# Who buys a Father's Day gift at a head shop? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130 "2002-06-15T00:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/21 "2002-06-16T04:32:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Garden gnomes support terrorism. Where the hell did **that** come from? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/22 "2002-06-16T20:36:06Z")
Me. And, **Peyote Coyote** , you might be glad to know that I am a thoroughly thoughtful daughter, and wouldn’t even think of giving such a gift without the wherewithal to christen it properly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/23 "2002-06-16T20:49:25Z")
Good lord, I’m such a square. I: a) have never even heard of a head shop and b) wouldn’t even know if I was in one. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/24 "2002-06-17T06:07:41Z")
… And all i am getting my pop are some cd’s, which he will pick out. my family is hard to shop for, you know? ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/25 "2002-06-17T06:11:37Z")
Another eighth and a card: how depressing. No thought or personality. A bong: Pick one with personality and show him that you really care. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/26 "2002-06-17T06:18:30Z")
That’s my boy! I didn’t even know I’d had him yet. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/27 "2002-06-17T06:32:11Z")
Fatherhood is a series of indignities borne with varying degress of grace. Father’s Day is different only in knowing exactly _when_ it will happen. All fathers know that Mother’s Day is the one that _really_ counts, the Father’s Day is a condescension from Womankind, who regard us universally as incompetent, irrelevant, or cluelessly cute in our fumbling attempts to Do Stuff. If we had any dignity, we wouldn’t stand for it. But we gave all that up when we started wearing baby urp for cologne, and hot young cuties started calling us “sir”. So take the collect call, the tie, the golf balls. Take 'em like a man, and shut up about it. After all, who else you gonna love? ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130/28 "2002-06-17T13:26:09Z")
I smoked a doobie with my dad on Father’s Day. He’s 72. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-buys-a-fathers-day-gift-at-a-head-shop/114130.md?page=1)