Continuing with yesterday’s theme of bizarre Christmas gifts: I saw this on a message board I frequent so although it’s not my story, it was funny enough to share.

“Lynn” posted that one year, her closest friend “Amy” gave her an orange traffic cone for Christmas. Amy brought the traffic cone out proudly and presented it triumphantly. Lynn was puzzled. A thirtyish housewife didn’t have much use for an orange traffic cone and her confusion showed. Finally she admitted to Amy that she didn’t want an orange traffic cone and found it a strange present. Amy responded that she thought it was strange, too - very strange - but since Lynn had asked for one, she’d done her best to find one. They had a non-mean-spirited argument about it. Amy was adamant that Lynn had asked for an orange traffic cone for Christmas, and that was the only reason she’d bought one. Lynn knew she hadn’t - why on earth would she? - so they agreed to disagree. About a week after Christmas, Amy called Lynn and apologized profusely. It seems Amy’s younger, college-age sister had been very disappointed not to receive the orange traffic cone for which she’d most specifically asked.

*sniff* No one's ever given me an orange traffic cone for Christmas.