High-tech Hobbyist Gifts

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

It's a male thing - I saw a toaster with power assist, and I bought it.

Hardware Store Tools Wrench

'Well, at least it has bubbles.'

'Cool!! Your Dad lets you take accordian lessons??!!'

'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.'

The most probable explanation to the mind of a sixteen year old tennis star

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

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

Casual skydiving.

Man Watches Live Feed of his Aquarium on Television

"You'll be on the road most days, but when you do come in, this will be your docking station."

'At the moment, it's only weakness is flypaper.' - (spyplane research dept.)

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

Ironmongers

Sourdough starter. Mask-making supplies. Everything else

'Man, look at these young guys! This 'wheel' thing is making them all soft. Next, they'll be using animals to pull themselves around!'

Project Supreme Fuel Efficiency

"This is where DIY projects go to die."

"Are. You. Ready. To. Weeeeave?"

Recombinant DNA

Frankenstein D.I.Y.

"In the olden days, these things were used to store your contact details."

"The only person you can dial is yourself."

"Dammit! I failed again trying to create a centaur, a minotaur and a mermaid."

"*Sigh* these smart appliances always know when it's tax refund time."

'And then Steve Jobs invented apple computers.'

"My doctor suggested I get a hobby to help release stress."

Prisoner Spotter

'My hobby is taxidermy...and this is my trophy room.'

Model Airplanes

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

"Happy Father's Day. It's the latest gadget for people at your tech level. It's an Incompetent Watch."

'Would you believe I'm listening to a pod cast of welding instructions?'