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Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by Hilary on 14 November 2007 3:51pm

Hi all,

My brother's possibly Michael Palin's biggest fan. Of course that means he's already bought himself the latest book and all the DVDs. So *what can I get him for Christmas?!?*

Is there somewhere I can get the Michael Palin's Travels calendar? Sweatshirt? Fan club magazine?

Help!

Thanks!

Hilary

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by Hilary on 14 November 2007 6:12pm

I should have said - he's mentally handicapped and lives in a small communal home, so all his travelling is strictly vicarious. It's got to be something he can look at, or wear, or read, or something. (And he's impossible to buy for. At my wits' end here...)

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by suzulu on 14 November 2007 6:33pm

You could write to the office and ask for a signed photo, maybe.

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by kisch on 14 November 2007 8:18pm

Great idea ! Send a letter to this address :
Prominent Palin Productions Ltd.,
34 Tavistock Street,
London.
WC2E 7PB
And I'm sure yo'll get the signed pic. I did !

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by Blasi on 14 November 2007 8:32pm

Does he have the 80 Days board game?

http://www.bygonevintageboardgames.com/index.php?act=viewProd&;productId=254

There's also one available on eBay at the mo item #200172606217

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by Hilary on 14 November 2007 10:15pm

There's a board game? Fantastic! You may just have saved my bacon, bless you.

Any other suggestions? He expects birthday presents, too...

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by Blasi on 14 November 2007 10:24pm

Oops, just remove the semi-colon from the link to view the item.

A friend of mine used to have it so I can personally vouch for it being damn fine prezzie material ;o)

I shall keep my thinking cap on!

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by Blasi on 14 November 2007 10:29pm

Does he have the audiobooks? They're always a wonderful bedtime accompaniment.

Mini-MP3 players with enough memory to store all Michael's audiobooks cost next to nothing these days and they're ridiculously easy to use.

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by kazzzz on 14 November 2007 11:37pm

Is your brother into the Python humour? I got a hilarious talking keyring on Ebay (well Phyll bought it for me actually), with Mr Gumby on the front and it talks (Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisisition etc...) there used to be quite a lot of Python novelty stuff there, you could maybe check it out.

Re: Gift suggestions for a Palin fan? Help! by canaveralgumby on 15 November 2007 8:13pm

"What on Earth" catalog has a good selection of Python gifts. Go to:

http://www.whatonearthcatalog.com/

...and type Monty Python into the search box at the top. It's an American co. BTW. And don't worry, most of us on this forum are also mentally challenged.

Good luck to you and your brother! Happy shopping!

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