OK Dad's what do you want for father's day? And Mums what are you getting your dh?

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Sensible answers only please, just realised it's Sunday and I have NO time to go shopping so I need to deploy the power of t'internet. HELP ME!

could probably manage huge cooked breakfast somewhere
that would definitely earn the old brownie points

I bought DH this grooming kit, it was a bargain! (hope he doesn't get offended at the ear/nose hair clippers)

Franny thats such i fab present!!!

I've got DP a few bits from the Spurs website and the Godfather trilogy, which he wanted - will probably get DC to make some cakes or something too

whiskey for my dad

nothing for h, he isnt my dad
the kids can make him something

well bubble I am fed up of him using my bloody manicure scissors for his nose. eu

Grooming kit?

You are joking?

Sheesh - do you girls still not get us?

Why would we want a practical present when you can have so much more fun with something which serves no purpose but to entertain and be bragging rights down the pub?

Imagine your hubby drinking a pint in the pub with his mates.

Which one of these lines is likely to spawn this response - "Yeah? Cool. A REAL one? Oh man. How fast does it go? Can i see it?"

Is it......

"My wife bought me a male grooming kit"

Or.......

"My wife bought me a Radio Controlled Pirate Ship with a real cannon"

GO FIGURE.

I've booked him a surprise swedish full body massage at 11 o'clock post lie-in.

oooOOOHHH BABY.

Now you're talking.

Followed by a 'private' massage at home by the missus?

PHWOAR...

Silly me - forgot i shall be busy eradicating my troublesome nasal hair with a pair of specially designed tweexers.

I'll have to give it a miss i'm afraid......

Sleepycat - i have found the little ones need some assistance when purchasing presents.

Like the year i got a fluffy mobile phone cover. Very sweet - but it's this empathy thing that the wee ones are not very good at. They just buy something they would like themselves.

in fact - the DW still does this. And she is over 30.

Hmmmm......

we used to buy my dad those chocolate matchmaker things that are filled with orange flavoured sugary water. Don't know if you can get them here, but they were pretty cheap in germany . we didn't like them and now I think about it, he can't have been too keen on them either. Must have made a positive noise at some point, though, as we bought them for every occasion (I don't think father's day existed back then). Fathers... beware your reactions!

er Eric
I am really chuffed you think my present is such a cool one
but I am not sure the cannon is actually, strictly what we would call 'real'
sorry

Two books:

Adventurous things to do with Dad and
The History of Britain by Andrew Marr.

He'll probably take that long reading the second one, the kids will not get a chance to do the adventurous things

It doesn't fire any kind of projectile out of it at all?

Shucks.

Us men like things that shoot things at things that need things shot at them.

Never mind.

I guess with a little bit of tinkering it could easily be replaced with a contraption capable of firing a twelve bore cartridge at the old women who feed the ducks eh?

Everyone elses ideas are so interesting. Dh is getting Baileys Irish cream, a giant toblerone and a shirt (from dd). My dad is getting a culinare tin opener from me. Boring!

Sorry, but PMSL at the grooming kit and the tin opener.

"Trim your nasal hair you hairy git, then stop lounging around and make me some lunch. Oh, and happy Father's Day".

Mind you, I don't think Father's Day is a big deal in terms of presents so I'm sure they'll love them. I'd be happy with a cup of tea in bed and a card.

We only do cards too. When ds is older, he can make Daddy a 'gift'.

dp wants a pair of trainers but will prob just give him the money to get some himself as he is v v v fussy about trainers. he is obbsessed with them.

DaDaDa - men are so difficult to buy for at the best of times!

Oh I know. I'm wracking my brains for something for my Dad. Unfortunatly he's not one of those stoic 'don't bother' type blokes...

a 99p bike poster from cheapy shop and I found die hard 4.0 in aldi for a fiver.

his card is some plain card that DD1 has spent the last few days attacking with crayons drawing on