hordak Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 5 Worst Father's Day gifts - Manage Your Life on ShineSome of my past and most used/favorite gifts come from this list of "worst"# 2. Super dad novelty hat.# 3. Iron gym pull up bar# 4 Fishing pole# 5 Polo cologneWhat do you think of the list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Wait, no tie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hordak Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Wait, no tie?It's mentioned in item #2.Somebody didn't read the article:nownow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 I agree the list is probably spot on. But having never been a dad...what do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthiechan Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 "Moms are wired to think anything you create is precious. Dads are not. At the end of the day, they're still dudes, which means that arts and crafts make their eyes glaze over. This also includes lame IOU coupons." Okay, then I guess my husband is just weird. He will not allow me to spend money on him. None whatsoever. Not on Father's Day, his Birthday, or Christmas. Art, it's all about art. He WANTS me to create something, be it a painting (or some other art medium), music, or poetry, but his favorite appears to be art since he can hang it up. And crafts? Depends on the craft. For Christmas one year our daughter and I made him paper hand wreaths. They were made out of paper plates with the middle cut out, green construction paper cut out in the shape of our hands glued on the plates, and then red construction paper cut out into little circles glued onto the hands. Yarn was looped on to hang up. One wreath was my hand, the other wreath was Hazel's hand. He loved them and still has them hanging up by his desk. My husband doesn't understand scrap booking but one year for father's day I made him a digital one , so it looked like a regular picture book, that had only pictures of Hazel and him in it at varying stages of her life with silly little captions and dates. He liked that. Our bedroom wall is lined with art made by me. I guess it depends on whether or not your husband follows the stereotype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skalenfehl Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I'll definitely take that pull up bar and I need a fishing pole please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenamarie Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 My DH LOVED the IOU coupons he got last year, and he did not turn up his nose at the Nanaimo bars I made for him today as an early Father's Day present for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor2112 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Nanaimo barserr......nanaimo bars??? Pray tell..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenamarie Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 They're a dessert that's more common in Canada. My husband is Canadian, and he grew up eating these. You don't see them often in the States (I'd never heard of them until a year ago when my husband mentioned them being his favorite dessert). Once in a blue moon our grocery store will carry them, since we get a lot of Canadian tourists, but not often.Nanaimo Bars1/2 cup butter 1/4 cup white sugar 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 cup shredded coconut 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1/4 cup butter 2 cups confectioners' sugar 2 tablespoons vanilla custard powder (or instant vanilla pudding powder)3 tablespoons milk 4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped 1 tablespoon butterMix 1/2 cup butter or margarine, white sugar, cocoa, egg and vanilla in a heavy sauce pan or double boiler. Stir over low heat until mixture is of custard like consistency. Combine graham crackers, coconut and walnuts and add to the melted mixture. Mix well and pack into buttered 9 inch square cake pan. Cream 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla custard powder and milk. Beat until creamy and spread over melted base. Refrigerate till hardened. Melt semi-sweet chocolate with 1 tablespoon butter and drizzle over custard icing. Refrigerate. When totally hard cut into square bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor2112 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Looks and sounds YUMMY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenamarie Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Oh, they are! I don't know WHY they aren't more common in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Oh, they are! I don't know WHY they aren't more common in the States.Because in exchange for putting up with us 'Mericans the powers that be granted them tastier sweets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martybess Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I love stuff my wife makes. I have never received a tie so that would be ok too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Wow all this time I thought you were a female martybess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 "Moms are wired to think anything you create is precious. Dads are not. At the end of the day, they're still dudes, which means that arts and crafts make their eyes glaze over. This also includes lame IOU coupons."Note that this does not include IOU coupons which are NOT lame. Non-lame IOU coupons that are actually redeemable (rather than just "good intentions") are the best gifts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hordak Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Wow all this time I thought you were a female martybess.Laughing with you, as I had problems with figuring out MOE gender and still confused on Vort:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hey no problem. I was laughing at myself. I read his post and went oops...boy I've been mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I have appreciated just being remembered on Father's Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 I did read the article...just not very carefully. :)Laughing with you, as I had problems with figuring out MOE gender and still confused on Vort:DMOE's the one that mows his lawn topless. That should help you remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 I did read the article...just not very carefully. :)MOE's the one that mows his lawn topless. That should help you remember. Not necessarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Laughing with you, as I had problems with figuring out MOE gender and still confused on Vort:DI thought Vort's gender was obvious.Wait... Gangsta is a gender right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthiechan Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I have appreciated just being remembered on Father's Day.That's how I feel about Mother's Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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