Dirty Games

There's nothing like seeing your aunt and grandmother bust open a Christmas gift like this Sexy Slang board game and try to draw, Pictionary-style, terms like "Junk in the Trunk" or "Booty Call". Even worse, there are special extra kinky cards. See who turns red and who has no idea what the card is talking about. Now that's a family Christmas.





Another take on the same gift idea is the Dirty Minds game. It has cards with clean answers but a dirty-minded person like you will never guess them. For example:

1. I'm a four letter word
2. I'm a name for a woman.
3. I end in u-n-t.

What am I? Give up? Highlight here ( it's aunt you sicko ) for the answer.

Nintendo DS Lite

The Nintendo DS is pretty amazing. I've been surprised how many adults enjoy playing games on a DS. Even Gabe from Penny Arcade's grandmother plays.

It's a lot of entertainment for $130. What's even cooler is that it simplifies gift-giving once someone has one. A $20-40 DS game is right in most people's price target.

It comes in red-n-black, black, white, and pink.

Stumped on Gifts for Grandma

My grandma has me stumped. Amazon's gift idea list says that I could go with slippers or bath soap. I think if I did that she'd throw either of those at me.

I could go with a weather station and atomic clock combo. That'd go real well. She hasn't had to be anywhere on time or cared what the weather was since she stopped playing golf.

I might have to go with the LARGE PRINT edition of The Reader's Digest. I hate that magazine. Every month she thinks she's got some new disease, needs some new medication, or is worried about some new scam. At least she gets new jokes out of it. If only she could remember them.

Handmade Unique Craft Gifts

Etsy is the perfect source for a hand-made artsy craft gift. Much better than wandering your local flea market. You can shop by color, price and a bunch of other options. Just flip through it until you find some $30 thing you think you can give Mom and call it a day. Or you could flip through Martha Stewart magazines for a few hours and apply your finely honed elementary school craft techniques to create your own masterpiece.

Deathtrap!

These are perfect for when your car goes all Christine on you... Or as a gift for your older relatives -- the ones who read the true life "Trapped in an Underwater Car" stories in every other month's Reader's Digest and obsess about them.

The $13 Swiss+Tech BodyGard is the latest of keychain car escape gadget. It has the usual glass breaker and seatbelt cutter but it adds a flashlight and an emergency siren and flasher.


The $9 ResQMe Keychain just has the basic glass breaker and seatbelt cutter, but it also doesn't have any batteries to go dead. Some people recommend attaching one to an easy to reach spot inside the car rather than your keys.

The $14 Life Hammer is the original tool in this category. It attaches securely inside your car so it'll always be there.