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Emergency: stocking fillers for a man

27 replies

LePruneDeMaTante · 21/12/2011 08:56

Have a couple of foody things but NOTHING else for dh. Help!!!

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MamaPizzaChristmasToppings · 21/12/2011 08:59

Ideas: book, socks, keyring, mug, scarf, gloves, hat...

Aldi currently has some good 'gadgets', like this one.

chanie44 · 21/12/2011 09:02

Socks
Chocolates
Playing cards
A multi pen knife type thing
Boxer shorts/thermals
A pint glass
Bottle of beer/minature bottle of spirit
Hat/scarf
Electronic puzzle game

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LePruneDeMaTante · 21/12/2011 09:11

Thank you
I had a mini panic there

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Haagendazs · 21/12/2011 09:14

Pens
Book light
Earphone wind-up thing (£4 in M&S)
Mini torch
Cheap funny cufflinks
Mouse mat
Gloves/scarf
Miniature whiskey etc
Keyring
Bookmark
Racing grannies
Razor/shaving stuff

Merrin · 21/12/2011 09:41

WD40

(my DH would like it!)

MackerelOfFact · 21/12/2011 10:03

Second the multi-knife tool thing, got DP one last year and he is bloody welded to it. Amazon have Victorinox (best make, apparently) quite reasonably priced.

Also:

Pyjamas
Car bits (ice scraper, air freshener)
Bottles of beer/ale with funny names (Old Peculiar, etc)
Magazine/LoveFilm subscription
Cook book

DeeOfTheNorthPole · 21/12/2011 10:04

a nice pair of legas....? Xmas Wink

MamaPizzaChristmasToppings · 21/12/2011 10:08

A good multi tool thing, got it for DH too.

3WiseBoys · 21/12/2011 10:47

I've got DH

socks
chocolate
gloves
mug
keyring
photo frame with picture of the kids for his desk at work
CD

wheresmywaist · 21/12/2011 12:49

Scratch card, magazine rolled up?

DeckTheHugeWithBoughsOfManatee · 21/12/2011 12:58

Chamois leather
Handkerchiefs
iTunes voucher
(If he commutes) One of those cup-sized thermal flasks from Halfords for when he's running late and hasn't got time to finish his tea at home. They cost about £8 and DP loved his.

Sparklingbaubles · 21/12/2011 12:59

Maplins have got an array of man stuff at the moment.

heliumballoon · 21/12/2011 13:07

Hand cream

candytuft63 · 21/12/2011 13:22

Boots are doing fab gadgety man-type stocking fillers and they are on the 3 for 2. Got a multi-tool thingy a wallet and a wind up radio. I get the points to spend on me in the sales.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/12/2011 13:42

Nice hot chocolate powder (whittards?), mini marshmallows and squirty cream.

A book - Top Gear alternative highway code is going in dh's stocking this year. Or a joke book, as another option.

Now Thats What I Call Music - from his youth - bring back old memories.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 21/12/2011 13:59

My dp isn't into gadgets etc so he gets things like:

socks
gloves
pickled onions/mustard/chutney/chilli sauce/marmalade etc
cheese
pork pie
beer
shower gel

PigletJohn · 21/12/2011 14:16

wind up torch for the car, keyring torch.

kippers

indoor flying helicopter (about £10 in Dyas)

stuff he likes and you don't

calendar

nice leather gloves that are a bit better than he would buy for himself

PigletJohn · 21/12/2011 14:19

calendar of nigella lawson or other fantasy figure if you can stand the competition

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LePruneDeMaTante · 21/12/2011 15:16

I took pigletjohn's advice "Stuff he likes and you don't"
Got him some microchips, a reverse Polish calculator and half a pound of kidneys.

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LePruneDeMaTante · 21/12/2011 15:18

(sorry Grin)

V helpful thank you
I found him a good bag in a sale and have put in loads of things like socks, a thriller, foody items, a mug...keeping it traditional.

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ReshapeWhileDashingThroTheSnow · 21/12/2011 15:24

I got DH a mobile phone rest/tidy - hard to explain but you coil the lead round it, plug into the wall and the phone rests on a little shelf. More for my own sanity because I'm fed up of his trailing wires across stuff on the kitchen counters.

I don't do him a stocking any more because he used to be a bit non-plussed at getting one from me, pre-DC (and where's the fun in that?) but I used to include a book light (he invariably trod on them), hankies, socks and boxers, a jar of something tasty, chocolate, and maybe a book of handmade 'vouchers' (I will cook you your favourite dish, I will let you bugger off to the pub after work, I will wear those pants, etc). Not sure I could get away with that now, nor would the DSs understand why daddy was getting a stocking.

CrotchFlakes · 21/12/2011 15:57

WTF is a reverse Polish calculator and where can I get one?

DH has a jumper, chocolates, old fashioned sweets in a tin, a book, a wash mitt thing, face cream, hand cream, socks. Nothing exciting.

GrimmaTheNome · 21/12/2011 16:01

WTF is a reverse Polish calculator and where can I get one?

Its where you have to enter 4-2 as something like 4+2-, isn't it? You get them in the dim and distant past - were there any other than the very first Sinclair?

My DH doesn't wear stockings but if he did he'd fill them perfectly...

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LePruneDeMaTante · 21/12/2011 16:09

Ahem, the Hewlett Packard f690x
Texas instruments z4657zzzzzz

He I could go on Grin

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GrimmaTheNome · 21/12/2011 16:12

Goodness. Why on earth would anyone want a reverse polish calculator collection?Confused
Do they take minutes to work out trig functions?