The 5 Worst Gifts for Noodads on Fathers Day
Posted on 06 15, 2006 under Doodads by foodad |With Father"s day coming up, I thought I would take a look at some gifts to avoid for dads. Some of them may surprise you a little because they may seem obvious. The bottom line is that your noodad is probably too modest to tell you what he is really thinking, so let me give you a little insight.
Every noodad would love to get handmade cards and crafts from the kids to take to the office. They would also like to see a little bit of thought put into their father"s day gift. Most noodads would probably prefer nothing at all to one of the gifts below.
5. Ties
I like ties, probably more than your average noodad. I just do not have many occassions to wear them and I am ridiculously picky about the kind of tie that I like. Please do not get me a tie. Netflicks would be better.
4. Worlds Greatest Dad T-Shirt
Noodad"s really need noodad t-shirts! Seriously though, unless your noodad is a shameless self promoter (like Noodad himself), this one is going right into the bottom drawer, never to be heard from again until he"s looking for a rag to dry off the car.
3. Tools
Unless noodad has specifically asked for tools, steer clear of this gift. Choosing tools is very personal for a noodad, it"s like choosing his favorite beer or wine. If I"m a Sam Adams guy I am not going to be satisfied with a Miller High Life. Similarly, some noodads are picky about the kinds of tools they use. For me, I"m fine with Ryobi or Rigid, but I know a guy who MUST have all of his tools be Dewalt. You could buy him a high quality Craftman or Rigid mitre saw and that sucker is going back. If you are going to buy tools for noodad, get his consent first.
2. Soap On a Rope/Old Spice (tie)
These may have been cool gifts in 1940, but noodad is thinking about iPods, home theater, PDA phones and laptops.
1. Daddle
A saddle for dad. I personally have a google news search sent to my email box so that I can track the first daddle related injuries. The person who invented this should be taken to Singapore and flogged publicly with a rubber chicken. This is worse than the Pocket Fisherman and The Vegamatic combined.
Put some thought into dad"s gift this year!
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This will be my first Father\'s Day though and I am just hoping for the best. I did read her the list hoping to hedge my bets. I\'ll let you know how it turns out!
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