Gift for my Manager Ultimate Michigan Fan
Looking for creative ideas and how to purchase a truly distinctive gift for my manager who is a lifelong Michigan fan. Great guy... Was thinking tickets for two to UM Notre Dame next year inside a signed Helmet. Wall Quotes and framed images. Something authentic... Maybe service oriented - Meeting Coach Jim and sponsoring a Charity. Ideas like that... I went to Army and not UM - so I am just a fan and do not know my way around, so to speak. I've followed the team since 1971 and love the tradition and history. Looking for a little Christmas serious gift idea(s) help. Go Blue! Thank you!
December 1st, 2018 at 9:49 AM ^
Tickets to M-ND.... in a signed helmet?
Get yer tongue out of his areshole.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
User name kinda checks out, but would be a better fit if it were 'Asshole D'...
December 1st, 2018 at 2:57 PM ^
LLLLOOOOOLLLLL that is SO hilarious. Cock D, should be Asshole D. You nailed him bro!
December 1st, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
You are such a little hand job water boy. Nice fan base. Thanks for the help. GFY.
December 1st, 2018 at 3:33 PM ^
Hey, Chief - This guy gave me the opportunity of a lifetime. I am a vet - never stuck my nose, tongue, or dick up anyone's asshole. Never sat on one either you pencil neck Nancy boy. Be happy to get on the mat or in the cage with you so you can't run off you little worm.
December 1st, 2018 at 8:50 PM ^
Dude, step AWAY from the internet for awhile, OK?
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^
That's not a gift; it's a bribe. Inappropriate.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
It might be hard to get ahold of next years tickets by Christmas.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:54 AM ^
I guess it depends on your budget. You have a good start to some ideas - mine would include:
- authentic helmet
- authentic jersey with his name on the back and customized to a jersey # that might mean something (maybe his graduation year)
- tickets to a big game
- get him into the annual trip Coach Harbaugh takes to South America to volunteer (I think it's Peru but I could be wrong)
- signed jersey from his favorite player (eBay is the best bet here)
- there are a million books about UM football
- framed picture of the stadium
- get a brick engraved with his name inside the stadium plaza (I'm assuming this is still possible)
hopefully that hat is useful - also coincidentally my dad was a West Point alum so thank you for your service to and sacrifice for our country. Looking forward to a victory over Navy...
December 1st, 2018 at 11:02 AM ^
What about the $10,000 bedazzled helmet at the MDen?
December 1st, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^
Thanks, Buddy - It is greatly appreciated.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:54 AM ^
Send me $100 and give me a week to return a gift with John beilein signed on it.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:08 AM ^
It he can send me $50 and think he's going to get an authentic signature back.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:56 AM ^
I like how you troll from one subject to another.
Very cleaver.
December 1st, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
Eddie Haskell approves
December 1st, 2018 at 9:55 AM ^
Your ideas are very nice and better than mine.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
Why are you getting your boss a gift? I don't even give my family gifts, let alone a boss or coworker.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
Maize and Blue Escalade.
.....wit spinners
December 1st, 2018 at 10:06 AM ^
Wipe that brown stuff off your nose, OP.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:15 AM ^
December 1st, 2018 at 10:20 AM ^
You must like your boss much more than I do. I throw in $20 and let my coworkers do the leg work. How much are you willing to shell out on said gift? Also, what do you do? You must be making GOOD money if you’re willing to spend this kind of money on your boss.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:58 AM ^
Hardee’s
December 1st, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
I was thinking....are you hiring?
December 1st, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
1 year membership Jelly of the Month club.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
That's the gift that keeps on giving!
December 1st, 2018 at 10:41 AM ^
How about a seat at the 2019 press conference where Urbz announces his retirement.
Seriously though, I do have a UM mini helmet of #5 Mr. Peppers complete with helmet stickers made by a fellow mgoblogger if interested.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Helmet stickers? Homemade? Very cool! I'd gladly pay to get some of those made for my Michigan helmet.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:25 AM ^
Can't recall the fellow blogger whom I got it from. Very cool indeed. Not near talented to make them. My artistic talent stops at drawing stick figures. Helmet sits next to the UM hover helmet which is also very cool!
December 1st, 2018 at 11:18 AM ^
Given you went to Army, see if you can get him on the field for the Army / UM game next year (Sept 7). There could be a service angle / contribution you could make to Army that could get him a field pass. That would be unique and charitable at the same time.
Thanks for your service to our country and good to see you are now a Wolverine.
Go Blue !!!
December 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
Thank you - Maybe that will be just the ticket.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:36 AM ^
A loss to Navy on Dec 8th would be a nice present for me!
Something related to next year's Michigan - Army game would be cool.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
I've never worked in a place where people were expected to spend serious money on their boss.. your situation must be different.
You could order a nice maize jacket from the M-Den. Any game he attends, it really stands out. If he ever attends a Maize-Out he will think of you fondly :-)
December 1st, 2018 at 12:16 PM ^
You must really love your job.
December 1st, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
A case of whiskey to kill the pain
December 1st, 2018 at 1:16 PM ^
You better be a VP at a billion dollar company to be spending that much on a Christmas gift for your manager.
December 1st, 2018 at 1:48 PM ^
Do people get their managers gifts? Seems like a kiss ass move to me.
Maybe I'm out of touch since my boss is 2000 miles away and my direct reports are in south america.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
Guess the way I read it was it was one of his managers, as in subordinates.
December 1st, 2018 at 2:33 PM ^
I've never gotten it so can't speak to the quality of the items it contains, but you could give him a Proud Box subscription from MDen. The Dec-Jan boxes would run you a total of $100 including shipping.
December 1st, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
I never gave my boss a gift but if I did it would be something very cheap and breakable.
December 1st, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
Nice Fanbase here.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:58 PM ^
Unfortunately, you're posting a week after that game. People are still feeling bad about the program and taking it out with shitposting. You probably would have gotten a lot of nice responses circa Nov. 20.
Tickets are always an awesome idea. Are you sort of near AA? If not, I always find arrangements around attending a game to be as valuable as the tickets themselves. Other activities to really make it worthwhile to fly or road trip out to Michigan are appreciated. You mentioned service-oriented so maybe that would fit along those lines - game Saturday and then a cool Michigan-sponsored activity Sunday? The alumni association does a lot, you might try contacting the Detroit/Ann Arbor area club(s) or the club in your area for events you could plug your manager into.
https://alumni.umich.edu/volunteer/
December 1st, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
A dinner with Brian.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
Facebook.com/aceqorp