Not that you have ever received a stupid gift, or ever wanted to give a stupid gift, but the fact that Stupid.com has a list of The Stupidest Holiday Gifts for 2007 does seem to take a mistletoe twig and poke fun at the generally absurd out of control commercialization of Christmas.
Who really spends money on mass-produced products that sell at Stupid.com?
Stupid.com’s states that shoppers spent nearly $1 million dollars on bizarre gifts at Stupid.com’s offbeat website. Obviously, there is quite the market for stupid gifts.
At the time of Stupid.com’s press release announcing the top ten stupid gifts this year, the list included:
- Mistletoe To Go
- The Hillary Nutcracker
- Slingshot Monkey
- Larry Craig Action Figure
- Uncle Oinker’s Gummy Bacon Candy
- Inflatable Moosehead
- Electronic Yodeling Pickle
- Poo-lar Bear Candy
- Get Off the Phone Excuse Machine
- USB Dancer
According to Stupid.com’s founder Gary Apple,
“Finding the perfect holiday gift might be difficult, but finding a truly stupid gift is an art form.”
As of today, the top ten stupid gifts include:
- Tattoo Sleeves
- Bush Countdown Keychain
- Slingshot Monkey
- Dog Poop Calendar
- Cell Phone Handset
- Gross Egg Separator
- Harvest Your Own Pearl
- Covert Clicker
- Hillary Nutcracker
Call me old-fashioned, but if you are going to spend money on a gift, I want a meaningful one. Heck, Stupid.com is smart enough to bill itself as a complete waste of perfectly good technology. In our ever serious wobbly world, we need to laugh and stupid stuff can be very funny — but there is more than one way to accomplish that goal.
Here’s a thought. If you want to make someone laugh during the holiday season, do something funny, make a video of it, publish it on YouTube and send them a link. It’s green for the planet and keeps the green in the wallet.
Stupid gifts like the ones sold at Stupid.com are — well — not funny stupid on so many levels.
