Thrifty Holiday Gift Guide: Sports

C.B. Jones
You don't have to get sacked in the the wallet region to appease sports junkies during the holidays. Though if you did already, I wish you a speedy recovery. Perhaps you should have considered the following gifts.

Nerf Basketball Hoop.
When it comes to injuring yourself indoors while attempting to emulate a streetball legend, it's Nerf or nothing! It's a classic concept. You get a backboard, rim attached to the backboard, and a little foam ball that will repeatedly get thrown through the rim attached to the backboard.

Hacky Sack Soccer Ball.
Normal football(futball/soccer/footy/that game Beckham plays) equipment is overly expensive in my opinion. You don't need regulation balls to play the alleged best sport in the world. The best part about playing with a beanbag is that you can throw it at someone you don't like, and not have to worry about it bouncing off into traffic.

Toy Fishing Pole.
Rainy days are the only thing that can keep some people from the lake. Casting away their days without a care in the world. While cashing plastic fish with magnets won't make them a better fisherman, doing so will provide them with something to pass time on the soggiest of days.

Sports Trivia Handheld Game.
Vast knowledge of obscure facts related to athletes is the mark of a true genius. Science is overrated and populated by nerds, math is difficult and boring, and did I mention Science has a lot of nerds?Yeah, 20Q Sports is a definite buy.

Published by C.B. Jones

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  • Sheri Fresonke Harper12/20/2008

    Love the toys! Hope you have a merry Christmas and happy holiday season :) Sheri

  • Janet Roof12/16/2008

    Hacky Sack, that phrase always makes me laugh. Great work on this.

  • MickeysBigMouth12/16/2008


    I had a buddy in college who got lucky ONLY because he had a nerf basketball hoop. You gotta lure them in into the bachelor pad with something, and a challenge to a game of nerfhoop is about as good a lure as any when you're drunk.

  • Maria Roth12/16/2008

    I hate sports, but wouldn't mind a plastic fishing pole and some battery-powered or magnetic fish to catch.

  • 3lilangels12/16/2008

    very cool thanks!

  • Stoneskin12/16/2008

    Tiddlywinks is thrifty too. Although whether it is a "sport" is another question.

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