Rules for men

Originally posted by EAPOE
My chess board has choclate coloured pieces for black. . . Is that racist?

Blue chocolate or white chocolate?

Originally posted by wormwood
same with me. I delay going shopping as long as inhumanly possible. then, when I absolutely have to go, I get a fit within the first hour because it's just too damn annoying.

I've been thinking of getting totally plastered within that first hour, and that would probably do the trick. but then again, I'd probably end up getting a tape recorder, for ...[text shortened]... irts. and then I'd have to arm myself.

come to think of it, that sounds like a good plan.

My dream job is to be a professional shopper 😀

How much would you be willing to pay to be relieved of the agony that shopping brings? 😉

Originally posted by wormwood
same with me. I delay going shopping as long as inhumanly possible. then, when I absolutely have to go, I get a fit within the first hour because it's just too damn annoying.

I've been thinking of getting totally plastered within that first hour, and that would probably do the trick. but then again, I'd probably end up getting a tape recorder, for ...[text shortened]... irts. and then I'd have to arm myself.

come to think of it, that sounds like a good plan.

I have learned not to delay grocery shopping, but rather do it frequently in small doses, and that actually works quite well now (i.e. I usually have something to eat in the house, and I usually survive the shopping without panic attacks or having to recover for the rest of the day). When it comes to clothes, I still delay it as long as inhumanly possible as well. When I really really really can't wait any longer because all my clothes have holes, I'll make an attempt to buy something, but that's not always successful. Argh.

Originally posted by mokko
My dream job is to be a professional shopper 😀

How much would you be willing to pay to be relieved of the agony that shopping brings? 😉

Actually, I like shopping too. I'll go with you. We need someone to fund it though.

Originally posted by mokko
What is it you don't like about shopping? 😕

Everything. Unless it's a bookshop. There are also some cool museum shops.

Originally posted by reader1107
Actually, I like shopping too. I'll go with you. We need someone to fund it though.

😀...Always more fun to have a shopping tag team partner.

It's the funding bit that always gets me down too😞

Actually...it's the lack of funds that has made me such a good shopper😀

SALES SALES SALES


Edit:
Also...if you know what you're doing you can get a gaurantee 10-15% of any product in any store. 😀

Originally posted by mokko
How much would you be willing to pay to be relieved of the agony that shopping brings? 😉

a lot. that would be worth a soul or two, easily... too bad you live on the wrong continent.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Everything. Unless it's a bookshop. There are also some cool museum shops.

exactly. book shops & record shops.

Originally posted by wormwood
exactly. book shops & record shops.

We don't have any good record shops here. 🙁 Actually no really good bookshops either. :'( Anyway, I am not that much into records, and record shops are often noisy.

Originally posted by Nordlys
We don't have any good record shops here. 🙁 Actually no really good bookshops either. :'( Anyway, I am not that much into records, and record shops are often noisy.

ah, right. your delicate (but nasty) little robot ears...

I like all bookshops (I'm a semi-professional librarian 😛). although I buy stuff mostly online nowadays. but if something catches my eye in a shop, and something always does...

good books are like good records. there's too bloody many of them.

Originally posted by wormwood
ah, right. your delicate (but nasty) little robot ears...

I like all bookshops (I'm a semi-professional librarian 😛). although I buy stuff mostly online nowadays. but if something catches my eye in a shop, and something always does...

good books are like good records. there's too bloody many of them.

I like all bookshops, too, but I miss shops with a wider selection of books, and also shops with chairs or sofas where you can sit down and read comfortably.

A few years ago I spent a week in Hay-on-Wye, the town of books. Paradise!

Originally posted by Nordlys
I like all bookshops, too, but I miss shops with a wider selection of books, and also shops with chairs or sofas where you can sit down and read comfortably.

A few years ago I spent a week in Hay-on-Wye, the town of books. Paradise!

I think second hand bookshops are the best... You never know what beauty you might find. And the books normally have just a little wear and tear to be very charming, but not ruined ;-).

Originally posted by Duke of Brabant
I think second hand bookshops are the best... You never know what beauty you might find. And the books normally have just a little wear and tear to be very charming, but not ruined ;-).

They can smell rather badly, though. 😕 I found out about that when I came back from Hay-on-Wye... In the shops, the smell is ubiquitous and just part of the experience, but having a smelly book at home is not too pleasant.

Originally posted by Nordlys
They can smell rather badly, though. 😕 I found out about that when I came back from Hay-on-Wye... In the shops, the smell is ubiquitous and just part of the experience, but having a smelly book at home is not too pleasant.

I usually leave the smelly books in the shop ;-). I just like second hand because I can't read a brand new book in a comfortable way. I don't want to be the one to wreck the cover :-s. With second hand, I've come to terms with it and have a good read :-). And it's nice to have books with little inscriptions to people you'll never know... gives it an extra story :-).

Originally posted by Duke of Brabant
I usually leave the smelly books in the shop ;-).

I wasn't aware that they were smelly when I bought them. It's hard to notice if the whole shop smells like that. East German books (new ones) were terrible, too...

I love both new and old non-smelly books.