Flesh not an option
December 7, 2009 11:26 AM Subscribe
Help me have the most awesome themed gift this Christmas! A pound of _______
So my extended family gets together for a tricky sort of round-robin gift giving event every Christmas, and everyone brings a gift. To spice things up the past few years we've added themes. Last year we had to do a gift with the same first letter as in our first name - I Asked MeFi for that one, too.
This year, the theme is "A pound of something." Clearly, things like food are boring and lame. Flesh, probably not an option. Please, help me think of something awesome and clever!
Spendiness should probably be under $25 or so, and the company is age 5-85. However, trading is a part of the game, so it's not necessary that everybody like everything. Also, booby-prizes are part of the show, so it's cool to either have a pound of something really amazing that everyone will trade FOR, or hilarious to give a pound of something terrible and laugh at whoever gets stuck with it.
Thanks, AskMe!
So my extended family gets together for a tricky sort of round-robin gift giving event every Christmas, and everyone brings a gift. To spice things up the past few years we've added themes. Last year we had to do a gift with the same first letter as in our first name - I Asked MeFi for that one, too.
This year, the theme is "A pound of something." Clearly, things like food are boring and lame. Flesh, probably not an option. Please, help me think of something awesome and clever!
Spendiness should probably be under $25 or so, and the company is age 5-85. However, trading is a part of the game, so it's not necessary that everybody like everything. Also, booby-prizes are part of the show, so it's cool to either have a pound of something really amazing that everyone will trade FOR, or hilarious to give a pound of something terrible and laugh at whoever gets stuck with it.
Thanks, AskMe!
A pound of flesh? I'd totally go for a pound of bacon. Or something totally ridiculous, like a pound of feathers.
posted by runningwithscissors at 11:33 AM on December 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by runningwithscissors at 11:33 AM on December 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
Who said a pound of flesh is off the table? You can get about two pigs hearts for a pound...
posted by valkyryn at 11:33 AM on December 7, 2009
posted by valkyryn at 11:33 AM on December 7, 2009
Maybe riff off of the word pound, instead? An Ezra Pound collection, a pound cake, something prominently featuring a pound sign, a Pound Puppy, a movie with Paula Poundstone. Weirdest gift basket ever. Even weirder than lakeroon's.
posted by redsparkler at 11:37 AM on December 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by redsparkler at 11:37 AM on December 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
A pound of Pound? Could probably get a few books to weigh in.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound
posted by The otter lady at 11:37 AM on December 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by The otter lady at 11:37 AM on December 7, 2009 [1 favorite]
A pound of scotch, with shot glasses for everyone.
A pound of Lego.
A pound of popped popcorn.
A pound of helium (that would be confusing ... and, I suspect, large).
posted by socratic at 11:38 AM on December 7, 2009
A pound of Lego.
A pound of popped popcorn.
A pound of helium (that would be confusing ... and, I suspect, large).
posted by socratic at 11:38 AM on December 7, 2009
Coal.
posted by R. Mutt at 11:39 AM on December 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by R. Mutt at 11:39 AM on December 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
A pound is a good heft for a paperweight; maybe a chunk of copper, or glass, or marble, or something weighing exactly a pound? I know there's places you can buy elements by weight and if this computer I'm using wasn't slower than a pound of dead turtle I'd look it up and post the link.
posted by The otter lady at 11:42 AM on December 7, 2009
posted by The otter lady at 11:42 AM on December 7, 2009
Googling "by the pound" gave me some odd results: http://www.lolbait.com/
posted by socratic at 11:55 AM on December 7, 2009
posted by socratic at 11:55 AM on December 7, 2009
A Pound Puppy.
$1.62, the current dollar equivalency of a British pound.
Shot glasses for pounding back drinks.
Pound cake.
posted by Anephim at 11:58 AM on December 7, 2009
$1.62, the current dollar equivalency of a British pound.
Shot glasses for pounding back drinks.
Pound cake.
posted by Anephim at 11:58 AM on December 7, 2009
I'd get tiny, British things that sell for one pound each. So a "pound" of candy would be as much candy as you could get for a pound, etc. Is there a Dollar Store equivalent in the UK you could look up?
posted by xingcat at 12:01 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by xingcat at 12:01 PM on December 7, 2009
A British or Irish one pound coin, pressed into or affixed upon the top of something: a cake, a tin of food (tea? Hob-Nobs? Cadbury oddities?), a cardboard tube holding a bottle of whisk(e)y, etc.
If you don't get along with the person whose name you draw, give them a pound [of] sand. :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 12:03 PM on December 7, 2009
If you don't get along with the person whose name you draw, give them a pound [of] sand. :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 12:03 PM on December 7, 2009
Meat tenderizer, gavel, hammer. Love the Pound Puppies suggestion. Maybe a pound puppy toy accompanied by a receipt of donation to a local animal shelter, even.
posted by lorrer at 12:08 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by lorrer at 12:08 PM on December 7, 2009
A pound of ping-pong balls. Quick googling shows regulation ping-pong balls are 2.7 grams, so that gives you about 168 balls.
A nickel is 5 grams, so $4.55 in nickels gets you a pound.
You need to give everyone pounds (aka terrorist fist bumps) all night long.
posted by fontophilic at 12:11 PM on December 7, 2009
A nickel is 5 grams, so $4.55 in nickels gets you a pound.
You need to give everyone pounds (aka terrorist fist bumps) all night long.
posted by fontophilic at 12:11 PM on December 7, 2009
Pound of Pond's cream, or just some Pond's cream... books about ponds and wildlife found in ponds...something that has the word "pwned" on it.
posted by lorrer at 12:15 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by lorrer at 12:15 PM on December 7, 2009
Any crafty people in your family would probably love a pound of buttons if they were all mixed, miscellaneous and multi-coloured.
I would love to have a pound of little jingle bells (not sure why)
posted by calico at 12:16 PM on December 7, 2009
I would love to have a pound of little jingle bells (not sure why)
posted by calico at 12:16 PM on December 7, 2009
Kind of pricey, but if you really want to win that booby prize you could go for this disgusting thing.
posted by dlugoczaj at 12:22 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by dlugoczaj at 12:22 PM on December 7, 2009
A pound of (fake) fat? "Grossly dramatic" indeed.
posted by Metroid Baby at 12:24 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by Metroid Baby at 12:24 PM on December 7, 2009
I was given a wedding shower with this theme. My sisters gave us "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" with lots of giggling.
For a pound of flesh - make a pound of candied bacon. You will be hailed as a hero.
posted by theora55 at 1:23 PM on December 7, 2009
For a pound of flesh - make a pound of candied bacon. You will be hailed as a hero.
posted by theora55 at 1:23 PM on December 7, 2009
One Quid. Twenty Shillings. Two hundred and forty Pence. All = 1 GBP
posted by bravowhiskey at 1:30 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by bravowhiskey at 1:30 PM on December 7, 2009
Best answer: A pound of silly putty is a pretty fun thing to have around. We stuck it in the fridge for a while and then dropped it down a five story stairwell in an attempt to get it to shatter (it did somewhat).
posted by zachlipton at 1:33 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by zachlipton at 1:33 PM on December 7, 2009
A (5) Pound Gummy Bear. It takes a LONG time to eat, and often makes a mess of serrated knives. I don't know anything about that particular store, but last year I aided in the consumption of such a thing.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:55 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by filthy light thief at 2:55 PM on December 7, 2009
You could play off of "A pint's a pound, the world around", and get them a pint of:
-blood (kidding!)
-milk
-egg nog
-beer
-paint (of the house/wall variety)
posted by knile at 3:13 PM on December 7, 2009
-blood (kidding!)
-milk
-egg nog
-beer
-paint (of the house/wall variety)
posted by knile at 3:13 PM on December 7, 2009
This is reminding me of "Too Much Good Stuff" thing the Mariners use to do during the 7th inning. Amongst the items I would suggest - Red Vines by the pound, 5-lbs of Haribo Bears, Gatorade by the bucket, a barrel of pretzels, or a tub of animal crackers.
posted by fiercekitten at 3:56 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by fiercekitten at 3:56 PM on December 7, 2009
Something with/that looks like a pound/sign, maybe. All I can think of are tic-tac-toe boards and waffles.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 4:09 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by Solon and Thanks at 4:09 PM on December 7, 2009
Puppies.
posted by biochemist at 5:30 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by biochemist at 5:30 PM on December 7, 2009
Give 3500 calories worth of baked goods. That's a pound of fat!
posted by hishtafel at 5:49 PM on December 7, 2009
posted by hishtafel at 5:49 PM on December 7, 2009
a pound of hair extensions from the drug store?
a whole mess of copied/scanned photos of your family or group of friends, preferably embarrassing?
posted by shinyshiny at 10:16 PM on December 7, 2009
a whole mess of copied/scanned photos of your family or group of friends, preferably embarrassing?
posted by shinyshiny at 10:16 PM on December 7, 2009
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posted by lakeroon at 11:30 AM on December 7, 2009 [2 favorites]