While the most hectic time of the year for retailers is right before Christmas, most people don't realize how frantic things probably get when everyone is exchanging their crappy gifts after the holidays. The stores become a mad-dash to get money back or at least store credit for those crappy Shamu slippers Grandma gave you or those edible panties from your uncle.

Just Plain Lame

From ObviousCo, the makers of "Align Four Checkers" and "Hippos Eating Marbles"


Wow... a Slinky. If you're giving this as a gift, make sure you couple it with a time machine so the person can go back to 1982 where they could actually enjoy it.

Blow the dirt away... and your friendship, with this lame gift.

Things Your Kid Made In Art Class

Just because you made it yourself does not mean it doesn't suck. Even if you did use sparkle glitter.

Wrong holiday, IDIOT.

Unoriginal

Even worse than a gift certificate- nothing shows less effort than a wad of cash you pulled out of your pocket.


Scented lotions and soaps: a great way to say "Maybe your new year's resolution should be to reek less."

Things You Never Knew You Didn't Want

Instead of taking a picture of each thing individually, I decided to throw it in a big pile of despair:
a) On the left we have an episode of Pokemon on VHS: Totally Togepi! One of the lamest episodes of Pokemon involving one of the lamest Pokemon to be conceived. What's not to hate about Togepi?
b) Moving towards the right, we see a photo of someone's child holding a soccer ball. LAME. If I wanted photos of children, I'd go to the park and take them myself.
c) At the center of the picture we see a Sega Game Gear... with the amount of batteries that thing took, it could have powered Kenya.
d) Oh yeah, you'll also notice tightie-whities sprinkled throughout the pile of sadness. Tightie-whities suck. Don't let moms purchase tightie-whities for you; it's an evil conspiracy to decrease population growth.
e) At last, you can type on your Sega Dreamcast's dial-up internet connection!
f) Sim City 2000 for Macintosh. I'm not really sure how Sim City got in there... that was actually a pretty cool game. I'd play that.
g) Last but not least, don't forget to throw in a used Furby. Its cold, dead eyes don't blink anymore... and for some reason it only speaks in spanish.

Feliz Navidad Compadres!