One of my best friends once gave me this huge, decorative bottle of olive oil. It was shaped like a fish, and was all full of lemons and herbs and pimentos and stuff. It served absolutely no purpose, and was hideously ugly, since all the colors in the bottle kind of clashed. It was awful.
Since the party where I received this gift was at another friend's house, out-of-state, I hid the thing in the back of the bedroom closet and crossed my fingers that no one would ever notice. I don't think the guy ever figured out where it had come from, or why it was in his closet. I know that, when he moved, he took it with him to the new house, because I've seen it there since. That time, I think it was in a bathroom cupboard.
I have strange friends.
