_bar]

how are people generally with garbage moop?

in the city, most people would leave candy wrappers on the ground... that cant be let to happen on the playa obviously

[SonOfUgly]

i passed out a few 100 jello shots, each one in a little plastic dixie cup...i also offered to take the cups back, most people stuck the little cups in their pockets or a backpack or something...but i did end up taking alot of them from people so they wouldnt just toss em on the playa

[Sail Man]

how are people generally with garbage moop?

in the city, most people would leave candy wrappers on the ground... that cant be let to happen on the playa obviously

If we catch you mooping just beware, the Hand of Man gives killer wedgies

[klondike_bar]

good to hear. i like the leave no trace idea of burning man.

seeing how were no-good hippie cultists and all, right?

[BAS]

Well, what would you like to receive? That might be a good place to start for ideas of what to give as a gift to others...

[Lambic]

Id like a bowtie. Ive seen a lot of gift ties, the regular long ones... but Ive always wanted a bowtie. And with that bowtie, you should show me how to tie it.

That would make any dust covered, unshaven, unbathed, hungry, stoned, lonely, horny, hardened, softened, dangerous, childlike, wanderer, look like the bee's knees!

[klondike_bar]

^love that idea! haha thats snazzy

[wedeliver]

Trailer tail lights make great gifts.

Dude you rock!

It is such a good feeling to have something that someone else can use. Being in the right place at the right time is what makes it work. I appreciate the opportunity to help. thanks for your kind words capt., but it's YOUR efforts, artistic and mechanical that really make this camping trip so very special.

[asp3]

[quote="JEM2387"]'Ello all. I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct area (if not please tell me the correct place) but I have an idea for what I am going to do for gifts this year. However I am going to need your help. I'm going to need your favorite quotes/sayings. They can be poems, quotes from movies, books, or one of your own. Anything memorable that sticks in your mind.
See you in about 300 days!
Stay beautiful everyone
Love, Jess[/quote]

Getting back to the original request here are some of my favorite quotes:

"Chance favors the prepared mind" - Pasteur

"She wears her anger like a sweater" - from the song Another Day by Amiral Twin

"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it" - Bertol Brecht

[BMSabre]

"Wherever you go, there you are."

[Bounce530]

I found myself gifting packs of smokes, and sharpies. People really seemed to appreciate those, but the most fun I had gifting, was walking around with a huge bottle of Patron and a shot glass. Walking up to people and shooting them with tequila and then a bit of conversation.
My "take something/leave something" treasure box was a fun also.

[wannaberavin]

FWIW I have always found that Barbies, wine, and the occassional beer make wonderful gifts. Oh, and Otter Pops. If you can't lure a lovely lady into your camp with alcohol I have found that the seductive nature of an Otter Pop in the middle of a scorching afternoon to be irresistable. Um, am I answering the question correctly?

The Otter Pops were WONDERFUL!!!

[bigbluedoggy]

hmm... what about bacon flavored otter pops? hmm...

*doggy wanders off pondering*

[theCryptofishist]

Otter flavored bacon pops!!!!!!!!!11

[Sail Man]

I found myself gifting packs of smokes, and sharpies. People really seemed to appreciate those, but the most fun I had gifting, was walking around with a huge bottle of Patron and a shot glass. Walking up to people and shooting them with tequila and then a bit of conversation.
My "take something/leave something" treasure box was a fun also.

Hmmm, playa geocaching. Could be an interesting twist on the activity. Geocaches set up at camps and installations throughout the city.

[drutter]

I agree the best gift is one from someone you connected with or that really means something. Trinkets from strangers don't really do much for me.

On the night of the burn in 08, my girl and I ended up enchanted with magical potions, and in the tent talking dirty and trying to have sex. After an hour of loud attempt, the dryness and exhaustion got to us. In the morning, there was a brand new vibrating egg toy on our camp table.