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[Closed] Engraving iPod nano, help needed choosing words.

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As title
Christmas present for my better half

I was thinking something like:

Hands of this iPod it's my christmas present

I'm not very good with words so help needed.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 11:57 am
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lyrics from a song you both like?


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 11:58 am
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Hands off!
This is miPod


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 11:59 am
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Maybe something not jokey as it'll sound ridiculous in 2 months time. A small sentimental comment?


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:00 pm
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Yeah thats good but i'm not good at that sort of thing


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:01 pm
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House number and postcode in case she loses it! 🙂


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:03 pm
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Yeah thats good but i'm not good at that sort of thing

You're apparently not good at the jokey side either (your own words), so I'd steer clear of engraving something she looks at daily then!


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:05 pm
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wouldn't bother!


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:05 pm
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'Fashion Victim' ?

😉


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:08 pm
 Pook
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"My other mp3 player is a Creativelabs"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:10 pm
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"I don't quite love you enough to get you a proper iPod"

😀


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:13 pm
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doesn't play 78's


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:15 pm
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dont say i never get you nuthin.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:15 pm
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"love, honour and OBEY!"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:18 pm
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If i got my other half one it would say...

WARNING: This iPod contains West-life, handle with caution.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:22 pm
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"After 6 months this Nano will be obsolete"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:25 pm
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I really wanted a powerbook but all I got was this lousy ipod


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:31 pm
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"Steve Jobs just got a wee bit richer"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:31 pm
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"I paid an extra £20 for this, so I could get the free engraving"

(iPod Nano direct from Apple, with "free engraving": £135. Same iPod Nano from Tesco: £115)


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:39 pm
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I'm not very good with words so help needed.

I think that's a pretty good message, to be honest.

Alternatively, something like 'With love, Scottlacey' or similar is simple and effective*.

*results may vary.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:42 pm
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Are you lonesome tonight?


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:45 pm
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mine says ".--. .- -.. -.--"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:48 pm
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'Fat people are harder to kidnap'


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:48 pm
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"Wanted: Husband who with an imagination."


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:52 pm
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"Wanted: Husband who with an imagination."

eh? 😕


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:57 pm
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SHEEP!


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 12:58 pm
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[i]eh? [/i]

Ooops!


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 1:05 pm
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I believe that all sentimental messages of this sort are redundant in a world which contains Robbie's accidental letter to Cecilia in Atonement. 🙂


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 1:06 pm
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'sorry it doesn't vibrate'


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 1:07 pm
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I wouldn't bother 'cause it would make it worthless should you/she sell it on later.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 1:11 pm
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" the controlls are on the other side"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:15 pm
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"The reason nobody texts you is that it's not a phone"


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 3:35 pm
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[i]iLove u [/i]

Corny but..


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 6:52 pm
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.. -- ..- --. --. . -..

Although BigDummy's suggestion should also get you some brownie points.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 7:02 pm
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"I married you for your looks. But not the ones you've been giving me lately! "

Fingers in ears and stand well clear 😀


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 7:14 pm
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For Use Whilst Ironing


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 7:53 pm
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cheers people you've helped me lots.

Honest.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 7:56 pm
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Every time you put this nano in your pocket, how about a shuffle in mine?


 
Posted : 12/12/2009 1:21 am
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What about googling for quotes about something that she loves?

For example my mother-in-law travels a lot so I got her an iPod with:
"May the sun be in your face and the wind at your back" engraved.

I would never have thought of that but she loves it.

David.


 
Posted : 12/12/2009 1:53 am