Telescopic Back Scratcher and BBQ Branding Iron

For times when a victim loved one isn't nearby to scratch your back as you interchangeably bark directions and purr appreciatively.

Telescopic Back Scratcher
AU$9.60 from Tesora

Change the letters and brand your steak with your name, the description says. Just see if you can resist stamping it with your mother-in-law's chihuahua's name. Or 'Babe'.

BBQ Branding Iron
AU$19.95 from Tesora.

Egg Cuber and Banana Slicer

There are kitchen implements that everyone needs. We have no idea how we've survived so far without a state of the art egg cuber or a specialised banana slicer. Don't beat yourself up for not thinking of it first, you can't invent everything. Sigh.

Egg Cuber and Banana Slicer, US$2.99 each from thekitchenstore.com.