{"id":14051,"date":"2025-12-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=14051"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T19:06:00","slug":"for-those-special-people-on-your-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=14051","title":{"rendered":"Can Sophomoric Humor Cure Writer&#8217;s Block?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;by Bob Sparrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes I have plenty of time to construct a decent blog on a subject that many people can relate to. Not so this week. Actually, I did have time, but sometimes no matter how much time I have, &#8216;writer&#8217;s block&#8217; can make it difficult to say anything intelligently. This week I&#8217;ve ended up saying things not so intelligently. So, I&#8217;m offering this warning; if you have something better to do, which should be easy to find, do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin with the pretext that you have someone on your Christmas list that is very difficult to buy something for, either because they already have everything or you&#8217;ve drawn a name in a &#8216;Secret Santa&#8217; of a person you don&#8217;t really know or relate to. So, here&#8217;s some suggestions that center around what the Brits call the loo or water closet. When I think about it, there are lots of names for what we euphemistically call a <strong>bathroom<\/strong>, even though we\u2019re hard pressed to find a bath in many bathrooms now-a-days. Other names include, <strong>restroom<\/strong>, where no one really go to rests;<strong> John<\/strong>, supposedly named after the guy who invented the flushed toilet; <strong>head<\/strong>, if you&#8217;re on a boat; <strong>privy<\/strong>, an abbreviation for private;<strong> outhouse<\/strong>, if it\u2019s outside; <strong>toilet<\/strong>, from the French word toilette, referring to a cloth covering a dressing table (I don&#8217;t understand it either &#8211; it&#8217;s French!). Let\u2019s not forget <strong>potty<\/strong>, for those who actually have a pot to piss in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OK, I think I went to see a man about a horse and forgot to come back. I seem to have forgotten that we\u2019re here to highlight some gifts that keep on giving and could finalize that diverse Christmas list of yours. So here you go . . . &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-shots-971x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14052\" style=\"width:224px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-shots-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-shots-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-shots-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-shots-1456x1536.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-shots-1942x2048.jpg 1942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These<em> <strong>&#8216;Novelty Mugs&#8217;<\/strong><\/em> in the form of portable out houses, will be a hit at your holiday party. The tops open to let the aroma of the drink inside fill the nostrils of the drinker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the Novelty Mugs seem a little crass for you, you can dignify your shot glasses by bringing them indoors with the<em> <strong>&#8216;Gag Mugs&#8217; <\/strong><\/em>&#8211; shot glassses that lets the liquid flow right out of the toilet into your mouth. Surely a hit at any holiday party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gag-mugs-1024x935.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14053\" style=\"width:182px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gag-mugs-1024x935.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gag-mugs-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gag-mugs-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gag-mugs-1536x1403.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gag-mugs-2048x1871.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Is that person on your list that&#8217;s so hard to buy for someone who likes to learn? If so, we&#8217;ve got just the thing, the book that Einstein always read while relaxing on the &#8216;thrown&#8217;,<strong> <em>Poop and Learn. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Poop-and-Learn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Poop-and-Learn.jpg 207w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Poop-and-Learn-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the golfers on your list who are bored when on the pot or just like when they&#8217;re playing golf, they take too much time over a putt &#8211; <strong>&#8216;Potty Putter&#8217;<\/strong> may be the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14055\" style=\"width:167px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet.jpg 211w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toilet-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If after reading this, you&#8217;re feeling like you need a drink or a shower, you don&#8217;t have to decide, you can have both with <strong>The Shower Margarita Machine<\/strong>; yes, you can sip that tequila treat while taking a shower &#8211; salt optional.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shower-marg-1024x966.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14056\" style=\"width:196px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shower-marg-1024x966.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shower-marg-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shower-marg-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shower-marg-1536x1449.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shower-marg-2048x1932.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I apologize for being a little blocked up this week (that&#8217;s &#8216;writer&#8217;s block&#8217;!!), but now that I&#8217;ve posted this, I feel relieved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The obvious answer to the headline question: No!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;by Bob Sparrow \u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes I have plenty of time to construct a decent blog on a subject that many people can relate to. 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