All I Want for XXXmas

My sister and I were discussing what to get my parents for Christmas, and were thinking of going in on something together. After spending Saturday with my father chopping and piling wood (yes I can do butch things too!), it was clear that he needed a new chainsaw to replace the 20 year old one. D thought that was a great idea and said that her husband knew of some ones that dad was looking at, so it shouldn't be a problem. She then mentioned that mom could use a new stand mixer for the kitchen. I told her that I knew of a couple of places in the city to get that kind of thing at a decent price.

"Great" she says "I'll look after the chainsaw and you're in charge of getting the mixer."

Sigh. Sometimes stereotypes are there for a reason.