From: Peter Ceresole on
Justin C <justin.0911(a)purestblue.com> wrote:

> 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...

If it's Hermes, be very afraid.

Oh yes- and be afraid of scarves, too.
--
Peter
From: Woody on
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> 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.

Sab doesn't have a chance. There isn't enough room with my shoe
collection there

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Woody
From: Bruce Horrocks on
On 16/06/2010 13:10, Adrian C 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 ...

Quite remarkable that the G5 gave up the ghost just after she bought a
new bag...

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Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Bruce Horrocks on
On 16/06/2010 15:05, Jim wrote:
> 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.

Why would she want a handbag when your sporran is always at the ready? ;-)


--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Rowland McDonnell on
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:

> 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.

Even you have lost your sense of irony?

Is it the weather?

Rowland.

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