Tight as a gnats chuff.....
A year or so ago we (my colleagues and i)were at work and discussing what we were going to lavish upon our repected partners on Valentines day. I had a great idea (at the time) to buy my wife a digital photo frame and upon it have photgraphs of our lovely daughter and recent wedding. WOW what woman could ask for more i thought. One of my colleagues thought the same and so we invested our hard earned cash into 2 of these. HOWEVER my other colleague decided to invest his hard earned cash into a hoover for his wife, not only that but it was a reconditioned one from the scrap yard/tip. We laughed until our sides burst and couldn't believe the cheekiness of his tightwaddery......The next day my wife was less than impressed about the photo frame and it was quickly removed from my mantlepiece and placed in a box somewhere never to be seen again, my colleague's wife however loved her hoover and hoovered away until her arms bled and absolutely adores it(scored millions of brownie points) and still uses the hoover today i am correctly informed.
Thats love for ya..!
(whuppingboy, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:01, 6 replies)

my other half would kick my ass
if I bought her a hoover

"here you go love, something that says I think of you as little more than a domestic servant"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:16, closed)

hoover vs domestic slavery
I have talked to the man and he says: My wife and i discussed about what he could get her and she actually asked for a practical gift eg,hoover/iron. He listens to his wife's needs and supplys her with the correct domestic wizardry. P.s She isn't English....
(whuppingboy, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:28, closed)

fair enough then
all is well
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:57, closed)

Does yer missus
know how to work the photo frame? My mother is nearly 80 and loves hers. The crucial difference is that at her age it's OK to admit that you're clueless about technology.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 12:17, closed)

My ex bought me a set of pans for "V" day
they were actually a nice set of Le Creuset ones I had actually been coveting on recent shopping trips.

I was quite offended and made him take them back though ... I think perhaps I was a little harsh. In hindsight that was quite a well thought out and generous gift.
(Penguins_Made_Me_Do_It is a dolt ... and she don't care, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 12:30, closed)

Easiest way...
... to get into my girlfriend's 'affections' (and other things...) is to buy her Le Creuset. Or Denby.
(Ghostlight, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 12:56, closed)