Politically Incorrect Calculator Collecting
Message #1 Posted by Chris Randle (Lincoln, UK) on 17 Mar 2001, 8:09 a.m.
OK, I run the risk of getting roasted over this politically incorrect posting, but it's a true story and I mean it light-heartedly - honest!
I don't really collect HP calcs, I just keep buying more of them. I've got a 48SX, 16C and 200LX. For the last few months, I've been yearning for an HP-42S, but my wife told me it was out of the question.
Well, I couldn't help myself and disobeyed her. A few people chipped in with helpful lies, I mean suggestions, such as "I won it in a poker game", "I found it on a bus" etc. My Mum offered to say that she'd bought it for me as a gift.
I finally decided that I couldn't deceive my wife, so at the dinner table I pulled out the 42, plonked it down and clicked a few keys as if to say "and what are you going to do about it?". Nothing. I pushed a few more buttons gazing admiringly at it. Still nothing. Then I realised what was going on. Women can't tell the difference between a 48 and 42! No, really!!
Collect away guys. Just stick to the same series.
BTW if anyone wants to hear an even better story in a similar vein, although off topic, about a friend of mine, his wife and his Mercedes, let me know.
p.s. I would suggest ignoring my advice if you happen to be married to Diana Byrne!
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