The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe rushes in at the start she has a coat on. Camera cuts to Monica then back to Phoebe, and the coat is off. There is not enough time to take it off. (00:00:15)
The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When Cloe hands Chandler and Joey the flier, it goes from flat to folded to flat in 2 camera cuts with no time to do it. (00:03:15)
The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe and Monica are at Monica's table and Phoebe is trying to convince Monica to go on a date with her date's translator, watch Phoebe's arm. She points at Monica when she says, "Don't call him that; his name is Spackleback Larry", but when the shot changes to a side view of them, she has her arm resting on the table with no time to put it down between shots. (00:06:25)
The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: During the dinner scene with the diplomat and translator, the men's glasses move closer, then further apart, and then closer together again. (00:14:20)
The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is sitting in the window seat talking to Mark on the phone, the glass and the wine bottle move closer to each other. (00:15:50)
The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When Monica and Phoebe are eating with the diplomat and his translator, watch the translator's chocolate cake. It either rotates, has some taken out of it, or is a different piece. Whichever way, the cake changes size, shape or position without him ever touching it. (00:18:10)
Answer: Usually by the seventh night of Hanukkah you don't know what to get the other person, and you will probably resort to getting the other person something insignificant. Chandler is basically saying that the pen is a stupid gift.