Pelosi to celebrate the big 7-0 on Friday (Help needed to suggest gifts)

The Hill ^ | March 24, 2010 | Christina Wilkie

[Zakeet]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has a big birthday coming up on Friday, and after passing historic healthcare reform legislation this week, she's got plenty to celebrate.

But while her office is remaining mum on the Speaker's plans, the owner of Washington's toniest gift shop has some great ideas for birthday presents.

Keith Lipert counts royalty, ambassadors, CEOs, and members of Congress among the clients who come to his Georgetown shop for help deciding on the perfect, and most diplomatic gifts. He's too discreet to name them, of course, but he shared his suggestions for what Pelosi's colleagues might give her.

He advises to "consider asking a few people who admire her to inscribe a leather-bound Constitution, which only costs $20, thanking her for her service."

For personal friends and people who've "been in the trenches with [Pelosi]," Lipert said that, "women can give her a necklace, but I'd recommend to a man that he give her a brooch. And for a spring birthday, a cherry blossom symbolizes Washington and renewal."

[theDentist]

Ding dong...

"Madame Speaker, I am your IRS ObamaCare Quality-of-Life Representative.
I'm here to discuss with you whether your life continues to be... beneficial to
the American people, or if you are just a drag on society.
My assessment will be fair and impartial.

May I come in?"*

*this is satire... not a threat to the old scarecrow. I personally look forward to the day she has to hand over that Gavel to a Republican.

[meyer]

I bought her a donation to her opponent, John Dennis...

http://www.johndennis2010.com/?ref=nav

[conservativegramma]

LOL! Good one.

[Repeat Offender]

women can give her a necklace.... Oh, the breech of etiquitte I almost committed. I was thinking of this gorgeous 13 braid hemp necklace.....

[Artcore]

My suggested gift: TURBO LAX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7BmJM_9RUM&feature=related

[spectre]

A DVD of "Logans Run"

[Tupelo]

If I can find one, I am going to send her a GREEN persimmon. Hopefully that will wipe that stupid grin off her face.

[greatplains]

Ah, yes, a trip to the carousel. Much more creative than my thought of a bag of cow shite.

[DonnDe]

"consider asking a the few people who admire her..."

Corrected.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Artcore]

LOL! Good one! I’d love to see that mouth of her’s pucker up!

[justapicker]

How about some incorrectly formatted DVDs of Hollywood movies, an Ipod loaded with Obama speeches and a toy Marine One helicopter?

Good enough for the PM and the Queen of England.

[Seaplaner]

Typically, I'm not one for snarky remarks about one's appearance, but I set that policy aside for those elderly people, such as Squeaker Pelosi, who choose to replace what might have been a wise and experienced countenance with a full surgical clown face , replete with unnatural and frozen expressions and the telltale inability to smile fully or naturally.

There is no reason to trust a septuagenarian who somehow thinks that by surgically transforming into a scary marionette that she can fool us into thinking she's capable of wise and rational decisions.

What next, a poodle skirt?

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[Danae]

How about a dump truck full of Horse manure? It would fit everything about her.

[TChris]

How about some incorrectly formatted DVDs of Hollywood movies, an Ipod loaded with Obama speeches and a toy Marine One helicopter?

That would be EXCELLENT!

Only, make it an iPod full of conservative speeches, heavy on Reagan. The DVDs should be conservative-friendly titles too. Instead of Marine One, send an F-14 and a Bush figurine with a "Mission Accomplished" banner.

Heck, I might just do this project myself!

[From The Deer Stand]

How about a personal visit from Mr. Hankey?

[crosshairs]

Wow. I thought she was older.

[Charlespg]

How about a guillotine

[Vigilanteman]

What she would really like.

[funfan]

A gift certificate for a free enema