Cool Gift of the Day
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
What it is:
A box full of everything they need to keep the place sparkling clean.
Why we love it:
Let's face it, when it comes to cleanliness, some people aren't exactly experts. Indeed, some people, particularly the male people in their teens and twenties are, well, downright awful at keeping clean. Anyone who has ever had the misfortunate of entering a good old-fashioned bachelor pad, dorm room, or frat house knows what I'm talking about. There's untidy, there's messy and then there's the kind of truly spectacular, amazing and death-defying filthiness that only a few brave souls can manage. While simply firebombing their pigsty may seem like the best solution, it's also dangerous, not to mention illegal, so we recommend the next best thing. Send them a gift to delight and disinfect, a big box full of cleaning supplies, along with the hilarious Where's Mom Now That I Need Her? the guidebook for the domestically clueless. Hopefully this gentle hint will spur them into action, it will at least remove the excuse of not owning a sponge.
Who we'd give it to:
College students, new grads, those out on their own for the first time, newlyweds, the terminally untidy.