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A friend of mine just phoned me and told me that her director had just given her a gift.
She opened the box and discovered it was a gift set of ....
panties!!!
The director said that she wanted to give her something as a token of appreciation for all the great work that she has been doing.

In the past I have been given the ever popular SPAM set (my neighbour's dog loved me but my students didn't understand why I considered it dog food), the soap set, oil, towels, among other things.
But panties?

sadsac · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang

The strngest gift I have seen given, was a birthday gift to a teacher that the director's wife didn't like, a bottle of mouthwash. Very insulting to the teacher. Smile

justagirl · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Cheonan/Portland

Actually, I heard that underwear was a really special gift--like it's really intimate and if you get undies from someone, they think very highly of you. My first year in Korea, an ex-pat who'd lived here for 30+ years told me about this.

justagirl

sistersarah · Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Location: hiding out

panties and socks are pretty common gifts here. i know several people who've received panties from students

Juggertha · Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Anyang, Korea

my students gave me a baby chicken once

but the director sticks to shirts and soaps.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

A big box full of cans of corned beef. i think it was Korean thanksgiving day around that time...
i used to think the housewarming bumber bag of toilet rolls was weird, but I'm used to it now...

Saxiif · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: Seongnam

aaaaaaaw, I'll I've ever gotten are some cans of tun and some meranges (sp!).

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

Hot sauce, not just one but a gift pack of 10 of them.

Hmmm....YUMMY

Crois · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 7:14 am Post subject:

The Will to kill again!!!

Jensen · Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Location: hippie hell

Got packs of underwear several times, one was a ten (or some such large number) pack of bikini-cut briefs, handed to me in class by a giggling gaggle of 13 yo girls. I usually like boxers, but I have to admit I wore those with pride. I was glad I didn't unwrap that gift in class Very Happy

(which might have been the intention). And never one to miss an opportunity to discuss proper usage, the next day we ended the calling mens undershorts "panties" right there and then. Never got underwear from guys thank god, they bought me ties.

Toby · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Wedded Bliss

Myself(male) and my old roomate(male) both received an industrial pack of Dove cleaning products.

Shampoo was the funniest coz I am definately lacking on top, as is my old roomate.

discostar23 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Location: getting the hell out of dodge

ten cans of SPAM yum!!!!!

kangnamdragon · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea

a pink lamp

Crois · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:09 pm Post subject:

48 comdoms and a note saying, Happy hunting!!!

peppermint · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

A gift pack of SPAM, complete with bag that read "It's love at a first bite". The combination of the packaging, the gift itself and the fact that everyone knew I was a vegetarian had me laughing so hard I cried.