subject: Medicine For The Soul - Funny Gifts That'll Make Them Feel Better [print this page] We all, regardless of who and how we are, will at some point in our life be down in the dumps. Unfortunately, life tends to throw a lot at us and sometimes it can all get a little on top of us. Work is often the biggest cause if this, but bills, your own health and relationships, in particular, can serve to make you feel a bit rubbish. Usually, all we need is a bit of time to ourselves, or a night out or a special event to blow off steam and enjoy ourselves and banish the blues back from whence they came. However, you might well want to try and lift someone's spirits, or even your own, by getting them funny gifts, something to raise a smile and bring a little laughter back. The issue is finding just the right type of funny gifts and making sure they are just right for the person in question. Senses of humour can differ from person to person in quite drastic ways, so that something that is hilarious to one person is merely worthy of a grin when displayed to another. With this in mind, I have tried to find a few funny gifts that might well hit the spot and bring some guffaws from the person you are trying to cheer.
To begin with, I want to address something that has become something of a social stereotype of us; that is, the modern man. We are, quite unfairly I might add, saddled with the image of being impertinent beasts with the manners of a warthog, who scratches and itches without thinking of anyone else. Well, I didn't say it was completely false and, as such, I want to present the first of my funny gifts, called the Gentleman's Ball Scratcher. This is a stylish silver-plated implement designed to firmly but delicately reach into all those areas that are hard to itch. The top of the Gentleman's Ball Scratcher even has a beautifully formed half-open hand, designed and sized as to be as useful as possible in battling those annoying tingles and itches. This is all quite incongruously presented in a lined box more suited to displaying ornate jewellery, but I just take this as testament of how divine these funny gifts are! Useful and almost guaranteed to raise a laugh, this might well be the ultimate manners-correcting itch battler among funny gifts.
Sticking with the man theme for just a moment and another thing we are accused of is loving sport to the detriment of others around us. This next among our funny gifts, in a fell swoop, can solve two age old issues - how to get in some sport without being barracked by your family and how to entertain oneself when in the throne room (this is the least offensive way I could think of putting it). So, into your life comes the Toilet Golf Set. This set includes a putting green, cup and flag, 2 golf balls, personal putter and also, to ensure you are not disturbed just as you go for that decisive stroke, a Do Not Disturb sign to be hung prominently on the door handle. In this way, you can practise your close putting in the peace and sanctuary of your own bathroom.
Lastly, I want to alight upon one among funny gifts that can be used in a practical joke situation. I feel at this point I should add a disclaimer that I take no responsibility for heart attacks, revenge, injuries or retaliatory beatings anyone might receive by following any of the following ideas on funny gifts. For the sake of brevity, I think the best among these has to be a Remote Controlled Tarantula. To look at it in real detail, you can obviously see it is a fake, but due to its eerily accurate rendering in the dark or just as a shock this would definitely work. I'm not saying target arachnophobes with this, but you will certainly get a great return on your investment by sticking this in their bed - it'll raise a laugh for you, but maybe not for them!
Well, I think I've caused enough trouble for now, but I do hope that the above have given you some ideas, or prodded you in the right direction of some funny gifts. Using the ideas above and by making a quick search of the net, I'm sure you can come upon an idea that suits you and the recipient. Right, I'm off to plant a fake tarantula in the bath...
