Article on Yahoo about worst Father's Day gifts ever.

[orchestrion]

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/worst-fathers-day-gifts-ever-1745038/#photoViewer=9

Number 9 is colognes or aftershaves. Check out what I got for my dad. D'oh! Guess it's going to be the worst gift ever.



I've also added a C.O. Bigelow cologne and a tube of Bigelow/Proraso cream since I went to Bath and Body Works the other day and got two colognes for myself. There's a buy 2, get 2 free sale going on.

 

[dklaiman]

Yahoo hit it out of the park on this one. That looks like a horrible present. I'll pm you my address and you can mail it to me, instead.

I never knew altruism could feel this good.

 

[Niles]

I noticed that a woman was the author of that article. Anyway, I think the shave stuff you're giving your dad is awesome.

 

[narativesoul]

i always use to get my father old spice for fathers day and he loved it

 

[DE Shaver]

It beats a tie.

 

[orchestrion]

Yahoo hit it out of the park on this one. That looks like a horrible present. I'll pm you my address and you can mail it to me, instead.

I never knew altruism could feel this good.

 

[Deltaboy]

I perfer AV or Ivy Club for my Fathers day gifts along with a steak dinner.

 

[rod251]

I got my gift a few days early. It was a tube of Speick cream along with a bottle of Speick splash. Not too shabby if you ask me.

 

[_MementoMori_]

I just got my present this evening. Apparently my wife didn't read this article either, because I got a Lacoste Essentials gift set with the cologne, ASB, and... of all things... a Braun electric shaver.

The Lacoste smells incredible, by the way. I had a shave tonight and I'm wearing the ASB right now.

 

[DFrancis]

I noticed that a woman was the author of that article.

Not all women are this ill-informed. I married one that thinks aftershave is a great gift.

 

[FL shaver]

Wow! What a great bunch of gifts! Hope my dad doesn't see this thread!

 

[orchestrion]

I just got my present this evening. Apparently my wife didn't read this article either, because I got a Lacoste Essentials gift set with the cologne, ASB, and... of all things... a Braun electric shaver.

The Lacoste smells incredible, by the way. I had a shave tonight and I'm wearing the ASB right now.

Sounds like a sweet gift...for the most part. I kid, I kid.



And just to clarify, this gift seems a bit excessive because his birthday is today (Saturday) and Father's Day is, of course, tomorrow. I gave him the three colognes earlier today and the rest will follow in the morning.

 

[_MementoMori_]

You gotta love birthdays being situated close to other gift-giving holidays. You either double up on gifts or look like a scumbag. My wife and daughter both nailed me on this. My daughter was born January 9th, just a bit after Christmas, and my wife was born on our wedding anniversary!

 

[wilsonent]

Man, I love those things.

 

[galopede]

I had my father's day gift from my daughter a day early as I'm out playing for the morris team today. She took me to the Cheltenham Food & Drink Fair where I ate far too many and varied samples and drank far too much 8% farmhouse cider and perry.

I'm sat here first thing Sunday morning nursing a bad head and a queasy stomach!

Gareth

 

[amspratt]

That looks like an awesome father's day gift. If the day ever comes that I've got kids of my own, my fondest wish is that they will love me enough to get me shaving equipment for birthdays and other major holidays. After all, shaving gear is the gift that keeps on giving, shave after shave after shave.

 

[ateace]

I'll take the fancy pens.

 

[NavyHopeful]

I got my dad a 1940s super speed, tabac soap, Simpson Wee Scot brush, 100 Israeli blades, and some nivea sensitive ASB. We shaved together which was kind of cool. I had to teach him... his lather was a little on the thin side, and he moved way too fast and used a lot of pressure. He knew he was doing it wrong so I had to show him. Hopefully he'll get it down soon.

 

[bran]

ateace - I agree...the only thing better than my favorite cream, balm, or blades would be a nice fountain pen.

 

[Leche]

I got a hand painted coffee mug and lather bowl from the kids. Love them. They did it at a pottery place where you select the pottery, paint it, and pick it up after its been glazed and fired.