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Subject: Wrapping paper
Message-ID: <1993Dec7.142122.1@vax1.umkc.edu>
From: nuessle@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 7 Dec 93 14:21:22 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
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My best friend (and the actual owner of his account) has a long history
of wrapping decent presents in absurd and "difficult" ways.  His wrapping
paper has included:

He gave his sister plane tickets to see her boyfriend wrapped in a box made
of bricks and mortar, with bronze wire made into a bow.

Another sister received a set of handmade earrings surrounded by chocolate
covered rice crispy treats and wrapped in foil to look like a giant Hersey 
kiss.

His dad's retirement gift (a folding rocking chair) was encased in concrete.

His sister's graduate present (gift cert) floating in a assumed unopened
55 gallon trashcan full of water and painted to look like a hersey syrup can.

Over the years, my presents have been:
	In concrete
	Puzzle boxes
	Yarn balls
	macreme boxes
	inside of a teak box with no seams
	inside of a welded metal pipe.
 the crowning glory was a wedding present for one sister, wrapped in a box
 of mirrors, with a set of wedding rings made out of barbed wire on top.

I have a very large (40"x6"x2") box to wrap for him for Xmas.  Any ideas?


Shelly