Gift Ideas?

Depheant · Post by **Depheant** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:47 pm

I'll probably get my mother some perfume, maybe one of them Channel Number 5 things, or Opium (perfume, not anything drug related you hippy stoners).

Nothing for my brother since he's in another country and probably a nice black lump of tar (naturally occuring tar) for me. I used to munch that when I was a baby. I loved tar.

Kell · Post by **Kell** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:42 pm

Depheant wrote: I used to munch that when I was a baby. I loved tar.

That explains a lot. Tar...?

Mon-Da-Oth · Post by **Mon-Da-Oth** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:43 pm

You know. Brier rabbit and the tar baby. That was him.

Muletang · Post by **Muletang** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:53 pm

Megatron.
That was one of my fave ever gifts. From the original Transformers, not this rubbish they have out today.
A robot, that turns into and awsome gun...robot....gun....robot....gun. All christmas till eventually it went the way of all my toys and got battle damaged and died.
Do you remember Big Track? A little vehicle thing with a number pad on the back and you could program it to go forward and spin round then come back etc etc.... was great. Got it one Crimbo but my Dad and grandad played with it as soon as it came out the box and when it came to my go it broke. Went back to the shops after xmas and they had none in so I got something else - never played with it, but it would have been great.

Erm...ideas....er...... books always go down well and music of course. Jewellery for that special lady is nice, the time honoured pearl necklace is a gift that can be cherished. Other than that I try and look in the local weirdo shops where they sell genuine imprints of the mesiah made out of lama ears and that sort of rubbish - that way you slowly drop off the xmas present list and the problem is solved all round.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:20 pm

Oh man, Mule, those things were great! I forgot all about that. I had one too and it was the best toy EVER. Even had the trailer for it which was fully automated too. No idea what ever happened to it though - it probably got buried in the garden or burnt or something. Ah, those were the days.

Earavien Erinen · Post by **Earavien Erinen** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:15 am

If you have a lot of money to burn and your giftees are foodies, check out:

http://www.zingermans.com

This is a local Ann Arbor deli that has been around forever and is now internationally recognized as having some of the best breads, cheeses, meats, olive oils, etc. Their gift baskets are pricey, but are first-rate, and whoever you give them to are guaranteed to kiss your butt for at least a year!

We're getting the Ultimate for the family gathering in Maine that we can't attend.

Even if you can't afford to buy there, check out the site. And if you're ever in Ann Arbor, MI, this is one place you must visit.

Earavien Erinen · Post by **Earavien Erinen** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:51 pm

Oh and I forgot to mention the best gift site of all, especially if you're looking for cheap gifts:

http://www.mcphee.com/

My husband knows that he can pretty much choose from random out of this catalog and he's guaranteed to make me happy this Christmas.

The ninja catapult, avenging unicorn and pirate bandages are on the top of *my* wishlist this year....(though I wouldn't turn down a Kali lunchpail, either)

All of my coworkers are receiving gifts from there this year. Lucky coworkers!