Unusual Gift Ideas

Unusual Gift Ideas: UNUSUAL GIFTS? (1068 words)
by 1maryanne - written on 16.11.00 (Very useful, 957 readings)
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I’m not really sure that this comes under the heading of unusual. It does cover all the other categories and more besides. I mean, what could be more unusual than Great Aunt Flo or weird Uncle Bert? We have other strange characters in our family, but it is really most difficult buying for the boring people who have everything! My husband and I (that sounds suspiciously as if I am going to address the Nation, doesn’t? and I must not digress), my husband and I have quite a large family between us (varying from three years to Great Aunt Flo), as well as friends, to whom we give Christmas presents. We don’t HAVE to buy these people presents, I ...

Fancy a trip into Space?? (639 words)
by matty_:) - written on 05.12.00 (Very useful, 198 readings)
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It’s always the same old presents at Christmas isn’t it? Books, Clothes, CD’s, Socks, Underwear…. The list is endless. Well, how about buying something different this year, like one of the new “Amazing Adventure” packages from WH Smiths. I know your thinking ‘WHSmiths, that’s just a bookshop’, but the new products they’re offering are very appealing. Yes, you could be a passenger in Space on one of WHSmiths commercial Space flights, or even drive a Formula One car! They state that they have 48 different Adventures available. And I’m warning you some of them are quite extreme with a massive price ...

Unusual Gift Ideas: On Cloud 9 (828 words)
by the_rebel - written on 03.12.00 (Very useful, 474 readings)
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A True Story!! Back in the dark ages, (1996 actually, it just seems along time ago!) I was taking my lunchtime stroll with some of my mates from work and we were gossiping about the usual suspects, yawn! yawn!, when all of a sudden I broke with tradition and said "Right it’s my Dads 60 birthday in November and I really don't know what to get him. It’s got to be something very special and something he'll never forget." As you can imagine my outburst was met with stunned silence and blank expressions. Then one of my more with-it friends suggested I took a look at the leaflets in the reception area of our office because he ...