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

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!)