How much should a joke cost?

So tomorrow is Rob's birthday, and since he's in Iraq and it is Saturday already, his birthday is actually today. Now Rob is the type of person who will never tell you what to get him for his Birthday, and he is the hardest person to shop for because in his (and mine) opinion, he already has everything he wants. So because I am one of those horrible gift buyers who give people things that I like, he ends up getting mushy, romantic gifts. Things like a scrapbook, or a book about us, or we end up going to eat someplace that I like.

But this year was different. Rob actually asked for something. All Rob wanted for his birthday was a morph suit. A morph suit? What is that? According to the website "Morphsuits don't need explaining, the pictures say it all." So here is the explanation:



According to the website "Normal stuff is much more fun in a morphsuit." I mean, really, think of the soldiers in Iraq. Who wouldn't want to see a soldier walking around base in a morphsuit carrying an assault rifle around his shoulder? And the rest of the testimonials are almost convincing enough to spend $50.00 on a morphsuit. You could make friends in many different colors! But as badly as Rob wanted one, I made the conscious choice to not buy it. Instead, he got a journal.



Which makes me wonder, how much is too much to spend on a joke?