{"id":5732,"date":"2016-12-19T09:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2016-12-18T10:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T18:30:04","slug":"im-not-making-this-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=5732","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Not Making This Stuff Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Bob Sparrow<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5741\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5741\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5741\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5741\" class=\"wp-image-5741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/turkey-hat.jpg\" alt=\"turkey-hat\" width=\"146\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who wouldn&#8217;t look good in this?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some of you may remember that last year around this time, I posted a blog entitled <strong>\u2018Gift <a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5734\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5734\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5734 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dog-go-pro-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"dog-go-pro\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dog-go-pro-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dog-go-pro.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Ideas for Those Who Have Everything\u2019<\/strong>. \u00a0It was one of our least read blogs, but I did hear from readers who found it helpful, not for finding things they would really give to someone, but for putting into perspective the things they actually bought. \u201cHey, that laundry soap on a rope wasn\u2019t as stupid as that yodeling pickle!&#8221; So, here I am again this year, with another selfless act of providing you with great ideas for gifts for that person who may not have everything, but you can be sure they don\u2019t have any of these!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doggie Go Pro<\/strong> \u2013 Tired of a bird\u2019s eye view? Get a dog\u2019s-eye view with this &#8216;fetch mount&#8217; camera. \u00a0Shouldn&#8217;t your dog be able to capture his adventures on film? \u00a0Only $399.99 \u2013 film not included.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5745\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5745 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coffe-mug-hoop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"coffe-mug-hoop\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Your Cup of Joe \u2013 <\/strong>You coffee lovers who didn\u2019t jump on the coffee mug in the shape of a <a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5742\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5742 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/vodka-mug-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"vodka-mug\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>toilet bowl last year, probably won&#8217;t jump on this coffee mug in the shape of a basketball, complete with hoop and ready for dunking marshmallows. \u00a0Or you may want to just be honest and get the <strong>\u2018There\u2019s A Chance That This Could Be Vodka\u2019<\/strong> mug<\/p>\n<p><strong>What could be more romantic <\/strong>than snuggling up with that special someone with<a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5736\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5736\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5736 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sabutt_2_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"sabutt_2_thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> your own <strong>Santa Farting Butt<\/strong> pillow. \u00a0Aside from the Santa beer fart smell, it comes in various holiday fragrances, my favorite is reindeer breath.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5737\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5737 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ashtray--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ashtray\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ashtray--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ashtray--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ashtray-.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>Trying to get that special someone to stop smoking? <\/strong>Here\u2019s the perfect gift, the <strong>\u2018Black Lungs Ashtray<\/strong> \u2013 the more you smoke, the blacker it gets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Faux Tummy Stuffer<\/strong> \u2013 we all over-indulge during the holidays, what with all the cookies, candy and booze laying around. \u00a0 It&#8217;s hard not to become an alcoholic or chocoholic at this time of year; so when people comment, \u201cSay, that extra weight really looks good on you.\u201d, you can surprise them by revealing the Tummy Stuffer that makes you <em>look\u00a0<\/em>fat, which takes their attention away from how really fat you are.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5739\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5739 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hillarynutcracker1_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"hillarynutcracker1_thumbnail\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hillary Nutcracker <\/strong>\u2013 no comment<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?attachment_id=5740\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5740 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/spray-time-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"spray-time\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/spray-time-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/spray-time-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/spray-time.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><b>Time in a Can<\/b> \u2013 Is that special someone tired of the convenience of a wristwatch, but wants to know the time? \u00a0Here&#8217;s your solution; just carry around this <strong>\u2018Time Spray Can\u2019<\/strong> and you can spray the time on anything. Now that\u2019s convenience!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome! \u00a0You&#8217;ve still got a few more shopping days left!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">S.<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">P.<\/span> \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Suzanne<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">and<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> I<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">wish<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">you<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">and<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">your<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">family<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">very<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Merriest<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">of<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Christmases<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Bob Sparrow Some of you may remember that last year around this time, I posted a blog entitled \u2018Gift Ideas for Those Who Have Everything\u2019. \u00a0It was one of our least read blogs, but I did hear from readers &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=5732\">read more<span class=\"meta-nav\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[2394],"class_list":["post-5732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday-observations","tag-unusual-christmas-gifts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/turkey-hat.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31aN0-1us","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5749,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions\/5749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}