Recent Posts Tagged With 'gag gifts'

• She dug her gift

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 12:58 in all about you, gag gifts

  Today’s my best friend’s birthday; we’ve been bosom buddies, if you will, since first grade, and we like to kid ourselves that nothing’s changed over the years. However, time’s been elapsing and we’ve been collapsing – our mirrors (and ...

• Coming soon: moustache panache

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 09:50 in accessories, all about you, gag gifts

  Flair Hair = truly irresistible. My weakness for faux tresses is apparently endless, and this particular brand really appealed to my inner Guy Fieri. Yeah, him. He heartily approved of this purchase. But if you’re not blond and into the flame thing...

• How\'d they do that?

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 11:05 in Games, noise, gag gifts

  Not long ago someone told me about Farm in a Jar, with its compelling combination of facts, trivia, games and activities. It sounded like a great present for some of the younger people in my life, many of whom seem not to know things like where food ...

• Happy happy joy joy

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 09:10 in accessories, reminders, gag gifts, relatively practical, boo frickin’ hoo have a cocktail and get over it apron

  Damn, it has been a rough and rugged year, hasn’t it? I actually allowed things to get to me, and not for the first time, may I add. Fell into kind of a rut-like brown study, and before I knew it discontent, worry and a seemingly unending stream of...

• The yolk's on your stress

  Posted on Wednesday December 10th, 2008 at 08:50 in toys, all about you, gag gifts, smash-it egg yolk stress relief splatter water toy

  Over and over the headlines tell us the same story: stress is a health hazard in addition to being one of life’s major annoyances. We know we’re not supposed to let things get to us, but we can’t help it—a lot of things are trying really hard...

• The gift that keeps on giving

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 12:58 in why?, gag gifts, giant microbes venereals petri dish

  Give someone this petri dish of syphilis microbes, and you’ll probably never be far from his or her thoughts. But don’t wrap it up like a regular present; that’s too obvious. Keep your microbes in a warm, moist environment for a few weeks, then...

• Get caught reading

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 10:49 in accessories, just because, gag gifts, singing frog candy bowl, necronomicon book of the dead

  And you thought Stephen King books were scary. Meet the Necronomicon Book of the Dead Halloween prop puppet—yeah, you read that correctly, this is a puppet. You can put your hand in there and makes its mouth move, and there is something really frig...

• I never had to babysit again

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 07:27 in toys, house beautiful, just because, gag gifts, teddy bear lamp

  “Good night, Bobby, don’t let the bedbugs bite. I’m going to turn off the overhead light now.”“But, Auntie, I’m afraid of the dark.”“You won’t have to be any more, Bobby. I bought you a surprise yesterday. Want me to go get it?”�...

• I'm not really makin' it

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 11:05 in gag gifts, atmitations

  ATMitations (bonus points awarded for clever name) make you appear to have over $400,000 in the bank. (In your non-interest-earning checking account, where all the people who have that kind of money keep their spare cash.) You’ll look like a rich-b...