European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse From this night Light can permanently eliminate unwanted bodily hair nor would we suggest that this night Light can improve your love life and cause you to win the state lottery As Well As lose up to 75 pounds in two weeks without dieting its just a night Light that Sall and you should feel free to disregard the fact that Ralph whelk Monger of Akron Ohio decided not to buy this night Light and the next Day he was dismembered in a Freak Ferris wheel Accident. Finger Light $3.25 from american science and surplus 601 Linden place Evanston Iii. 60202, phone 708 475-8440. This is the perfect gift for the person on your Holiday list who 1. Has a Finger. 2. Needs to have an electric Light attached to it. This item consists of a Battery Case that you strap to your wrist and is attached by a wire to a Little Light bulb that clips onto your Finger so that wherever you Point you get a Little beam of Light. Just think of All the practical uses for such an item go ahead Well wait right Here lengthy pause of we thought of one gesturing. Lets say you re in an argument and you re trying to make an important Point. If you done to have a Light attached to your Finger you could Lack the forcefulness you need you and in a telling you for a fact that plastic Man did not have a secret identity. Your opponent of yeah notice the difference when you Are emphasizing your Point by gesturing with a Finger Light you and in a telling you for a fact that plastic Man did not have a secret identity. Your opponent of my eyes also we believe that the Finger Light would provide a suave and sophisticated Way to attract the Eye of a waiter at an expensive French restaurant a they Gar con you got any Ketchup a boogers suggested by Diane Currie Richardson of North St. Paul Minn. When we Here at the Holiday gift command Center evaluate a possible gift item for children the no. 1 question we ask is a is this item educational a that a Why we were so excited when we found out about boogers a from the planet nose. This is exactly the kind of toy that we believe the youth of today should be playing with so As to help ensure that the youths will be mental unfit to compete with us older people in the Job Market of tomorrow. This item consists of a Large plastic nose that can be stuck via a suction cup onto any smooth surface such As a refrigerator automatic Bank Teller machine Marble Tombstone Etc. Inside this nose is a Booger which is a creature made from a space age material that looks and feels disgusting but is actually perfectly sanitary. We Hope. Anyway the child can pull the Booger out of the nose through a nostril and then do educational things with it that we done to want to think about. A pull me out and put me into action a exclaims the Booger on the package. There Are actually six boogers including Sputo Jock snotty Gnu and Clem and phlegm. Your child will want to collect them All if we have anything to say about it. This is the finest toy concept we have Ever evaluated that is based on a mucus related theme and that is saying something. Kentucky thumb Stock $48 from the j. Peterman company 2444 Palumbo dr., Lexington by. 40509, phone 800 231-7341. Suggested by Agnes Potter of old Greenwich Conn. This item is featured in the j. Peterman company Catalon which has a Section headed a philosophy a in which Peterman makes these observations a people want things that Are hard to find. Things that have Romance but a factual Romance about them. I think that giant american corporations should Start asking themselves if the things they make Are really i mean really better than the we certainly see this philosophy being put into this Ranet nose practice in the Kentucky thumb stick. According to the j. Peterman Catalon description this is a piece of a solid Maple approx. 57 inches Long that has been a hand Cut and hand stripped of bark. Knots Cut and smoothed by hand. Sealed and finished with two Coats of a secret Kentucky solution. Price $48.�?� we re sure you re reacting to this description with the same excitement that we Felt. A wait a minute a you re saying. A these people Are charging nearly $50 for a stick a of course not. Done to be silly. This is not just a stick. This is a thumb stick. It has an exclusive feature which without going into a lot of highly technical detail we will describe Here As a a a Fork or thanks to this feature the hiker is Able a pay close attention Here because this is the very essence of the thumb stick concept a to rest his or her thumb in the a by a while hiking. This prevents the hikers hand from sliding Down the stick which is a leading cause of hiking related Falls. Those amazing leeches by Cheryl Halton $13,95 from Macmillan publishing company 100 front St., Box 500, Riverside . 08075-7500, phone 800 453-2665. Suggested by Gopher gee of Medford mass. This is our 1992 Holiday gift guide literary selection and one look at the cover tells you Why. It features two Large leeches sitting on a human foot cheerfully sucking blood out of a toe that has some kind of repulsive purplish inflammation. Quot Yum Quot the leeches Are Elearly thinking. Yes if there is a Friend or loved one on your gift list who has a hankering to know More a much More a about slime covered bloodsucking parasites we cannot think of a More appropriate gift than this Book. It contains Many amazing Leech facts a did Vou know for example that some leeches grow to be More than a foot Long and it has chapters entitled a a visit to a Leech farm and a collecting and keeping this is an Opportunity for the science minded Young person on your Holiday gift list to get into the fast growing Hobby of Leech Breeding. A mom i can to find a Well where did you see him last Quot a crawling into Jessica a a Yeeee a Christopher Columbus trick Candy card of six is 95 cents. Manufactured by accoutrements Box 30811,Seattle, Wash. 98103, phone 206 7829450. Suggested by Katy Spear of san Jose Calif. We will come right out and say it this is one of our absolute All time favorite gift guide items and that statement includes the giant fibreglass Goose from last year. This item is so wonderful that we re still not convinced that it originated on the planet Earth. The Best Way for you to appreciate this item is if we just quote verbatim the information on the package which we swear we arc not making up a Quality. Since 1492,Christopher Columbus Brand trick Candy a looks like Candy. But open one up and eee vermin hidden inside each wrapper is a Quality rubber mouse Bug spider or Snake. This same joke was used during the voyage to the new world to keep the Crew this makes a lot of sense to us. We can just imagine the tense situation on that fateful voyage 500 years ago Quot for weeks the ships have been sailing into the unknown with the safety of Hope far far behind them and Only the unknown ahead. As supplies dwindle and no sign of land appears on the vast empty Ocean the Crew becomes restive nagged by the growing cold gut clenching fear that they re being led to their deaths. Finally a mob of angry sailors confronts Columbus threatening to Mutiny if he does no to turn Back. With nerves stretched to the breaking Point and the threat of violence hanging heavy in the air Columbus offers the men some Candy. Hesitantly suspiciously they open the Bright foil wrappers and epee a Cha a instantly the tension is broken As the men gaily Pelt each other with Quality rubber Tho Miami Herald u Job Fth n 1vi? Bunda a pack
