Very good Mort!!! I think that men can be trained as you all have noted and one of the most useful phrases (suggested by Blake Clark) they can learn is:

"Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry."

This one works in a large variety of situations and can be used in about 90% of the situations such as.......

"You forgot to take the trash out again and the garbage truck has already gone."
"The grass looks awful."
"We never go out anymore."
"You spend way too much time _____________."
"You need to get some exercise."
"You left the toilet seat up again.

See? Very useful and easily learned by most men. A word of caution though, yopu DO have to have at least a minor grasp on what is being saic or else the phrase could make matters worse. Such as:

"This dress makes me look fat."

This type of thing cannot be learned by a ferret, although the listening skills required cannot be learned by some men.

Spaw