That all sounds good, especially the megaphone and the t-shirt. Don't spend too much money if he's only 3! a) he'll be bored of it in a couple of weeks and b) he's too young to remember how generous you are so it won't even count towards you becoming his favourite uncle. 
His only other Uncle is a Lawyer, so I'm probably using presents as a way to get over a secret inferiority complex deep in my subconscious. On the plus side, he is gay, so I'll probably never have to worry about my nephew thinking he's cooler than me. Then again, he has been spending a lot of time recently, playing with my sister's old Sylvanian Families toys, so you never know!
Don't underestimate the coolness of teh gays!
Quote: zooo @ September 8 2009, 8:47 PM BSTDon't underestimate the coolness of teh gays!
No really, I NEVER have to worry about my nephew thinking his other Uncle is cooler than me. Put it this way, his current boyfriend smokes a pipe - and he's still only in his 30s!
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ September 8 2009, 7:36 PM BSTWill we?
Elliot is the broody one.
And it's his jizzwizard.
Quote: catskillz @ September 8 2009, 8:25 PM BSTWhile we're on the subject, I was wondering, does anyone have any suggestions for cool gifts for a 3-year-old? It's my Nephew's birthday in a few weeks, and I'm not sure what to get him. Some of the things I've considered getting are a toy Indiana Jones whip with sound effects, a megaphone that makes people sound like robots, a fake fart gadget that has a 20-second delay, and, best of all, a T-shirt with a picture of some bongos on the front, which can actually be played when hit!
Those kind of things (the t-shirts) are really easy to damage. I'd avoid it. I'd go for the megaphone personally. I want one even now.
Quote: catskillz @ September 8 2009, 9:06 PM BSTNo really, I NEVER have to worry about my nephew thinking his other Uncle is cooler than me. Put it this way, his current boyfriend smokes a pipe - and he's still only in his 30s!
Depends what the kid grows up like. Aside from the pipe (disgusting habit), he sounds cooler to me. 
Quote: Aaron @ September 8 2009, 9:13 PM BSTI'd go for the megaphone personally. I want one even now.
Let's get one!
Quote: JuliaC @ September 8 2009, 4:49 PM BSTHe's beautiful, random!! *broods*
Cheers JC 
Quote: Nil Putters @ September 8 2009, 5:44 PM BST
Ah there it is, must have missed that.
Awwww couchi coo!!
Quote: Aaron @ September 8 2009, 9:13 PM BSTAnd it's his jizzwizard.
Those kind of things (the t-shirts) are really easy to damage. I'd avoid it. I'd go for the megaphone personally. I want one even now.
Depends what the kid grows up like. Aside from the pipe (disgusting habit), he sounds cooler to me.
He's a big Kylie Minogue fan.
Well ... can't say I'm all that enamoured by your own musical stylings. 
Tough choice though. Hmmm.
If I had a gay uncle, he'd probably be my favourite.
But then I am a girl.
Quote: catskillz @ September 8 2009, 8:40 PM BSTOn the plus side, he is gay, so I'll probably never have to worry about my nephew thinking he's cooler than me.
I've been sat up writing, and I've just realised that this sentence probably made me sound a bit Homophobic. I should've really made it clearer that, a) I typed it with the opinions of the average little boy in mind, and b) My Nephew's other Uncle really does have terrible taste.
Quote: catskillz @ September 8 2009, 8:25 PM BSTWhile we're on the subject, I was wondering, does anyone have any suggestions for cool gifts for a 3-year-old? It's my Nephew's birthday in a few weeks, and I'm not sure what to get him. Some of the things I've considered getting are a toy Indiana Jones whip with sound effects, a megaphone that makes people sound like robots, a fake fart gadget that has a 20-second delay, and, best of all, a T-shirt with a picture of some bongos on the front, which can actually be played when hit!
I recently spent a few weeks looking after a cousin's three-year-old son (and five-year-old daughter). His favourite things were a toy digging truck and dozer (stuff that never appealed to me as a kid), a rubber ball, costume fairy wings, plastic farm animals, wooden building blocks, Lego and Beatrix Potter books, particularly The Tale of Peter Rabbit. And any music he could dance to. Anything that could be easily broken (clockwork toys, battery powered gadgets, model aeroplanes, whoopee cushion) had been broken.
