BETTER THAN A TOY TRUCK

We’ve about given up on being surprised by marketers who start touting upcoming holidays way before we think they should. Instead, we’ll save our venting for “gifts” that seem to be (To us, anyway) a bit out of line. Case in point today comes to us courtesy of Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, Calif., where they’re touting their “plastic surgery gift card,” which they claim is the “Soon-To-Be Most Talked about Christmas Present of 2007.” Yes, for that special someone for whom a box of home-baked cookies just won’t cut it, you can now buy them a tummy tuck, breast augmentation, lipo treatment or more. (How do we know? We just spent WAAAY too much time browsing the “before and after” shots. Um, ew.) If you’ve a spare couple of thousand, jump online and pick up your gift card at Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery.com.