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And they come with a bunch of really cool
toolbox accessories.
Choose from the Construction Jack car
penter, plumber, painter or electrician on
the Web site or locally at Fred Meyer
stores. Helpful information on
the back of every box
explains what these boys
actually do at work, including
an effusively patriotic speech
describing “workers whose
skill, inspiration and ‘can-
do* attitude have built the
infrastructure that has
allowed the United
States to become the
most advanced industrial
society the world has
ever known.” Wow.
In a very exciting
Construction Jack develop
ment, next year will hail more
models with different ethnic
backgrounds and (drum
roll, please) Construc
tion Jill.
C o nstruction J ack : T he G reat
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ien you work at a
newspaper, you
stai to get e-mails
start
around March that say: “Do
you put together a gift
guide? Please consider this
for your gift guide.”
And in March, I’m
thinking, “What gift
guide?”
Soon these
e-mails become a
daily annoyance, and
I’m deleting faster
than 1 can read what
crappy product they
want me to buy. So
nearly, very nearly, did I
miss Construction
Jack.
Link Innova
tions were no
fools in sending
the www.con-
structionjack.com
link out to queer
^ ^
newspaper e-mails
around the
country.
Although
intended to be
basically toys represent
ing blue-collar trades,
these hoys are, well,
pretty. And huff. And
hutch. And in uniform.
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visit to WWW.
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kid in a candy store. So many
flavors, and all good.
Specializing in magnets,
the Web site also includes
all that funky retro stuff
( you’re embarrassed you
Easy gift ideas from Dafridge.com
want, like Total Bitch brand soap and
Dirty Girl lip balm. All this stuff is great
for stocking stuffers and those dreaded
office party gift exchanges.
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Unfortunately, their
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sex only include straight
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