[QUOTE=Dung Beetle]
Besides, maybe someone’s lurking here who wants to buy you a present.
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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. 
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.
A catapult for my desk at work
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/81e6/
or a multi-colored flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/8db4/
or a scrolling LED name badge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7c54/
or a Lego motor-powered helicopter
http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=4895&cn=348&d=70
or the complete novels of Dashiell Hammett
[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.
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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=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)?
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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.
[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
A nice bottle of Scotch.
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Great suggestion. Until it hits you that a really good bottle of scotch could actually cost you that!
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried]
A catapult for my desk at work
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/81e6/
or a multi-colored flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/8db4/
or a scrolling LED name badge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7c54/
or a Lego motor-powered helicopter
or the complete novels of Dashiell Hammett
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Sir, you are a man of taste!
Can I suggest a fingerprint access control for your computer 
:
[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.)
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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.
[QUOTE=Largo62]
Great suggestion. Until it hits you that a really good bottle of scotch could actually cost you that!
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Yeah, yeah, whatever. Geez, is EVERYone a liquor snob?
[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.
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I knew I should have mentioned that big-screen TV… 
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…)
i just spent $50 on the 1st season boxed set of Star Trek the Original Series.
[QUOTE=glee]
Can I suggest a fingerprint access control for your computer :
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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.