83 Handbags

[winjim]

A peculiar conversation this morning.

Wife: I think I'm addicted to buying cloth nappies. They're so cute.
Me: Well we do have rather a lot. But they're not really for you, they're for the baby so that's ok.
Wife: You know how some people can't stop buying just one thing? Guess how many handbags [friend] has got.
Me: I dunno, maybe a dozen?
Wife: 83!
Me: Well she does like to coordinate, although I don't see how she'll ever use 83 of the things. Anyway, I just buy bike stuff.
Wife: Yeah you do. You should buy more bike stuff.

So... as justification for my wife buying the baby a couple of extra nappies, I am being encouraged to buy 83 handbags worth of bike stuff...

 

[PeteXXX]

I never knew that N+1 could reasonably be applied to handbags!
Fortuitously, MrsPete doesn't read this forum.....
Or does she?

 

[classic33]

I never knew that N+1 could reasonably be applied to handbags!
Fortuitously, MrsPete doesn't read this forum.....
Or does she?

What's it worth to keep quiet?

 

[steve50]

83 handbags worth.........................that could amount to a LOT of bike gear but like the handbags you can only wear / use one item at a time, you could always buy another bike "because you like the look of them"

 

[AndyRM]

This seems a perfectly reasonable arrangement. I hope you've got the deal signed so it can't be reneged upon?

 

[Venod]

Looks like your wife is building up to purchase something expense and softening you up a bit.

 

[Globalti]

I am actually married to Imelda Marcos, disguised as an ordinary Englishwoman. Every time she buys a pair of shoes, I get carte blanche to buy bike bits. The relationship works, on that level at least.

 

[Julia9054]

I am actually married to Imelda Marcos, disguised as an ordinary Englishwoman. Every time she buys a pair of shoes, I get carte blanche to buy bike bits. The relationship works, on that level at least.

I buy bike bits and shoes!

 

[MontyVeda]

a few years ago i had a conversation with a friend...

friend: I was sorting out my underwear drawer yesterday, guess how many bras i found?
me: Err... i dunno... twenty?
friend: More!
me: Thirty?
friend: More!
me: Err... thirty five?
friend: Fifty-seven!
me: 'kinell Kev!

 

[booze and cake]

My spider sense is tingling like crazy, this has to be a trap!

 

[Dave7]

a few years ago i had a conversation with a friend...

friend: I was sorting out my underwear drawer yesterday, guess how many bras i found?
me: Err... i dunno... twenty?
friend: More!
me: Thirty?
friend: More!
me: Err... thirty five?
friend: Fifty-seven!
me: 'kinell Kev!

That has put my mind at rest. I was worried that I had 42 bras.
Mind you.....I am a bloke.
Should I still worry ??

 

[ianrauk]

I'm not going to tell people how much Mrs Ian paid for one her handbags... but put it this way. You can get a really decent bike for the same price.
But hey..I'm not complaining after all the money I spend on bikes and bike gear.

 

[winjim]

I never knew that N+1 could reasonably be applied to handbags!
Fortuitously, MrsPete doesn't read this forum.....
Or does she?

My wife's point was that everybody has one thing they can apply that to. In her case it's nappies!

83 handbags worth.........................that could amount to a LOT of bike gear but like the handbags you can only wear / use one item at a time, you could always buy another bike "because you like the look of them"

I don't really like buying bikes, I'd much rather buy bits of bikes and put them together myself. And it would be a lot of gear, but we're supposed to be moving house, I can't afford 83 handbags worth of bike stuff at the moment, where am I going to find the money? It's got me worried.

This seems a perfectly reasonable arrangement. I hope you've got the deal signed so it can't be reneged upon?

We are seeing a solicitor in relation to the house move so I'll see if she can put something together

Looks like your wife is building up to purchase something expense and softening you up a bit.

She is. It's one of these, with elephants on it

That has put my mind at rest. I was worried that I had 42 bras.
Mind you.....I am a bloke.
Should I still worry ??

I think that was the joke...

 

[SteCenturion]

A peculiar conversation this morning.

Anyway, I just buy bike stuff.
Wife: Yeah you do. You should buy more bike stuff.

So... as justification for my wife buying the baby a couple of extra nappies, I am being encouraged to buy 83 handbags worth of bike stuff...

Fancy a swop ?

A spot of abject misery might be a breath of fresh air for you ....

 

[Bollo]

And I thought this was going to be a thread about the less successful follow-up single to "68 Guns" by '80s Welsh pomp rockers "The Alarm".