Thread: Анекдоты, шутки, шуточные стишки, истории - смешные или не очень

Originally Posted by Crocodile

что она хочет крем на 8-е марта

Does крем here mean some kind of expensive cosmetic for the face, or some kind of expensive French dessert?

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Does крем here mean some kind of expensive cosmetic for the face, or some kind of expensive French dessert?

Most probably a cosmetic, because food крем is not a dessert by itself but merely a dessert compound. Actually face/hand/body cosmetic cream (either cheap or expensive) is a common (even somewhat trivial) 8-th March gift to a woman.

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Most probably a cosmetic, because food крем is not a dessert by itself but merely a dessert compound.

Aha, thanks. I thought perhaps it might be a shortened synonym for "крем-брюле". Although, like cosmetic cream, this dessert is not necessarily expensive -- you'll pay a bit more if it's called crème brûlée in a French restaurant, a bit less if it's called flan (de leche) in a Mexican restaurant, although the recipes can be nearly identical -- and it wouldn't be THE gift that a woman would expect from her boyfriend or husband on 8 March (or on 14 February, in the US).

Cosmetic cream is the sort of thing that American children might buy from their pooled pocket-money as a Mother's Day gift for mom -- while dad buys something a bit more expensive and romantic for the mother of his children. (Though generally not as expensive/romantic as her gifts on Valentine's Day, or her birthday!)