[ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?

[Thena Carville]

Michael,
I am amazed you are still "intact" after this blunder...under no
circumstances is a  household appliance a "gift"...even the most expensive
appliance with all the doo-dahs in the world is never a "gift"...I have
never understood what it is about the y chromosome that seems to cause this
mistake to happen over and over again (to different males, and then only
once if they are smart)...if you do get the vacuum (and the French maid
outfit) please keep in mind that if they count as presents, they are YOUR
presents...a present for a woman (especially one that has had to go through
the trauma of realizing you weren't smart enough to figure out that a vacuum
was NOT a "gift" suitable for the woman who bore your children and keeps the
kitchen knives sharp) should be something to beautiful, something for her
personal use only...something "intimate" like a perfume she would not buy
for herself because it is "too expensive"...or a piece of jewelry because
the stones are her favorite color...or a scarf because it matches her
eyes..or a bottle of wine that you both stop whatever else you are doing and
enjoy together (as uninterrupted as possible)....a woman doesn't want her
husband to remember what she looks like vacuuming (even with the finest
vacuum in the world), she wants to be remembered as a goddess of love and
understanding...wearing something sexy...especially when she hasn't had the
time to "wear something sexy" for a while...sigh...I think I am going to go
kick my vacuum cleaner...
Thena



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?


> You know something buddy, you should watch the advice you give, my wife is
German and been upset too. So I read the list mail.
> Sitting down and think, I talk to her about getting her a new vacuum,
figure it was both a gift and a vacuum, Sound great to me,
> might even cover motherday, after talking to her about it, well that is a
little off, I said three sentence then she talk for 15
> mintues without stop and it ended "do not even think of coming to bed", so
it looks like I am spend my night with the computer.
>
> And you know, she was somewhat ok with this, it seems nothing makes a
german happier than picking on the french :-)
>
> MJM