FANTASY FLEECES 

Question from Reece’s Fleeces: My roommate and I were in the market for a new couch. We found a year old Ikea couch for sale from a friend of a friend. She wanted $200. The couch is good but by no means great. We offered her 140, saying that we were college kids. She said no way and said she’d rather leave it on the market, so we gave her our number in case she changed her mind. A week later she called and asked if we’d go up in buying price. We reminded her we had no alternative funds and that 140 was our final offer. She hesitantly agreed. We went to her apartment immediately and grabbed it from her for a cool $140 - man was she pissed! She barely even said anything to us. As we walked out the door with the last of the throw pillows I instantly yelled “Fleeced!” and we both laughed while still in earshot of the door.

Today the middleman mutual friend told us she was furious about the deal and thought she could have gotten more. As I sit on this new couch at my apartment I’d just like to ask the Fleece Factor whether my “fleece” exclamation was warranted? Thanks.

Answer:  Yes, you fleeced her, and your “fleece” exclamation was not only warranted but should have been expected by her. Nice ball by you. If she’s mad about it, well, that’s not your problem. It’s the nature of a fleece.  Fleece or be fleeced. In fact, the only thing that would have made that story better would have been if , upon first seeing the couch, you casually asked her: “Beautiful couch, Miss. It’s so soft - Is this made out of fleece?” all while keeping a straight face. Hey, you should send her a thank you note with a picture of the couch in your apartment enclosed. In the picture, you and your roommates could be on the couch spilling beer all over it and mocking her while you wear nothing but fleece clothes. And if you did have a few extra bucks, you could also send her a $10 gift certificate to Old Navy, where she can get herself a nice performance fleece. Nice Fleece, Reese.

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