# Holiday Gift Guide: The Stupid Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 23, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430 "2014-11-23T20:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/1 "2014-11-23T20:27:16Z")
[Aroma Fork](http://www.scientificsonline.com/product/aroma-r-evolution) The fork recreated! (As in, “has been created again,” not “took a spa day.”) This is basically a fork with a small reservoir you can fill with perfumes to “double your culinary pleasure”! For less than $60 (and, face it, probably less than that in the near future), people on your gift list could be enjoying a new way to experience food this holiday season, and/or this new way to induce a sinus attack. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/2 "2014-11-24T00:19:43Z")
It’s disconcerting that they don’t tell you what aromas you will experience. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/3 "2014-11-24T01:11:02Z")
[How 'bout this chocolate scented universal remote control case?](http://www.amazon.com/8-In-1-Chocolate-Scented-Universal-Control/dp/B00NQ2K2CU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416791051) It’s only one hundred and nine dollars! Or, for when you are broke but are still looking for a food-themed gift [these not-Band Aid bacon strips are less than eight dollars.](http://www.amazon.com/shaped-Adhesive-Bandages-Die-Cut-Sterile/dp/B000SSV8AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416791323) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/4 "2014-11-24T02:52:57Z")
[Fake pregnancy test](http://theworstthingsforsale.com/2014/11/23/fake-pregnancy-tests/). It always turns out positive. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/5 "2014-11-24T12:04:06Z")
[Vagina toaster](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7AF7OK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00C7AF7OK&linkCode=as2&tag=natdee-20), which does not make your girly bits nice and warm, but puts an image of a vagina (actually, it should be called a vulva toaster) on your toast. I dunno. I kinda think it looks like the Virgin Mary. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/6 "2014-11-24T13:32:55Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > [Vagina toaster](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7AF7OK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00C7AF7OK&linkCode=as2&tag=natdee-20), which does not make your girly bits nice and warm, but puts an image of a vagina (actually, it should be called a vulva toaster) on your toast. Did you read the reviews? They are hilarious! Here’s one example: “Soup lovers - if you leave the bread in the toaster for 9 months it starts spitting out cute little croutons.” Thanks for the laugh! ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/7 "2014-11-24T16:20:18Z")
Not real, but funny: [Sky Maul](http://www.kasperhauser.com/skymaul_site/FlipBook.html). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/8 "2014-11-24T18:50:15Z")
[Your yearly roundup of the weird and (not so) wonderful…](http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article4053889.html) ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/9 "2014-11-24T19:06:28Z")
Wow, some of these just seem cruel. Here’s some chocolate. You can see it and you can smell it. However, you can’t eat it. You can use it change the TV channel, so pros and cons, huh? Also, look at this! You’re pregnant! ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/10 "2014-11-25T20:39:05Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > [Aroma Fork](http://www.scientificsonline.com/product/aroma-r-evolution) > > The fork recreated! (As in, “has been created again,” not “took a spa day.”) > > This is basically a fork with a small reservoir you can fill with perfumes to “double your culinary pleasure”! For less than $60 (and, face it, probably less than that in the near future), people on your gift list could be enjoying a new way to experience food this holiday season, and/or this new way to induce a sinus attack. My favorite part of that product description: “\*Note Colored aroma/scents are made visible in these images for visualization purposes only.” Hahahaha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/11 "2014-11-25T21:52:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [How 'bout this chocolate scented universal remote control case?](http://www.amazon.com/8-In-1-Chocolate-Scented-Universal-Control/dp/B00NQ2K2CU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416791051) It’s only one hundred and nine dollars! That price is for a case of 12. So you have 12 people covered for just $109!! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/12 "2014-11-25T22:04:08Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > Did you read the reviews? They are hilarious! Here’s one example: “Soup lovers - if you leave the bread in the toaster for 9 months it starts spitting out cute little croutons.” > > Thanks for the laugh! I liked this one: > [@](#): > > I thought it would be a hilarious gift. But true to form, my husband can’t figure out how to work the damn thing. I keep telling him where to put it, pushing his hand down with mine, but he gets impatient and ends up mangling the bread and giving up before the toast is done. Someday he’ll get it… Someday… ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-gift-guide-the-stupid-edition/705430/13 "2014-11-25T22:52:14Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [How 'bout this chocolate scented universal remote control case?](http://www.amazon.com/8-In-1-Chocolate-Scented-Universal-Control/dp/B00NQ2K2CU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416791051) It’s only one hundred and nine dollars! > > Or, for when you are broke but are still looking for a food-themed gift [these not-Band Aid bacon strips are less than eight dollars.](http://www.amazon.com/shaped-Adhesive-Bandages-Die-Cut-Sterile/dp/B000SSV8AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416791323) I’ve used the bacon-aids – I was at an outdoor music festival, got blisters, that was all they had at the souvenir stand/first aid booth, etc. etc. The adhesive sucks, and the pinkish-red color palette makes it look like your injury, whatever it may have been, is now terrible diseased.