Survival Kit in a Sardine Can

File this one under "cute, but no cigar". (Although there is a matchbook [not waterproof] so you could light a cigar if you had one, and if the matches didn't get wet.)

Think Geek brings us the Survival Kit in a Sardine Can, a nicely packaged stocking stuffer for people who a) you are reasonably sure will never be within 1,200 metres of needing a survival kit or b) who you want to make sure don't get back to tell their tales. Although the ad copy says this little design classic is filled with 25 survival items, we're switched if we can come up with more than 24 - all of them of dubious usefulness and/or quality (We have a feeling some of the items are pulling triple duty; tough luck if you need to signal a passing plane after you've used the note - or toilet - paper).

Give this one a pass and spend the $12.99 on a usable, basic first aid kit. You can use your extra $2.99 to buy a couple of real cans of sardines. You can use their shiny undersides as a signal mirror...