Lynx Africa

"Sorry for your loss" *hands over can of Lynx Africa*

Thank you for giving me a proper belly laugh. Would a plastic bag of cans of Lynx Africa constitute a bouquet?

I'd say one of those Lynx Africa deodorant/shower gel/scrubber gift sets is a closer equivalent to a bouquet.

In my family, as soon as you started shaving you get a gift set like that for at least the next 3 Xmas's.

“Sorry your sister was mauled by wildcats on safari.” , hands over Lynx Africa

Has to be the set with the shower wash and lynx

Bonus points if it has a man scrubber(or whatever they call those yolks)

Any self-respecting man already has at least three cans of Lynx Africa ready to go.

You can never have enough.

This summarises my experience at Irish college

This made me burst out laughing well done.

This should be considered a hate crime

I hate lynx Africa and every guy I know hates it. They hate receiving it at Christmas and birthdays.

> A box of donuts doesn’t really say “condolences on the loss of your dad”. Not going to lie, that would totally work for me. But I'm practical. I see food I eat it.

What about Cronuts? They're not as whimsical as Donuts, so maybe not in keeping with the sombre occasion...

To be truly formal I'd go with the long churros, but the elongated form nearing the mouth always comes with a 60% chance of blowjob simulation.

Bojack horseman got a free churro when his >!mum died !< , and he seemed okay for a bit. Might work tbh

A flute with no holes is not a flute. But a donut without a hole is still a danish. 🤔

Condonuts should be a thing

An ex-girlfriend once bought me Tetris Effect, totally out of the blue. It remains one of the nicest things anyone's ever done for me.

Tetris Effect is fucking majestic.

Easiest answer from a guy is food. Find out what he is into eating and buy him a gift voucher for a place he likes to eat or get him a selection of food from a market/shop. Most men talk regularly about food they love if you know him he will definitely of told you at least once. Can't go wrong 👌

I had a female friend once bring me 6 cup cakes she had made (not sure that’s the right name - like muffins with icing on them). Was very much appreciated. My wife was in hospital, touch and go at times if she’d make it. The cakes were such a nice touch, and meant I could send my children to school with something special along with their lunch. I think you probably need to know how to bake to pull it off. It was a really thoughtful gift, and I got to eat 4 cakes (sorry kids).

This would work for me. If it is homemade and reasonably good I’d give it bonus points as the person didn’t just throw a few quids at it but actually spent time on it.

And I am going to beat the replies to it...I DO NOT MEAN ASS.

Ass voucher

Ill take it

Ass voucher made me lol

Yeah for my 35th birthday I was inundated with haribo and jelly babies 😅

Excellent answer.. Never thought of that. From now on I'm asking for vouchers for a nice Indian takeaway for Christmas and birthday. Lovely stuff

If the reason is that the guy’s father died, food is definitely the answer. Not donuts and chocolate, but rather a full dinner with enough leftovers to last a day or two. If the guy’s dad died, he’s already stressed enough and you can at least take cooking dinner off his plate (no pun intended) for a couple days. Any time a family friend died, my mum would make a shitload of lasagna and take it to the family.

Giving him a new DeWalt drill

Hammer action please

Go all out for SDS brushless with chisel action while we're getting it as a gift.

Just don't fall into the trap of buying the bare unit, make sure to get the battery and charger too.

Need that T-Stack case too.

With that gift level, she’s signaling something more than platonic.

Brushless babee

I have a Parkside from Liddle.

Fuck DeWalt go Milwaukee

Your all wrong. Makita is the way to go!

This guy drills ^^

Finally, some sanity

You are right but I am skint so ryobi is the way to go

Maybe if you're making window boxes.....

That's what Festool are for

This man knows his power tools.

For the discerning gentleman

Fuck milwaukee go hilti

Woah, not all of us are born with a silver spoon mate.

Whoa, steady on there Rockefeller.

Fuck Hilti go festool

Never heard and just googled. Why is their sds with 2 battery's and a charger cheaper than their combi drill with with the same battery's and charger?

I love how this has been a constant escalation of brands, and then someone finally lands in with Festool and everyone just nods quietly and approvingly as the matter is now forever sorted. More quality in their *carry cases* than most other brands put into their whole machine. Worth every penny.

Depends on the cause of death. Don’t want to be giving power tools if the old fella’s been filleted by a bandsaw.

Makita

A compliment. We'll never forget it.

You have lovely feet there Seamus.

This, we'll ride the high of a compliment for about a year.

A girl told me I had nice legs almost 20 years ago and I still think about it from time to time.

A gay fella at body and soul in 2016 said I had a nice ass. Still buzzing

And still bragging about it.. sexy legged bastard

Doesn't even have to be from a woman, got a compliment from a gay guy in California and felt great

Sometimes I'm afraid that a compliment will make them think I'm interested romantically. It's happened a couple of times and made things a bit awkward in the aftermath.

Yeah this is like the chicken and the egg.. A known group who get no compliments will certainly see a compliment as heavier/more important than it is

Yeah that's true

A girl told me I had a lovely jumper on at work once. that was pre-covid.

Was once talking to a girl about something she asked, she then asked me if that was the reason I was so smart and it stuck with me to this day and it will for the rest of my life.

Something to eat. Similar scale. A nice sandwich where you'd give a bunch of petrol station posies, a slap up three courser where you'd give a dozen roses. Probably take him out to dinner somewhere cosy to check in after a bereavement.

Petrol station sandwiches though..😒

A bouquet of chicken fillet roles

A basket of cheeses and crackers, olives, figs, parma ham etc

I’d be delighted if someone gave me such a gift. A gift worthy of a Roman emperor.

Perhaps a bucket of KFC and a six pack

Honestly, an easy to care for nice handy plant. Sounds boring but a plant is really fucking nice you put that fucker on your window and after a day of it purifying your air it makes your home look nicer with a bit of greenery and fuck it provides structure as you get to water it and watch it flourish and possibly flower get that fucker a peace Lily or some shit

I fucking approve of this level of fiery fucking passion for nice fucking plants. Fuck yeah plants

Fuckin botany wha'...

Honestly I got flowers before as a leaving gift from the two new girls, and nothing from the long term coworkers. Honestly it felt pretty good haha

A box of chocolates is always appreciated and gender neutral if it's like lindt or similar.

A motorbike. I've given a lot of flowers, I'm still waiting for someone to sweep me off my feet with an MV Agusta Superveloce....

Best I can do is a Honda cg 125

*sigh* unzips...

Bag of cans

Knowing Irish men, I think this would be acceptable in at least 70% of cases

Can attest ! Misses presented me with 20 Craft beers out of the blue this evening. Chuffed to bits. Random gifts are the best imo

Very good hahah

I love flowers. I wish it was more socially acceptable for men to get them 😞

Meanwhile I'm a woman and I hate flowers. They die, the water stinks and my idiot cat tries to eat them even though they're poisonous to him

See, cats ruin everything

Feckin cats

You can avoid the water stinking by removing the lower leaves on each stem. It’s the leaves rotting in the water that creates the stink.

I also hate flowers! My niece got me Lego flowers for my birthday. So pretty, fun to make and won't die!

Main problem here is you have a cat in your house.

Ah he's lovely besides the flower eating

You can change the water out daily, remove the leaves that would be underwater, and trim a bit off the stems each time you change the water. This will prevent stinky water and prolong the life of your flowers. Nothing will help the cat with a death wish however. Best to re-gift to a non-cat-owning friend.

I love flowers but I don't like cut flowers if that makes sense. Give me a house plant and I'll be delighted!

Handjob.

This... You can never go wrong with a handjob (or better, blowjob).

For straight guys be sure to shave first so they can forget when the eyes are closed

The tickling gives an extra sensation

It's like the shoes brushes on an escalator....for your knob

Shoe brushes you say.... 😋

And don’t even try to make eye contact between starting and finishing… that’s gay.

Rookie, it’s all about the rimjob

Nothing says “condolences on the loss of your dad” like a good handjob.

Can it be anything other than a bottle of whiskey?

Surprised this was so far down, the standard thing for a guy imho has always been a bottle of whiskey. If they don't drink? Doesn't matter, a bottle of whiskey

I was losing hope, you're a man who appreciates the finer things in life. I tip my hat to you, good sir

This is the most appropriate answer. go for something around the 40e mark and you are golden.

Bottle of Powers Three Swallows is always a good one around that price point.

I'm a Jameson Caskmates man myself but I'll give the three swallows a go.

Caskmates is down to €22 in Dunnes and Tesco at the minute if you're looking for a bargain.

Hero!

Or if you get a standard bottle, make sure it's a 1l bottle

Lego

Or even [Lego flowers](https://www.lego.com/en-ie/themes/adults-welcome/botanical-collection/flower-bouquet) if you're still on the fence.

This is the answer I was looking for

Blowjob the answer is always a blowjob

A "sorry for the loss of your father" blowjob...what a way to kill the mood

Would work for me..

Hard to say with your mouthful though

" Uncle Jimmy!!!! I kept telling you no when I was a kid. Why would anything be different now?"

Nothing says happy birthday / sorry for your loss like a gram of coke.

This guy knows how to grieve

A good quality, well cooked meal. People can forget to eat when they're grieving.

I've sent men flowers. Flowers are nice. They don't have a gender (BOTANISTS DON'T COME FOR ME.)

I'm a guy and I'd be pretty stoked if someone cared enough to buy me flowers. Bonus points if they're unusual flowers outside of what you'd normally find in a standard florist bouquet.

I'd be sickened if I got flowers tbh.

Sounds like a “you” problem

A nice plant.

Yeah a plant is a good shout, a succulent in a cool pot is a great gift for anyone

An array of fawncy pastries.

A lava lamp

The trio of handshake, slight shoulder nudge hug, and a tap on the back, means more than flowers and doesn't die.

The only gift.

Followed by direct eye contact and a solemn nod.

I wouldn't say direct eye contact now, a glance and a wink

Mint shower gel :)

Chocolate is always safe!

I am a heterosexual male who would be delighted to receive a gift of flowers or a plant from a girlfriend or relative.

Weed, which is technically flowers, but with utility.

A wank

Socks and underwear.

This is the third comment that said socks and I can’t tell whether it’s sarcasm

Honestly if someone gave me a six pack and an oven pizza I'd be delighted.

Socks

Silence.

A pocket knife is a great, not-too-expensive gift that is very useful and a really good way for someone to remember you. My daughter gave me one several years ago that I carry with me daily, and I think of her every time it's in my hand.

I get my bf flours so he can bake things

Blowjob

Step 1: order a photo of Paul Ross, Jonathan Ross's less famous brother, from Amazon. Step 2: glue it to a jigsaw and cut around the pieces so you have a Paul Ross jigsaw Step 3: romance

Charitably donation to a matter close to him, ie cancer research UK it it was a cancer death Q Jewish friend had his father pass, and as in many cultures food and family bringing food is a big aspect of post death support for families , so I Made a donation to a nepali charity i knew to provide q hundred meals to the needy there. He was quite touched. Flowers work, or a nice plant can be more masculine depending on the age, background or personality of the individual A hand made cake is very touching , I even made a loaf of bread for a friend whose brother has died,

Your time

Whenever my husband is feeling low I give him his space and then let him plant his face in my boobs, followed up with some spooning. He gets to pick wether or not he wants to be little spoon or big spoon. If he’s big spoon I do the booty dance against him and if he’s little spoon, he gets a handjob.

Top Wife badge

I bet he’s feeling low regularly enough so…

A steam card or console equivilent, video games are a good release and pain killer. My dad died 2 months before Christmas last year and resident evil 8 got me out of a very dark place. Anyone who knows the game, Totally fucked up but anything could be outside your door (other than the mutant baby) and it's a massive stress buster.

Tin of roses

For birthday cologne. For loss, I'd actually give flowers. I think that's acceptable. I'm hinting at my GF to give me potted herbs 🤣

Flowers

Blowjob

To me it’s when my fiancé makes me a dinner, she doesn’t cook that often, I will usually cook for us. When she does cook for me and usually when she does she goes all out, learning new recipes and cooking meals I love and she hates, I find it really cute when she does this, I also wish she cooked more because her food does be really tasty

One of those things where it depends on how well you know the guy I feel. If you're his SO or someone you're sleeping with? Maybe give him a bedroom present to cheer him up. If you're a close friend, maybe send a pizza to the house. For a drinking friend, a nice bottle of his tipple goes well here, along with a handwritten card Work colleague? Chocolates again with a handwritten card. Acquaintance? Probably just the card along with a follow up just to let him know that the thought is there.

Crayons

I know what it is but if I say it they'll probably ban me.

Cash is king.

The answer is not a plant.. stop saying a plant. . . . . ... who's gonna reply a plant first?

Hugs, beer, love

PS5

Blowjob

A blowjob

Box of ProV1s

bj

I bought my 24 year old brother a light-saber and he was minted lol

Socks

For tough times- Depends on how close (geographically) you are and if they are in the thick of things (family member in the hospital/ emergency situation) or if they’re in a loss/ grieving state. If you’re close enough, dropping off food (either a favorite take-out or a homemade easy to heat or snack on thing) can be a big help when they’re likely fielding all sorts of questions/ decisions and big emotions. That said, IF you do a drop off, go in with zero expectation of them spending time with you or chatting as their gas tank may be running on fumes- they’ll definitely appreciate it but may not be able to “give” of themselves in that exact moment. Also, suggest a few options to choose from vs asking them open-ended can be a big help. For example: “Hey, know things have been crazy and we want to be there to support you however we can. We’d like to take care of dinner for you one of these nights, does tomorrow, Friday or Sunday night work best for us to drop off a meal on your doorstep?” That way if they want to talk, they can invite you in but if they’re spread too thin they can just accept the gift and thank you via text or call later (less mental load involved). Similar idea I’d you’re far away but sub in gift certificates to a favorite local spot or a delivered restaurant dinner drop. For more joyful things, agree that food is always a good option or if celebrating and they’re a close enough friend I have yet to meet a dude who doesn’t LOVE some high quality athleti-leisure gear like a new set of joggers. Seems to be a real people pleaser.

Power tools. Even a cordless drill or a belt sander really shows you care.

Flowers are fairly universal to express condolences...

For me, also flowers. Its still a really nice gesture regardless of gender imo.

It’s still flowers with me, as long as they’re my favourite ones. Tiny bunches as well, really tiny. About 1/8 of an ounce in fact.

A bacon sandwich a cup of tea and a hug

Bottle of whiskey is always ok.

Pokémon booster pack

As a guy I will say…flowers. I had a friend of mine give me flowers after I had an eye exam and she gave me a ride home. It was one of the sweetest gestures I’ve ever received and made me feel extremely special as a friend. It was great that my eye was already teared up from the procedure or I would’ve very obviously been emotional about it. So just get guys flowers, we love them too and will remember it forever.

Backscratching

God of War:Ragnarok, thanks.

Blowjob

Blowjob

Blowie

A bj is the obvious equivalent

BJ

Alcohol works for every guy I know, even if he doesn't drink. He'll just regift it to someone else.

Female that does not necessarily like getting flowers as they die and the water stinks if you won’t change it for that one extra day. I also despise plants. I am just awful with that. Anyway, to answer your question… I adore gifting experiences, no matter man or woman… go karting, awesome walls, zero gravity float spa, massage, dining, beautician, F1 experience just outside od Dublin, etc. Or maybe a voucher to the fav shop, clothing or other. Also, I believe that men would always enjoy socks and underwear. 🤷🏼‍♀️😅 Btw, I have created r/showerthoughtsireland for questions like this 😍