I LIKE STUFF.
May 8th, 2008 | by TJ |I like… interesting stuff. I like buying myself presents. I like having ninjas, and my handcuff bracelet, and my shark-shaped ceramic cup named Bruce.
I like a lot of the things I found on a link someone left me yesterday, Not Couture.com. I like yellow shoes, t-shirts that say things that don’t make sense, earrings in the shape of animals, and my life-sized Elvis cut out.
I really want a megaphone. And an adult-sized bigwheel.
It has been a while since I bought myself a present, and I am due. I do it maybe once every month or so, buy myself something completely ridiculous and/or useless, that doesn’t cost a lot of money but makes me ridiculously happy for a day or two. Dinosaur sandwich cutters, thigh high purple striped socks, arm warmers, fake hair, tiny bow hair clips, a big blue purse, and on and on. I like buying myself things. I like buying myself things that amuse me.
Finding the mystery present, though, is half the fun. First I decide I’m going to buy me a present. Then I decide how much money I want to spend on said present. Then I spend hours, days, or even a week at a time finding the perfect present for me.
So, having had a pretty difficult couple of weeks for a lot of reasons, it is one again present time. But I am stumped. I do not know what I want. A ring shaped like a tiny fork? Maybe I really do want that megaphone… or what about a t-shirt that says “Up Yours!!”? I dunno. Like I said, I am stumped.
So here is where having a blog comes in handy.
Contest: Find Me a Present for Me
Rules: It should be under $25, including shipping if necessary. It should be something (and here is where I get vague) that will greatly amuse and/or entertain and/or tickle and/or just already please me to own. Bonus points for actually functionable/useable/wearable/etc. It can’t be illegal.
Prize: Whatever the chosen item is, you get one, too. As in, I will buy two – one for me and one for you.
Other Stuff: To play, leave a comment with a link to the mystery present on this post. You can just leave the link, but I think it would also be entertaining to know why you picked it. Comment by 7pm EST tomorrow (Friday) night. Winner will be chosen by me, with criteria that will make sense to no one but me. Oh, and one comment/link/item per person, please.
Wheee! I’m buying me a present!
By Nightravyn on May 8, 2008
Well there’s these:
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11799.html
and
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11795.html
Cos everyone needs their own pack of flying monkeys to do their bidding for them! mwhahahaha!!!
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By Bumwaller on May 8, 2008
I’m not sure why – but this makes me laugh everytime I see it – http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2246
Actually – that whole site make me laugh.
Maybe http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2576 to feed your ego?
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By Bumwaller on May 8, 2008
Every time I see this it makes me laugh and the grinding noise is the best part.
http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2246
or if you like to feed your own ego, go with http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2576
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By Dammerung on May 8, 2008
A naruto style forehead protector inscribed with a stylized ponytail. You could wear this any way you wanted.
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By maerdred on May 8, 2008
Someone here at work just asked me for one of these, and I found the idea fascinating. If you have a notebook, and ever do any work on it this would help a TON! I thought she was making it up when she asked for it too. lol
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823166082
Is that thing not Awesome??
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By Endra on May 8, 2008
Check out GIANTmicrobes:
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/
I especially like:
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/madcow.html
But, now that one kind of reminds me of Sharvan (whom I’ve never met but read a lot about over the past two weeks) which is sad …
If I win perhaps Sharvan’s mom would prefer it rather than sending it to me because I bet Sharvan would have gotten a huge kick out of it.
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By Maebius on May 8, 2008
I’m a huge fan of the Airzooka
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/giftsunder20/60b6/
We have a few at work, and they are great for pegging annoying co-workers from afar!
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By Decado on May 8, 2008
silly and odd, But myself at least I like funny T-shirts. The site has lots, but if I had to pick one it would but this one :)
http://www.bustedtees.com/oneringtorulethemall
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By Tigersoul on May 8, 2008
That Airzooka is cool!
I have two words for you:
Thumbwar:
http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/thumbwrestlingring.htm
Voodoo:
http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/voodoo.htm
And as a gift idea from you to OTHERs:
http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/camouflage-toiletpaper.htm
(But how do you know if you got it all??)
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By Keahi on May 8, 2008
Your conditions got me thinking of stuff that I have laying around the house that amuse me whenever the mood strikes me. Most of these novelty gifts come from my wife in my Christmas stocking as a gag or fun gift for the purpose of entertaining me for a bit, and to then set aside. My wife knows me to well :)
Anyway, your gift need got me thinking about the one gift that I’ve had for darn near 15 years now, and has provided me (and now my son) hours of fun / contemplation. The only problem is that I have no idea what it is called. So I had to go looking. In my quest for this little thing, I found this website:
http://stores.brilliantpuzzles.com/StoreFront.bok
Talk about a whole store full of STUFF!
Anyway, this is the item I have had sitting around that always seems ot amuse me and others:
http://stores.brilliantpuzzles.com/-strse-418/Tangled-Creation-%28Pack-of/Detail.bok
I know it is well under the $25 limit, but that’s ok. It is quite fun, and with the money saved, you can go and get a couple other puzzles that will amuse you for a while at least.
Oh! And, in the event my item is selected, don’t worry about getting me one. Get another one for Noah. He’ll love it, just like my 4yr old son does :)
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By Christopher on May 8, 2008
You’d be hard pressed to find something sillier than a yodelling pickle:
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11761.html
Go on, take it through airport security.
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By Canth on May 8, 2008
I came up with the following suggestion for those parties where the bottles are flowing freely, but the openers not so: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/756e/
For a future present where money is less of an issue ($30 without shipping costs). Tell them you (and Naruto) are serious about cubicle intrusion: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/9b78/
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By Ego on May 8, 2008
If you were a perfume, what would you smell like?
Lorento’s Custom Perfume
She does a personality test and then builds a custom perfume based on your personality profile. You can get either a spray/alcohol perfume, a perfume oil, or a massage oil.
$12
For reviews and enabling about it, here’s the ‘Loreto’ tagged entries from the Evil Enablers community.
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By Ida on May 8, 2008
I think you need to get in touch with your inner and outer pirate again.
http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Primer-Mastering-Language-Swashbucklers/dp/1582974896/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210262412&sr=8-1
Link to the above link.
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By ailtia on May 8, 2008
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/970c/
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By Dammerung on May 8, 2008
Okay so I screwed up and forgot to link mine:
http://www.animepagoda.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=5895
and
http://www.animepagoda.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=5906
Depending on whether yer trying to impress Kakashi or Gara.
Personally… I’d go for the sand.
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By Phil on May 8, 2008
http://www.amazon.com/Naruto-Costume-Accessory-Cosplay-Troop/dp/B0012ZO52Q/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I104QKEXL5SU99&colid=1TLRDVQHN0DWZ
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By mm on May 8, 2008
You simply CANNOT go wrong with:
http://www.crazyaboutgadgets.com/product/?USB-Hamster-Wheel
A USB-powered hamster wheel! The faster you type, the faster he runs. =)
mm
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By Greg on May 8, 2008
Things for work
Potty breaks http://www.stupid.com/fun/TAXP.html
Missile strike on a co-worker? http://www.stupid.com/fun/USBML.html
Memos that get your point across http://www.stupid.com/fun/ELSE.html
Keep creepy guys from talking to you on your way to work http://www.stupid.com/fun/CPKY.html
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By Vronak on May 8, 2008
I have no ideas, but was wondering something. Why can’t we get things like teeshirts with the demonic ponytail image on them? Or famous TJ expressions? Or hats? (I think BRK went too far by offering BRK thongs, but maybe that’s just me…)
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By Boffors on May 8, 2008
Here is fun with pirates and ninjas
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/994f/
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By Lynda on May 8, 2008
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11735.html
I think you can guess why.
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By Vaelin on May 8, 2008
No fair. :P
I revealed my secret weapon for these sorts of things yesterday! (though in retrospect I fear I misspelled it)
;)
I’m afraid… the $25 tag is a bit too constricting for my typical gift searches. So here are some things that are less than $50 that you may like (regardless of contest): On second thought I’ll shoot you an email, as you requested only one item per person.
.
Here’s my entry ;)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11623851
I have a soft spot for this sort of thing. There are nice girlie gifts that I reserve for my wife as choice varies depending upon personal taste. This is the sort of thing I would actually be inclined towards wearing (I think I’m getting watch-work cuff links for my birthday this month).
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By Chaninn on May 8, 2008
I think these are awesome! They make me smile every time I see one. Check out the site:
http://www.devilduckies.com/
My favorite and the one I recommend for you is:
http://store.twistedgrins.com/storefrontprofiles/DeluxeSFItemDetail.aspx?sid=1&sfid=105990&c=21707&i=176913376
Enjoy~
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By Knarf on May 8, 2008
http://www.amazon.com/fpMB-8-8-Disco-Mirror-Ball/dp/B000HZIIH0/ref=pd_bbs_8?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1210272514&sr=8-8
this and bee gees in the background will make TJtv retro.
lol.
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By Dammerung on May 8, 2008
Okay so its mid afternoon and I wanna know who won!?
Come on tell us!
Surely you must be bored and have a slow workday because I am and do.
/sigh
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By sonvar on May 8, 2008
The rat-flail t-shirt.
http://www.zestuff.com/vgcats/apparel/14/
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By Scylloga on May 8, 2008
http://nerdapproved.com/bizarre-gadgets/lunch-monkey-mayo-cup-with-banana-spoon/
http://nerdapproved.com/bizarre-gadgets/lipstick-knife/
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By Megumi on May 8, 2008
http://vdbaby.com/
^_^
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By Megumi on May 8, 2008
more specifically
http://www.vdbaby.com/store/41704.html
works like a charm, promise :)
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By Lance on May 8, 2008
I believe I have the winner this will keep you awake and provide you protection if needed. Hope you like it.
http://www.thabto.co.uk/mug.htm
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By Vorian on May 8, 2008
http://www.bigwheelrally.com/store/adult.htm
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By JGP on May 8, 2008
Just cause I said I would.
http://www.securityprousa.com/catonitawhge.html
I think anyone seeing this on the edge of your desk would leave you alone.
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By CapnTuna on May 8, 2008
Absolutely this. http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?source=family&itemId=15190
It just screams TJ.
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By Saresa on May 9, 2008
http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028393&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442174704&bmUID=1210319499989
Don’t know if you like Zim to be honest… but Invader Zim is awesome… G.I.R. is even greater… and it’s Gir on shoes! Whats not to like!
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By Bobo & SgtPork on May 9, 2008
Well you should bookmark this site just for the grins (give it 20 sec. or so after it loads): http://producten.hema.nl/
But for a present to buy? http://www.hammerofgrammar.com/ because you can’t have too many WoW t-shirts ;)
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By eustashius on May 9, 2008
This might suit. It from a little-known local shop.
http://www.ronandjoe.com/cheese/tees/bifftee.html
can’t wait to hear what you finally pick :D
-e
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By eustashius on May 9, 2008
http://www.ronandjoe.com/cheese/partsome/parts_o_me_tee.html
stumbled across this after I sent link. Had to post this too.
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By Ego on May 9, 2008
@Eustas
LOVE that Parts of Mee tee!
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By Canth on May 9, 2008
OMG.. HEMA.. There’s another dutchy lurking here.
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By HappyHunter on May 9, 2008
Being a Kevin Smith fan I think everyone should have one of these sitting on their desk at work. http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Brands-Christ-Dashboard-Statue/dp/B000AP5974
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By HappyHunter on May 9, 2008
Being a Kevin Smith fan I think everyone should have one of these sitting on their desk at work. http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Brands-Christ-Dashboard-Statue/dp/B000AP5974
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By Bellwether on May 9, 2008
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/7476/
:D
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By vronak on May 9, 2008
http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/ticketing/singlegame.jsp?c_id=bal
Buy one for you and one for me and we’ll go together :p
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By Vlada on May 9, 2008
http://www.puttyworld.com/nuclear.html
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By Asara on May 12, 2008
I know I’m late.. I was on vacation.
I love the web-show Pure Pwnage, so I have to recommend a couple of things from their store.
http://www.noobstore.com/prod_tank-f-1337.shtml
and
http://www.noobstore.com/prod_tshirt-m-sb.shtml
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By Swistle on Oct 24, 2009
Oh, what a fun post!
I think you need that plaque I saw the other day, that says a friend is another left—or whatever it said, I always have to consult the paper I wrote it down on.
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