It's that season again...

Wedding season is upon us again. A season where as a guest you start wondering what should I get the happly couple. Thankfully the couple usually provides a list of items they would like to have; hence, making gift giving easier. Had lunch with a good friend of mine this week who informed me about a wedding registry that lists, as one of the 'we'd love to have' items, a crowbar. Yes, a black metal 'S' shaped crowbar.

A few questions quickly appeared in my head:

1. Really, you need a crowbar that much? Why? The occasional 'moved into a new house - have to force open rusty metal doorlock' - maybe; otherwise, slightly suspect.

2. How does one, as a guest, give the gift of a crowbar? Wrap it in a big bow and say 'here you go, please think of me everytime you beat your poodle with this gift.'

[Complete sidenote - me - big fan of scraping the registry and getting the happy couple a goat, a la, http://www.heifer.org or paying for a few cats to be neutered in their honor http://www.alleycat.org/]