Sales of ‘any old shit’ expected to treble as men start Christmas shopping

[dipsydoodle]

The sale of presents being purchased using no thought or imagination is expected to see a huge increase today as men suddenly start to realise it’s Christmas.

The sight of exasperated men staring blankly at kettles and uttering the words “Christ, it’s just going to have to bloody well do” are commonplace at this time of year, but with figures from previous years suggesting that 80% of men leave their Christmas shopping until the very last minute, retailers are predicting bumper sales of all the crap they can’t normally shift.

“The queues at checkouts at this time of year are predominantly made up of men carry an array of monstrosities that are likely to leave their wives and girlfriends hugely disappointed,” revealed Stephen Robertson of the British Retail Consortium.

“Retailers have been working hard to encourage men into their stores by piling up all the items that make women angry, and placing them in a section called ‘Gifts She’ll Love!”

http://newsthump.com/2011/12/23/sales-of-any-old-shit-expected-to-treble-as-men-start-christmas-shopping/

[HuskiesHowls]

1. My wife likes the earrings I got her...

and her first comment was "Did you pick these out yourself?"

Hows THAT for a confidence builder....LOL!!

[dipsydoodle]

2. In fairness

although this situation is pretty much standard in the UK I do appreciate it doesn't follow its the same in the US.

[Broken_Hero]

3. I never had trouble buying gifts

for either gender...all I do is pay attention to the things they like/want...its rather simple to me(or I should say, it comes easy to me).