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JHolcomb
10-15-2003, 10:59 AM
You guys will never guess what DH bought me for our 3rd anniversary. No, really, you'll never guess. He bought me....








A MEAT GRINDER



This almost beats the time my uncle bought my aunt a septic tank for their 25th. Ok, so not even close there, but a meat grinder?!

I do plan on using it though
beejayw1
10-15-2003, 11:04 AM
Hey, at least he didn't get you:

A power saw
A shotgun
A subscription to Playboy or Penthouse
A dremel (sp?) tool
A kitchen gadget that you have had for years but he doesn't know about
or...

Nothing at all

but still... a MEAT GRINDER??? hmmm...
Corys8646
10-15-2003, 11:11 AM
nothing says I love you more than a meat grinder. You just gave me a great Idea for X-mas.
LaraW
10-15-2003, 11:15 AM
Aww, what a guy! :p :o

Happy Anniversary, by the way! :) Mine is next week.
lisas3575
10-15-2003, 11:18 AM
Originally posted by Corys8646
nothing says I love you more than a meat grinder. You just gave me a great Idea for X-mas.

Don't make me call Sandy...
SandyM
10-15-2003, 11:33 AM
Originally posted by Corys8646
nothing says I love you more than a meat grinder. You just gave me a great Idea for X-mas.

<sigh> Did I not teach you anything?????? :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ;) ;)
Corys8646
10-15-2003, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by SandyM


<sigh> Did I not teach you anything?????? :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ;) ;)


I guess you will have to bruise my arm again...or at least have my wife do your dirty work for ya :o
Wendy w
10-15-2003, 11:39 AM
Originally posted by lisas3575


Don't make me call Sandy...

ROFLMAO! :D ;)

Actually Jen, I like my KA grinder attachment. Have fun! ;)
valchemist
10-15-2003, 11:53 AM
my third anniversary is a week from today. thank God there is no chance my DH will be reading this thread. (Lisa, you are going to have to get control over that DH of yours. ;) )

but anyway, that doesn't mean that a good gift (or any gift at all) is in my future. :rolleyes:

happy anniversary, Jen!
Wendy w
10-15-2003, 11:53 AM
Originally posted by badunnin
Cory! Your avatar is... gone!!! :o :o :o

I wonder if Lisa, Sandy or Ms. Manners asked him to remove it. Or...maybe the CL administrators?

Or those darned Gremlins? :confused:
lisas3575
10-15-2003, 11:54 AM
Originally posted by valchemist
my third anniversary is a week from today. thank God there is no chance my DH will be reading this thread. (Lisa, you are going to have to get control over that DH of yours. ;) ) But that doesn't mean that a good gift (or any gift at all) is in my future. :rolleyes:

:D I love my DH, but he just does not have the gift-giving gland... bless his heart. :rolleyes: ;) We celebrate 5 years next June.
badunnin
10-15-2003, 11:56 AM
Cory! Your avatar is... gone!!! :o :o :o
valchemist
10-15-2003, 11:57 AM
Originally posted by lisas3575


:D I love my DH, but he just does not have the gift-giving gland...

oh yes. that gland must have been removed from my DH at his bachelor party.
funnybone
10-15-2003, 12:01 PM
Hey, it's the thought that counts. After 17 years, I just go out and buy what I want. :rolleyes: (Actually, I think I started doing that after the 3rd year.):o
JHolcomb
10-15-2003, 12:16 PM
Originally posted by lisas3575


:D I love my DH, but he just does not have the gift-giving gland... bless his heart. :rolleyes: ;) We celebrate 5 years next June.

DH actually is a very, very good gift giver (I also got the companion to Gravity's Rainbow and a DVD copy of Dr.Strangelove), and I did want a meat grinder and sausage stuffer...just maybe not for an anniversary gift. DH is a sweetie, though, and he was sooooooo excited and cute when he was giving me the grinder. He totally thinks it rocks that I have a kitchen appliance with a drive train. I really should cut him some slack. For the record, I got him an obscure UK published Mervyn Peake book (Letters from a Lost Uncle), a Alice and Wonderland (hardcover) set of books illustrated by Peake, and a tasting box of region specific chocolates. We could both buy gifts for each other all day...

Oh, and Alton Brown is in town on Saturday. Think I may have to go and "thank" him...it's all his fault that I got the grinder (we watched his sausage show the other night, after which I expressly told DH that I WAS NOT getting a meat grinder for our anniversary...). Wonder what Alton would do if I just walked up to him and was like "Thanks. Thanks A LOT. Thanks to you I got a meat grinder for my anniversary."
Ms. Chevious
10-15-2003, 12:19 PM
If I were you, I'd be offering to grind his meat right about now. :p
Shirley Panek
10-15-2003, 12:19 PM
Originally posted by JHolcomb

Wonder what Alton would do if I just walked up to him and was like "Thanks. Thanks A LOT. Thanks to you I got a meat grinder for my anniversary."

ROTFL! :D
JHolcomb
10-15-2003, 12:43 PM
Originally posted by Ms. Chevious
If I were you, I'd be offering to grind his meat right about now. :p

See, the funniest thing about it is that a couple of nights ago we were watching a special on the Donner Party, and I told him straight up that if I was honest-to-God starving to death I would have NO problem eating him. I really didn't think he'd want to make the process any easier :p

Sorry, Dh and I have twiiiisted senses of humour.
Canice
10-15-2003, 01:13 PM
Originally posted by JHolcomb
...Wonder what Alton would do if I just walked up to him and was like "Thanks. Thanks A LOT. Thanks to you I got a meat grinder for my anniversary..."

Betcha AB would tell you you're the luckiest girl in the great state of North Carolina! :p
HejazSunKat
10-16-2003, 07:20 AM
Originally posted by JHolcomb
He totally thinks it rocks that I have a kitchen appliance with a drive train.

Yeah, what is up with that? I will never understand what it is about tools that makes their eyes glaze over in org@smic delight. Would it make you feel any better if I told you I once worked with a woman who gave her husband a tombstone??? (I forget the occasion). At least I don't think she put the 'end' date on it.
sunberst
10-16-2003, 05:33 PM
well a meat grinder IS better than a septic tank. but for an anniversary? men are so clueless sometimes, but in a cute way. they can't help it. :rolleyes: :o :D :p
fci5767
10-17-2003, 05:35 AM
Originally posted by JHolcomb

Oh, and Alton Brown is in town on Saturday. Think I may have to go and "thank" him...it's all his fault that I got the grinder (we watched his sausage show the other night, after which I expressly told DH that I WAS NOT getting a meat grinder for our anniversary...). Wonder what Alton would do if I just walked up to him and was like "Thanks. Thanks A LOT. Thanks to you I got a meat grinder for my anniversary."

Alton's in town? Where??? I must be really out of the loop since I hadn't heard this. Details, please...

Beth
JHolcomb
10-17-2003, 06:07 AM
Originally posted by fci5767


Alton's in town? Where??? I must be really out of the loop since I hadn't heard this. Details, please...

Beth

He's going to be at the Cooking Show. I think it's at the Raleigh Convention Center, but I'll have to check my info. There was an article in Wed. N&O.
fci5767
10-17-2003, 06:20 AM
Thanks for the info. I hadn't even heard about the cooking show. I'll do a search online and find out the details.

I can't spend any more money, though:rolleyes: I live across the street from the new A Southern Season and I have practically lived there since they opened.

Are you going to see Alton Brown?

Beth