# Gift suggestions for the truly clueless **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308 "2004-12-06T03:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/1 "2004-12-06T03:32:20Z")
I just saw an ad touting a gift card from Old Country Buffet. I’m trying to imagine someone watching this and thinking “What a good idea! My gift-giving problems are solved!” ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/2 "2004-12-06T03:40:46Z")
I wouldn’t mind getting one. E-mail me for my address. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/3 "2004-12-06T06:29:14Z")
Dave Barry’s column had some excellent suggestions-particularly the inflatable toilet. We’ve gotta bring one to the next Dopefest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/4 "2004-12-06T12:39:11Z")
Worse than Old Country would have to be a gift certificate to somewhere like Hickory Farms. “I couldn’t be bothered to think of any gifts you might like, so have a cheese log on me!” Robin ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/5 "2004-12-06T12:43:48Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I just saw an ad touting a gift card from Old Country Buffet. I’ve actually bought gift certificates to Old Country Buffet. We give them to my FIL, who thinks it’s the greatest place in the world to eat. FWIW, he’s very hard to buy for, and really likes getting them. To each his own, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/6 "2004-12-06T13:26:23Z")
Oops – didn’t mean to step on anyone’s toes – and hadn’t realized that **amp** was **BiblioCat** ’s FIL … :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/7 "2004-12-06T13:46:41Z")
😛 You didn’t step on my toes. I don’t care for the place. Okay, I have to admit to having been there - my in-laws used to come over on Sunday afternoons, and sometimes would ask us to come have dinner with them, and that’s where they were going. I couldn’t exactly beg off, so, yeah, I’ve eaten there. Just not my kind of place. I’d much rather go to the Chinese buffet a block away. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/8 "2004-12-06T14:02:43Z")
A gift certificate for a restaurant wouldn’t be bad if that’s truly something a person would like. My “adopted mom”, a very special, sweet lady loves to eat lunch at a certain restaurant here. So, I get her gift certificates for that and also for the movie theater. She is always thrilled and acts like I I gave her solid gold bricks or the Hope diamond. However, Old Country Buffet is what I refer to as the hog trough. 😃 Good fried chicken and pork chops though. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/9 "2004-12-06T14:19:15Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Dave Barry’s column had some excellent suggestions-particularly the inflatable toilet. We’ve gotta bring one to the next Dopefest. 😃 There’s an inflatable toilet? That sounds awesome! No, really! We’re camping with a toddler in another year or so, and the baby potty takes up so much room to pack. But we’re likely to drop her in the porta-potty or lose her to bears in the woods - an inflatable toilet would be much easier to pack! See…there really is a market for EVERYTHING! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-suggestions-for-the-truly-clueless/278308/10 "2004-12-06T14:37:57Z")
[Here’s the link](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/10337733.htm?1c) for those who don’t get Dave’s column in their newspaper.