Cornered by Mike Baldwin for January 23, 2025

“Mindless” machinations.

Great gifts for people who have everything.

Those are what I used to get.

Sign on a store at the beach, “We have things that you don’t even know that you need!” I think to myself, ‘They have things that I don’t need’.

Valen-stien Day cards.

They have a special offer on Bibles and The Highway Code.

I’m totally useless, so that’s exactly my kinda store!

… sort of… I guess…probably… eh, maybe, I dunno…

Isn’t this how Sam Walton got his start?

most of the stuff in the window is on reorder…

This is one of the reasons that I say that I don’t want anything for birthdays and Xmas.

Two of my sisters and a hubby from about 200 miles away showed up unexpectedly at our door on Dec. 26th bearing food/gifts/drinks/games and we had a super party. Unfortunately, the gifts they brought were themed on things we no longer enjoy doing. “Totally useless gifts”. Everything else was super, the BEST day ever but it reinforced the reason we opted out of the family gift swap many years ago. Throughout the year we buy whatever we need when we need it ergo come Christmas time we don’t need anything.

What was he thinking?

If the thought is to get a totally useless gift, then the thought is pretty much useless, the gift is pretty much useless, and the giver is (being) pretty much useless.

Thought-less in this case …

Local store “Stuff! Nothing you need, everything you want!”

If it’s the thought that counts, what sick thought were you thinking?!

I’m drinking my morning coffee from a 20 oz. mug that was a gift from a friend several years ago. She thought the design on it was something I’d like. I didn’t (although I didn’t tell her that) but then the mug I did like developed cracks. And you know, I kind of do like this mug now.

It’s just after Christmas and thinking back on some of the gifts I received I now believe I know where my family shops.

Is that object on the bottom right Chuck Berry’s ding-a-ling?

Tell it like it is!!!!!……maybe you could just tell them the thought?

what woman doesnt enjoy a babys arm holding a apple

1977 British show Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. The guy had a store called Grot full of useless products. I still remember an episode where there is this well dressed, upper accented lady saying (something like) “Oh this is awful, she’ll hate it. Do you gift wrap?”

Anyone remember Grot ?

whre is that store?

NOTE: See mass shootings

I always thought they should have a retail outlet called “The Store For Men Who Have No Idea What to Get”.

Ive got a houseful of that stuff!

More fodder for my junk drawers.

Just get them a card. Equally as worthless and probably not even much less expensive.

Keep the economy moving. :)

All the things that are display look a lot better than a banana taped to a wall. They should rename the store Art Gallery and make some real money…

It’ll be regifted right back to you.

not “totally useless” but I think gift cards are for people who dont want to put a thought into gift giving

The place for an anniversary gift for someone married 50 years.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!