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Help me pick a pressie for my mate's 40th birthday

Hattie's Kitchen

10:16 / 18.05.04

My best friend turns 40 this Friday, and I haven't got a fucking clue what to get her - her girlfriend's getting her a flash hi-fi system, so I guess my pressie will have to be something a little less ostentatious but something a little outlandish, if you get my gist.

Now, B is not your "conventional" 39-year-old, in that she likes knives, bats, tattoos, S+M-related material such as photos, books etc...however, she has an abundant supply of such items, and I'm really racking my brains. I'm totally stumped. Can anyone suggest something that will mark this milestone in a "hey, it's cool that I'm 40 but I'm not making a big deal of it" kind of fashion.

Also, what did the 40+ 'lithers get for their 40th, and what do they wish they had received?

Aaaargh.

sleazenation

10:22 / 18.05.04

What is a conventional-39-year old? I'm not sure I know any...

Grey Area

10:24 / 18.05.04

A CD-wallet full of CD's for the new hi-fi (don't have to be originals)? Made this for a friend who left on a year-long trip, stuffed with music that they had said they'd like to copy but never got around to copying, as well as a couple of home-made mixes. You could get other people who are stumped to contribute something to the collection as well, and make it a community gift.

Psi-L is working in hell

11:05 / 18.05.04

My family did a similar thing when my father turned 50 and gave him 50 CDs...his record player had stopped working so the collection was made up of things he'd had on vinyl but not on CD....it was a very good gift in his opinion.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

12:07 / 18.05.04

Socks. They're the ideal gift in all situations.

Grey Area

12:12 / 18.05.04

Or stockings.

I know: Socks stuffed with stockings!

Alex's Grandma

12:19 / 18.05.04

You can never go wrong with good quality booze. Or socks.

Linus Dunce

20:02 / 18.05.04

Hey, I got plenty of booze, and a hand-painted Alessi corkscrew, a joint present of a digital camera and lots of other wonderful things. My family helped me set up my biggest-ever party and it was all marvellous. It's not the presents, it's knowing that people still want to hang out with a 40 year old and that things might have changed but there's still fun to be had. So don't try too hard, just get something ordinary but nice.

What you don't want to give someone for their fortieth is the bumps. I didn't mind, but it nearly killed them!

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