21st birthday gift

[Aperitif]

How much is a self-gratifying machine?

Did you forget how much you paid for yours then, Rich?
'Young' Andy is twenty one...wow! He seems like one of the old heads around here.

 

[rich p]

Which one? He must have worn a fair few out.

The sable fur-lined one was most effective but they're very expensive these days. Beaver is the cheaper option.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The sable fur-lined one was most effective but they're very expensive these days. Beaver is the cheaper option.

yep, and beaver is always so popular with male undergraduates too.

 

[rich p]

It can be
a) A bit rough
b) Not always easy to get hold of.

User tip
a) lube
b) grab 'em by the handles

 

[Aperitif]

User tip
a) lube
b) grab 'em by the handles

Andy's Mum seems to be heading for a lot of 'market research' I see! Sable fur sounds deluxe...but a tendency to get the brush-off. I named mine Natasha - after that BBC presenter Natasha Kolinsky, or whatever her name was.
Squirrel fur has an affinity if one is a little nuts, and the other one needs a badger courage. Time is the safest option - every second cuonts.
Maybe a combination is called for: a 'wrichwatch'!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The sable fur-lined one was most effective but they're very expensive these days. Beaver is the cheaper option.

Thought you said you'd got a badger hair one from Matalan, rough and ready much like your good self.

 

[Scoosh]

£50-100 ish I guess, I like watches but never wear one so would be destined for the sock draw...

A fob watch for wearing with your waistcoat.

 

[Beebo]

on a more serious note how about a good quality pocket tool or pen knife with an engraving.

I got 4 engraved tankards for my 21st, what a load of crap, I never use them or look at them, a good quality leatherman or victorinox tool would have been much better.

There must be a beaver and tool joke in there somehwere.

 

[Aperitif]

I got 4 engraved tankards for my 21st, what a load of crap,

threevesselsmcginty got a set of those for his 21st. All the engraving was worn away by the time he was 22.

 

[iLB]

An engraved leatherman would be pretty sick, anyone got one?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

An engraved leatherman would be pretty sick, anyone got one?

Yep. He's 21 soon.

 

[Aperitif]

Yep. He's 21 soon.

I take it all back, Greg.
Maybe ask for a donkey to be named after you in Ethiopia or somesuch place, Andy and look after it - ass as good as anything else suggested so far.
I have an engraved Swiss Army Knife. The inscription reads 'Adjutant Unteroffizier Dreifahrräder McGintitz'
You'll only lose the Leatherman, you poser.

 

[iLB]

You ass to be kidding me, that won't fit into anyones draw.

 

[Noodley]

How about a nice leather-bound dictionary, then you can use it to look up words like "drawer"

 

[iLB]

long day