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My Husband is on a List..

Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:11 PM EDT
odd-news, satire
By Firewitch

Live Poll

Do you think you are on any lists?

View Results
  • 37895
    YES - only to organizations I am involved in
    14%
  • 37896
    NO- I better not be!
    0%
  • 37897
    Maybe- who knows these days
    71%
  • 37898
    What lists?
    14%

VoteTotal Votes: 7

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Well there are lists for everything and this is no exception:

My husband, (the vegetarian , animal lover, the man who says ," Without nature there is no humanity" and doesn't understand people who complain about conservation), is on a list.

It all started when we went to West Palm Beach to stay at the family condo and have a nice get away. As we are in Florida, my mother-in-law had an oops moment and we had to rush to fix it. Everyone rushed around frantically trying to fix it.

Upon arrival to the Palm Beach airport, we get to know this soldier going back over to Afghanistan. He was a very polite young man who explained the way he felt about the fighting and told us how he jumped out helicopters to fight. As we were heading to the gate, the young soldier stood up to say goodbye to us. We shook his hand and promised to keep him in our prayers and keep in touch.

Next stop was Atlanta and there were more soldiers there. Hubby was watching tv and I was eating along with checking on things at home. The plane trip was fun as everyone was playing a trivia quiz on their personal screens. Of course, they gave the seat number and who was in it. My husband plays a mean trivia game !

Seattle awaited us with cold,wet weather and familiar sights. It snowed almost as soon as we got home. Talk about a big difference in weather.

There must be a chick flick list with frilly underwear, glitzy jewelry,sappy romance novels,self-improvement magazines,weight loss books,decadent chocolates and the all important "HOW TO ATTRACT A MAN". I opened the mailbox the other day to find my husband is getting a magazine that is telling him how to keep his man satisfied in bed! Talk about blow me over with a feather. He even gets the ads on how to increase his breast size. All because my husband did a favor for someone and ordered some jewelery , he's now on the chick flick list! They are stalking him night and day.

Now, don't get me started about another ruthless organization that he's fighting to get off of their mailing list...THE AARP!

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Writing Athena

This is too funny.

I'm on the AARP list because I have the same first initial as my mother -- different last name, of course. But, somehow, when she turned 50, I started getting all kinds of AARP mail.

  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:36 PM EDT
Firewitch

LOL.. Maybe you can send them a nice little note and say wrong person buddy!!

  • 2 votes
#1.1 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:05 PM EDT
Writing Athena

Well, in a few years it won't matter anyhow. ;)

  • 1 vote
#1.2 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:53 PM EDT
Hekofawoman

AARP has got me too, could it be my age you think? Lmao - they won't be getting my business. Anyone trying "that" hard to solicit is a loser in my book. I just ignore the crap and when I can if able I disable everything I haven't subscribed too. I even get random phone solicitations, ridiculous. What a pain for the author of this post, but maybe she could benefit (sacasim)...lol

  • 2 votes
#1.3 - Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:46 AM EDT
GaryO

Age? AARP was sending me stuff before I was 40. I think they just mail it out to whoever is on the mailing lists they buy.

  • 2 votes
#1.4 - Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:17 AM EDT
Hekofawoman

Well Thank God, I was beginning to get pulled into the age factor there for a second, like the Life Insurance commercials..lol "If you were born between 19&& and 1977...lol-you gave me relief!

  • 3 votes
#1.5 - Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:42 AM EDT
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alkimija

lol, poor guy. I get all sorts of ridiculous junk mail, but this takes the cake.

  • 3 votes
Reply#2 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:49 PM EDT
Firewitch

He is always getting razed by me . The mailman has given him some really strange looks ..

  • 3 votes
#2.1 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:13 PM EDT
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joyjoy32

I'm on the book club list. I must get 5 - 10 offers a week.

  • 1 vote
Reply#3 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT
Firewitch

Eeek.. You sure do get a lot of reading done if you answer all of those offers..

  • 2 votes
#3.1 - Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:15 PM EDT
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Freedom Writer-801740

I have a friend of mine whose name is Kris, and because of the that spelling they thing he is a she and he gets tampon samples, it makes me laugh.

  • 1 vote
Reply#4 - Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:39 AM EDT
Firewitch

LOL.. I feel sorry for him. I bet the mailman has a few questions he'd like answered.

  • 2 votes
#4.1 - Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:35 PM EDT
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moltke5104

Yeah, i used to get the Miss Teen USA magazine, despite being a 23 year old male, still havent figured that one out.

  • 1 vote
Reply#5 - Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:17 PM EDT
Firewitch

Well did you enter the contest? ~smiles~

If you ordered something for a sister or mother then you're on the chick flick list!

  • 2 votes
#5.1 - Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:38 PM EDT
moltke5104

I figure it to be based on how my name is spelled, i have recieved letters from colleges encouraging me to go, and the person writing it didnt know i was male.

  • 1 vote
#5.2 - Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:50 PM EDT
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ruthlessmoose

That is too funny! I get coupons for free cans of Copenhagen every couple months or so. I've never bought anything even close to that before! Don't know why they think I need some for free.

  • 2 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:44 PM EDT
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