From: Jim on 16 Jun 2010 10:05 On 2010-06-16, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > That's the bottom of the wardrobe, right? Where the deep drifts of > designer handbags conceal strata of hundreds of pairs of once-worn > shoes, yes? > > I'm sure all of us have wives like that, even Sara. Nope. I don't. Mine's rather more tech-oriented. I'm fairly sure she doesn't possess even a single handbag. Shoes she buys once in a blue moon and only if she's going to wear them significantly more than just once. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: D.M. Procida on 16 Jun 2010 10:29 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > I'm sure all of us have wives like that, even Sara. I doubt that even the married people here have more than one wife. And I don't believe Sara has any at all. Daniele
From: James Jolley on 16 Jun 2010 10:48 On 2010-06-16 15:05:51 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-06-16, Rowland McDonnell > <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >> That's the bottom of the wardrobe, right? Where the deep drifts of >> designer handbags conceal strata of hundreds of pairs of once-worn >> shoes, yes? >> >> I'm sure all of us have wives like that, even Sara. > > Nope. I don't. Mine's rather more tech-oriented. I'm fairly sure she doesn't > possess even a single handbag. Shoes she buys once in a blue moon and only > if she's going to wear them significantly more than just once. > > Jim My partner's quite into tech also, loves her games, fun, TV and all the rest of it. Bit like me, except I love other gadgets, robots, that sort of idiocy.
From: Justin C on 16 Jun 2010 10:29 On 2010-06-16, Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote: > On 16/06/2010 12:00, John wrote: >> Bad: My faithfull old iMac G5 is dead. >> Good: Just ordered the 27" iMac 2.8GHz 8 gig (2x4). Delivery estimated >> end of next week. >> >> Miracle. Wife said " Oh, order what you like! " > > That's guilt. > > She has recently lashed rather more than you think out on her new > handbag ... No, that's *my* wife. She keeps telling me that it's not pronounced 'hermes', it's "ehrmez" (or similar). I'm scared to ask prices... maybe it's time I bought a new MBP. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Andy Hewitt on 16 Jun 2010 10:59
John <coffee(a)the.cafe.com> wrote: > Bad: My faithfull old iMac G5 is dead. > Good: Just ordered the 27" iMac 2.8GHz 8 gig (2x4). Delivery estimated > end of next week. > > Miracle. Wife said " Oh, order what you like! " You do know that it'll be used against you at some time in the future? -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/> |