drift said...
Crowie,
I thought you might like to give us all an update on your weekend.........
Did you know that there is an entire section in David Jones that sells cheesegraters? Did you know that, Mick? Because I bleedin' do now. Whilst you lot were out honing your skills, I was forcibly told to have an opinion on which cheesegrater we needed to buy, and told to smarten my attitude up cos it was only 9.15 and we ''hadn't even started yet''. Did you also know that some people actually spend as much on a cheesegrater as most normal people spend on a new boom? Yes, its both possible and, as I almost witnessed in full technicolour detail, it doesn't just happen to other people. I got her to compromise and we ended up with a mid-tier grater that's absolutely excellent at, erm, grating cheese. In fact, it does the same job as the grater that we left at home in the UK (with the rest of our worldly possessions) when we accidentally managed to emigrate by mistake. This grater cost me a quid when I was a student and has been 1st rate for 20 years. It was then onto bedding, pans, pots, pot towels etc. I ended up looking at whether it was possible to fashion a noose from a pile of Egyption cotton sheets - but my dreams of euthanising in DJ's was brought to an abrubt end when I was told to pay for something called 'Cashmere dinner plates'. With respect, what the &%$" wrong with a white set from Sarf Melbourne market with the difference in the $$ value going to replacing my barge?
Out of interest, what is the most outrageously expensive and almost completely useless piece of crap that others have been forced into buying by your other half who simply doesn't appreciate the cost/value calculation that goes into buying a new sail?
