by Doug H.
Member since:
August 26, 2007

Last Minute Christmas Gifts

December 18, 2008 11:42 AM EST
views: 87 | rating: 10/10 (9 votes) | comments: 119

It never fails. You think you've finished your Christmas shopping, and then it strikes you. You forgot Uncle Fred! What to do? Only hours before all the stores close!

Not to worry. Here's a helpful list of last minute gift ideas. Feel free to print it out and carry it with you in your purse or wallet.

  • A pair of hands-free gloves
  • Write-only memory for PC or Mac
  • A 1-yr subscription to AM radio
  • A Dust Bunny ™ with attachments
  • Elmer's Non-Stick Glue
  • A cordless power strip
  • An instant coffee maker
  • A mulching vacuum cleaner
  • Swiss Army Chopsticks
  • A Kevlar piñata

 

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Comments: 119

Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 11:43am EST
Boy I am glad you remembered me early this year...poor Uncle Fred.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 11:46am EST
Yeah, Fred'll be okay. You keep changing your icon! I'm getting dizzy!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 11:47am EST
I want a Kelvar pinata, to use at the next children's party at the library!!! What fun!!!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 11:50am EST
I am trying to go in Stealth mode....actually I woke up today and decided I am done spending money....decided this one fits my mood...
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 11:54am EST
I heard a story about someone constructing the world's largest pinata. They were going to break it open with a wrecking ball to release tons of candy. An alert policeman noticed several thousand people standing under the pinata waiting for it to be broken. What could go wrong here? He called a stop to the festivities.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 11:55am EST
It does look neat, Mary. And it reminds me it's lunch time.
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 11:55am EST
What a fun sponge that policeman is
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 11:56am EST
Do you have a smore cooker? I do ....
Angela A. Dec 18, 2008, 11:57am EST
Poor Fred!!
Doug, I've done zero shopping this year. I'm totally broke.
It's really depressing. Sigh.
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 12:06pm EST
Oh, a Smore cooker. That sounds good!!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 12:08pm EST
Having jambalaya for lunch with plenty of rice!!!!
Cecilia Lyne Dec 18, 2008, 1:18pm EST
interesting ~
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 1:29pm EST
A smore cooker, Mary? Doesn't that also go by the name of "tree stick"?
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 1:29pm EST
Jambalaya sounds good, Ann.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 1:30pm EST
Selene, I want to be a kevlar pinata. ;)
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 1:30pm EST
I know, Angela, it is very depressing.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 1:38pm EST
Oh, oh! Dress-up day with Selene!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 2:07pm EST
No Doug a smore cooker is an actual appliance. I find it just as handy as a hot dog warmer....
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 2:10pm EST
I see. So, in other words, not handy at all.
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 2:12pm EST
Doug if you were a pinata, someone would whack you!!!
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 2:18pm EST
I see you understand, Ann. ::winking at Selene::
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 2:33pm EST
Does Mary have a "bun" warmer to go with that hot dog warmer?
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 2:34pm EST
My hubby has a kevlar (bulletproof) vest!!!!
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 2:36pm EST
Sometimes I think I could use one of those, Ann.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 2:38pm EST
You give me sweet dreams, Selene.
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 2:38pm EST
Someone shootin at ya Doug? Would keep your cats from scratching you too, well some parts of you!!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 2:39pm EST
Or did you mean a "bun" warmer?????????????
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 2:58pm EST
Wow no rice steamer needed for Doug...
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 2:59pm EST
My smore maker is so handy it has never been taken out of the box...

Aha a regift for Doug
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:02pm EST
Doug needs a smore maker!!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:02pm EST
I make mine the old fashion way.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:16pm EST
Oh, no, Ann. Since I don't eat hot dogs, I have no need of a hot dog bun warmer.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:17pm EST
Hey, I don't need a smore maker! I have a stick and can quickly construct a campfire.
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 3:41pm EST
Watch out Doug...we are moving over to you now!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 3:42pm EST
Me, Ann C, Chana, Vivian
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:42pm EST
No dissing of grits on Doug's post, agreed?
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:43pm EST
Well you could use it for hamburger buns!!!
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:44pm EST
I want a dust bunny I want a dust bunny !

and I'll name it Fred
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 3:44pm EST
Umm no not agreed on Ann..
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:45pm EST
Hey Doug campfires in the living room are fun
The fire department don't think so
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 3:46pm EST
Doug is making fun of my smore maker...so grits is fair game
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:46pm EST
Fred, the dust bunny. That's cute!!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:46pm EST
Well then go for it!!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:47pm EST
Don't you need more than a stick and a campfire for Smores?
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:48pm EST
Grits ?
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:49pm EST
Yes Ann you need peanut butter and oh crackers
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:49pm EST
I dunno, Ann. A roast stick has a very woodsy, smoky flavor.
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:50pm EST
Grits and crackers?
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:50pm EST
They left me again ?
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:50pm EST
Woodsy, smoky flavor is good!!!
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:50pm EST
I guess I could use hamburger buns. I do sometimes make salmon burgers.
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:51pm EST
pine tree limbs give marshmellows that turpinetine flavor
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Dec 18, 2008, 3:51pm EST
An instant coffee maker? Don't you just boil water? This is a fun list.
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:51pm EST
I would rather a boca buger
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:52pm EST
I could swear they have an instant coffeee maker
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:52pm EST
But, as I understand it, Mary, you haven't taken the smore maker out of its box. So it could be a stick as far as you know.
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:52pm EST
You can put a boca burger on a hamburger bun. And Doug is working on a GRITSburger!!!
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:53pm EST
I don't know, Nana. It could be more complicated than that. It might require a machine.
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:54pm EST
gritsbuger YUM
sounds like a vegans delight
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:54pm EST
The gritsburger will be fun. I'm trying to decide what kind of bun. It can't be too hard, or else the gritsburger would crumble when you bit into it.
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:55pm EST
There could be a vegan gritsburger, Vivian, but I'd need to figure out a different binder. I'd normally use an egg.
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:55pm EST
Maybe the box IS the smore maker!
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 3:56pm EST
There you go, Ann! Would there be a picture of the box on the box?
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:56pm EST
gluten , corn starch the usual binders for vegan food
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:57pm EST
No there is a picture of a stick and a campfire on the box!!!
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:57pm EST
yeah Ann you thow the box on the fire in the middle of the living room and they ya have it
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 3:59pm EST
see like I said only I meant there ya have it not they you have it
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 3:59pm EST
Then stick a marshmallow on the stick and slap in on a graham cracker, pour on a little melted chocolate and SMORE!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:00pm EST
We know what ya meant!!!
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:00pm EST
Where is that grits-hating Mary Bee?
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:00pm EST
and with all the burning paper ashes floating up just think of the extra little tasties stuck to your marshmellows
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:01pm EST
heck grits would be good on a smore
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:01pm EST
Oh yummy!!!
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 4:02pm EST
I wonder how much Mary paid for the smore maker. I wonder if it's more expensive than a smoke sifter or a left-handed monkey wrench.
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:02pm EST
grits and peanut butter that is
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:02pm EST
Grits ain't good on anything!!!!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:02pm EST
I refuse to have my yummy s'more get deflowered by grits.

No way!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:03pm EST
Mary rec'd the smore maker as a gag gift...
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:03pm EST
What does a monkey need with a left-handed wrench? Aren't some of them right-handed?
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:03pm EST
This smore is saving herself for a non gritter
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:04pm EST
Deflowered? Oh my!!!
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:04pm EST
Mary hates Grits ? what else ya suppose to do with the extra left over corn meal mush ?
SOme people even fry up their left over oatmeal, so I wonder what Mary thinks of that LOL
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:04pm EST
Are there any non-gritter men?
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:05pm EST
Yes Ann C try and not chuckle over that word during story time today
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:05pm EST
Hmmmm, throw it OUT!!! Who has left over corn meal mush anyway?
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:05pm EST
Maybe that is why I am single...
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:05pm EST
heck I've never even seen a right handed monkey wrench
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:06pm EST
Left over oatmeal, corn mush? Vivian I am a Honey Nut girl
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:06pm EST
I'm reading "A Texas Night Before Christmas". It is really cute. I have a group of cub scouts coming in for a tour and a story. I hope they HATE grits!!!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:06pm EST
I own a monkey wrench
Doug H. Dec 18, 2008, 4:06pm EST
I think Mary's smore was defloured.
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:07pm EST
Focus on that Ann not deflowered...
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:07pm EST
Men only like women who love grits ??
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:07pm EST
Funny Doug! That really is funny
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:07pm EST
Yay for Honey Nut cereal!!!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:07pm EST
Yes Vivian men want a women with Grit, TRUE Grit
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:08pm EST
Ann I adore you!
Vivian P. Dec 18, 2008, 4:08pm EST
Doug means the cracker was gluten free
ann c. Dec 18, 2008, 4:08pm EST
Ha, defloured, I like it!!!
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:09pm EST
My sister could eat it then... she has Celiac
Mary Bee Dec 18, 2008, 4:09pm EST
Funny Vivian