I need a gift for a ten year old boy - stat!

[Barrister]

So Beeb has a single mom living in his house.

You want me to introduce you? 

[MadBurgerMaker]

Anyways I also got an email from his mom that he wants a "bucket of pucks" from Canadian Tire.

Damn that's about as Canadian as it gets. 

[Josephus]

So Beeb has a single mom living in his house.

Is she hot? 

BB...seriously, ixne on the shaving kit...as others have said, if he's 10 that's an odd gift..unless he needs it. Be a bit like giving a 9 year old girl tampons. Get him the pucks and if you need to throw something else, a book or a gift certificate.

[Barrister]

So Beeb has a single mom living in his house.

Is she hot? 

BB...seriously, ixne on the shaving kit...as others have said, if he's 10 that's an odd gift..unless he needs it. Be a bit like giving a 9 year old girl tampons. Get him the pucks and if you need to throw something else, a book or a gift certificate.

Caliga-approved.   

Anyways, I'm off to Canadian Tire.

[viper37]

So, the resident nine year old turns ten today.  No huge party, but there will be presents.  Tonight.

I just went to Walmart to find out the gift I was going to buy (a bean bag chair) they don't have.  "Try again in a few days" doesn't help me.

So any ideas for a ten year old boy?  He likes hockey, skateboards and videogames.  Shocking, I know.  I have to be able to buy it in Whitehorse this afternoon.

a jersey/any piece of clothing from his favorite team.
a video game he will like for whatever console he's playing, or a gift certificate to buy what he wants.
a new hockey stick, or whatever piece of equipment could use a replacement.
a bed cover to the colors of his favorite hockey team.
a new skateboard
anything that carries the logo of his favourite hockey team

[viper37]

You want me to introduce you? 

Maybe you should visit Quebec city from time to time, and bring along everyone...  We could set up a Languish meet in Quebec city, Yi and CdM would make the trip too

[viper37]

So I don't know if grumbles knew or was thinking of any of that, but that's what gives the idea of a gift "from one man to another" some merit.  But probably only in conjunction with something a little more interesting as well.

My father once bought me a small shovel so I could shovel the driveway.  I did love that shovel

[grumbler]

He's 10 Grumbler.  That'd be a shit present and Beeb would become the dick uncle who fails.  How many 10 year olds need to shave?  What are the odds he'll appreciate a present that will collect dust and be useless to him for half a decade?  Get him a night out with just you to dinner and a hockey game.  Maybe allow him to bring one or two friends.  Buy him a program and maybe a hat at the game in addition to dinner and maybe ice cream after the whole thing.

I was about that age when I got my first adult wallet, and that age or only a bit older when I got my Dopp Kit (which I still use).

I will grant that 10 years old nowadays is not as mature as when I was ten, but the kid may be at an age where being treated a bit like an adult is appreciated.  The kid may think an adult who treats him a bit like an adult is a "dick uncle who fails," but I am frankly more inclined to trust BB, who knows the kid, than some random interneyt dude who knows him not.

So, when BB asks for suggestions for presents that he needs to buy stat, how about you just offer your own suggestions and keep silent about the "dick uncle who fails"  suggestions of others?   BB will know if my suggestion isn't suitable, just as he knows that it was made in an effort to help him out as requested.

[grumbler]

So I don't know if grumbles knew or was thinking of any of that, but that's what gives the idea of a gift "from one man to another" some merit.  But probably only in conjunction with something a little more interesting as well.

That is, of course, exactly what I had in mind.  The wallet is more useful, but I knew your time was short, so was throwing ideas out there.

[Sophie Scholl]

=So, when BB asks for suggestions for presents that he needs to buy stat, how about you just offer your own suggestions and keep silent about the "dick uncle who fails"  suggestions of others?   BB will know if my suggestion isn't suitable, just as he knows that it was made in an effort to help him out as requested.

Aside from being an ass who ruins threads with your "debating", you're generally also known to be good with ideas and knowledgeable on many topics.  This suggestion was one I thought rather poor, so to highlight the deviation and bring attention to it, I invoked some harsh language.  I'm sorry if your internet feelings were hurt.

[HisMajestyBOB]

[grumbler]

=So, when BB asks for suggestions for presents that he needs to buy stat, how about you just offer your own suggestions and keep silent about the "dick uncle who fails"  suggestions of others?   BB will know if my suggestion isn't suitable, just as he knows that it was made in an effort to help him out as requested.

Aside from being an ass who ruins threads with your "debating", you're generally also known to be good with ideas and knowledgeable on many topics.  This suggestion was one I thought rather poor, so to highlight the deviation and bring attention to it, I invoked some harsh language.  I'm sorry if your internet feelings were hurt.

While the personal attack is appreciated (I always take this as a sign of the intellectual bankruptcy of my opponent in the issue at hand), I don't get how you think it even remotely within the bounds of politeness or integrity to attack a helpful (even if misguided) suggestion using what you yourself concede to be harsh language.

You even seem proud of it.  Whatever.  If it makes you as happy to assail my suggestions as it makes you to call me an ass, I can live with it, and simply consider your future words in that light.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Ooh, a pocket knife would be good too; I think I got my first one around 10 years old.

[katmai]

Did someone beat me to saying Hookers and Blow?

[Sophie Scholl]

   This is why generally once you start posting in a topic, I stop reading it Grumbler.  You're fun like terminal cancer.