This has actually become a joke between me and my best friend, since he has the habit of not giving me anything that he has to spend money on... but, he cuts out articles and coupons, and gives me things he gets in junk mail that he thinks I might like. Well, after being presented with a pile of such one day, I said to him, "You know, I had a cat once who used to bring dead mice to me as gifts..."
He got the message, but continues the habit, only now he refers to it as, "I have a few dead mice for you."
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