Don’t go down the conventional route this season when selecting presents for your friends and family. Surprise them with one of these ten uncommon & awesome gifts. There’s something for everyone on your list and they’ll appreciate these much more due to the cool and fun themes each one has.
1. A Passionate American Hoodie
God Bless America! Everyone in the past has hung flags to show off their American spirit. Now you can take things to the next level by wearing this passionate American hoodie. Ideal for weekends, picnics, and other laid back events.
2. Robotic Salt & Pepper Shakers
Spice up your next meal with some salt and pepper straight from the hands of robots. Ok, we’re just kidding about robots having hands. But seriously, these are super cool robotic salt & pepper shakers to bring creativity to every kitchen.
3. The Drunken Gift Basket
For those of you who ship gift baskets for just about every occasion year around the obvious problem becomes what do I send next? I’ve sent the snacks, the gourmet basket, now what? Now you send Budweiser beer, roasted peanuts, & popcorn!
4. Tatted Up To-Do List
Ok first things first I have to pick up the kids from school. Next I have to finish up that research paper for work. Finally, I have to cook dinner. Oh wait, I forgot about… Sound familiar? That’s why you need a tattoo to-do list, you’ll keep everything on schedule & in check!
5. All About The Benjamin’s
For your next vacation skip out on those plain white towels and go with $100 bills instead. Yes, someone finally took the biggest piece of currency in the United States & printed it on a towel. What a neat idea!
The court Jester was that person who was employed by the Royal Family and his job was to make sure that the king did not get bored. He would insult him and not get into trouble, unless of course the king did not find the joke too funny. The private comedian would therefore, live in fear.
Toshers were those people who swam and picked through sewers in the hope of finding some thing valuable that they could sell to make some money. The Mudlarks, on the other hand, picked through the banks of the rivers which meant that they came across dead bodies quite often.
A knocker-up was basically a walking talking human alarm clock. This job was popular at a time when alarm clocks were either unreliable or unheard of. A knocker-up would poke sleeping people with bamboo sticks if they were too high up in a building and was allowed to leave only when he was sure that the client was up and about.
A skin disease was treated by doctors using toads at the time. They placed the amphibian or its leg in a cloth bag after which it was tied around the patient’s neck. The doctors were required to gather a good selection of toads and those who used just the legs would chop them off and collect those as well.
Many people walked to the church with their dogs during the 16th century in Europe. A dog whipper’s job was to get rid of these dogs if they created commotion during the service in the church grounds. They would do so with the help of whippers or wooden tongs.
