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Subject: BS: Educating women From: kendall Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:21 AM Some time back there was a post on the forum about educating women. It said something about getting them to learn to leave the toilet seat up etc. Anyone remember? It's humorous if you have a thick skin. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Dave Hanson Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:50 AM They are here to work, thats all they need to know. eric |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: beardedbruce Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:10 AM One cannot educate women- they know everything, already. Just ask one. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: *daylia* Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:21 AM My sister sent me this yesterday. Quite educational, for any woman, imo. A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE... A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra.. A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE... One friend who Always makes her Laugh... And one Who lets her cry... A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE... A good piece of furniture not previously owned by Anyone else in her family... A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE Eight matching plates, Wine glasses with stems, And a recipe for a meal that will Make her guests feel honored. A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE... A feeling of control over Her destiny... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... How to fall in love Without losing herself... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... How to quit a Job Break up with a lover and confront a friend without ruining the friendship EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... When to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY. EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... That she can't change The length of her calves, The width of her hips, or The nature of her parents... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... That her childhood May not have been Perfect..but; Its over... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... What she would and Wouldn't Do for love or more... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... How to live alone... even if She doesn't like it... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... Whom she can trust, Whom she can't, And why she shouldn't Take it personally... EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... Where to go... Be it to her best friend's kitchen table.. Or a charming inn in the woods... When her soul needs soothing... ! EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... What she can and can't accomplish In a day... A month.. And a year... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: ranger1 Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:44 AM Every woman should also know how to change a tire. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: bobad Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:54 AM daylia Those aphorisms might equally apply to men except for the black lace bra, a lace camisole would be more appropriate. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: autolycus Date: 27 Mar 07 - 10:46 AM I remeber the thread Kendall - can't remember what it might have been titled. I |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 27 Mar 07 - 10:52 AM Re: the application of the above aphorisms to men. As a man, I'm not totally convinced of my need for eight matching plates, and wine glasses with stems. They are, of course, vital possessions for every woman ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: skipy Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:05 AM Including the black lace bra! Skipy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Bee Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:16 AM I feel deprived... I don't own eight matching plates. As for leaving the seat up - go ahead, as long as you clean the pee-spray off it after every visit (and don't tell me you never get any on it). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST, Topsie Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:54 AM Whenever I own even one screwdriver (/hammer/etc.) let alone a set, some man assumes they can't possibly be mine, therefore they must be his. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 27 Mar 07 - 11:59 AM And does he use them to do unpaid repairs and renovations on your domicile? Or does he sneak in and steal them? Just wondering! (Okay, really I'm not even wondering; I'm just trying to be a pain. You know how men are ... ). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Amos Date: 27 Mar 07 - 12:08 PM I submit that the large rproblem in the world today is educating men. Most women I know who are emotionally dinged have been up against rugged -- not to say mindless -- communication dysfunction or worse from the men in their lives. 'Course it is also true that many men who are similarly wounded souls are essentially recovering from women in their lives. It is an interesting, if occasionally vicious, circle of interactions. Allowing people of the opposite sex to be who they are is a simple starting strategy that will go a long way. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Ebbie Date: 27 Mar 07 - 12:51 PM A MAN SHOULD HAVE... A set of pots and pans, a couple of good cookbooks a mixer and a coffee pot He already has screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a leftover black lace bra. A MAN SHOULD HAVE... One friend who Always makes him Laugh... And one Who lets him bitch and moan and cry... A MAN SHOULD HAVE... A good piece of furniture previously owned by Someone else in his family... A MAN SHOULD HAVE Eight matching plates, Wine glasses with stems, And a recipe for a meal that will Make his guests feel honored. A MAN SHOULD HAVE... A feeling of control over His destiny... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... How to fall in love Without losing himself... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... How to get a job How to quit a Job Break up with a lover and confront a friend without ruining the friendship EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... When to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY. EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... That she can't change The length of her calves, The width of her hips, or The nature of her parents... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... That his childhood May not have been Perfect..but; Its over... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... What he would and Wouldn't Do for love or more... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... How to live alone... even if He doesn't like it... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... Whom he can trust, Whom he can't, And why he shouldn't Take it personally... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... Where to go... Be it to his best friend's kitchen table.. Or a week in the woods... When his soul needs soothing... EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW... What he can and can't accomplish In a day... A month.. A year... And a lifetime. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Bee Date: 27 Mar 07 - 02:04 PM "And does he use them to do unpaid repairs and renovations on your domicile? Or does he sneak in and steal them? Just wondering! (Okay, really I'm not even wondering; I'm just trying to be a pain. You know how men are ... ). " - meself I once had studio space in an open plan building which had a pair of male woodworkers occupying another studio. After repeated trips to retrieve my tools, I painted all the handles bright yellow with pink flowers on 'em. Still hadda go find 'em, but at least they stood out. (Nope, they weren't repairing my domicile). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Ebbie Date: 27 Mar 07 - 02:14 PM I too have had the repeated experience of having hammers and screwdrivers co-opted. I remember, in particular, a favorite hammer of mine- which ended up being the favorite hammer of a brother of mine. I never saw it again. And yes, he was helping me. But it was reciprocal. I suspect that some men forget that a coin has two sides. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 27 Mar 07 - 02:14 PM Well - that kinda takes the wind outta my sails! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: MMario Date: 27 Mar 07 - 02:22 PM A MAN SHOULD HAVE: Clean plates, flatware and glasses enough to serve whoever he invites over. and the number of a place that delivers a meal that will Make his guests feel honored |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 27 Mar 07 - 03:28 PM "glasses enough to serve whoever he invites over" - sure it's nice, but I don't know - I always found that a tin can or an empty pickle jar worked in a crunch - |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: MMario Date: 27 Mar 07 - 03:45 PM "should" doesn't equal "must" *grin* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Ebbie Date: 27 Mar 07 - 05:31 PM I don't think either list implies 'MUST' but following it would/will certainly enrich lives. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: kendall Date: 27 Mar 07 - 05:55 PM Can we get back to the original question? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Stringsinger Date: 27 Mar 07 - 05:57 PM I think most men need to be educated about women and their needs. Frank |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 27 Mar 07 - 06:03 PM A man should have a shed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 27 Mar 07 - 06:17 PM "I don't think either list implies 'MUST' but following it would/will certainly enrich lives." Hmmm - so my life would be enriched if I made certain I had enough glasses as opposed to tin cans and pickle jars for my drinking buddies? I'll get right on that! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Riginslinger Date: 27 Mar 07 - 06:35 PM We shouldn't be educationg women. They're too smart already. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Ebbie Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:40 PM The original question, Kendall? It is "Anybody remember?" :) And meself, I don't think that's necessarily an essential. I'm a woman and I no longer have matched glasses. I have nothing against the use of jelly jars. Pickle jars, I'm not so sure of. I prefer my wine not to taste or smell like pickles. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Bobert Date: 27 Mar 07 - 08:42 PM Womens is perfectly eduactable... Just not from men... Yeah, they can learnt up all the womenz tricks by the time they're 5 years old but they learn all this stuff from their sisters and their moms and other girls in the neighborhood and that's about the time they get sucked into the ***vast conspiracy*** to make us menz lives misearble, which they are very good at doing... But, shoot, seein' as there ain't no other choices, you know, like a 3rd sex, we men is stuck wtih 'um... But they ain't never gonna learn nuthin' from us.... I mean, I tried to teach the P-Vine to pick up her garden tools 'cause if she don't then they get runned over by the lawnmower... That was 10 years ago and guess what... The first mowin' in the spring always means havin' to buy new baldes for the mower from it finding where the P-Vine left this 'r that... But, sniff, we love 'um.... Even if they is a bunch of co-conspiratin' retards... (You can't say that no more, Bobert...) Okay, ya' all give me a better word... Did I say that we loves 'um... That oughtta count fir somethin', gol dangit... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 27 Mar 07 - 09:48 PM "I have nothing against the use of jelly jars. Pickle jars, I'm not so sure of. I prefer my wine not to taste or smell like pickles." You see? That's why I need a woman in my life! Now I think I understand why I sometimes catch my drinking buddies making funny faces when they think I can't see ... Okay, jelly jars it is from now on. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: bobad Date: 27 Mar 07 - 10:17 PM "I prefer my wine not to taste or smell like pickles" Now were getting pretty hoity-toity ain't we? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Ebbie Date: 28 Mar 07 - 12:58 AM Oh, yes. I'm high toned. Reminds me of a story my father used to tell: A lanky cowboy in dusty clothes complete with boots and spurs clanked his way over to the town belle. Ma'am, he drawled, would you like to dance? She looked him up and down and turned up her nose. No. I'm mighty particular who I dance with. He drawls, Wa'al, you see, I ain't. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: KT Date: 28 Mar 07 - 01:22 AM Kendall, is this what you're looking for? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Gurney Date: 28 Mar 07 - 04:19 AM Every woman should have a frypan, and lard, and bacon, and onions. When the men stick their noses around the door, "Bring my tools back or there's no bacon buttie for YOU." Probably end up with more tools than you started with, and maybe proposals too. Like Ranger1, I wouldn't let Her Indoors drive alone until she could change a wheel. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: John Hardly Date: 28 Mar 07 - 06:52 AM A man should have a well-lighted walkway leading to his cave if he ever expects visitors. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: *daylia* Date: 28 Mar 07 - 07:28 AM Whenever I own even one screwdriver (/hammer/etc.) let alone a set, some man assumes they can't possibly be mine, therefore they must be his. Wow, so other women have this problem too! THanks for posting, ladies. Never in my life have I ever been able to hang onto a hammer, tape measure, set of screwdrivers etc for more than 6 months. Some guy always borrows em - even if it is to repair my domicile - and then "forgets" to put em back. For example, I must have bought at least half a dozen hammers in my life, and now how many are left in my Little Red Toolbox today? One. I "borrowed" it from my father many years ago (hee hee). It belonged to my grandfather, all rusty and aged and well-banged (and well-loved) and therefore probably doesn'st appeal to the more manly among us. Still bangs the ole nails in though, straight and true .... its gonna come with me to the grave, I think .... Anyway, if I can't even hang onto a 20 dollar hammer, it sure doesn't bode well for more expensive tools like cordless drills, chainsaws or the like. Unless I hid em under lock and key. Ebbie, I LOVE what you did to the aphorisms! "EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW how to get a job" LOL!!!!! so true so true .... and kendall, I do hope you find what you were looking for. daylia |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: skipy Date: 28 Mar 07 - 07:57 AM I am a firm believer that there is only one woman, there are millions of men but just the one woman! It consists of several millions of units but they communicate on a level that we (males) don't understand & NEVER will! Skipy (under the thumb since birth!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: kendall Date: 28 Mar 07 - 08:21 AM No, KT, that's not it. All I remember about it is,...you should learn to put the toilet seat up, you are a big girl..etc. Someone sent me a list of the things men should learn and I was trying to recall this other thing about women. Not critical. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST,meself Date: 28 Mar 07 - 11:21 AM "all rusty and aged and well-banged (and well-loved)" - Sounds like - um - aw, forget it ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Amos Date: 28 Mar 07 - 11:42 AM This one? NEW TRAINING COURSES FOR WOMEN Women think they already know everything, but wait. Training courses are now available for women on the following subjects: 1. Silence, the Final Frontier: Where No Woman Has Gone Before 2. The Undiscovered Side of Banking: Making Deposits 3. Parties: Going Without New Outfits 4. Man Management: Minor Household Chores Can Wait Till After The Game 5. Bathroom Etiquette I: Men Need Space in the Bathroom Cabinet Too 6. Bathroom Etiquette II: His Razor is His 7. Communication Skills I: Tears - The Last Resort, not the First 8. Communication Skills II: Thinking Before Speaking 9. Communication Skills III: Getting What you Want Without Nagging 10. Driving a Car Safely: A Skill You CAN Acquire 11. Telephone Skills: How to Hang Up (love it!) 12. Introduction to Parking 13. Advanced Parking: Backing Into a Space 14. Water Retention: Fact or Fat 15. Cooking I: Bringing Back Bacon, Eggs and Butter 16. Cooking II: Bran and Tofu are Not for Human Consumption 17. Cooking III: How not to Inflict Your Diets on Other People 18. Compliments: Accepting Them Gracefully 19. PMS: "Poor me syndrome" Your Problem . . . Not His 20. Dancing: Why Men Don't Like To 21. Classic Clothing: Wearing Outfits You Already Have 22. Household Dust: A Harmless Natural Occurrence Only Women Notice 23. Integrating Your Laundry: Washing It All Together 24. Oil and Gas: Your Car Needs Both 25. TV Remotes: For Men Only 26. The Toilet : You can learn to leave the seat up |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST Date: 28 Mar 07 - 12:37 PM ...so she and I were discussing, and in an off-handed manner she described her compunction to wash dishes at the end of every meal - whereas I, being terminally afflicted with maleness, replied I had no such compunction, and only felt compelled to wash dishes when every available dish and every eating utensil in the house had been dirtied beyond redemption, as is the case now.... So off I go to... Oh wait - here's something I can eat right out of the can with the plastic fork I found in the glove compartment of my car. Never mind. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Georgiansilver Date: 28 Mar 07 - 12:40 PM I believe there are a lot of educating women..I have certainly learnt much from them...not all good either. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: kendall Date: 28 Mar 07 - 12:55 PM Amos, that is close enough. Let it be clear that I do not dislike women. Many, if not most of my friends are women. Friendly jibes are ok but not nasty attacks just because they are women. Call me Don Quixote. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Ebbie Date: 28 Mar 07 - 02:06 PM Although I grew up in a male-predominant household, I didn't learn to keep the toilet lid DOWN until I read that sometimes rats swim up the line and end up in the toilet bowl- and I was living on the first floor of a house. I figured that with the lid down the splashing sound I would hear would give me warning. So there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: kendall Date: 28 Mar 07 - 04:19 PM I wonder how long you would have to stand there waiting for this to happen? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: GUEST, Ebbie Date: 28 Mar 07 - 05:32 PM I dunno, Kendall. Hasn't happened to me yet. Must be that keeping the lid DOWN keeps the rats away. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Grab Date: 28 Mar 07 - 06:24 PM I keep the lid down after my dad refitted the bathroom such that the cistern was concealed behind a panel, above which was a cupboard. This cupboard was where the toothbrushes and toothpaste lived. After the second time I'd dropped my toothpaste in the open toilet, a light kind of went on in my head... But as for a sensible reason for leaving the seat down and the lid up - yet to be convinced. Graham. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Educating women From: Gurney Date: 28 Mar 07 - 06:44 PM Guest at 12.37pm, if your woman has a compunction to wash dishes after every meal, you are both batting on the same team..... Maybe you meant compulsion. heh heh. Ebbie is right about rats. Twice in 30 years here. However, no-one will ever know how often they came up, saw the lid down, and went back quietly. I often put the lid down. When I remember. |
