Help! $25 gift idea

Post by **Sylvus** » December 1, 2005, 1:20 pm

So we're having a Christmas party in a couple weeks, and we're doing a White Elephant gift exchange, and I need to come up with a gift that is pretty cool for males and females alike that is around $25. Wondering if any of you guys have any good ideas? It can be a little more if necessary, and most of the people at the party will be in their mid-late 20s.

Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » December 1, 2005, 1:23 pm

http://www.jonessoda.com/files_new/turkey05.html

It's a great gift for White Elephant because it's not something that people need to keep around for long, it's kind of whacky, and it makes for stimulating conversation.

Also, if memory serves, it's right around $20.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » December 1, 2005, 1:52 pm

25 dollar gift certificate for a restaurant if you dont know the sex of the recipient yet.

or 25 dollars worth of lottery tickets.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » December 1, 2005, 2:08 pm

Those gifts are contrary to the spirit of the game! They are actually useful and worth something!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » December 1, 2005, 2:16 pm

hrmm yeah, probably would have helped if i read that link.

get a 20 dollar starbuck gift certificate with a 5 dollar mug with a michigan logo on it!

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » December 1, 2005, 2:45 pm

Just hand each one of them a sample size stick of deoderant (Secret, since apparently that works for men and women.....).

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » December 1, 2005, 2:52 pm

We're doing the same thing, but we can do gag gifts. If you can do this also I HIGHLY suggest doing what I am. I am going to take a picture of myself and go down to kinkos to get the BIGGEST POSSIBLE poster of the picture made and giving that. This plan is fucking flawless and comedy gold.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » December 1, 2005, 2:55 pm

GET IT LIKE KRAMER

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » December 1, 2005, 2:57 pm

I forgot to mention the key part to the poster plan, it must be autographed.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » December 1, 2005, 3:13 pm

Doc Johnson has a wide range of products in that price range.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » December 1, 2005, 5:43 pm

Movie theatre gift certificate!

Whenever we did White Elephant at Xmas time these were the most fought after.

Another idea is a bottle of wine with a couple of glasses.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » December 1, 2005, 5:54 pm

Buy movie tickets to a really shitty movie for the night before the exchange. The real gift will be that they did not actually get to go.

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » December 1, 2005, 5:57 pm

The best part of White Elephant gag gift exchanges is the wacky shit people dig up to use. I put a pair of plaid polyester pants in the White Elephant bin one year, half the people there had them at one time or another. They ended up getting left behind, I snagged them off the table...and put them back in the following year. These pants became a Christmas party tradition for as long as I was at this job (91 - 97).

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » December 1, 2005, 9:15 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10241470/

Phugg_Innay · Post by **Phugg_Innay** » December 1, 2005, 10:06 pm

a Traffic Cone !!!! Free and priceless. We had the gag gift a thon many years back and that won. It was in a dead heat for the Used Tequilla Bottle until ...... You pick up the cone like a megaphone and yell , DEPLOY DEPLOY.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 1, 2005, 10:20 pm

you can't go wrong with an anal dildo.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » December 1, 2005, 11:08 pm

Phugg_Innay wrote:a Traffic Cone !!!!

Funny you say that... I've been being stalked by traffic cones for the past couple of weeks. They show up randomly in my lane on the freeway while I commute to and from school. And in different enough places that I suspect it is not the same cone.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » December 1, 2005, 11:35 pm

I always like to wrap up a bottle of liquor for gift exchanges!

Shashonna · Post by **Shashonna** » December 1, 2005, 11:40 pm

We play the same thing ay baby showers and wedding showers. Only the gifts are cheaper and we dont bring, but same concept.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » December 2, 2005, 3:22 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10241470/

The irony....

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 2, 2005, 3:34 am

Go to Costco and buy one of those monster packages of toilet paper, like 50 rolls, and use that as a gift.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » December 2, 2005, 11:40 am

at the gift exchanges i've been to like this, people ALWAYS steal the booze and the gift cards. flavored coffees and candy sometimes bounce around a bit, too.

Post by **Xouqoa** » December 2, 2005, 3:07 pm

kyoukan wrote:you can't go wrong with an anal dildo.

and they're all on sale at Amazon! What a deal!

W@W L@@K!

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » December 2, 2005, 3:14 pm

Oh my god... the Glitter Glam Slim Line Lady Finger Massager Vibrator is marked down to only $0.49 !!

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » December 2, 2005, 3:48 pm

OMG! I didn't know you could buy butt plugs on Amazon!

Post by **Sylvus** » December 12, 2006, 2:36 pm

Bump.

It's that time of year again. I think I ended up going with an Atari that you hook up to your TV that had all the classics on it last year. Several people fought over that.

This year I might go with something less useful, I'm not sure. If anyone has any new, creative ideas, let me know.

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » December 12, 2006, 2:54 pm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/searc ... -google-20

These are quite annoying...

Post by **Sylvus** » December 12, 2006, 2:56 pm

I've decided to go more for a joke gift that everyone will hate than something useful. I just had an idea for the "New Year's Eve Party-in-a-Box".

My current idea is to buy 2 paper party hats, 2 noisemakers, and as much of the shitty, wino-quality booze/wine as $25-30 will buy me. If anyone has any good ideas of other small, cheap things to add to the "party", I'm all ears. I would like to keep it as undesirable as possible. Hmm, I should probably put some condoms in there or something. Maybe I could scale back the amount of shitty booze, and make it like party hats, noisemakers, condoms, lube, and thunderbird/wild irish rose/something along those lines. That right there is a party waiting to happen.

I'm just brainstorming here, help me out!

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » December 12, 2006, 4:27 pm

Sirensa wrote:
Phugg_Innay wrote:a Traffic Cone !!!!
Funny you say that... I've been being stalked by traffic cones for the past couple of weeks. They show up randomly in my lane on the freeway while I commute to and from school. And in different enough places that I suspect it is not the same cone.

Hmm...Reminds me of a little Fan Faire joke involving plastic kitties and a very confused young man!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » December 12, 2006, 4:29 pm

If everybody brings an anal dildo, it will make for stimulating conversation.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » December 12, 2006, 4:39 pm

How about an office ninja pack? (I'm doing this for my sister for Christmas this year). It would be over $25 if you bought everything, but you could pick and choose.

* Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book($10)
* Ninja Bandaids ($4)
* Ninja Electronic Duster($7)
* WWND? Spin folder($5)
* Ninja Attack Game($5)
* Mini Ninja plushie($10)

Put all of that in a black drawstring bag and you got a kickass office ninja kit. You could even throw in a ninja movie, ninja mask, plastic throwing stars etc!

Drolgin Steingrinder · December 12, 2006, 6:41 pm

$25 is on the low side for this, but it's a good idea. I know a few people who've given a certificate for a goat for christmas.

edit: here's another one.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » December 12, 2006, 6:49 pm

Look how cute that goat is!! I want one for myself!!

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » December 12, 2006, 6:55 pm

Drolgin, do you know if you get a picture of the goat you donated, like when you sponsor a child?

I'm all over the goat donation for a Christmas present. I bet my Dad would love it!

Drolgin Steingrinder · December 12, 2006, 7:26 pm

Fairly sure that you do with the ones you buy here in Denmark, but not sure how those two organizations I linked work.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » December 13, 2006, 12:10 am

Lalanae wrote:
Sirensa wrote:
Phugg_Innay wrote:a Traffic Cone !!!!
Funny you say that... I've been being stalked by traffic cones for the past couple of weeks. They show up randomly in my lane on the freeway while I commute to and from school. And in different enough places that I suspect it is not the same cone.
Hmm...Reminds me of a little Fan Faire joke involving plastic kitties and a very confused young man!

I still have two of those kitties and every few months, I randomly place them around the house

Good times for all!

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » December 13, 2006, 12:15 am

Just got home from a White Elephant party at my work (DA's office, Juv. Dept.) and the gifts were hilarious. Some that topped the list however were a chia pet, a foreplay dart set (hubba hubba, the Judge picked this one! But someone stole it

), a t-shirt that said "Cara Rocks!!" (supplied by Cara), a framed picture of the boss (haha), a cow bell (booyeah!), A monkey slingshot, and adult sized footie pajamas. I got Moose Munch (how sad and lame is that!)

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » December 13, 2006, 2:23 am

Sylvus wrote:So we're having a Christmas party in a couple weeks, and we're doing a White Elephant gift exchange, and I need to come up with a gift that is pretty cool for males and females alike that is around $25. Wondering if any of you guys have any good ideas? It can be a little more if necessary, and most of the people at the party will be in their mid-late 20s.

Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.

If it is a white elephant you could give them a picture of you with your shirt off.

edit: what the fuck this thread is a year old

Post by **Xouqoa** » December 13, 2006, 2:55 am

Put a $20 and a $5 through a paper shredder, then seal it up in a jar and wrap it. That's pretty useless, right?

Truant · Post by **Truant** » December 13, 2006, 3:33 am

Xouqoa wrote:Put a $20 and a $5 through a paper shredder, then seal it up in a jar and wrap it. That's pretty useless, right?

i believe it is still technically a federal offense to destroy money.

Post by **Sylvus** » December 13, 2006, 12:06 pm

kyoukan wrote:edit: what the fuck this thread is a year old

We do it every year, silly. Check where I bumped it.

If it is a white elephant you could give them a picture of you with your shirt off.

(and i'd have to have my pants off too so they could see my trunk)

Post by **Xouqoa** » December 13, 2006, 1:13 pm

Truant wrote:
Xouqoa wrote:Put a $20 and a $5 through a paper shredder, then seal it up in a jar and wrap it. That's pretty useless, right?
i believe it is still technically a federal offense to destroy money.

Its not destroyed, it's just had it's state altered!

Truant · Post by **Truant** » December 13, 2006, 1:45 pm

in all seriousness, if it's going to be a gag exchange...go for it. Your first idea of the new year's eve party in a box was pretty good.

I normally opt for a bottle of liquor, it goes over well.
I'm very much not a fan of gag gifts unless it has been clearly established that the group is doing gag gifts. There's nothing fucking worse than showing up to an exchange were one or two people take the good gift and brought what equates to trash. (this happened in my own family last year)

laneela · Post by **laneela** » December 13, 2006, 1:55 pm

Whatever you decide to go with, no basket is complete without the shrieking chicken:

http://www.toylounge.com/shch.html

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » December 13, 2006, 3:44 pm

http://www.rkdm.com/chiapet/elmerfuddchia.htm

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » December 13, 2006, 3:45 pm

http://www.rkdm.com/chiapet/elmerfuddchia.htm

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » December 13, 2006, 4:03 pm

Side note: But that particular Looney Tunes episode is the BEST EVAR!!!

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » December 13, 2006, 4:05 pm

Lalanae wrote:Side note: But that particular Looney Tunes episode is the BEST EVAR!!!

/veto

The Wagner "Spear and Magic Helmet" is far superior!

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » December 13, 2006, 4:07 pm

Arborealus wrote:
Lalanae wrote:Side note: But that particular Looney Tunes episode is the BEST EVAR!!!
/veto

The Wagner "Spear and Magic Helmet" is far superior!

Ok you win. I forgot about that one.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » December 13, 2006, 4:37 pm

Lalanae wrote:
Arborealus wrote:
Lalanae wrote:Side note: But that particular Looney Tunes episode is the BEST EVAR!!!
/veto

The Wagner "Spear and Magic Helmet" is far superior!
Ok you win. I forgot about that one.

I still to this day randomly sing pieces of that episode. I should try to find a copy of it as I have not seen it in years.

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