Yeah, the real Boris is pissed, too!

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


I posted before that, as I was posting here during September 11th. I know I posted when I first registered, which is why I bothered registering in the first place.

BUT THAT IS OFF TOPIC FOR THIS THREAD.

DD:

Well, dad likes:

Elvis (sis-in-law got him Elvis-related stuff)
Collecting stamps
Watching the Weather Channel
Playing with his digital camera (mom already got him stuff for that, though)


Um...

Clothing. He's a straight guy and ergo doesn't know how to dress stylishly.

[Dis]

buying clothing for guys is risky. Especially older guys who can be picky about what they wear.

I still say to buy many small gifts. They all add up.

[Boris Godunov]

Oh no, I've been burned on the clothing route before. I've gotten him stylish clothes, and he steadfastly refuses to wear them. He's very specific about the dullness of his wardrobe.

He specifically asked for grey dress shirts with button-down collars. Hopeless...

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
DD:

Well, dad likes:

Elvis (sis-in-law got him Elvis-related stuff)
Collecting stamps
Watching the Weather Channel
Playing with his digital camera (mom already got him stuff for that, though)

Have you tried working the stamp collecting angle?

[Dis]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Oh no, I've been burned on the clothing route before. I've gotten him stylish clothes, and he steadfastly refuses to wear them. He's very specific about the dullness of his wardrobe.

He specifically asked for grey dress shirts with button-down collars. Hopeless...

yep, the weather channel clued me in to his stylish sensibilities .

just get him grey dress shirts with button-down collars then . Many guys are happy to get what they ask for. Not like women who might say they want one thing, but actually want another.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by JohnT
Boris G. is an eruditic, cultured person.

O. Boris is yet another inexperienced ideologue of the type too frequently seen on these boards.

Take a guess who's side I'm on?

Regardless, O. Boris first posted on August 7th, 2001 whereas the real Boris' first post (that I can find) was much later, on October 28th.

I will resist the temptation to hijack this thread. See ya, John.

[Agathon]

A "Monster Trucks" DVD?

Re: the clothing. What about your mother. A woman's nagging is usually enough to get a man to wear something. Trust me, I used to work in a menswear store.

[Asher]

Buy him an LED Binary Clock: http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/59e0/

Or, a Red Swingline Stapler: http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/61b7/

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by Agathon

Who cares if they have similar names. I am still trying to sort out who the various posters with the "the" in their title are.

The Diplomat
The Viceroy
The Templar
etc.

We're not all that hard to distinguish

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Asher
Buy him an LED Binary Clock: http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/59e0/

Or, a Red Swingline Stapler: http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/61b7/

Geek.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


We're not all that hard to distinguish

Yes, but you're fabulous, the others are not.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Fabulously straight, of course

Boris - Get him a gift certificate somewhere. That way you can show him you care because of the price and he can pick out exactly what he wants.

[LTEC!]

Two words: Hammacher Schlemmer.


ok. i'll be of further help

http://www.hammacher.com/

[Buck Birdseed]

How about, like, a wall-mounted stamp display case or suchlike?

[molly bloom]

Boris- I think if you check somewhere like Gibraltar issued a commemorative Elvis coin.

Also hasn't the Grenadines or Aruba or one of those places issued Elvis stamps?

Howzabout some music/rock'n'roll themed foreign stamps?

What about food? Is he a secret gourmand? Does he have a secret fetish for chocolate ants, emu pate or quail in aspic? A deli gift certificate?

Is he a gardener? Gardener's balm, a new dibbler, a deluxe trowel....

Is he homo ludens? Would he relish a replica Isle of Lewis chessmen set? Alice in Wonderland playing cards?

Howabout a Redstone Press/Shambala Press box (available from MoMA, I think) ?

Tickets for Broadway/Off Broadway/Off Off Broadway, a year's subscription to Playboy, tartan socks and pom pom slippers, I don't know, I give up.