I have an uncle who is so "green" he wrapped Christmas presents in newspaper, are you this green?
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not terribly green, more cabbage looking.+5
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Hahahahahaahahaha no, is that green or tight!!! :D
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I'm not green in the least!
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No, I'm not that *green*. I recycle and that's about it. I have wrapped gifts in the Sunday comics just for fun.
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Cheap or Frugal is what I call that. No I am not that "green". +5
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Nope, definitely not this green. Me and my mom always or at least for the past few years, have been putting Christmas presents in gift bags, instead of using wrapping paper.. lol It sounds like you have a "green uncle"... hehe :)
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i had an uncle who did this all through my childhood. he would wrap mine and all my cousins' christmas gifts in the comics. but it wasnt because he wanted to be 'green', i think it was just the goofy person he was (plus i dont think he felt like buy actual wrapping paper lol)
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I've been that cheap, which is often the same as being green.
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My family doesn't wrap gifts in newspapers but we do reuse the same gift bags every year.
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R u sure it is cheap then green?
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Just be happy he buys you gifts at all
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I am not that green at all. For Christmas I've tried many ideas that came to my mind - I wrapped with cotton, I wrapped with paper and attached few Christmas tree branches and many more things in Christmas' spirit. I had one crazy idea but I probably won't do it - to wrap presents with money but I am not THAT "green" ;)
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I think it is a great idea. After all, as everybody says, it is what is inside that counts.
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If they were good presents, then he's just being frugal. If they weren't then he's a cheap prick :)
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No, but I wrap with used wrapping paper. +5
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Nope; BUT I buy my wrapping paper over at the Dollar Tree for just $1.00 a roll ..as well as bows, tags, and tape etc .. +5
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no, but I was poor when I wrapped presents in newspapers..does that count as being green?
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Only the sunday cartoon pages. +4
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There ain't nuthin' wrong with that. Gift wrapping is slightly more tacky isn't it?
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That's only green if you get the newspaper daily.. which I do not. Being green would be not getting the newspaper... getting one and using it for wrapping paper... that's just cheap. I use reuseable bags or boxes most of the time. I've also been known to use scraps of fabric I have laying around.
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I have one better than this. My wife is planning on sending Christmas presents to our family in Seattle in "green" bags. She figures that if fruit stays fresher longer in green bags, then so will small homemade fruit cakes. I told her the only fruit cake here was her.
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I have substituted newspaper for wrapping paper not to be green, but because of procrastination and unorganization. I may have told the gift recipient my gift wrap choice was made with the environment in mind!
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"Green" or "cheap"? ;-)
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I actually did that one year with Sunday cartoons that I saved. I was just saving money because I had a lot of presents to wrap, didn't think about being green. (cheap)...+5
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I'm not but I had a relative who wrapped presents in the Sunday comics in the paper.
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Probably quite a bit greener than he is, but in a different, much more effective way. I'm a vegan! It is the single most effective "green" thing the average person can do. If you want to tease him, ask him whether or not he knows it takes about 15 pounds of plant matter, and wastes a huge amount of water to make one pound of dead animal. It's also the biggest source of freshwater pollution. Ask him why he does things that make little differences (such as the newspaper), but doesn't do big things. Jab him jokingly, and say well at least you care to do a little bit for the environment! You will probably get a Kodak moment look from him.
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I use gift bags, and put all that coloury paper on top, and wussy coloured strings that I curl with scissors and stuff. And bows. Bows are awesome.
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My mom has always done this since I was a kid. Not because she's "green". Because she's "cheap".
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Nope
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no, but that's a good idea!
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That isnt being green, that is called distributing litter.
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No I am not. +5
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no,I am not that parsimonious...BTW, does he have green fingers too? +5
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Doesn't sound like being 'green' to me, sounds more like he is tight fisted.
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He might also be what we used to call (in the olden days) "cheap"! No...we're not this green! :)
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