With Father's day just around the corner (June 18th for those who have forgotten), the shops are stocked with gadgets & gizmos that are absolutely perfect for your dad... yeah right.
While mammies get all the attention on their special day, dads have been, well, somewhat forgotten.
We've teamed up with The National Lottery to right this wrong. So, without further adieu, here are the seven worst Father's Day gifts out there.
Shopkeepers, stockists, online retailers - we need to talk.
A Novelty Mug
I know for one my dad would drink tea out of a bowl. Your Dad is not going to read the lovely poem on the side of that mug about him being number one. That mug is going straight into your kitchen cupboard with the fifty other mugs in your house. Stay clear, folks. Spend your euros on something a bit more useful.
Car Air Freshener
Why? Just why? That scented Black Ice will be gone within two weeks - then what's left? Your whinging Dad complaining that you never got him a decent present to begin with!
Leave the man alone. Let him have a lie-in, it's a Sunday, after all.
The only time Dad will ever to need PJs is when he takes a tumble and lands in hospital. A pointless present to say the least.
Lads, seriously - don't even think about this one. Dad still uses that battered Blokia as he can make calls and send texts on it with (relative) ease. Snapchat, Instagram and the likes are about as foreign to him as eating with sushi with chopsticks. By the time Father's Day 2018 rolls around, he still won't have connected to the internet. Google - on your phone? Madness!
The "Oops I ran into the shop at the last minute and panicked present". The tie will be shoved into the back of the drawer along with the cringe-inducing hospital-bound PJs.
Father's Day is a day to thank your Dad for all the good he's done over the past twelve months. Don't insult the poor man. He already know's he's going bald...
Ties, smartphones & novelty mugs. They're all a bit meh, really. You've been warned!
