[ham] [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

[Michael Meltzer]

Now that's the sprite, I wish she looked at it that way, BTW it was a canister model.

MJM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes@earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:26 AM
Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.


> 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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