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Lousy gifts for Valentine’s Day – Amazon.com

February 14, 2013 Top Five No comments

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Amazon.com has it’s own list of lousy gift ideas for Valentine’s Day. Here’s the list…

“It’s your prerogative, of course, to ignore all of our Valentine’s Day suggestions and

find a gift on your own. But we’d like to steer you away from certain items, which may be top-quality products but probably aren’t the wisest choices for February 14.”

#5. A roll of Mat Midwest Air Tech 12-1/2 Gauge 2-Point Barbed Wire

#4. The Uncle Milton Giant Ant Farm

#3. Black & Decker Auto-Off Digital Advantage Iron

#3. Tapeworms – A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide

#2. Tanita Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor

#1. Praying Mantis Eggs – 400 Babies (link to product)

Shopping For The Perfect Book For Christmas?

December 3, 2012 Top Five No comments

If you’re thinking of buying someone a good book for Christmas, here are the most popular books of 2012 (so far) according to Amazon.com.

  • #1. Fifty Shades of Grey: The Trilogy (*Caution: not for grandparents or aunts and uncles or sisters and brothers or nieces and nephews or cousins… Google it, but not while you’re at work.)
  • #2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Google it first…)
  • #3. Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Self help book)
  • #4. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins
  • #5. No Easy Day (The firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden)
  • #6. The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
  • #7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Suspense)
  • #8. The Official SAT Study Guide (Not sure why it’s on the list…)
  • #9. A Song of Ice and Fire (The Game of Thrones series)
  • #10. The Harbinger by Johnathan Cahn (Google it first…)

If you’re thinking of buying someone a less than good book, here are Mike’s top five least popular books of 2012 (so far).

  • #5. “How to Become the Most Hated Man in Sports History”, The Gary Bettman Story.
  • #4. “Fifty Cents of Grey” by Curtis James Jackson III.
  • #3. “Game of Thrones”, A brief pictorial history of outhouses and porta pottys at outdoor music festivals.
  • #2. “The Hunger Games” by Mike Bacon… err Benny.
  • #1. “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, The story of an 8 year old at Seaworld!

My picks (for real): Life of Pi, No Logo 10 (Naomi Kline) & The Wealthy Barber Returns (David Chilton)

 

#Valentine’s Day gift ideas (cheap)!

February 7, 2012 Benny blog, Top Five No comments
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If you don’t have a lot money to spend on your sweetheart this year, you might be looking for some cheap Valentine’s Day gift ideas — so we asked our Facebook friends for some advice…

  • Make a card
  • Don’t buy anything. It’s really cheap that way. :) lol
  • Lap dance ;-)
  • Home made dinner, book of homemade coupons for foot rubs and kitty litter cleanings
  • Buy yourself a present. You got to love yourself too.
  • Giving her money to buy her own gift..
  • No roses…. Buy other flowers… Roses have a crazy markup on v day
  • My hubby loves chocolate, so I’m making him a chocolate cupcake bouquet! Google it, their pretty cool!
  • An IOU for flowers on the 15th when all the left overs are marked down..?
  • Just be single and stay single! men are all liars n scam artists anyhow ;-)

Here are five more…
#5. A nicely framed list of all the things your mother said you should look for in a mate.
#4. Spell out her name with Kit Kats and red suckers from last year’s Halloween stash.
#3. Spell out her name in the snow.
#2. Remember, there’s no better way to show respect and admiration for someone than good sturdy handshake (be sure to wash your hands first if you also did number three).
#1. Remember nothin’ says lovin’ like a heart shaped meatloaf in the oven (and that’s not a euphemism for something, I mean an actual meatloaf in the oven)!

Top five tips for #re-gifting

December 5, 2011 Top Five No comments

In the words of Yoda the great Jedi Master, “Ah my young re-gifting apprentice. If re-gift you must — then must you re-gift?”. Re-gifting is more of a science than an art, so before you embark on your journey of enlightened re-gifting here are a few tips from the master. Mike’s top five tips for re-gifting.
#5. Do not re-gift to the same person that gave you the original gift. I know this seems obvious, but it has happened, that’s why I mention it.
#4. Before re-gifting clothing, remove deodorant dust from all pits and crevices (and give it a nice shake to freshen it up a bit).
#3. Remember to apply a price tag, then remove most of it, revealing just a small piece of the tag.
#2. Carefully remove monogram stitching. NOTE: Do not remove monogram stitching with your teeth and tongue (especially if you have a weepy cold sore)!
#1. No calenders, no underwear and no home-made beer.

Top five teacher gift ideas

June 21, 2011 Top Five No comments

As the school year comes to an end it’s time to start thinking about teacher gifts. Seriously, you can’t beat a Tim Horton’s gift card, but if you’re trying – here are Mike’s top five other great teacher gift ideas.
#5. A handsome plaque listing all of your teachers accomplishments next to Ghandi’s accomplishments.
#4. Sunglasses. To protect their ‘pupils’ (ha ha ha ha..).
#3. A Pi.
#2. Don’t give them anything and say ‘it’s the principal of the thing’ (ha ha ha ha..).
#1. Summers off!!

Tips for re-gifting

December 1, 2010 Top Five No comments

In the words of Yoda the great Jedi Master, “Ah my young re-gifting apprentice. If re-gift you must — then must you re-gift?”. Re-gifting is more of a science than an art, so before you embark on your journey of enlightened re-gifting here are a few tips from the master. Mike’s top five tips for re-gifting.

#5. Do not re-gift to the same person that gave you the original gift. I know this seems obvious, but it has happened, that’s why I mention it.

#4. Before re-gifting clothing, remove deodorant dust from all pits and crevices (and give it a nice shake to freshen it up a bit).

#3. Remember to apply a price tag, then remove most of it, revealing just a small piece of the tag.

#2. Carefully remove monogram stitching. NOTE: Do not remove monogram stitching with your teeth and tongue (especially if you have a weepy cold sore)!

#1. No calenders, no underwear and no home-made beer.

via Tips for re-gifting.

Furby mania

December 18, 2007 Top Five No comments

Does anyone remember the craziness of “The Furby Christmas”? The Christmas of 1998, was the year every kid wanted a Furby and parents went to incredible lengths for get Furbies. Here’s my top five list from December 5, 1998
Top five signs you’re getting too caught up in Furby mania.
#5. On the back of your bowling shirt it says “The Furbinator”.
#4. You think those guys who camped out for a week to buy Tragically Hip tickets lacked focus.
#3. You’re seriously considering bypassing the whole toy Furby thing and just buying a real live “Ron Polillo”.
#2. Shopping with you involves your Mastercard, shoulder pads and air support.
#1. You were just rudely awaken by the sound of the store managers keys.

Crazy shopping

December 18, 2007 Top Five No comments

Top five crazy things about Christmas shopping this weekend in Prince George.
#5. It was so busy at the mall, even the key cutting place had a line up.
#4. People were offering you more for your parking spot, than they were for your Wii.
#3. Canadian Tire was totally sold out of electric nose hair trimmers (don’t ask me how I know).
#2. I don’t even know what a Webkin is, but I know I needed three – a seal, a caribou, and a kitty. (I found the seal and the caribou – but – do you think I could borrow Fat Sam til January?)
#1. What are you guys doing? Christmas is two weeks away..

Online Christmas

December 18, 2007 Top Five No comments

Online shopping is expected to be up again this year. Here are the top five problems with “an online Christmas”
#5. Online paying.
#4. When your order arrives you realise those guys at Viagra dot com have no sense of humour!
#3. All your letters to Santa keep getting returned by some guy named Mailor Daemon.
#2. Turns out the thing you bought is the same size as it was on your computer screen.
#1. Boy oh boy – you buy one thing from The House of Thong dot com and all of a sudden you’re getting all these weird spam emails!!