The Dowbrigade’s lack of understanding of the opposite sex is legendary, It worked great. She was finding them for months. After a while, On the other hand, the time we tried to use a coupon to get a free Limo Not your fearless if flummoxed correspondent, obviously. This year, This gives us three extra days to find a suitable gift, and for two Oy vey, is it Valentine’s Day again, so soon? For some reason Valentine’s day has never been a favorite of the Dowbrigade. Our Personal Best in the V-Day sweepstakes was in 3rd grade, just as the Beatles swept into the … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/valsmall.jpg\")
<\/a>Oy vey,
\n is it Valentine’s Day <\/a>again,
\n so soon? For some reason Valentine’s day has never been a favorite of
\n the Dowbrigade. Our Personal Best in the V-Day sweepstakes was in 3rd
\n grade, just as the Beatles swept into the American consciousness. Perhaps
\n because of our fashionable bowl cut, or perhaps because it was a school
\n requirement, we got a Valentine from every kid in the class that year.
\n Since then it’s
\n gone
\n downhill
\n all the
\n way. But
\n hey, who’s counting?<\/p>\n
\n and as a result our selection of Valentine presents and gestures is strictly
\n hit and miss. Our all-time best result came the year we bought a box
\n of 36 school-kids Valentines (Gummi Bears, perhaps), inscribed each one
\n with "I Love You" in a different language, and hid them all over the
\n house, in Norma Yvonne’s underwear drawer, in her jewelry case, in the
\n stored summer clothes, inside suitcases, in the tea bags, her hidden
\n candy stash, etc. <\/p>\n
\n we got lucky every time she found one. For a while, those were
\n the ONLY times we got lucky. Who knew? We got the idea on a drivetime
\n sports radio show the day before Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n
\n pickup and ride to some fancy Italian restaurant turned into a fiasco
\n when we fought with the Limo driver when he demanded a tip in excess
\n of what a taxi would have cost, followed by a mediocre meal and a chipped
\n tooth. A total disaster. Again, who knew?<\/p>\n
\n somehow we have a reprieve and an angle to play. Norma Yvonne will
\n be OUT OF STATE on Valentine’s Day! In Texas, visiting a niece! Won’t
\n be back til Monday!<\/p>\n
\n of those days we can take advantage of AFTER-VALENTINE’S DAY SALES! We
\n can get all the crud nobody else wanted, at significant savings. Any
\n ideas?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"