Last Sunday, I suddenly noticed that it was a week until Father's Day, and I not only hadn't bought a present for my father but didn't have any inspiration.
Then it occurred to me: someone on a mailing list had reminded me of the existence of Acme Klein Bottle, a company whose web site I had last visited nearly a decade ago, when it was new.
The traditional gift for someone who has everything is a box to put it in... but even better would be a bottle that everything's already in, right?
So: Monday morning, I ordered a Klein bottle (the order form, like the rest of the site, was a hoot). Tuesday morning, the bottle showed up in the mail, complete with paperwork in the same spirit as the web site (even the invoice is entertaining).
So - when you need that last-minute gift for that engineer, mathematician, or general eccentric - Acme is an excellent supplier.
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