Finishing school

 

Two informally dressed ladies happened to start up a conversation during an endless wait in Brisbane Airport Terminal. 
The first lady was an arrogant Victorian married to a wealthy business man. 
The second was a well-mannered elderly woman from  Gladstone, Queensland. 
  When the conversation centered on whether they had any children, the Victorian woman started by saying,

"When my first child was born, my husband built a beautiful mansion for me."  
The lady from  Gladstone commented, "Well, isn't that precious?"  
 The first woman continued, "When my second child was born, my husband bought me a beautiful Mercedes-Benz.  
Again, the lady from  Gladstone commented, "Well, isn't that precious?"  
The first woman continued boasting, "Then, when my third child was born, my husband bought me this exquisite diamond bracelet.  
Yet again, the  Gladstone lady commented, "Well, isn't that precious?"   
The first woman then asked her companion,

"What did your husband buy for you when you had your first child?"  
“My husband sent me to charm school," declared the Gladstone lady.  
"Charm school?" the first woman cried, "Oh, my Lord!  What on earth for?"  
The elderly Gladstone lady responded, "Well as an example... instead of saying,

"Who gives a f*ck?",  I learned to say, "Well, isn't that precious . . . ... "