Gag gifts for new FSA

[GadgetGeek]

We are looking for ideas for gag gifts for a new FSA (she will be when she gets back from Toronto). Current ideas include
-slide rule/pocket protector
-book on social skills
-nerd glasses (tape modified groucho marx glasses)
-belt clip calculator holder (modified from universal cell phone belt clip)
-mirrors for shoes so she can make eye contact with other actuaries
Any help is appreciated

[Maine-iac]

Geek to English/English to Geek Dictionary?

[Enough Exams Already]

"Investing for Dummies"?

[WWSituation]

How about a pink slip?

Congratulations!! You're fired. The analysts covering our stock won't let us hire any new FSAs. Sorry, we can't afford a sell recommendation.

[Gretchen]

I was given an abacus when I got my FSA.

[Snow White]

You should get her SOA approved calculator bronzed. (like baby shoes).

[Dr T Non-Fan]

I like Snow White's suggestion. The rest are overused and stereotypical.

[Epsilon Theta]

On 2002-03-01 12:49, Snow White wrote:
You should get her SOA approved calculator bronzed. (like baby shoes).


I actually thought of doing this when my boss got his FSA. I asked for his old(the really old one) calculator. Then I went to a place where they bronze things. Well, it was going to cost about $60(in 1995)! Heck, I won't spend that much money on my boss. So I didn't do it. I still have his calculator. Maybe when he retires.....

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Saw it in half, attach it to ear muffs.

[LightSwitch]

The oldest calculator I recall is the one before the BA-35 (non-solar). I think it was white and did not have any log or exponential functions.

How about one of those "Actuary" t-shirts. (I've got one from winning the Actuarial Digest puzzle drawing. I’m sure you could purchase one.)

There are also Actext t-shirts.

How about a t-shirt with a super man logo with (1) FSA in it or (2) “Actuary” in it. You could even use the super man colors.

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[GadgetGeek]

Thanks for all the ideas. She got an official SOA calculator with a belt clip attached. An offical SOA calculator mounted to a wooden plaque (actually the calculator was split in half so you got both the keys and the logo on the plaque). Addition/Subtraction flash cards. A learn to count flap book. A thinking cap. A huge (18" long x 1" diameter)pencil and "ledger paper" (artists tablet of newprint). A phone card with 0 minutes to call everyone (who wasn't an actuary) that cared. The one item I thought about too late was a copy of the disney classic...Donald Duck in Mathmagic land.

[Actuarybert]

The best gag gift that I've received was a long-sleeved soccer jersey with the number 6 on the front. The shirt was a gift to commemorate an exam that I got a 6 on (just barely). After that, I always wore the "lucky 6 shirt" for good luck the day before the exam. Oddly, it seemed to work. :wink:

[Nature Boy]

give him a life.

gut only with small dosage, he won't know what to do with it.

whoooooooo