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by Moley the contrary female dragon on October 25th, 2009
not terribly green, more cabbage looking.+5
by CT on October 25th, 2009
Hahahahahaahahaha no, is that green or tight!!! :D
by Elfie on October 25th, 2009
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.
by calicorey on October 25th, 2009
R u sure it is cheap then green?
by iandme on October 25th, 2009
My family doesn't wrap gifts in newspapers but we do reuse the same gift bags every year.
by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on October 25th, 2009
I've been that cheap, which is often the same as being green.
by penny lane on October 25th, 2009
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)
by Me7654 on October 25th, 2009
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 :)
by -NUNYA-- on October 25th, 2009
Cheap or Frugal is what I call that. No I am not that "green". +5
by Mikelbf2000 on October 25th, 2009
I'm not green in the least!
by nutmegcollector on October 25th, 2009
No, but I wrap with used wrapping paper. +5
by HoboJoe on October 25th, 2009
I think it is a great idea. After all, as everybody says, it is what is inside that counts.
by Anonymous on October 25th, 2009
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" ;)
by Nanny on October 25th, 2009
Just be happy he buys you gifts at all
by PAZ121 on October 25th, 2009
No, I'm not that *green*. I recycle and that's about it.
I have wrapped gifts in the Sunday comics just for fun.
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on October 26th, 2009
He might also be what we used to call (in the olden days) "cheap"! No...we're not this green! :)
by Hrududu on October 25th, 2009
My mom has always done this since I was a kid. Not because she's "green". Because she's "cheap".
by Symbeline on October 25th, 2009
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.
by Tveg on October 25th, 2009
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.
by kybear on October 25th, 2009
I'm not but I had a relative who wrapped presents in the Sunday comics in the paper.
by stagood on October 25th, 2009
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
by philosopher-saint on October 25th, 2009
"Green" or "cheap"?
;-)
by sooz74 on October 25th, 2009
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!
by john pennington on October 25th, 2009
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.
by Lemonyellow Di Vintage on October 25th, 2009
There ain't nuthin' wrong with that. Gift wrapping is slightly more tacky isn't it?
by SoulSearcher on October 25th, 2009
Only the sunday cartoon pages. +4
by nickname's name on October 25th, 2009
no, but I was poor when I wrapped presents in newspapers..does that count as being green?
by EmptyWallet on October 25th, 2009
If they were good presents, then he's just being frugal. If they weren't then he's a cheap prick :)
by L. Taylor on October 26th, 2009
That isnt being green, that is called distributing litter.
by Violet on October 26th, 2009
no, but that's a good idea!
by Anonymous on October 26th, 2009
No I am not.
+5
by PrivateGomerSpooner on October 26th, 2009
Doesn't sound like being 'green' to me, sounds more like he is tight fisted.
by Vaporeongirl on October 25th, 2009
Nope
by tempus on October 26th, 2009
no,I am not that parsimonious...BTW, does he have green fingers too? +5
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by -Icy- on October 25th, 2009
LMIO
by Blue Tiger. on October 26th, 2009