What a coincidence! For my last birthday, I ordered Rose Seal as well. It cost $100, but I only had to pay for half of it. I'm wearing it right now... Or more specifically, I almost never take it off.

Almaser wrote:

So, aside from my glee over that, I wanted to ask everyone; What is the strangest/best birthday present you've ever received?

Mine's a stolen shopping trolley, with ribbons on it.

Weirdest gift? Would definitely have to be the pair of boxers with a picture of an old crying hobo clown right on the crotch. And this was in junior high, when everyone took themselves way too seriously to do something like this ironically. She gave it to me in all seriousness.

Best gift would probably be the Nyanko stuffed kitty in a burger. It's happy little smile makes you laugh despite the fact that it's suggesting you eat it. Still not as awesome as your ring though. That thing is seriously gorgeous.

Almaser wrote:

I like your analysis of the duelist rings' composition, Tamago, but it has to be marble. All the elephants in SKU are quite alive and kicking (Nanami.)

The marble would be more in tune with the whole ecology thing they have these days but if the rings were originally created like a century ago or more, ivory would most likely be the choice of the jeweller as it was highly regarded back in those days.

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I don't know about the weirdest gift unless you can claim that a pressure-cooker counts as strange, but my CUTEST gift would have to be my Sheepdog plushie!

Almaser wrote:

That's right, one of the Duelist Rings produced by Movic for the release of the Utena movie

I want one!  Actually, wehat I want is a good version of the Black Rose Duelist's ring.  Unfortunately, they don't make those in an acceptable quality.

I've never gotten any weird gifts.  My birthday gifts have been woefully normal.  The closest I get to weird is the box of various little kid playthings like coloring books, playdough, slinky, etc, from my grrlfriend.  It was amazingly cute.

I haven't really celebrated my birthday in years and I haven't got anything special for a present either.
But for me birthday = cake
And because I can't really afford to buy anything special for other people, I usually just draw/paint them something.

Frau Eva wrote:

Weirdest gift? Would definitely have to be the pair of boxers with a picture of an old crying hobo clown right on the crotch. And this was in junior high, when everyone took themselves way too seriously to do something like this ironically. She gave it to me in all seriousness.

Wow, that's just bizarre. My last birthday? I got ohtori.nu renewed for the next two years.

I don't get really cool presents, I usually get practical ones like socks or shirts. Once in a while I'll get a bottle of booze, but my mother is kinda 50 miles off the mark of what I prefer to drink, so I end up sipping at it over the next year out of guilt.

That ring is gorgeous! I wonder if it's made the same way the series ones were, though? There's definitely no ivory or marble to be seen on those, let me tell you.

I have a friend who gives all his friends random things like twigs, a couple rocks or a penny for their birthday...
for mine this year i got 6 crazy straws and 2 cents....

the weirdest one ive seen though was he taped 1.00 in penny's to a giant roll of tape and gave it to another friend of mine....

now thats weird!