The 5 Worst Gifts for Noodads on Fathers Day

Posted on 06 15, 2006 under Stuff by schneidermike | View Comments

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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  • You might want add these to that list
    Pajamas
    Worlds Greatest Dad mugs, glasses, plaques, anything
    Gloves
    Any kind of board game
    hankies
    What would I want?
    Just about anything from the experience day companies (fighter pilot, track racing, sports cars you know the stuff)
    or a bit cheaper - an acre of moon. Or is that just me?
  • Don't worry about your gift even if it is not expensive.
    The more important is you remember him and make he
    feel love and special during fathers day.
  • Mumdanelaka
    nevitably, the biggest fits come at the worst times too - in the mall during a busy ... And, if he doesn't stop the behavior, he goes to bed, no matter what time of day it is. ...
  • wingnut
    It\'s like you read our minds. This is the first time I have heard of a Daddle and I can say for sure I don\'t want one. Anything that comes with kneepads is not a gift! As far as the tools, my wife bought a tool set for me one time and since we hadn\'t been together very long I just smiled and gave her the best thank you I could muster up. Then, everytime I went to go and fix something I heard \"why aren\'t you using the tools I got you?\" Un fotunately though, they got lost when we moved.(damn the luck)
    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!
  • mattdm
    I am [I]so[/I] with you guys on this one. :)
  • foodad
    What other gifts would really suck to get, noodads?
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