re: What should I do part II by anonymous questioner

November 29, 2006 12:51 PM

...or should I just send him this:

"Theophrastus (371-287 B.C.) “The Stingy Man”
Stinginess is economy carried beyond all measure. At
dinner where expenses are shared, he counts the number of cups each person drinks and he makes smaller libation to Artemis than anyone. When his servant breaks a pot or a plate, he deducts the value from his food. If his wife drops a copper, he moves furniture, beds, chests, and hunts in the curtains. He forbids anyone to pick a fig in his garden, to walk on his land, to pick up an olive or a date. Every day he goes to see that the land boundary marks of his property have not been moved. . . To sum up, the coffers of stingy men are moldy and the keys rust; they wear cloaks which hardly reach the thigh; a very little oil bottle supplies them for anointing; they have hair cut short and do not put on their shoes until midday.
The also stiff their girlfriends on supposed invited trips"

Keep in mind I don't want to break up with him, just terminate this crap



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