Hester, thanks for the article critiquing Freeman's attach on Margaret Mead. I was privileged to meet the grand ol' broad/scholar in 1963, "great walking stick in hand," and all, and was quite impressed. Glad someone is setting the record straight.

Kim C., I also saw the video clip of the Newlywed Game where the wife says (sheepishly) that the strangest place she ever made love ("whoopee," or whatever) was "in my a**.

Steve et al., I thought the expression was "the short end of the stick," not "the wrong end of the stick."

Steve P., I've seen photos of horses harnessed to carts with a carrot dangled in front of their eyes and the driver holding a prod behind. This type of photo was supposed to illustrate the carrot (incentive) and the stick (whip or prod -- disincentive) -- the classic "push-pull" of motivation.

Genie