Pretentious Snobby Bastard Fly Fishing!

This Ain't Necessarily Fly Fishing => For Sale / Wanted => Fly Shop Specials/Sales/Closeouts => Topic started by: Woolly Bugger on January 09, 2022, 14:01:07 PM

Title: get'em while they are on sale....
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 09, 2022, 14:01:07 PM
simmssale.jpg

I about fell out of my chair when I saw the price...




full disclosure, that must be for a pack of 100
Title: Re: get'em while they are on sale....
Post by: Dougfish on January 09, 2022, 14:14:44 PM
I'll stick with my 9 cent screws.  :Dance
Title: Re: get'em while they are on sale....
Post by: Big J on January 10, 2022, 10:00:13 AM
Quote from: Dougfish on January 09, 2022, 14:14:44 PMI'll stick with my 9 cent screws.  :Dance

I feel like there is a joke somewhere in that quote.
Title: Re: get'em while they are on sale....
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 10, 2022, 10:25:57 AM
Quote from: Big J on January 10, 2022, 10:00:13 AM
Quote from: Dougfish on January 09, 2022, 14:14:44 PMI'll stick with my 9 cent screws.  :Dance

I feel like there is a joke somewhere in that quote.

I think the first record of paying for a good screw dates back to the Sumerians around 2400 B.C..  Fun fact = Sumerian word for female prostitute is kar.kid.

There were legal brothels in ancient Greece and the cost for 1 screw was 1 obole, which is approximately ½ denier.  A denier was a medieval penny.  So, 9 cents would get you around 18 screws in ancient Greece. 

We need to consult Doug and persuade him to come clean on where he's getting his cheap screws.  Not that I would take advantage of such bargain prices for such services, but I hate to miss a good deal.   He is clearly on to something, a discovery that defies the laws and history of inflation.  A 9-cent screw; come on man!!!

Title: Re: get'em while they are on sale....
Post by: Dougfish on January 10, 2022, 13:02:23 PM
I haven't calculated the true cost of all of the premarital/marital screws.
My head would hurt.
But I think it would be cheaper than a lifetime supply of Simms starbites.