Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!place From: place@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: What Do Women Want For Christmas? Message-ID: <44000020@uiucdcs> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:43:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.44000020 Posted: Tue Nov 5 12:43:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:27:08 EST References: <596@bonnie.UUCP> Lines: 34 Nf-ID: #R:bonnie.UUCP:596:uiucdcs:44000020:000:1103 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!place Nov 5 11:43:00 1985 THINGS I WOULD LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS BUT WON'T GET: 1. A full-length raccoon coat with hood 2. A week's vacation (alone) at a top Club Med 3. A complete set of videotapes of the old (1975-76) Ellery Queen TV series 4. A heated garage (without the utility bills) 5. Year-round limo service 6. Expensive clothes in my taste that look good on me (and the dry (cleaning bills paid) 7. A romantic evening with Billy Idol 8. A winning LOTTO ticket MORE PRACTICAL THINGS I MIGHT GET: 1. A carpet cleaning machine 2. A new stereo (cheap, so I won't mind if my kids break it) 3. Some clothes from Sears or Penney's 4. Some small kitchen appliances MY SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR WIFE: 1. A very nice, but functional watch 2. A designer outfit (gift certificate so she can pick it out) 3. A jacuzzi bathtub 4. A vacation at a Club Med (with you, of course) 5. A vacation at a luxury hotel (choose between #4 and #5) 6. A handwritten book of your thoughts, feelings, and hopes for and with her. (Put in lots of poetry (yours)) Denise University of Illinois The Super Computing Illini