gifts for the yanks

Grayson

I'm heading to san Francisco for two weeks tomorrow. It's a work trip. I was going to bring over some gifts for my team there. So AH, what kind of wonderful irish bounty should I bring over (Besides bounty bars)? I'm think chocolates but feel free to make any stupid suggestion you want

The Backwards Man

Some flowers in your hair

WoollyRedHat

A jar of Irish air.

If you're feeling really generous get them a jar of irish sea water.For extra plaudits wrap it in shamrock wrapping paper and play the harp to them while they unwrap it.

Are Am Eye

A bowl of shamrock.

me_irl

Tricolour balaclava.

The Specialist

A stone covered in moss or a sealed tube of rainwater - they go crazy for that kind of ****.

Cee-Jay-Cee

For gods sake don't bring them chocolate, Americans are fat enough without you bringing them stuff to make them fatter. You need to think of something they don't already have over there like a diet plan or something like that.

NIMAN

Our national debt.

Theirs is so huge they'd hardly notice another €200,000,000,000 added on to it.

TheIrishGrover

TAYYYYYYYTOOOOOOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4_7qY0IEno

Grayson

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Some flowers in your hair

I'm bald.

Tabnabs

Bring them Ireland jerseys and tell them to wear them with pride

The_Valeyard

Black pudding.


Then when they've eaten it. Tell them what it's made from.

me_irl

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Black pudding.


Then when they've eaten it. Tell them what it's made from.

MRM.

Mechanically Recovered Meat. Basically the dregs that are hosed from the machines.

Mmmm... black pudding.

RiderOnTheStorm

Bring baseball caps. Get the ones that have the peak to the back. They love them.

Maybe with shamrocks or tri-colour on them.

WHIP IT!

Tabnabs wrote: »

Bring them Ireland jerseys and tell them to wear them with pride

Didn't know they played barefoot in rugby... another reason to dislike that silly, silly non-sport...

A2LUE42

Kinder eggs.. they cant get them over there, as they are illegal.

you may not want to get caught trying to smuggle them in though :-)

KungPao

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

For gods sake don't bring them chocolate, Americans are fat enough without you bringing them stuff to make them fatter. You need to think of something they don't already have over there like a diet plan or something like that.

Not many fatties in SF from what I've heard. All salads and jogging there. Quite different vibe from the other parts of the USA.

I'd bring some little sheep from carrolls, but just 'cause I have no imagination.

Sleepy

A case of Guinness and a bottle of Jameson?

Or, since it's SF, a selection of craft brewed Irish beers (Yellowbelly / Wild Bat / Woodquay / Wicklow Wolf etc) and some Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin?

thomasj

Canada socks!

They were fond of the ones leo wore.

Syphonax

Irish Condom Full Irish Breakfast

me_irl

Syphonax wrote: »

Irish Condom Full Irish Breakfast

-Funny Condom
-Witty Packaging, Real Contents
-Full Irish Breakfast

ehh...

Atoms for Peace

Organic vegan porridge.

Grayson

A2LUE42 wrote: »

Kinder eggs.. they cant get them over there, as they are illegal.

you may not want to get caught trying to smuggle them in though :-)

That's not a bad idea.

Winterlong

A Gillette Mack 2 with instructions.

LadyMacBeth_

Bring them Cadburys, Taytos and Barrys tea. Introduce them to the tayto sandwich. I introduced some Germans to it and they are mad for it, started putting mental things in there like doritos and cheese though, that shouldn't be allowed.

mikeecho

+1 with the black pudding
Also, Coole Swan is very nice, you could all do shots of it.
It's like a Bailey's, but it's actually nice.

Tayto
Kinder eggs (can't buy kinder eggs in the US)

Or, how about some xxxl t shirts from hairy baby.

Estrellita

Anything you could possibly get in any of those crap gift shops, forget it. Shamrocks, tricolours, leprechaun hats and all that begorrah top of the morning to ya shíte. just don't. Also, I'd avoid drink. They already think we are a nation of alcoholics.

You might be able to get a gift set from Avoca that would be suitable. Scarves, or a throw in a presentation box type of thing.

MagicIRL

Americans put sugar in their bread, so bring a loaf of Brennan's or something... if not for them then for yourself. Even a Batch Loaf if you really want to educate them.

Tayto because it goes hand in hand with the bread and tea. Barry's/Lyons since the Yanks don't understand the concept of a good cup despite that whole Tea Party thing being a big deal over there, a good thick Dairy Milk since Americans also eat cardboard and call it chocolate.

Harry Palmr

A proper dictionary

endabob1

http://www.theirishshop.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=57

Whenever I go home I always bring a couple of bags of these bad boys back to the office, they get snapped up

uch

Tayto

biko

Buy a bottle or two of Connemara whiskey after security at the airport

jimmycrackcorm

A printed QR code that if scanned will launch nukes on North Korea.

MoodeRator

some turf