[Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

[John Tonjes]

Michael,
I'm with you on this one. An appliance is a great way to tell your wife
that you love her very much and are trying to make her life easier. Long
after the perfume has been used up and the scarf has been discarded, the
vacuum cleaner will still be making her life much easier. I hope you got
her a self propelled model.

Rummy


> [Original Message]
> From: Thena Carville <thenacarville@worldnet.att.net>
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Date: 4/4/2003 9:13:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?
>
> 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
>
>
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