European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Cover Stor Barry Christmas continued front Page 5 and the cat being a cat is just sitting there watching calmly and thinking a who does she think i am Lassie a we Are sure that Many people would love to own this item. As opposed to an actual cleaner $4.95 from the Mystic trader 1334 Pacific ave., Forest Grove Ore. 97116, phone 800 634-9057. Suggested by Dana Preston of Santa Rosa Calif., most of tis rarely give any thought to cleaning our tongues. Yet each year More than 34 million americans develop some kind of serious physical problem that could easily have been prevented with adequate Tongue Hygiene according to statistics that recently came to us in a dream. This is not surprising at All when you consider the kinds of things you routinely put into your Mouth such As Peanut butter chinese food pizza Gumbo. And clams. Most of these things slide Down into your stomach where they Are broken Down by amino acids and turned into useful body parts except of course for the clams which Are expelled from your body untouched and often go on to Lead Long and healthy lives in the sewer system. But a certain amount of food residue remains on your Tongue Over the years layer upon layer of this residue a scientists Call it a a crude a builds up on your Tongue a and eventually it becomes disgusting. Of course you Are unaware of this. What with the demands of career and family you rarely have time to examine your Tongue. But believe us when we Tell you that your friends family and co workers Sec your Tongue All the time and they Are really grossed out. A did you see that a they ask each other As soon As you leave the room a it looks like your name is trying to Swallow the creature from Atienz Cap display Caddy $9.98 from Taylor gifts 355 e. Conestoga rd., Wayne a. 19093-7500, phone 800 536-3683. Sug go std by David Barnett of pleasant Hill Calif. Collecting sports Memorabilia is All the rage these Days and not just for kids Many grown men Are spending countless hours and Large chunks of their disposable income on collecting baseball cards jerseys autographed jockstraps Etc. Perhaps there is somebody like this on your gift list. If so we know just what this person needs a life no just kidding what this Type of serious Colucc Tor needs is a Cap display Caddy. This is a Clear plastic Container designed to protect souvenir baseball style Caps a Caps that have been signed by actual baseball players and arc therefore Worth More to the serious collector than any two of his children a from the elements. That Way the Caps will still be in mint condition when years from now the serious collector Dies and his widow cuts them into tiny pieces and flushes them Down the toilet along with All 17,500 of his baseball cards. Then whistling happily she slams the toilet seat Down for Christmas tree ornament $11 from the Treasury historical association . Box 28118, Washington . 20038-8118, phone 202 895-5250. Suggested by Miriam Howe of Crownsville my this item is so wonderful that we feel obligated to remind you we Are not making it up. This is a. Christmas tree ornament created to Mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the income tax. Its Gold plated Metal and i depicts a 1913 internal Revenue service form which was one Page. At the Bottom it says a eighty years of income tax and a Many Happy a a get it this unique gift idea was created by the Treasury historical association a nonprofit organization that will use the proceeds to Purchase new cattle prods for needy irs agents. No we arc kidding. The proceeds will be used to help restore the old Treasury building in Washington . This is a worthy cause so you will want to Purchase this ornament for a special taxpayer on your Holiday list. Remember if you do not order this ornament in time for Holiday gift giving you must order Extension ornament 2093-3j on or before the sixth fiscal week of the Holiday season unless you arc a joint taxpayer giving gifts singly. If we were you we would Contact our lawyer Jet wonder $14.95 from Carol Wright gifts 340 Appl Creek rd., Lincoln neb.68544-8503, phone 402 4745174. Suggested by Broo s of Arlington a. This is the the person who has 1. A Garden or Yard. 2. Insurance this item is a Blowtorch with a Long Metal tube attached. This Means that instead of having to Bend All the Way Over and pull out those Nasty weeds by hand you simply fire up your flame Jet weeder and stride around your Garden or Yard incinerating weeds insects Worms squirrels Small dogs and any other life form in your path if you have an adolescent son we re betting hell be More than willing to do a lot of Yard work if he can use the flame Jet weeder thereby freeing you to relax and watch to until it s time to Call the fire department. We think this could also be the Ideal item for the single men on your Holiday gift list who would like to be Able to pick up women in bars by lighting their cigarettes from As Many As three bar stools away. A there allow me. Whoops a a be Eek my hair a a sorry Quot head lice colouring Book 25 cents each minimum order 25 from the National pediculosis association . Box 149, Newton mass. 02161, phone 800 446-4672. Never before in All our years of doing the Holiday gift guide have we encountered a gift idea for children that was so reasonably priced and yet involved parasites. This is a very attractive 12-Pagc colouring Book about head lice sold by the National pediculosis association a a pediculosis is the medical term for a a colouring Book Quot. Its pages depict the activities of a group of lice who arrive on a human head and Settle in. Quot we glue our eggs to your hair a they state it also explains How the child can get rid of these Pesky creatures via a simple medical technique involving the flame Jet weeder. No just kidding the colouring Book contains Safe medical advice. We Are certain that this item will provide the youngsters on your Holiday list with 20 or even possibly 30 seconds of enjoyment. We Are hoping to see this concept developed further perhaps ultimately involving a saturday morning cartoon show about a family of head lice who have Wacky adventures with their Friend Toby the tapeworm. We might add that the National pediculosis association also Sells really a line of lice related to shirts. Although we ourselves would be extremely put one cocktail lights $1.75 per set of two from american science amp surplus 3605 Howard st., Skokie Iii. 60076, phone 708 982-0870. Technology is constantly improving our lives. Look at the cellular Telephone. Just 10 years ago virtually nobody was Able to get into a car crash caused by trying to steer and dial at the same time today people do this Ali the time. Yet there Are still areas of our lifestyles in which because of a Lack of technological advancement we Are still a Aback in the Stone one such area is. The Way we order drink refills. For millions of years person kind has been using the same old labor Ihlen Sive time consuming and often grueling method of lifting a Finger at our wait person or bartender. Many evenings we ourselves have been forced to perform this grueling act repeatedly and the intense physical Effort involved has left us feeling really awful the next morning. Sometimes even our head hurts. That is Why we arc so thrilled about this gift item which is featured in the american science amp surplus Catalon. This is a Little Battery powered Light with a pocket clip on it. The Catalon states a it was designed to be Hung on your Glass in a dark bar to signal when you want a refill. This is not a joke that a what its for a you can just imagine How suave a person would look clipping a blinking Light onto his or her empty drink Glass. This would be the Ideal gift for the foreign traveler who goes to elegant restaurants in places such As Paris where it is always a Good idea to impress the staff with your staveness and sophist cation a Gar goal blinkers on filler up a cow parts game $16.50 from Nasco . Box 901, fort Atkinson wis 53538-0901, phone 800 558-9595. When you Are talking about riotous party fun you Are talking about trying to name the parts of a Dairy cow. That is the idea behind this exciting game. There can be up to six players each of whom is represented by a different Breed of cow such As Holstein Ayrshire Etc. As they the players move around the playing Board they must correctly identify the cow parts indicated on each of the spaces. These parts include the a de wrap Quot the a pastern Quot the a fore udder attachment a the a median suspensory ligament a the a Shock Quot the a a stifle and the we Are certain that the Host or hostess on your gift list would be thrilled to receive this item which is certain to get any social occasion moving. A a it a 1 30 . Arentt these people Ever going to go Home Quot a i know lets get out the cow parts game Quot nose spreader $18 from Robert Sullivan 3127 Kentwood or Eugene Ore. 97401, phone 503 686-6650. Suggested by Carol Tomashek of Eugene. There is an old saying in the Holiday gift business a Good things come in Small packages that you remove the things from and then stick them up your. that could not be More True of this item the Sully nose spreader. This is a real item conceived of and manufactured by a retired Engineer businessman and inventor named Robert a a Sully Sullivan of Eugene. The Sully nose spreader is a device for people who have Trou ble sleeping because their noses close up when they lie Down to go to sleep this is known As a nose cot lapse. Sullivan s press release states a the spreader is made of Chrome steel the same material used for braces to straighten Teeth. Medically Safe. To use this spreader just before you go to bed insert it into your nose go to bed and up to sleep there is no feeling after you insert the spreader in your nose Quot when we ordered the official gift guide nose spreader from Sullivan he sent it with a letter re counting the following inspirational anecdote a one 60-some-year-old woman came to my Homeland asked me if i could help her she lives in England. I told her i would try. She came in and told me she had not breathed through her nose in 25 years,., she put one in her nose and she could breathe. Through her nose Quot we actually inserted our nose spreader into our personal nose and we must say that we have never before experienced this degree of Comfort with a wire thing up our nose once we overcame the momentary terror that we would need surgical help to get it Back out. Based on this experience we strongly recommend this item As the Ideal gift for anybody on your Holiday list who needs to breathe. But please make sure that the recipient reads the directions before attempting to use this device a no no no you were supposed to insert it in your nose Quot the Miami Herald Page 6 sunday december 19, 1993 j
