| In 2003, the presents mentioned in "The 12 Days of Christmas" add up to nearly $17,000 -- more than $2,000 more than they would have cost in 2002.
Your "true love" would have to spend only $77 for a partridge in a pear tree, but then come the turtle doves, the French hens, and all that.
The most expensive gifts of the 12 days of Christmas gift-giving are:
Nine ladies dancing -- $4,200
Seven swans swimming - $3,500
Five golden rings -- $361, $20 cheaper than last year
The total cost of all the gifts is actually $16,885.28. __________________ You can't wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you - Look, if I went 'round saying I was an Emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!  |