Profitfests
Grandad February 12th, 2007
So another Profitfest is nearly upon us.
There are several Profitfests in the year. The first is Valentine’s Day, then there is Easter, and of course the mammy and daddy of them all – Christmas.
These Profitfests are the times when businesses con the public into parting with stupid sums of money for something they can get for half nothing for the rest of the year. Company accountants love them
They are trying to turn Mother’s Day and Father’s Day into the same, with some success. Halloween is another.
They would love to do the same with birthdays and anniversaries, but we, the inconsiderate public insist on having our birthdays and anniversaries at random times during the year.
The time will come when they [business] will try to convince us that we should all celebrate our birthdays on the same day. What a Profitfest that would be!
Of course there are lots of side effects to these Profitfests.
There are the people who don’t have partners on Valentine’s Day. They feel lonely because they have been convinced that this is the day for romance.
B*ll*x.
Wednesday is no different from any other day.
If you can only give romantic gestures on one day a year then you are not up to much.
And if the woman in your life is insulted because she was expecting something more expensive then she is worth even less.
Woman who expects financial returns in return for her affection = ?
Romance is a timeless thing. Every day is an opportunity for a romantic gesture. It’s the simple things, like a touch of the hand, an unexpected cup of tea, a flower from the garden, a compliment.
This is what I will be giving Herself on Wednesday -
No. Not the flowers. The picture. It’ll give her a laugh, though she’ll be horrified at the price too. A laugh is worth more than a bunch of flowers that will be dead in a couple of days anyway.
And any prat who parts with €730 just to impress the little lady either has too much money, or has a very low opinion of himself [and her].
So go on – make a romantic gesture today. Or tomorrow. Or Saturday. Or whenever it takes your fancy. Surprise her.
Now thats romance
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Alas, it will be me and a can of Bulmers Wednesday night – not that it bothers me all that much.
I’ve got a real romantic exam on fungi Wednesday evening, and as my roommate JC drily put it:
You’ve got a date with Fungal Hyphae!
Nothing as romantic as finding a bar of chocolate secreted in your knicker drawer!
Try it!
“as my roommate JC drily put it:
You’ve got a date with Fungal Hyphae
Hey! I went out with her once. Lovely girl. I was right as rain after three weeks of antibiotics.
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@Grannymar – you have the right idea: the little touches, not the grand gesture. Mind you, I don’t have a knickers drawer. Herself found them and grabbed them for herself.
Thing is Grandad, the yougin’s these days expect the €730 flowers. In their view its bigger the pressie the bigger the mans heart is.
Take my ex-girlie as an example, last year I got her a €80 bottle of perfume and a few months later she dumped me.
Yer a lucky man to have an ol’ doll that would laugh at the image. If my ex laughed her face would’ve cracked wide open.
Anyway….
Mrs Skinner has wisely decamped to Belfast, so I’ll be spending Wednesday with a load of Latvian hookers and this month’s mortgage payment’s worth of cocaine. YAY!!!
Well, no. But I’ll be thinking about it when I call her to whisper sweet nothings.
@Seamus – that’s the modern woman for you. They are in it for what they can get out of it. The bra burning brigade have a lot to answer for
Ah boys we are not that bad. Unfortunately, V day is the only time a lot of girls get any attention, so they have to make the most of it as it has to do them the rest of the year. Can’t imagine what you’d have to do to thank someone for a 100 roses but suspect it would throw your back out.
If V-day is the only day you get any attention – they’re not worth it.
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Think of it – for €730, a bloke could fly to Amsterdam, blow his brains out on hash, half kill himself in the Red Light District, and still have change for the Mot at home.
GD – you have been giving this far too much thought
look at all the problems you had getting to the library are you sure you want to risk an overseas trip?
No problems going overseas – they don’t have 4WDs [or SUVs or whatever you call them] in the air do they?
i’ll raise you one, grandpa.
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