My mother used to give soap and soap-y sorts of things as a fairly standard gift for any occasion. As a result, i got completely over-run with soaps at some points, especially when she started giving both me and my girlfried soaps, seperately, that would both go to the same bathroom. For a while, i had to politely ask her to stop and let me catch up. there's only so much showering that i need to do, you know? I think i'm almost done with the ones she stopped giving in 1999 now . . .