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Showing Original Post only (View all)My faux pas at the Christmas gathering.. [View all]
All the other presents were wrapped and under the tree. We were at our son & daughter-in-law's home along with the 50+ family members (hers)..
On top of a big box was this "bowling bag"..
I commented to our son:
Who bought Maria (his wife) a bowling bag?
I was shot an immediate glowering look from her sister..and some laughter from our son..
why?
She (the sister) and her fiance bought it in Paris last week and were too proud of it to wrap it.. The irony is that most of us thought it was a bowling bag..not a $2,350.00 designer handbag..
This is the "bowling bag"
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Oh, jeez, that's funny. It looks like a bowling bag to me, too. It goes to show how a price tag
Nay
Dec 2012
#35
the Paris saleswoman knew the difference, they are just more polite than the OP
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#48
but if you tried to sell that watch, the jeweler would't give you five bucks. again, he was
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#53
there are amazing knockoffs in Chinatown that are very expensive and hard to find
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#62
mostly true, and China has better factories that do meticulous work that Walmart cannot afford
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#82
That is simply hilarious. Reflexively truthful reactions are priceless. (nt)
DirkGently
Dec 2012
#64