A Sad Day For Wrapping Paper

I was very intrigued by a notice I saw today in the window of a health clinic. It read:

GIFT VOUCHERS
WHY NOT GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE PRESENT IN THE FORM OF A VOUCHER FOR TREATMENT AT THIS CLINIC?
VOUCHERS AVAILABLE FOR CHIROPODY, OSTEOPATHY, AND HOMEOPATHY.

PLEASE ASK AT RECEPTION FOR MORE DETAILS.


This has set a whole new precedent for gift buying! You could make things a little more exciting by gift wrapping a large box containing an osteopath who would jump out at a given command, ready for action.

We could take this further. How about a surprise party? You lead the unknowing person into a darkened room, the lights suddenly come on,

"Surprise!" It's a team of chiropodists wearing party hats, scalpel in hand.


Does there even need to be a medical theme? If such run-of-the-mill services can be offered as gifts, then the options are limitless.

Give the gift of unblocking a drain with Dyno-rod vouchers.
Surprise the unsuspecting friend with congestion charge tokens.
Go on! Treat that special someone to some pest control services!


Make it a day to remember, give dry-cleaning, electricity, petrol, funerals.....


How unimaginative people have become.