You know, some gifts should not exist. They're just out there as presents for those people for whom you don't know what to buy. They're destined to be re-gifted or bound someday for a landfill.
It's not an oasis, it's a mirage
Just about all chotzkies from the corporate world qualify, but department stores are filled with items as well. You know that table that looks like a gift oasis in the men's department amid all the sweaters and neck ties with the Three Wise Men on them?
Sum of the parts
Get a sweater or a nice tie. Trust me, no one has ever accomplished a successful repair with a tool found in a flashlight handle. I have a flashlight and I have a screwdriver that I bought for myself, and both are better than any combination of the two.
I also don't need a singing or talking (fill in the animal, fish or reptile here).
No monopurpose cooking either
And I have a kitchen. I have a means to prepare a hotdog. Ditto a hamburger, popcorn and anything else. Any grill or cooker sold to prepare only one food item is pretty much headed to Good Will.
If I don't take it myself, it'll be delivered, still in its original packaging, by whoever cleans out my stuff after my demise.
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Ah, you're right. No home should be without those.
Do you remember the Ronco Egg Scrambler? It was a pedestal with a bent wire... you pushed the egg on the pedestal, forcing the wire inside the egg, then pushed a button that spun the wire and "scrambled" the egg while still inside the egg.
I don't know how I missed that one, because I saw tons and tons of Ronco ads as a kid, but I don't recall that one. I do recall a bottle cutter from Ronco and various bead products and of course the Fishin' Magician.
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