[Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

[Steve]

And there you have it, Michael.  I'm with Rummy; you
have our support!!!
Steve


--- John Tonjes <johntonjes@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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