Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:27:11 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> 
> did spake, saying:
> 
>> Yesterday, my mother decided that sitting at home watching TV was 
>> making her back hurt too much, so we should all go out shopping instead.
>>
>> (Does that logic make ANY SENSE to anybody here? Cos it makes no sense 
>> at all to me!)
>>
>> Suffice it to say, mum spent all day complaining about how all the 
>> walking was making her back hurt. And making me spend my money.
> 
> Yes perfect logic.

Sure it is - if you happen to be a WOMAN! :-P

>> This is where things became expensive. £55 for a pair of Sketchers, 
>> and another £25 for some other things. Total bill £125. Ouch.
> 
> Again this is about what I pay for a pair of shoes.

Hmm. Well usually a pair of shoes costs me about £20. ;-)

(Well... except for that one time in ASDA where I put on a pair of shoes 
and they fitted exactly, so I bought them. Those were £15.)

> Last time at S&M I picked up a couple of pairs of trousers for £15 
> apiece and a jacket for £30ish and that's about right for something 
> vaguely decent. My last trip to Merry Hell, to run in my shiny new car, 
> I spent about £200 which is a typical amount. Then again I needed some 
> new bedsheets and only had a choice of S&M and Debentarts 18 frickin' 
> quid for a piece of cloth oh sure it's a cotton-rich, high thread piece 
> of cloth as woven by the lost priests of Atlantis, but sheesh.

Dude, you're such a funny guy...

> Ah you know what they say, you've got to spend money to make money... 
> unless you're a stockbroker or banker in which case you've got to spend 
> other people's money to make yourself money ;-)

"The best way to make a small fortune in Formula One is to start out 
with a large one."

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