Mitch Hedburg... He once had a joke "I think a gift certifacte is a bad gift, you take money that was good anywhere (at this point the audience laughs and he loses his momentum) he never finished the joke but this is hoiw i think it would go...

To me a gift certificate is a bad gift, you take money that was good anywhere, and turn it into a peice of paper good at one place thats only open betwen 8-5 monday -friday, and is closed on holidays.