There's a Lowe's commercial in which the stereotyped "dumb white guy" speaks with a female Lowe's employee about what to get his wife for Christmas. After showing her power tools and lawn equipment, and receiving only vague disapproval, he decides on a gift card. She heartily approves.I don't know about you, but I've never met a woman who asked for something from Lowe's, Home Depot, Builder's Emporium, or any hardware store. I mean, I'm pretty tomboyish and I like puttering around with tools and stuff, but I've never asked for anything like that, except, well, the power drill I never get. Every year. Oh, and the kids got me a tool kit one year and Nettl got me that set of electricians tools, and Ville got me a tool belt one year... Okay then, forget me. I'm not a good standard to measure by. But ask yourselves, guys, what would your lovely lady's reaction be if you gave her a Lowe's gift card for Christmas? Might be a good time to take your pillow and blanket out to the sofa.
The other commercials that bug me are the ones urging us to buy a Lexus for our loved one. A Lexus? If I could afford a gift like that, it would be for me! They're also peddling Cadillacs and some sports car that offers a two-for-one deal. I actually like that one though because of the box of tissues and paper bag detail. Clever. But my point is, most of us can't afford gifts like that, can we?
And of course, there's always my favorite beef this time of year (as well as Mothers and Valentines Days): the diamond commercials. I've already covered those here and here, so I won't repeat myself. Besides, after learning about the diamond slave trade, I don't buy into that propaganda anymore.
So here are a couple of questions for your Friday-before-Christmas:
If money were no object, what would you like for Christmas? What would you buy your favorite person? And none of those beauty pageant "world peace" answers, please. Be materialistic! Be indulgent!
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Money no object:
For that favorite person,anything they freak'in wanted.
For myself,my condo in Anaheim with the DeLorean in the garage.
For myself, again, I would love to own my house.
For the special someone, I bet he would love a new car and a big screen. Oh, and I would get Berg a power drill.
Oh, but I have to say that one year Beau got me a Dremel. I do love power-tools. But, not a gift card. Not from the hubby anyway. So impersonal and thoughtless, in the truest sense of the word.
For myself: A freakin' vacation in a mountain cabin all alone for a month.
For my 3 favorite people: Apartments in the cities of their choice.
I actually like appliances for Xmas; however, if my husband gave me a gift certificate to any store, let alone a mundane store like Lowes, I'd flip out and strangle him with the Christmas tree lights. That commercial is making it okay for men everywhere not to know the slightest thing about the person with whom they are sharing their lives! How flipping lazy can you get? Unflippingbelievable!
Oh yeah, don't buy me a flipping car without a long bit of discussion about it first. I don't care how rich we are. Besides, did I want the Lexus, or do YOU want the Lexus? Was that a major expense that we were planning on immediately? Did you pay cash? Why didn't we invest that cash? Christmas would be ruined.
"get a diamond for your special lady." Counts me out.
For myself: A freakin' vacation in a mountain cabin all alone for a month.
I might be able to arrange that.
Me: A chateau within two hours of Paris, preferably near the train,the staff, and the money to run it and pay off every bill.
For my loved one: same Chateau and enough money to create a fund so that he could be a philanthropist.
I have access to a beautiful cabin that I could stay in free of charge. I just don't have the money for airfare, food & etc. The cabin belongs to my client (I built the website).
Okay, well if you're ever in GA, there's a smaller one, not on a lake,but with beautiful mountain views. It does have two small streams down either side of the property.
Oh, the philanthropist part is for purely selfish reasons.
This is probably weird but the first thing that comes to mind is the Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary.
Of course I'm sure I could come up with a lot of "if money was no object" gifts if I thought about it for a while.
I'm not into power tools but I know I could find something to do with a Lowe's gift card. There's the garden department and the lighting department and they have some nice rugs...
If money were no object, I would like a year's worth of voice lessons with a reputable voice instructor in New York City, along with an entire library of musical scores and collections of all the major operas, Art Songs, and Lieder, as well as tickets to see productions of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", "Cosi Fan Tutte", "Don Giovanni", and "Die Zauberfloete" at any opera house of my choice, anywhere in the world.
For my special someone, I would give her a trip to see the best specialists in the area of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and the best treatment available.
At this point, there really isn't anything that money can buy which would mean much to me. Unless it would be a new house with all new furnishings and a lifetime of weekly maid service. :-) For my sweetie, I'd give him a PS3.
Deni! You're home and online! How are you???
I'm doing okay. Still can't walk for all intents and purposes, but it looks like things are going to be okay.
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