Funny gift boxes from The Onion

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The Onion sells these funny fake-product "gotcha" boxes -- which you can fill with real presents.

Wrap an otherwise forgettable gift in one of seven Gotcha Boxes from The Onion, and watch their faces fall when they realize there is no such thing as a USB-powered travel toaster or a 28-piece whisk set—just a crappy bric-a-brac inside you waited until the last moment to buy. Or feign enthusiasm for a surge-protected power strip that mounts on a car review mirror and plugs into the cigarette lighter.

Link (Thanks, Dale!)

[#1 posted by Stefan Jones , October 26, 2007 5:26 PM]

Be sure to check out the older series of bauxes; I love the "Salt of the Month Club."

Even more fun than putting a crappy gift in one of these would be putting in something really cool and appropriate, and including an envelope with the gift receipt inside "in case you have one already." Then when the giftee brings the unopened item to the store for an exchange they'll get to try to explain why they're returning a USB Toaster with a receipt for an iPod. And hopefully figure out what's going on before things get nasty.

[#2 posted by kaosdevice , October 26, 2007 5:55 PM]

Those completely rule. I'm going to snag a few for the hollidays.

[#3 posted by Stacyj , October 26, 2007 6:43 PM]

How very much fun! Although looking at their entire collection I must sadly admit that if I got that "Make Your Own Umbrella" box, I'd be woefully disappointed if that -wasn't- what was inside ...

[#4 posted by Jesse M. , October 26, 2007 7:03 PM]

Wait, where do you find the ones shown in the post? When I go to the link I only see the USB toaster, salt of the month, and make-your-own-umbrella boxes.

[#5 posted by loquacious , October 26, 2007 11:18 PM]

I want a visorganizer. It's like a fanny pack with a bad attitude.

[#6 posted by mrfitz , October 27, 2007 6:54 AM]

lol.

thanks onion

[#7 posted by nygadfly , October 27, 2007 10:39 AM]

I agree with #5 Loquacious: the Visorganizer actually looks useful. It harks back to the good old days when a newshound would store his press pass in the band of his fedora.

[#8 posted by MaximusNYC , October 27, 2007 4:50 PM]

The Visorganizer could be the next tacky baby-boomer accessory.

If someone actually made these, Wal-Mart would sell millions of them.

[#9 posted by BronxBee , October 29, 2007 8:55 AM]

my very large family has for many, many years, been using boxes from other items to wrap gifts that have nothing to do with the box ("don't believe the box" is our motto). if only we had known there was money to be made from it!

[#10 posted by dansinch , October 29, 2007 10:52 AM]

Am I the only one not seeing the new boxes on the actual site?