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By AlexaFerotina
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There's not too much time left until St. Valentine's Day, so one must order, and order soon, to make sure it gets there on time. My soul mate and I resolved many years ago to start buying each other funny gifts every holiday (not just Valentines) Our marital success is humor By far, above all else, it has been the core of our relationship and heals wounds beautifully. We have celebrated (and sometimes endured) twenty wonderful years together. We continue to laugh, even after we cry sometimes.

I have been surfing the net and reading blogs about other couples who understand the importance of humor and humorous gifts and have taken note of what they are buying.

I recently read a blog from a mother-to-be, who happens to be a humor gift enthusiast. One shop she visited has incredibly funny maternity and infant wear, Mirth Girth Birth www.mirthgirthbirth.com which offers funny maternity wear and infant wear and a small inventory of gifts and collectibles by the cartoonist whose work appears on the products. The categories are in "Future Professions" such as "Future Physicist" and "Future Veterinian" etc. One of the most delicious is in the Future Musician category which is Beethoven-themed. To explain it in such an article is a bit difficult, but the image shows a giant beet (vegetable) at a piano, with a face that has a striking resemblance to Beethoven. It's a very unique mirthful comic gift. And the caption simply says, "Beethoven". You have to see it to appreciate it. You will laugh.

Of course anything from any of Rick London's stores are worth seeing. The majority of the funny gift stores I found on the net were from the Rick London collection, not surprisingly. He is the master of that kind of product.

One of my all-time favorites is is from the Rick London Collection main store, www.ricklondoncollection.com. It is a cartoon coffee mug called "Starbuck's Is Everywhere". (the London Collection offers dozens of other gifts of this cartoon from women's track suits to infant wear), but I particularly like this mug. It is called Starbucks Is Everywhere, and shows an astronaut on the planet Mars, where he is surprised to see a Starbuck's. He is on his radio telling Houston to forget the freeze-dried coffee on the next journey there. It's an image so funny, it will be stuck in my psyche forever, not unlike early Steve Martin with the arrow through his head.

I go nuts for funny greeting cards and never can just buy one. I like to buy the whole box if they are available and there is one place on the net to find them.... Just Funny Greeting Cards www.justfunnygreetingcards.com One of my favorites, and maybe favorite cartoons of all time, is on one of the sets of cards called Easter Island which can be found in the "Holidays" section of the store. It shows the giant metaphysical rock beings of Easter Island gathering colorful Easter eggs and a very funny caption about the kids every year hunting for eggs. Many other topics and cartoon cards are available as well. It's worth a visit.

If one is into letting their inhibitions down, there is a must-see store just launched called A Thong In My Heart www.athonginmyheart.com . One of my favorites is Dr. Rorschach Walking His Dog "Spot" which is in the psychiatry thread. The store is brand new, and not fully-populated yet, but what is in there is absolutely hysterical. It's one of those must-see stores. The cartoons are on women's thongs and men's boxers, which happen to not just be funny but sexy too. I'm impressed.

Rick Londonwear www.ricklondonwear.com and his Londons Times Superstore www.LTSuperstore.com, two supergift stores run by London carry a huge plethora of merchandise. Funny tees, sweats, beer steins, coffee mugs, keepsake boxes, aprons, and you name it They even have gourmet cartoon coffee gift baskets and the coffee is incredibly good (in the LTSuperstore) at the top of the page.

But I don't just cheerlead for the London-owned stores. Some other stores have fared well in my search as well such as www.stupid.com (that is, if you really go for weird); and sometimes not that funny. If you are into politics and other social issues, this is a good one to visit.

Though not much romance here, there's some funny stuff at Hipster Gifts, with the address www.hipstergifts.com. There's some nifty sections and products. Not a huge selection but some good quality things.

About the Author

Alexa Ferotina is a freelance writer and critic of funny cartoon and gift websites and gifts. She has made her selection for Funny Valentines Gifts Alexa Ferotina Names Top Seven Funny Valentines Gifts On The Internet

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