Some people are just plain difficult to buy presents for. They either already seem to have everything on the planet, or are too darned fussy to appreciate what they are given, ungraciously accepting and unwrapping their gift with a barely hidden sneer. Before they’ve even set eyes on it they have made their minds up not to like it. Then there’s the person who genuinely appears to like the gift you’ve given them, but never seem to wear, use or display the item, leading you to the assumption that it was not an appropriate gift.

What these people need, particularly the sneerers, is to lighten up a little with unusual gifts, that they would have never thought of, that they cannot possibly stick their noses up at because curiosity gets the better of them. A humorous gift is bound to go down well too. Everyone enjoys a good laugh, and if your gift is both unusual and funny, you’ve most definitely cracked the dull present problem.