# My husband gave me an OED for my birthday!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-gave-me-an-oed-for-my-birthday/271623 "2004-10-28T05:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-gave-me-an-oed-for-my-birthday/271623/21 "2004-10-29T02:19:02Z")

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Nerds! Geeks! Dorks!

Mind you, I _am_ one, so I shouldn’t talk…

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-gave-me-an-oed-for-my-birthday/271623/22 "2004-10-29T03:53:45Z")

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I spent many a night, driving down to the local main library in Akron, looking up things in their multi-volume set.

I found out my local library _subscribes_ to the on-line version. Joy.

Check out yours. While they may not, you never know.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-gave-me-an-oed-for-my-birthday/271623/23 "2004-10-29T05:44:20Z")

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> [@Keapon Laffin](#):
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> Wow. I would have thought that it rated on the \*thoughtfulness scale \* along the lines of a vacuum cleaner or a rice-cooker.  
> So you didn’t fling it at him and knock him out?  
> 😃

If the spouse _wants_ the exceedingly unromantic gift, all bets are off.

(My dad got my mom boat fenders several years running for their anniversaries. Her idea.)

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