If you are a friend curious about someone's upcoming birthday, I have the perfect present from John Allison from Scary Go Round, a great comic out of the UK. I goes a little something like this:

Isn't it amazing!!!!! I'm in love with shirt. I've already let my parents know that I am getting it for myself if they don't get it for me, I love it that much. I could be a secret scary friend. *makes devilish face, looks in the mirror* Or not.