now, eyewear is like jewelry stores. one italian company makes the eyewear, sells the eyewear, the optometrists who prescribed the lenses, the vision insurance for those prescriptions, and even the sunglasses(from the designer brands to generics).
No, it represents the known fact that Opus has no sales resistance. Also, Opus has finally found a use for the “turnips twaddlers” he has bought in the past. He can use them to twaddle that salesman’s turnip nose.
Unlike my mother, I am not interested in fine jewelry. Prefer inexpensive leather bands, hand woven friendship bracelets. Maybe something artsy or hand made.
There’s a lot of beautiful gemstones out there, but women expect a diamond on their finger, and only a colorless one, even though diamonds come in all colors. This started when a British princess had one at her engagement, shown by the British press, and now everyone wanted one. Demand was also pushed be DeBeers of South Africa. The price of colorless diamonds skyrocketed, and any other color is industrial-grade.
I would not waste my money on diamonds, unless I was cutting something and needed something hard. Common pebbles. they wash up on beaches! DeBeers, has vaults full of them, just to keep them off the market, to keep the price artificially high.IF I were to get married, I’d get something pretty, and possibly rare. Star Sapphires are much nicer.Plus, they’re not “forever”. You can burn them. Fascinating, but when you burn them, the only “ash” is CO2.
eaglehawk111 over 11 years ago
THis here is one, among many, to stay single. Your money will always be YOUR money. Not Married Money (look up Jeff Foxworthy.)
eaglehawk111 over 11 years ago
The sign in the 4th panal. I could live without Twinkies I think.
KeepKeeper over 11 years ago
A woman with out diamonds is like a dog with out fleas
Wren Fahel over 11 years ago
I’m a woman without diamonds…because I don’t care for diamonds. I have my plain white-gold band…that’s all I needed.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
now, eyewear is like jewelry stores. one italian company makes the eyewear, sells the eyewear, the optometrists who prescribed the lenses, the vision insurance for those prescriptions, and even the sunglasses(from the designer brands to generics).
stp1957 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Yea, I thought it said “Twinkies” too?
LEOKEV over 11 years ago
Can’t believe some idiot injected politics into this one.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
A woman without diamonds is like her man with money and no “blood diamonds” guilt-trip….
person918 over 11 years ago
fun with artificial scarcity http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070203990.html
kaecispopX over 11 years ago
No, it represents the known fact that Opus has no sales resistance. Also, Opus has finally found a use for the “turnips twaddlers” he has bought in the past. He can use them to twaddle that salesman’s turnip nose.
tbritt99 over 11 years ago
Unlike my mother, I am not interested in fine jewelry. Prefer inexpensive leather bands, hand woven friendship bracelets. Maybe something artsy or hand made.
djmalloy over 11 years ago
There’s a lot of beautiful gemstones out there, but women expect a diamond on their finger, and only a colorless one, even though diamonds come in all colors. This started when a British princess had one at her engagement, shown by the British press, and now everyone wanted one. Demand was also pushed be DeBeers of South Africa. The price of colorless diamonds skyrocketed, and any other color is industrial-grade.
Llywus over 11 years ago
I guess I’m lucky that my wife doesn’t care for diamonds. Emeralds and sapphires, on the other hand….
Salamurai over 11 years ago
I think at this point in my life I would really prefer to have the house than any other object I have ever had.
tigerchik32 over 11 years ago
You better be kidding.
GeorgeJohnson over 11 years ago
I would not waste my money on diamonds, unless I was cutting something and needed something hard. Common pebbles. they wash up on beaches! DeBeers, has vaults full of them, just to keep them off the market, to keep the price artificially high.IF I were to get married, I’d get something pretty, and possibly rare. Star Sapphires are much nicer.Plus, they’re not “forever”. You can burn them. Fascinating, but when you burn them, the only “ash” is CO2.