Butt Ugly Artwork and Airport Gifts:The Final Analysis
I'm glad an El Camino can't fit on a plane
Dave hasn’t backed away from his story from my last post. Actually, after reading the blog and the comments, he seems more determined than ever to stand up for the veracity of his unlikely tale.
I started to offer him Jane’s advice that from now on, I would prefer to receive only towels and jewelry as gifts – the reason being that since towels are bulky and usually aren’t available at the airport, it would protect me from future “serendipitous”, “romantic,” and ultimately “butt ugly” gifts. One problem though is that after this last trip he gave me one other present:
Not butt ugly, but DISH towels
He claims he didn’t buy these dish towels at the airport. Shall I believe him? Will this madness never end?
Humm… I find myself growing bitter… Do you think I would have gotten airport bling if he hadn’t already purchased that artwork that was calling our names?:
Still butt ugly. BUT interesting.
Per Busy Bee Suz’s advice, I have hung my personalized, computer generated Monet in an out of the way place.
It replaced this:
All I know is it has something to do with Chinese opera
I may have recently become an enlightened person who doesn’t believe in coincidences. Still I’m thinking we were dumb as bricks to allow the above picture hang on our master bathroom wall for five years. Dave just told me that it was given to him by a Chinese businessman who was trying to buy his company. We have no idea what it is, or what it means. We thought it would be funny to hang it up in the bathroom. FAIL.
I sincerely believe that if we hadn’t hung it up, we would have won powerball.
Here is what the new picture says about each of “us.” Traits I take issue with are highlighted:
“David” (with the bigger mountain, as pointed out by Lawyer Mom):
Majestic: follows in the footsteps of greatness
Personality:a spirit that does not grow old
Genuine: a wise companion
Style: one who is civil minded
Ability: one who always knows just what to say
Character: will go the extra mile
Sentiment: nurture him and he will grow
Physical: a person who is quick to act
“Margo”, with the smaller mountain
Majestic: one who is necessary to the world
Personality: she has a bewitching air
Genuine: always time to listen
Style: one who delights in the joy of others
Ability: a woman of royal knowledge
Character: one who knows all the answers
Sentiment: enriches the lives of others
Physical: has the curiosity to experiment
I’ll buy that there was some form of serendipity going on with this purchase. And even though I like being called a “woman of royal knowledge,” there is no way these schmaltzy words are anything but a crock.
I know for sure he couldn’t and wouldn’t ever make this stuff up. Case solved.
"David" in front of his mountain. Me and my smaller mountain are not in the shot.
LOL! This is just perfect. LOVE it! The photos are fantastic. Hugs from Laguna. xxoo
Oh Margo- LOL! He bought those at the airport. Don’t believe him
Okay, I’m going to weigh in here, on the dishtowels. I thought, for several lines, that the gift was the oven. And while admiring the oven, I couldn’t help notice those charming dishtowels.
They really are charming. Seriously. And I’d bet $$ they weren’t purchased at an airport. They’re too unusual. And cool. I’d be happy to take them off your hands.
The Mother’s Rule of Gift Display:
Just because your husband gave it to you, does not mean you must display it.
Or wear it, as the case may be.
I just noticed in the picture of the dish towels that you can see the cardboard packaging still on them in the back.
Yeah, but ugly but kind of a cool coincidence. Um, you hung that thing in your bathroom? I’d have been afraid to shower
“One who is necessary to the world”. That’s pretty cool…
I like the picture of David better than the gift he brought back.
I think that the towels are very nice. I like its design. Thanks for the photos. It was fun reading this post. Really.:)
The whole thing is highly suspect. He’s lost all credibility now.
I think somebody is hitting the airport shops.
After the accumulation of several expensive perfumes (purchased from the duty free store) in the bottom of my closet I put my foot down.
The gift I like the most these days: cold hard CASH. I may be changing that to gold bars soon though.
Go ahead and send Lawyer Mom those towels, regifting is a good thing. I covet the warming drawer myself.
You’re hilarious. Thanks for the laughs.
Very, very funny post. And sorry, but those towels definitely look like airport loot.
xo
Love the El Camino…eh is that what it is.
What a funny post! I tried to access the comments from the link you gave, but no go–however in spite of that, I truly enjoyed your post. (grin)
If someone is going to buy me a gift at an airport I would prefer a magazine or a pack of gum. But, I suppose it is the thought that counts. I guess the question is what was Dave thinking?;-)
That Chinese Opera thingy looks a little scary…I agree with La Belette Rouge, at this rate, I’d be happy with a magazine from the airport!
The BeiJing Opera masks are scary! I think that is what you have. But, a man who brings his woman a gift when he travels is a KEEPER
. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I think it’s, you know…cute, and whatever…that he took notice of something with your names on it and that the coincidence of it being THE only one example is neat. I once noticed that Coldstone Creamery had two new flavors: Jake’s flavor and Emily’s flavor. Emily is my girlfriend, so naturally we bought them…a lot. (We exchanged flavors though, because I liked hers better and vice versa.)
Anyways, coincidences are cool.