2006-12-22 Last Minute Presents

For all the geeks out there who cannot decide what to give to their girlfriends, here’s something that I did a few years back that worked really well:

  1. Buy 20-50 index cards.

  1. Get a pen.

  1. Pick a few tasks you usually don’t like to do, but don’t really mind doing, or tasks that your loved one doesn’t like to do. Some ideas: Cooking, shopping for clothes or shoes, going out dancing, etc.

  1. Pick a few mundane things that your loved one might want to buy or have, that don’t really make a good present. Some ideas: Clothes or shoes (you know where I’m coming from...), restaurants.

  1. Depending on your budget, add a travel destination.

  1. Put the stuff on the index cards, with humorous variations.

  1. Wrap cards & you’re done!

Example cards:

  1. The Pot (plus little pot drawing) – couch potato cooks for innocent lamb…

  1. The Pan (plus little pan drawing) – prince cooks for princess…

  1. Destination: Africa (plus little elephant drawing)

  1. Destination: Near East (plus little burkha drawing)

  1. Foreign Cooks! (plus little chef drawing) – only valid with a destination card: invitation to an appropriate restaurant

  1. Flight Power! (plus little airplane drawing) – only valid with a destination card: ticket for holidays in an appropriate country is forthcoming

  1. Winter Shoes (plus little boot drawing) – cheese-lover offers a pair of winter shoes or boots

  1. Smiling Porter (plus grinning guy carrying two bags) – porter offers to carry bags for an afternoon shopping tour, always smiling!

  1. Pervert (plus underwear drawing) – New underwear found in secret location

  1. Ruler of the Night (plus vampire drawing) – I get to say where we’re going to tonight

  1. Small Miracle (plus watch drawing) – we stay for an extra half hour

  1. Large Miracle (plus watch drawing) – we stay for an extra hour (cannot be combined with other cards)

Whenever Claudia wants to use one of these cards, she quietly hands it over and I solemnly tear it to pieces, and do as I am told. She was quite impressed.

=> Claudia

​#Christmas ​#Presents ​#Life

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Awesome! Simply awesome. 😄

– NoufalIbrahim 2006-12-22 17:02 UTC

=> NoufalIbrahim

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