Subject: Activities » Shopping (Page 4)

If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping; men invade another country.

(1952 – ) comedian

1. If you like it, they don't have it in your size. 2. If you like it and its in your size, it doesn't fit anyway. 3. If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it. 4. If you like it, it fits, and you can afford it, it falls apart the first time you wash it.

The other line moves faster.

A necessary item goes on sale only after you have purchased it at the regular price.

If an item is advertised as "under $50," you can bet it's not $19.95.

Bargain: A transaction in which each party thinks he has cheated the other.

In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can’t make your children carry.

American author

I went to buy some condoms today, and I said to the pharmacist, 'Excuse me, I need some condoms;' and he said, 'Just a minute,' and I said, 'Oh, that's my brand.'

American comedian & actor

If you don't write to complain, you'll never receive your order. If you do write, you'll receive the merchandise before your angry letter reaches its destination.

The “Consumer Report” on the item will come out a week after you’ve made your purchase.
Corollaries: 1. The one you bought will be rated “unacceptable.”. 2. The one you almost bought will be rated “best buy.”

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Three o’clock in the morning, you can get truck tires, falafel and a bag of heroin – in the same store.

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian, radio personality, author & actor

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

writer

The gifts you buy your wife are never as appropriate as the gifts your neighbor buys his wife.

The only time a woman has a true orgasm is when she’s shopping.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director