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09-09-2008 09:33 PM |
You can't see it but I'm pinching the bridge of my nose and saying "Unnh".
I hate to be the one to tell you you are lucky when you are not. Consider:My MIL and her late sister have this, habit is too soft a word, burning raison d'etre to buy things which rightfully should be thrown in a landfill from tag sales or street vendors or church rummage sales and then stuff shopping bags full of this shit and send them home with my wife or bring them with them on visits.
Once, they had shipped a carton the size of a small fridge to our house claiming it was full of really expensive china from a friend "who only bought really good things" When it arrived we spent about an hour and a half unwrapping the mummified-in-bubble-wrap china to discover it was a hodge podge of ceramic and glass shit, nonoe of which matched or was in any way noteworthy or remarkable. We now had an enormous plie of shit to take to the transfer station and PAY to have thrown away.
I estimate we've spent about $50. to throw dispose of the precious items they've sent our way. The last straw was a mini cuisinart which was missing some crucial parts. MIL tried to fob it off on us for over six months! Every visit (During the school year we'd see her almost every week) I would refuse and the next time she'd be at it again as if it were a DIFFERENT cuisinart than the last time!!! One time we were heading home and we stopped for groceries on the way and I opened the trunk of the car and saw the fucking thing sitting there. I took the bag out of the trunk and placed it next to the trash can at the grocery store. The best part is that my wife never noticed it wasn't in the trunk and my MIL has never asked about it when she visits. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?
Thankfully when my MIL's sister passed away the trash gifting slowed down quite a bit. I think they were in competetion in a strange way. I once saw MIL's sister stop for a long time considering taking someone's wedding album out of the trash by the side of the street...
So, 42" tv? as Zippyt said to me: Oh rub some dirt on it and get back in there Nancy !!
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