I was listening to talkback today about hideous presents

If there was a "winner" it was the man who described a present he received in the 60s when he was 12.

He'd explained to his grandmother that he wanted a pair of Board Shorts

Lo & behold on Christmas day he opened a parcel containing an example of his loving grandmother's handknitting (or maybe crocheting) - a pair of budgie smugglers

40-something years later his voice still expressed the horror of that moment.

sandra