# Male Dopers, what would you buy for yourself... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789 "2007-04-12T12:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/41 "2007-04-12T21:33:13Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Besides, maybe someone’s lurking here who wants to buy you a present. [/QUOTE] You know, I didn’t respond to this thread with that intention, but thanks to you, now I’m going to be really, really disappointed if I don’t get the gifts on my list. ☹ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/42 "2007-04-12T21:49:34Z")
About 35 lbs of spareribs or pork shoulder would probably do it for me. 🙂 Otherwise, clothes are always very welcome. I loathe clothes shopping. I depend on the women in my life to keep me well dressed. Any kitchenware (I love to cook. A high quality knife or solid pot or pan will always be welcome for me). I guess video games would be okay, but I find that kind of a silly gift for me, a 31-year-old, to get. That’s toys I should be buying for myself. Don’t ask me why, it just seems weird to me. A book on something I’m interested in. Power tools. Honestly, though, any gift that demonstrates a hint of thought into what I like or do would be appreciated. I’m sure the same goes for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/43 "2007-04-12T22:12:49Z")
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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/44 "2007-04-12T22:47:50Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] A “spit and polish” - a rock of crack to smoke while you’re getting a blow job, available down at King’s Cross. Only £25 which means at current exchange rates I’d be able to get the bus back to the office. 😉 [/QUOTE] I was going to say a lapdance, but the “spit and polish” sounds way better. Which one is the spit and which is the polish (both sound like blow jobs)? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/45 "2007-04-12T23:23:21Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] I was going to say a lapdance, but the “spit and polish” sounds way better. Which one is the spit and which is the polish (both sound like blow jobs)? [/QUOTE] I presume the spit is from the gob job, and the crack makes it all shiny like reality has been polished. However since I posted that I’ve been informed that the price of a spit-and-polish fluctuates depending on the street price of crack. However, if you just want a BJ in the same area, that costs exactly the same as a rock of crack (where’s the margin, crackheads?!? You’ll never make it on The Apprentice), which is roughly £10 at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/46 "2007-04-12T23:42:29Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] A nice bottle of Scotch. [/QUOTE] Great suggestion. Until it hits you that a really _good_ bottle of scotch could actually cost you that! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/47 "2007-04-13T01:25:03Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] A catapult for my desk at work [http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/81e6/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/81e6/) or a multi-colored flashlight [http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/8db4/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/8db4/) or a scrolling LED name badge [http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7c54/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7c54/) or a Lego motor-powered helicopter > **[Themes | Official LEGO® Shop US](https://www.lego.com/themes?cn=348&d=70&p=4895)** or the complete novels of Dashiell Hammett > **[Complete Novels - Library of America](https://www.loa.org/books/134-complete-novels/)** > > “More power to The Library of America for preserving in uniform editions, handsomely bound—the best works of our best artists in any number of categories. History has been a fair judge so far, and if Dashiell Hammett ends up rubbing (or bending)... [/QUOTE] Sir, you are a man of taste! 😃 Can I suggest a fingerprint access control for your computer 🆒 : > **[All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/news-releases-list/?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F09-15-2004%2F0002250790&EDATE=)** > > Take a look at All News Releases related news releases, photos and videos distributed by PR Newswire, with investor relations and company news. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/48 "2007-04-13T12:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=scr4] And what’s wrong with that? I gave my girlfriend a kitchen knife for Xmas. (Very nice one, if I may say so myself, but it’s till just a knife.) [/QUOTE] Actually, I’m sort of leaning towards getting him a kitchen knife. He’s got some of them there metrosexual tendencies, and although we have all the knives we need as far as I’m concerned, I still notice him looking at new ones with interest. [Want to help me pick one out?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8461290#post8461290) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/49 "2007-04-13T13:21:48Z")
[QUOTE=Largo62] Great suggestion. Until it hits you that a really _good_ bottle of scotch could actually cost you that! [/QUOTE] Yeah, yeah, whatever. Geez, is EVERYone a liquor snob? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/50 "2007-04-13T13:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] You know, I didn’t respond to this thread with that intention, but thanks to you, now I’m going to be really, really disappointed if I don’t get the gifts on my list. [/QUOTE] I _knew_ I should have mentioned that big-screen TV… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/51 "2007-04-13T14:42:24Z")
A new pair of hiking boots. A CD from ZBS media. A music CD, which will vary with the recipient’s taste, current collection, and what’s new out. Concert tickets (may be pushing the price range). The latest Tim Powers novel (haven’t bought that one yet…) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/52 "2007-04-13T15:56:53Z")
i just spent $50 on the 1st season boxed set of _Star Trek the Original Series._ ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789/53 "2007-04-13T19:37:18Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Can I suggest a fingerprint access control for your computer 🆒 : > **[All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/news-releases-list/?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F09-15-2004%2F0002250790&EDATE=)** > > Take a look at All News Releases related news releases, photos and videos distributed by PR Newswire, with investor relations and company news. [/QUOTE] Ever since I saw the James Bond movie where the head of a dead man was held up to a retina scanner to open a security door, I have been afraid of any security system that involves body parts. “No way will I give you my password!” “OK then, do you mind if we borrow your finger?” and then out come the wire cutters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-dopers-what-would-you-buy-for-yourself/399789.md?page=2)