21st Birthday Gift

POLKOHOLIC
POLKOHOLIC Posts: 407
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
My sister is turning 21 this week. Any ideas on what a good 21st birthday gift is like? I thought jewellery but I don't know - jewellery seems a bit old now. Something new and really awe-inspiring would be great.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    Liquor.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited August 2006
    Give her money.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2006
    A stun gun or something battery operated.
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited August 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    something battery operated.

    :eek:
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    ...or something battery operated.

    LOL.

    Dude, its her 21st. Simple, buy her as much booze as she can handle, plus one more drink on top of that.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited August 2006
    How about a spa certificate? Or concert tickets to something?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    wingnut4772 wrote:
    How about a spa certificate? Or concert tickets to something?

    That'd go great with a couple of C-Battery operated gifts. :o
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2006
    I agree Shelby...alcohol poisoning and a stomach pump would be legendary.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2006
    Demiurge wrote:
    That'd go great with a couple of C-Battery operated gifts. :o


    C batteries ? where have you been :D double A's is the battery of choice.. from what ive heard, :o LOL
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2006
    Money, or a gift certificate to her favorite store.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited August 2006
    faster100 wrote:
    C batteries ? where have you been :D double A's is the battery of choice.. from what ive heard, :o LOL
    I think you just trumped any shudder factor that I've ever induced onto the forum.....weirdo.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited August 2006
    Besides, at 21 she shouldn't be needing any batteries...

    In seriousness, depending on how much you can spend, do a wine of the month club or something like that. Make her think that she's all grown up and sophisticated, and includes the the prereq for any 21 birthday-alcohol.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2006
    brettw22 wrote:
    I think you just trumped any shudder factor that I've ever induced onto the forum.....weirdo.

    It was all in fun, besides dont act like you didn't already know :p

    besides i do have a wife, LOL
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited August 2006
    ya ya ya......next you're gonna be tellin us how she prefers her battery operated toys yadda yadda yadda.........keep it to yourself....:cool: :cool:
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • POLKOHOLIC
    POLKOHOLIC Posts: 407
    edited August 2006
    From what I read, money and booze are at the top. So im gonna go with both. Some benjamins and a night out drinking like theres no tomorrow. Should be fun.

    Edit: The battery operated toys grossed me out. Tis is my sister we are talking about. Thanks alot.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2006
    Buy her the finest in feminine protection...a GLOCK.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2006
    gotta get her some chocolates too.. who doesn't like a nice box of chocolates?
    nice expensive ones.. not the ones they sell at the grocery store.

    get her a couple tickets to a upcoming concert she'd like to go to.

    tickets to a wine and cheese tasting would be good too.

    how about a gift card for dance lessons? What young lady wouldn't enjoy learning some new moves for the dance floor? :)

    i like the spa idea too. I gave my sister in law a two hour spa treatment for her birthday last year.. she's still talking it about it almost a year later.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2006
    faster100 wrote:
    C batteries ? where have you been :D double A's is the battery of choice.. from what ive heard, :o LOL


    Pfffft....Cliff would be the expert there I suppose.

    Cash and booze? If it were a guy, I'd say sure. For a sister? Go classy. A spa gift certificate (with her mom or best friend) would be a great idea. Maybe a wine tasting or some such.

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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited August 2006
    When my oldest daughter turned 21, living in NJ, we took her out to Atlantic City for dinner and her first casino experience. Four years later, when my youngest daughter turned 21, we took them BOTH to Las Vegas for a week (gotta teach them to gamble RESPONSIBLY). They both enjoyed the experience and it was something that they probably wouldn't have done on their own.
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  • Disc Jockey
    Disc Jockey Posts: 1,013
    edited August 2006
    Rent her a limo to take her and her friends out for a night of bar hopping
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2006
    Does she have any shrunken heads? Always a great gift idea.
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited August 2006
    Massage gift cert. Ask around for a recommended person. She will be happy and more relaxed with a women first. $60 to $80 for an hour.

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