Retirement Gifts Humorous

Retirement gifts, humorous one in particular, celebrate a new phase of life. Retirement gifts are an opportunity to joyfully haze the celebrant as he or she switches gears in life from full-time employment to new opportunities.

Retirement gifts celebrate all the things you want to do.

The key to a humorous retirement gift is that it should elicit laughter, whether in the form of a chuckle, a belly-shaking laugh or a snorting giggle. Humorous gifts entertain, tease and occasionally lampoon the retiree but in a friendly manner. A humorous gift should never be mean-spirited, and when in doubt about how someone may react, don’t give a gag gift.

A gag gift relies on a very specific type of humor. Not all gag gifts are funny to all people. It’s always better to err on the side of caution when considering a gag gift. Humorous gifts are available that can tease and excite without threat of insult.

Retirement gifts humorous and amusing fall under several different categories, including novelty, commemorative, personalized, hobby, relaxation, travel and unique.

When shopping for a humorous gift, keep in mind the different types of humor. Humorous gifts fall into one of these humorous categories:

• Pun Humor Shirts, cups and hats that feature pun humor usually remark upon age and the conceit of age. These puns are most often well received and chuckled over. A gift with a pun is among those least likely to offend.
• Practical Joke Humor Practical jokes are best reserved for those that you know extremely well. A practical joke gift, for example, may be a set of faux golf clubs or a book on modern housekeeping and being a nanny. While "funny," these jokes are not always well received.
• Wisecracking Humor Like puns, wisecracks rely on clever twists with words. For example, a wisecrack might be the mug that says Under New Management – see my spouse.
• Parody or Satirical Humor This particular brand of humor relies on iconic imagery from "I Love Lucy" to "Gilligan’s Island" to presidental images and other political themes, either on a mug, a t-shirt or other entertaining item.
• Pure Jokes Pure joke retirement gifts are not meant to be useful. They are given for the fast, hard laugh and as soon forgotten, such as the cut noose – representing cutting ties with corporate jobs.
• Ironic Gifts Irony plays a role in retirement gifts, including a new set of tools or college books for a new career. After all, what is more ironic than retiring from one career by preparing for another?
• Caricature If you have an artist or access to an artist, a caricature or cartoon of the retiree makes for great humor.

When shopping for retirement gifts for yourself or someone else, you will find a wide selection of humorous gifts amidst the serious. Novelty items are the most popular combined with good humor. Cups, t-shirts, notebooks and photos are among the top gifts given at retirement. Don’t let the humor limit your options when you’re shopping. Remember that hobby gifts, even humorous hobby gifts such as a For Dummies book, can be useful as well as funny.

As described above, not everyone shares the same sense of humor. When in doubt about a retirement gift’s humorous properties, refrain from giving it. A wife can give her husband a gift that is quite funny from her, but insulting from someone else. Remember that many humorous gifts require a certain level of familiarity.

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