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Post number 21000

Morphic — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:24:50 -0800

Fun Gifts. The Season for Giving is soon upon us. The web contains a colorful collection of odd but interesting gifts. Some particular favorites include: sushi jewelry, Klein bottle hats and glassware, Zanti Misfits, and Homer Simpson's Rubik's cubes. (Note for sale yet is the ever-popular Matrioshka Brain.) What fun and strange gifts have you found in your peripatetic searches of the web? What fun gift would you most like to receive?

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:54:18 -0800

I would like an Endless Pool installed in my one bedroom apartment.

By: ook

ook — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:17:41 -0800

Aw, and here you got me all excited for a matryoshka brain. Alas. (Great idea for a thread -- I'm hoping some of you can help me flesh out my gift list with something better than the traditional Archie McPhee assortment...)

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:08:35 -0800

One of the better (more fun anyway) threads on this site was the one where somehow asked everybody to list gifts under like $20 or something, and said he would purchase the most interesting. But now I can't find it in a search. Does anybody remember the number? Cuz we should do that again.

By: priyanga

priyanga — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:15:16 -0800

i would love to get any one of these puzzle boxes. (or maybe a harry potter toy, any suggestions?...)

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:25:11 -0800

For an offbeat array of strange, fun and inexpensive esoterica, check American Science & Surplus or the kitschy PopHouse. If you need help finding the right gift, try Surprise.com and pick a gift based on the type of person you are buying for - gadgeteers, people who live in small apartments, recently divorced, chocaholics... Then again, there's always the Fetish Auctioneer - and do I need to point out that this is NOT work safe???

By: taz

taz — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:19:02 -0800

Hildago, could you be thinking of either, or both, of these?

By: lucien

lucien — Wed, 23 Oct 2002 02:40:04 -0800

Roomba™ Floor Vacuum Casio Exilim digital camera Tiny R/C Digi Q Cars Orby Disc

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:29:16 -0800

priyanga -- try Cleverwood.

By: Catch

Catch — Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:36:54 -0800

Oh! I thought you wrote Fur gifts!. Please note: Possums are destroying NZ's native forests. They are an introduced ecological disaster. This vegetarian and animal lover urges you to buy lots of lovely dead possum fur.