Dave Barrys Gift Guide
Unique presents for 2011 include a toad purse, a wearable wine rack and a stocking full of knives
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Unique presents for 2011 include a toad purse, a wearable wine rack and a stocking full of knives
$39.99 plus shipping and handling from Smoky Mountain Knife Works, 2320 Winfield Dunn Pkwy., P.O. Box 4430, Sevierville, Tenn. 37864, 800-251-9306, www.smkw.com
$2.95 plus shipping and handling from Archie McPhee, P.O. Box 30852, Seattle, Wash. 98113, 425-349-3009, www.mcphee.com
$4.64-$5.12 plus shipping and handling from Reynaulds Euro Imports Inc., 122 N. Main St., Elburn, Ill. 60119, 888-762-6872, www.reynaulds.com (search for piles).
$ 29.99 plus shipping and handling from Kotulas, 2800 Southcross Dr. West, Burnsville, Minn. 55306, 800-685-4845; www.kotulas.com
$29.99 plus shipping and handling from Game On Glove, 19 Tiffany Ct., Montville, N.J. 07045, 904-GET-GOG1, 904-438-4641, www.gameonglove.com
$29 plus shipping and handling from Grandin Road, 5566 West Chester Rd., West Chester, Ohio 45069, 866-668-5962, www.grandinroad.com (Search for item No. 45465)
$49.95 and up, plus shipping and handling from International Marketing & Logistics, Fao Morphsuits, unit 11c Stephenson Rd., Gorse Lane Industrial Estate, Clacton on Sea, CO15 4XA, U.K., www.morphsuits.com
$34.95 plus shipping and handling from ToadShop, P.O. Box 1233, Greenville, Maine 04441, 877-855-3442, www.toadshop.com
$ 12.99 plus shipping and handling from Whatever Works, P.O. Box 3339, Chelmsford, Mass., 01824-0939, 800-499-6757, www.whateverworks.com. (Now simply called the Wrist Cell Phone Holder.)
The trouble with most games is that even when you win, you cannot inflict physical pain on your opponent. Take Monopoly. You spend all that time throwing dice and moving your little board piece around, and you finally win, and what do you have to show for it? A hotel on Ventnor Avenue? Thats not enough!
We swear we are not making up the Maniki Butt Bra. This is a buttocks-support garment for men, developed by the same company that makes the Biniki, a.k.a. "the Butt Bra for women."