I Got Your Dad a Present

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I got a Father’s Day gift for your dad. But why am I buying stuff for your dad? It’s not what you think! We’re just good friends.

Actually, I’ve been meaning to make little surprises for you guys for years, but it’s kind of labor intensive, and expensive, and I suck at errands, and there’s a lot of reality TV between me and my grand ideas. You understand. I finally got my act together because Sandisk slotRadio offered to foot the bill for my theme-gifts project, as long as they got to pick the themes. Of course, they threw in some slotRadios too. Sweet.

They picked Father’s Day, so I made a Lazy Sunday Kit, which contains restful things. Would you like to know what’s in it? Yes:

The Aforementioned slotRadio
It’s like a walkman, but instead of CDs or tapes, you put in a little memory card that comes preloaded with music you didn’t have to download. This one comes with 1,000 Billboard songs, but you can buy other cards if you like. Also, there’s room for you to upload your own mixes if you want to hear something that’s not on the card.

A One-Year Subscription to The Week Magazine
I’ve told you about this epic magazine before on The Morning News. Here’s what I said:

The Week is a news digest for the impatient and globally curious. Say you had a genius friend who read three-dozen of the world’s best newspapers every day. Then say that friend agreed to write a summary for you featuring all the best stuff he found on every subject.

That’s The Week—excerpts from the top columns, news articles, business deals, real estate, gossip, and even TV listings. Best of all, it’s slim enough to fold in half and read during one good, long soak in the tub. You’ll emerge wrinkled, but utterly prepared for the most arduous cocktail party.

Warning! This will be shipped to whatever address the winner provides. So you’ll need to think really hard about how much your dad means to you.

Oxo No-Spill Travel Mug
A travel mug with an agreeable clicky button on the top that opens and closes the cup when you press it. You could practically throw the thing in a bag and it wouldn’t spill. Genius. Now dad can read his magazine anywhere he wants.

The Perfect Cube Silicone Ice Cube Trays

These make excellent, perfectly cubular ice cubes. I’m including these instead of a bottle of bourbon, because I technically have no idea who you are. You could be like sixteen, and Bam! You’re corrupted. Suddenly I’m a corruptor. Anyway, please use these perfect ice cubes in the tasty beverage of your choice — cocktail or otherwise. Kids, stay away from drugs.

Now, isn’t that a nice present? I think so too. I spent a lot of time agonizing at the mall today. Anyway, if you want it, or your dad does, here’s the deal. First you have to live in the continental U.S. or Canada. If you do, please leave a comment below about the ideal Father’s Day gift. Be sure to include your email address in the field provided (so I can reach you if you win) by June 12, 2009 at 12 a.m. EST. Just one comment, please. I have to delete duplicates for fairness. Random.org will decide who wins, and I’ll contact the lucky via email. I’ll also tell you who won here.

So, ready? Best Father’s Day Gift on record? Aaaand go!

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370 thoughts on “I Got Your Dad a Present”

  1. Tickets to to all the SF Giants vs LA Dodgers games. You see my father is a HUGE Giants fan, don’t know why or when it started, and neither does he. lol However, we all, all my siblings and I, are Dodgers fans, because, hey, we’re from LA. We love to attend Giants vs Dodgers games because we all have a team to root on, plus my dad enjoys having us all together.

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  2. All my dad ever asks for is a card, and every year I fail to deliver. But not this year! Wait, when is fathers day again?

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  3. For my stepdad – a bottle of Johnnie Walker is the only thing that will do for any occasion, for my dad-dad, I could just show him the receipt I just got for the oil change and brake job that he didn’t have to do! He’s been my “car guy” for thirteen years and I finally decided to let him retire.

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  4. My dad’s ideal gift would probably be more grandkids, but that’s not gonna happen anytime soon, so in second place, would be a trip to the Stanley Cup finals with his home team playing.

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  5. Oh, and to eliminate any confusion, the correct designations for the hour of twelve are noon and midnight, they are neither am nor pm, they are demarcates. 🙂

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  6. I know he would love to get tickets to UFC or some boxing match in Vegas. Hopefully one day I’ll surprise him! For now, he’s happy just relaxing at home, having a bbq with me, the kids and his family….quality time together! This year he’s specifically asked for shrimp and chocolate cake to accompany his steak….I better start a list.

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  7. My pops is one of those guys you can’t make a big enough deal over on Father’s Day, and it is MADDENING trying to come up with a present each year (mightygoods.com has saved me many a time). This year, it would be awesome if someone else came up with it for me. 🙂

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  8. Great Ideas! The best fathers day gift for my dad would be an enormous, totally bad for you breakfast with everyone there, a quiet nap on the couch for him and then ribs for lunch, and then card games with all his family!

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  10. The ideal gift for my dad would be a self-cleaning BBQ that has some special technology that prevents him from over-cooking fish (and all other meat).

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  12. The best Father’s Day gift…a leasurely morning with a great big breakfast on the patio, time to read the paper from cover to cover, and then a nice afternoon with a barbeque in the back yard and all the kids and grandkids in attendance. A package from Mighty Girl would be the icing on the cake. Perfect day.

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  13. The perfect gift combines nostalgia and an appreciation for who he is as a person. For my dad it’ll probably be a viewing of “The Sandlot”– we loved to watch this together when I was growing up, and he adores baseball– followed by a concert with a smokin’ blues/funk band. These gifts would be gravy– especially the SlotRadio, as he’s a housepainter and is still dependent on a funky boombox/Walkman.

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  14. I’d love to buy my dad a boat. Or an orchard. Or maybe just a single fruit-bearing tree. But I probably can’t even afford that!! Also, I don’t know what (if anything) to get for my husband who isn’t a father YET but will be in about 4 months. He would sure like this stuff, though.

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  16. I think in any situation, the best gift is time. Time to pursue one’s own passions. Time to be that person you were before you got married. Time to not be a dad, to not have to worry about letting the occasional swear cross your lips because the kids are listening. Oddly enough, sometimes Father’s Day is about not being a father for a day. Really, they need to call it Unfather’s Day.

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  17. I’m all about the hand made gifts. My dad passed away, but for my husband, I always try to find something meaningful. He travels…A LOT. In fact, we haven’t lived together for longer than 3 weeks in the past 10yrs because of his constant traveling. He misses out on a lot of stuff. I have had the kids make him cards telling him how much they love him. Stuff like that means a lot to him.
    He does love the gadgets though. This year, in addition to the cards from the kids, he’s getting a new laptop, lol

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  18. Er, 12:00 am on the twelfth… as in midnight last night? I will hope you meant tonight. Our Father’s Days were never about big gifts. Handmade ones seemed to be best for these occasions. Plus candy.

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  20. My dad loves the handmade stuff so we try to be creative otherwise just something themed….this year its all things flamingo. The spouse gets whatever cleaver(not) school project the slap together the last day and something fun.

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