Electronics Hobbyist Gifts

"Last week Tom built his own smoke detector...but it short circuited and almost burnt the house down."

"I heard you buy old computer parts. Well, get your checkbook out."

Dear, could you please pick up some batteries? The ones in the remote are dead and I feel like I'm Amish.

Hardware Store Tools Wrench

'I'm a do-it-yourselfer, but I've never been a done-it-yourselfer...'

'He may not be accurate but he's resourceful'

'As a kid I was always taking things apart...so, anyway, that's when my parents stopped getting me pets.'

Silver Sufferer - husband looking at steam trains on the internet, wife bored in background

"OK, now I want everybody to put their hands together and make something with tools!"

"I will place this broken phone charger in the 'man' drawer. Where in six months time, it will magically fix itself."

'In ancient times they needed these to watch TV!'

TV Repair 101.

"You've got to compress it because my email account is limited to 3MB."

Santa Claus uses drones to deliver presents on Christmas.

Ironmongers

"Son, you're old enough now to whittle your own condom."

"You fix it by buying a new one."

Sourdough starter. Mask-making supplies. Everything else

Project Supreme Fuel Efficiency

'Mary finally solved the blinking clock problem by putting black tape over it.'

'That's our latest in portables.'

The Computer takes a drinks break.

Frankenstein D.I.Y.

To continue with tech support, you must be in front of your computer and have a soldering iron, a voltmeter and a circuit tester available.

"This is where DIY projects go to die."

'This 3D TV you sold me doesn't work.'

'On the bill of lading it says 'humbly assembled household robots without intention to cause injury on export market'.'

"Profession?"

Making Own Snow in Switzerland

When you die, where would you like me to spread you remote's ashes?

Back to School Specials!

Are you saying I have no control over when I upgrade my devices? In effect. You've got some kind of subconscious internal clock that drives you to regularly buy a new phone, or TV, or video game console. And there's nothing I can do about it? So it would seem. How freeing. Does this revelation come with a new credit line? Go away.

'I want the new BX 406, not the 407 and I want expanded memory with a graphics converter...'

Model Airplanes

"The manufacturer's suggested list price on this is sixty-seven thousand dollars, but, because of our low overhead, I can let you have it for thirty-nine ninety-five."