Some years ago, a buddy of mine had the ear of my wife. She took his word for anything and everything without question and Russell knew it, too. Well, in an effort to help me with all things considered manly, Russell told Mrs. Poper that if I ever said "Russ says I need one of these", she was to be sure I got it sooner or later, especially if I didn't buy it for myself. One day, Russell let me in on the setup. "Hey, if you ever want anything, you just tell your Honey I said you need it. Trust me. She'll see to it that you get it."
A couple months later, my sweetie and I were walking to a restaurant and we had to walk past a used car lot on our way. As it would happen, they had a beautifully restored Jeep CJ7 with all the trimmings, lift kit, big nobby tires, roll bar, winch, the works! I leaned on the hood and casually said, "Russ says I really need one of these." Mrs. Poper took three steps back with both arms extended towards me with her palms out; "OH, NO YOU DON'T!!!"
When I told Russel his setup wasn't working like he said it should and I explained the specifics of the attempt, he looked at me with his patented look of disgust and replied; "Look, Dummy, even my influence over the fairer sex has its limit!"
Oh, well, nothing ventured, nothing gained......