please has anyone got any ideas???? i need ideas quick

michael2007

hi

i need 2 buy something for my dads birthday has any1 got any ideas?

its hard ive asked him and he says i dont need anything
i get him thorntons toffees every year, along with usually cds but hes got the internet and dosent need cds anymore as he listens to music online.

hes into golf but has everything u name it
he hasnt got a dvd player but i dont know if he'd use it watches films on sky mainly.
isnt into books or magazines or cars
cant buy him clothes ( too fussy! )

plz help i need 2 get him something quick!

he's got a digital camera i dont know if he'd use a digital printer so he could print his photos, he dosent take that many only on holiday and thats once a year

he's not into gadgets

please ive no ideas.

thanks!

maninthestreet

Sweater, gloves, socks, handkerchieves......
Or how about one of those 'Experience' days, like Red Letter used to do ???

cattie

If you can't buy him clothes, then how about giving him a gift voucher for a shop such as Marks & Spencer, where he can choose his own?

The other thing to consider is sometimes with parents, they really don't want or need anything & it can be the little things they appreciate the most. I've always had a thing for liquorice & would be chuffed to bits when my son managed to buy me some liquorice pipes come birthdays or Christmas & would have been quite content with just those.

Poppycat

Voucher as said is a good idea. Or how about one of those fun day things you can get similar to red letter days. Or how about taking him for a meal.

ckerrd

If he likes golf, what about a round of golf somewhere he might not have played before.

A night out at a lapdancing club?

A bottle of wine/cognac from the year he was born?

Give the money to Oxfam or another charity - he might appreciate that as he doesn't need anything.

How much do you want to spend?

candycane_3

what about a Nintendo DS you could get him the brain training game to go with it

Poppycat

Shame OP hasnt been back on here since posting the post on 26/11

QUINCY

Ah well, no point in sharing my wisdom then! Although someone might beinterested, so here goes! My dad is 65 and has enough "stuff", but he loves home made things, so every year I make him a fruit cake. Sometimes I ice it, but mostly I don'y because he prefers it plain. It's a very simple recipe and cheap to make, but it looks impressive and doesn't clutter up his house for ever more!

samtheham

Get him an ipod shuffle from argos they are so easy to use and they sound fantastic i think they can store about 250 songs on them not much bigger than a postage stamp amazing bit of kit if you need any help setting it up if you do buy one im only too glad to help all the best


sam

98jdougl

What about getting a nice family photo framed?
Also, if you are going to buy out thorntons I have a 20% online discount code if you want it, just pm me

Mikeyorks

You're wasting your time ... in view of the urgency in the OP, birthday has probably passed now.

OP possibly went to check out the lap dancing suggestion - and has found out there's better things than Thorntons toffees .... and forums;)