# 16th anniversary - wax!? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519 "2016-10-14T16:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/21 "2016-10-14T19:43:31Z")
Does she like the Marx Brothers? Get her a DVD of _Horse Feathers_. Secretary: The Dean is furious. He’s waxing wroth. Prof. Wagstaff [Groucho]: Is Roth out there too? Tell Roth to wax the Dean for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/22 "2016-10-14T19:54:10Z")
How about something personal that could only come from you? Or more specifically, from your ears? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/23 "2016-10-14T19:59:59Z")
jnglmassiv: > [@](#): > > Has anyone here ever done this? If so, is the smell as overpowering as I’m imagining? I’ve been to the Crayola factory. Hardly any smell at all. As to the OP: How about putting her present in a pinata, and she’ll take some whacks at it? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/24 "2016-10-14T20:44:54Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Does she like the Marx Brothers? Get her a DVD of _Horse Feathers_. > > Secretary: The Dean is furious. He’s waxing wroth. > Prof. Wagstaff [Groucho]: Is Roth out there too? Tell Roth to wax the Dean for a while. Or a letter in which you wax romantic? Are you artistic? > **[Art Made Using Wax – Not That Difficult But Creative And Beautiful - Bored Art](https://www.boredart.com/2015/12/art-made-using-wax-not-difficult-creative-beautiful.html)** > > The marvel and wonder of art is such that there is no limit to what can be included in this definition of art. That is why it is not surprising that people ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/25 "2016-10-14T20:58:43Z")
Or sadistic? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/26 "2016-10-14T21:18:48Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You could wax poetic and write her a poem. Write it in Crayola Crayons. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/27 "2016-10-14T22:19:42Z")
Take a trip to Colonial Williamsburg and stop in the nearby [Yankee Candle factory store](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/yankee-candle-williamsburg). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/28 "2016-10-14T22:45:59Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Write it in Crayola Crayons. …Does she like [Fine French Film…?](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63151000/jpg/_63151001_rexfeatures_390890mb.jpg)😉 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/29 "2016-10-15T01:25:41Z")
OK – it’s not romantic but your question reminds me of these [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/43/51/e9/4351e90219e5ddeef914e27a24bde51f.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/43/51/e9/4351e90219e5ddeef914e27a24bde51f.jpg) [![](https://previews.123rf.com/images/kgeijer/kgeijer0711/kgeijer071100027/2114171-Wax-elephant-model-Stock-Photo.jpg) ](https://previews.123rf.com/images/kgeijer/kgeijer0711/kgeijer071100027/2114171-Wax-elephant-model-Stock-Photo.jpg) from various visits to zoos and science centers as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/30 "2016-10-15T02:02:20Z")
Or you could look at a different website and get her something silver: [https://anniversariesbyyear.com/16thanniversary.php](https://anniversariesbyyear.com/16thanniversary.php) ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/31 "2016-10-15T02:32:01Z")
Something having to do with Mr. Miyagi? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/32 "2016-10-17T18:44:06Z")
> [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](#): > > Something having to do with Mr. Miyagi? Chocolate-covered grasshoppers! ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/33 "2016-10-17T19:00:02Z")
A new pair of shoes or boots and some shoe wax? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/34 "2016-10-17T19:20:03Z")
I have a cute statuette made of wax. Maybe you buy her something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/35 "2016-10-17T20:48:29Z")
An expensive bottle of wine that’s been sealed with wax. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/36 "2016-10-17T21:48:22Z")
My wife likes a musician/band called Wax Tailor. I didn’t know that the 16th anniversary is the “wax anniversary”. Good to know, as my next anniversary will be our 16th! Maybe I’ll get her tickets. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/37 "2016-10-17T21:59:17Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > OK – it’s not romantic but your question reminds me of these as a kid Mold-A-Rama! Not wax, unfortunately. Check out this awesome WBEZ piece: > **[Mold-A-Rama-Rama! The Secrets Behind Chicago's Plastic Souvenir Empire](https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/moldaramarama-the-secrets-behind-chicagos-plastic-souvenir-empire/0cdbea6b-d991-420a-9a3e-62dcc0c072d1)** > > How a Chicago-area famiHow a Chicago-area family turned cheap plastic souvenirs into a nostalgia empire.ly turned cheap plastic souvenirs into a nostalgia empire. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/38 "2016-10-17T22:17:11Z")
Give her a 100,000 Colombian peso note (approx $28 USD), the obverse of which feature the[Palma de Cera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceroxylon_quindiuense) - the wax palm, Colombia’s national tree. Use that as a hint for a vacation destination in Colombia. Thermal spring spas near Santa Rosa are a day trip away from the Cocora Valley, the native habitat of the Palma de Cera. This area near the city of Pereira offers many options for an eco-vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/39 "2016-10-17T22:37:28Z")
An [encaustic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encaustic_painting)painting. 😉 Or lots and lots of honeycomb. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/40 "2016-10-18T01:03:45Z")
> [@](#): > > While you can find some wax jewelry (check Etsy!), you may not realize that most jewelry starts out as wax with the creation of a wax mold. For something completely unique and memorable, have a custom jewelry piece create via a wax mold and give your partner both the jewelry and the mold that you designed (or helped to design) to create the piece! > [https://www.romancefromtheheart.com/anniversary/sixteenth-anniversary.htm](https://www.romancefromtheheart.com/anniversary/sixteenth-anniversary.htm) Would that work? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519.md?page=3)