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Sennheiser HD 598

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After bombarding my dad's flat last Christmas with cans still in my possession from various headphones roundups, I realised his and my tonal preferences couldn't be further apart. I look for cans with a booming bass response, yet he preferred the more balanced output, taking quite a shine to these Sennheisers.

While headsets such as the Bowers and Wilkins' P5 undoubtedly have a fatherly appeal, you can't go wrong with the Sennheiser HD598s, which have a spacious balanced sound and a retro design to tickle any old timer's fancy. Anything that looks like the interior of a 1970s Mercedes would though, eh?

Sennheiser HD598
Father's Day
Price £160
More info Sennheiser

Zombie shopping mall experience

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Specialist experience provider Wish.co.uk offers the chance to be surrounded by 'real' maniac zombies, gunning them down with airsoft weapons within a dilapidated shopping centre in Reading.

Perhaps being chased by the undead will put too much pressure on the old heart or drive a man to early incontinence, but if your dad is fit and able, running around shooting zombies in an abandoned shopping mall could be right up his street. As a George Romero fanboi, my old man would love it. Better hurry up, though, places are limited. ®

Zombie experience
Father's Day
Price £119
More info Wish

Ten... Father's Day gifts

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OK, its nice to look at some of these, but two points:

1) Why does every list like this always come out just when its too late to order any of the stuff on it in time?

2) Is there anyone on here who has EVER dropped more than about £20 on a father's day gift?

oh, and 3) James Chaldecott - I couldn't agree more. What next? The Placebo watch? Realigns your spiritual bio-energy WHILE YOU SLEEP, only £2500

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Give him something cheap

Unfortunately I don't have a Dad any more as he suddenly died a couple of years ago.

If you are lucky enough to still have a Dad, save your money and give him a hug.

No, really. Forget that stupid handshake thing, this stuff matters - often when it's way too late.

For that matter, forget being British for a while and hug everyone you love, just in case you don't see them again.

Sorry about that, back to coding....

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Can I have a the last one with a slight change

shooting up bankers in a used bank?

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Anonymous Coward

Ok, show of hands

Anyone getting their dad a £200 excercise watch this year for Father's Day?

No, me neither

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Anonymous Coward

Who wrote this? Is their dad gay?

Floor polisher? Is that a euphemism?

e-reader with a poovey pastel padded cover? (real mean don't read, unless it's a Haynes manual spotted with axle grease)

i-phone add-ons? aren't iphones for pooves?

as others have already pointed out, a wrist vibrator? For stress? Wopuldn't rather have a crate of Guinness and a box set of Russ Meyer films with the lads round, then?

A Sat-Nav? Don't you know how to read an AA map from 1974, then?

Headphones so we don't disturb the neighbours? Hows about a Motorhead DVD with the home cinema turned up to 11*

What was left from your list? A jogging watch? Jog on, ladies.

where's the footplate ride on a steam engine, bungee jump, paintball session...

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