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02-21-2005, 01:46 PM

Zoot Katz wrote:
> Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:25:21 -0500,
> <pan.2005.02.21.20.25.18.976930@lehigh-nospam.edu>, "David L. Johnson"
> <david.johnson@lehigh-nospam.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:45:29 +0000, S o r n i wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15,
>>>> tops.
>>>
>>> You never had a La Jolla fiancee for whom you bought Louis Vuitton
>>> purses?
>>>
>>> Lucky man.
>>
>> I guess. I've only had 2 fiancees in my time, one from N. Dakota
>> and the other from Witchita Falls, Texas. Neither were big on
>> purses, thank God.
>
> Based on an old J.Geils blues line, "first I look at the purse", I'd
> not propose to a woman who preferred that LV crap to Gucci or Hermes.

This was back in the mid '80s, BEFORE it became "that LV crap".

02-21-2005, 01:46 PM	#24 (permalink)
S o r n i Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How to break the news of expensive bike purchases to your spouse Zoot Katz wrote: > Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:25:21 -0500, > <pan.2005.02.21.20.25.18.976930@lehigh-nospam.edu>, "David L. Johnson" > <david.johnson@lehigh-nospam.edu> wrote: > >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:45:29 +0000, S o r n i wrote: >> >> >>>> What, a purse can cost _more_ than $20? A purse? I figured $15, >>>> tops. >>> >>> You never had a La Jolla fiancee for whom you bought Louis Vuitton >>> purses? >>> >>> Lucky man. >> >> I guess. I've only had 2 fiancees in my time, one from N. Dakota >> and the other from Witchita Falls, Texas. Neither were big on >> purses, thank God. > > Based on an old J.Geils blues line, "first I look at the purse", I'd > not propose to a woman who preferred that LV crap to Gucci or Hermes. This was back in the mid '80s, BEFORE it became "that LV crap".