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[navanman]

Im irish and i vote for the father ted box set, its a no lose situation, theyll love it if u can find it in time !!

 

[Socreges]

It's not that they come from Ireland. It's that they're, quote, "very IRISH!" This would suggest an interest in Irish culture that goes above and beyond mere geographic circumstance.

No, I know. But I don't see it as them thus having an "interest" in the culture. They're already immersed in it. To have someone from the outside take the particular stereotypes and consider that it would naturally be a good gift might be more off-putting than a gift that's a little less appropriate, but isn't so 'ethnically defined'.

 

[Dragmire]

Why not get them a gift basket with some nice foods in it? Maybe throw in a gift certificate to somewhere nice. That's the kind of thing I would do for anyone I don't know. Even the in-the-know music suggestions in this thread would be stereotypes and major risks, IMO, because I don't like what most other people my age like. A basket with a selection of foods (soups, jellies, candies, sausages, etc.) and a buy-what-you-like gift card is far less presumptuous. Walmart sells some cheap pre-made gift baskets like that. Unless they specifically asked for Irish-themed stuff, I would stay far away from that.

 

[psycho_snake]

If they are Irish, then this would be the perfect gift:

 

[Kobun Heat]

Actually, Dragmire's right. I'm going to put myself in the "basket full of jelly and shit" camp. Everybody likes baskets full of jelly and shit.

 

[impirius]

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

Hey, what do you get a black man for Christmas?:

Poster 1: Get him a basket ball, black people LOVE basket ball!

Poster 2: No dude, get him some basketball SHOES! He will love some basketball shoes!

Poster 3: Yo, get him a derby hat. I'm sure that he doesn't have one, and it would go great with his suits!

Poster 4: Shut up poster three, you are useless.

The others gave very steryotypical answers that the initial poster could have found himself, without the aide of others. Hell, some of the replies were down right racist. Poster 3 gave an answer that took SOME level of thought. In fact, he included pictures that can easilly be traced to places where you could find and purchace the items in said pictures. See, in that example you would be Poster 4. Note that poster 4 did not contribute in any way to the aformentioned thread. The irony is that HE is useless at that moment. Well, actually the point of Poster 4 is just to show how useless YOU are. Damn, there goes my whole example. Well you get the point.

I've never seen a more roundabout way of asking for a derby hat.