Okay. I remember Calvin Trillin wrote about his wife Alice the Economist and her law of Compensatory Cash Flow. (“Any luxury that you consider purchasing but then forgo releases a windfall cash flow that must be spent immediately or it will disappear.”)
Gary has applied similar logic to his Dad’s Father’s Day gifts. I asked:
“Are we done buying stuff for your Dad?”
“We just bought him $180.00 worth of DVDs. I think we’re done.”
“Okay, so I’ll start wrapping.”
“No, I still need to buy him some shirts.”
“….so, we aren’t done.”
“No, because if I just give him 4 box sets he’ll figure out what they cost, since I usually spend one hundred and fifty dollars on Father’s Day. ” [sic. SIC. Man is insane about the gifts.] “So what I have to do now is buy some shirts on sale so he doesn’t suspect what the DVDs cost.”
Cunning! Cunning like a fox! Cunning like a Bat-Shit Crazy Fox! My man!
4 responses to “Gary the Giver of the Red Herrings”
So sneaky!I hope you reap the rewards of Mr. Big Gifts, too!
How covert! I love it. Heh.
I think he likes getting me gifts he’ll enjoy. I mean, why else would he buy me xBox games? Me? With my third thumb?But check out this ceramic mug:http://mocklog.typepad.com/photos/muster/froogle_image.jpgTHAT is what I got him for our Anniversary.
Hee! to the boxes to be checked off on the sides of the Starbucks mugs. Hilarious. Oh, Starbucks. You keep me young.You would be a force to be reckoned with on the xBox controls with your third thumb!