OK, so no doubt it’s a boy thing. So for that reason I’m sure you must know someone that would love this bold, hilarious and allround cool-as-hell Gun Mug from Dwell.

This is the kind of thing that would raise an eyebrow or two. Imagine walking into your Monday morning meeting and putting this on the boardroom table?

You can choose between gold or silver. It even comes in a very gangster floral patern!

I just added the Hungry Hound Coin Bank to the Giftassist Gift Matching Service, but thought it was so funny it deserved it’s own blog post too.

The cute little dog stands stationary until you place a coin in his dish, at which point he goes nuts! What better reason to keep those coins?

Check out this video to see what I mean.

BTW. If anyone can explain the significance of the Monkey in this clip, I’d really love to hear from you.

Enjoy

This is one that I just had to share with you.

The Otamatone is a joyous musical instrument that sounds as incredible as it looks.

But words will not do this gift justice, you need to see it in action. This is the best video I found of the Otamatone in full voice.

Yes, thanks to all of your feedback last Christmas, when we first launched the gift matching service, it’s now even better than ever.

The personality questions are now more relevant. The site is easier to use and perhaps more importantly, we’ve crammed it full of even more fabulous gifts.

We really believe that Giftassist could be your saviour when it comes to finding great gifts this Christmas, but there is no way that will happen unless we find out what you think of it.

Can you us help to make the site better for you?

All I ask is that you try it out and let me know what you think.

So, if you can spare 2 minutes. Just think of someone that deserves a gift, then click the link below:

Giftassist – The Gift Matching Service.

A big thank you in advance.

Well, far be it for us to rest on our laurels. We listened to all of your comments, we’ve been putting in the time and we are nearly ready to relaunch with version 2.

We’ve sourced even more original gifts, greatly improved the personality questions and given users more gift options at the end.

We’ve just got a few cosmetic tweaks and a bunch of testing to do, but the new site will be good to go early September.

It would be a huge understatement to say we are all really pleased with the improvements and we can’t wait to show it to you.  I think you will be impressed.

However, since it’s all-hands-on-deck to meet this deadline, there will be no more articles from me for a few weeks. In the meantime I’ll be keeping everyone up-to-date with the project through our Facebook page, it would be great for you to join us there.

With his trusty metal detector he unearthed 52,000 roman coins, believed to be worth £1 million.

I don’t know a great deal about what goes on in the mind of a metal detector fan, but I imagine thoughts of digging up a small fortune must creep in there every now and then.

So this moment calls for a well thought out congratulations gift, or for the more cynically minded, a sucking up present! Either way i think I’ve found 3 beauties.

Psychometry consultation

Dave’s coins have been sat still under the ground since the 3rd century.

How did they get there? Who did they belong to? And what happened to their owner?

So many questions, but how exactly are we going to find answers?

Psychometry is where a spiritualist tells you facts about an object just by holding it. It’s pretty fascinating stuff and I’m sure Dave would love to know the back story to his find.

Coin display

A grand find like this deserves an equally grand display.

Sure Dave is going to be cashing in his coins at the first chance he gets, he’d be mad not to. But he’d be equally mad not to hold onto one, just for keeps sake.

This is going to be a life changing experience, it’s only right to mark the occasion with an item that can take centre stage in his home.

Metal detector sandals

Now that Dave has discovered this incredible treasure you might think he would want to hang up the metal detector.

But metal detecting is in his blood. It’s going to be a struggle to give up – what’s he going to do?

Well, fear not, for here is the perfect solution. With the metal detector sandals he can go for regular walks and still be keeping an ear out for more treasure.

Surely this must be the perfect gift.

Though any opportunity to look discreet whilst detecting might be ruined if all he does is walk up and down the same field all day. Because he never knows what he might miss.

Psychic photo credit to Steve Snodgrass

Dave Crisp photo credit to Daily Mail

Well, it’s no joke. Ena Mallet, grandmother and lollipop lady recently gained her 7th Dan black belt in Jui-Jitsu.

A pretty impressive task for anyone, let alone someone in their 70′s.

To mark this prestigious occasion I believe a special gift is in order.

Something memorable like Sphereing

Clearly Ena isn’t your typical pensioner, so I think she is sure to get a huge kick out of Sphereing.

I definitely think she would love being strapped into the centre of a huge balloon, then taking a roll down a steep hill.

There’s no age limits, except for in Scotland for some reason, and since Ena is as hard as nails, I don’t think there would be any problem there anyway.

But what if you wanted to give a gift that mixed both her passion for Jui-Jitsu and helping children with road safety.

Surely there is no such thing?

Well, I recon with a little bit of ingenuity we could make the perfect gift.

May I present to you…. The Lollipop Naginata!

Now for those that don’t know, the Naginata is a weapon used by Jui-Jitsu black belts. It’s 2/3rds a staff, and 1/3 a sword. Since Ena’s lollipop is roughly 2/3rds stick and 1/3 sign I recon that with a little modifying, a switch could be pressed to release the sign, revealing the razor sharp sword.

Yep, I’m sure Ena will be made up with that one. Just imagine the face of the driver that messes with her!

OK, so their angel might only be an actor (I guess real angels are fairly hard to come by). But the Swiss obviously believe an vision of a employee of Heaven might have a positive effect on a speeding driver. Who knows?

You can be sure it’s a pretty unique job though, with some rather unique challenges.

I really hope it works and in true Giftassist fashion, I want to think of the perfect gift to show my appreciation to this Road Angel.

So first thing that springs to mind is, how on earth will he keep those wings looking so good?

Considering he’s going to be standing alongside busy roads that have a high rate of traffic accidents, he really wants to be sure he will be seen.

Since wearing a hi-vis, yellow with reflective stripes jacket, might spoil his angelic appearance, our angel needs to have full confidence in the vibrancy of his whites.

According to the Oxiclean website it “Its super-oxygenated formula bubbles up stains and lifts them away! “. The sides of roads are far from the cleanest of places. I recon this gift could just about be a life saver!

Being a guardian angel must be lonely work. No-one could ever really understand your passion for the job. It’s in times like these that you need to hear about the experiences of people who have been there before.

For those that don’t already know, Highway to Heaven was a slice of 1980s TV greatness, featuring a fallen angel who’s job it was to help people through their trials and tribulations, in an effort to ultimately regain his wings.

I recon this classic TV drama could offer some great advice and support to help our angel in his quest.

It’s a wild guess, but I imagine that this wasn’t the job our angel had in mind whilst he dreamt of becoming an actor.

That being said, acting is far from a steady profession, and it must be hard to turn down any job.

It’s always good to be planning your next career move.

So just in case my assumptions are correct, I think a copy of An actors guide to getting work could be an essential read!

Oh no, men’s new fixation with grooming goes far deeper than that.

So in the aim of helping you out there that might be looking to find a more unusual gift for your metro-sexual man, and to satisfy my own curiosity, I decided to track down some of the more fantastic things available.

Fancy taking a few years off your face?

The Tua Viso Hydro-Electric Facial Toner sends electric currents through your skin, kicking under-used muscles into life, making your face more toned.

If the reviews are anything to go by, this product seems to work pretty well. It will satisfy your mans desire to turn back time as well pleasing his ingrained fascination for gadgets!

Think the only men that would want to whiten their teeth must go by the surname Gibb?

Oh contraire. Teeth whitening is completely mainstream now.

The downsides are prices vary from £350 to considerably higher and you need to avoid coffee, red wine and curries, unless you don’t mind getting it re-done every 6 months.

So how about a Teeth whitening kit? Sure, it may not get your teeth any where as white as the full dentist experience, but perhaps that’s not such a bad thing?

You complete 100 sit ups and crunches every day and eat a decent diet – you’d think your abs would be popping by now.

Maybe all you really need is a little more toning to achieve that washboard that you know you deserve, god damn it!

Perhaps what you need is to smear some fancy, expensive gel over your body to get that extra tone.

So if you want to make an impression on those occasions that really matter, hot date or a beach holiday, perhaps you need Shiseido Abdomen Gel.

Or perhaps you need to stop messing around and step it up to 150 sit ups every day, slacker

76 out of 100 ladies like a man with a hairy chest – fact

Unfortunately that opinion changes dramatically when it comes to back hair.

Do you think any self respecting metro-sexual would be happy living with back hair?

I really don’t think so. But help is at hand. Luckily there are salons throughout the UK that will happily remove those unsightly follicles.

And here’s a list of a few.

But all this talk about teeth and abs feels like it’s skirting around the subject. There’s one part of a mans body that he cares about more than anything else.

Anyone want to guess what that might be?

Do you ever get the feeling that all this self improvement might not be really getting to the root of the problem.

Yep, every man wants a large schlong!

Funny things is, it turns out that it’s actually possible to achieve.

Sure you need to strap your little man into something that resembles a medieval rack and the video of your cells splitting really doesn’t reassure me one bit. But for those feeling brave, it could just be the ultimate extreme male grooming gift!

It’s especially worrying when they don’t know the address of the hotel.

So how about this for a solution…

Get the details tattooed onto their arm!

The tattoo lasts about 2 weeks and is a load cooler than having to wear illuminous wrist bands.

When I saw this I started to wonder what other cool & innovative ideas people had come up with to look after their kids whilst on holiday.

So here’s a few more I found.

So you find yourself a fantastic spot on the beach, nice and secluded and miles from the toilet.

Of course, it’s at this point that your little tyke decides they really need a poo.

No need to worry if you brought along your Shit Box.

Simply unfold, place in the bag and let them get it all out.

Sure, it might not be a comfy as a regular toilet, but it beats trying to squat behind a rock.

Worry about your kids wondering off, but they kick and scream when you mention them wearing reins?

Problem solved with this Monkey Backpack with Reins.

They get to pretend (or you get to trick them into thinking) they are giving a ride to their cuddly toy, whilst you can grab the tale anytime they start to roam a little too far.

It doesn’t hold a great deal, so you can’t turn them into a pack horse as well, but one benefit is enough for now I think.

Photo credit: andrew_mc_d