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From: Alistair on 9 Aug 2010 06:35 On Aug 8, 10:56 pm, "HeyBub" <hey...(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > > Don't forget the three little words that every woman longs to hear: "Tell me > more!" > > ---- > Joke: > "Two women are sitting together quietly, minding their own business...." > > When I heard that, I laughed. I cried. I slapped my thigh. Finally had to go > have a lie-down. > > ---- > This will get you off to a good start: > "My darling, I love you more than life itself and want to spend eternity > with you. Will you be my first wife?" > > (substitute appropriate ordinal for "first") Those made me laugh. Thanks.
From: Anonymous on 9 Aug 2010 08:41 In article <8ca6g6FgrlU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Pete Dashwood <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >HeyBub wrote: >> docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: [snip] >>> That which some see as 'not necessary to even mention' is a matter of >>> 'day to day life' for billions of humans... but what do *their* >>> experiences have to do with keeping a good schedule on the talk-show >>> and book-hawking trails? Perhaps you *and* the author believe that >>> the manners and customs of your own small islands are those of the >>> rest of the world... others might believe elsewise. >>> > >Hey, Doc, as the inhabitant of a small island, I'm not sure I want to be >tarred with that particular brush... can you rephrase? :-) To do so might tarnish the original, Mr Dashwood... George Bernard Shaw, 'Caesar and Cleopatra', Act II, 'Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.' DD
From: Howard Brazee on 9 Aug 2010 11:42 On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:56:23 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: >The whole book looks like a re-work of a master's thesis. But the most >interesting part was how the author (a woman) put the whole business on a >biological, evolutionary, basis. She starts with two unprovable axioms and >from these develops a cogent whole. The two axioms are: > >* Everybody has a genetic mandate to reproduce, to spread their genes, and >* It is the woman that does the choosing. It is mostly true that the woman does the choosing, at least where she's allowed to. But guys usually get married when they are ready to get married, as opposed to when they find the right woman, or when the woman wants to get married. Still, simplifying human behavior can be useful. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 9 Aug 2010 11:43 On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 05:09:01 -0700 (PDT), Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Make a long story longer, every time I'm out with a woman, I try to find >> some way to mention children: "I bet kids would have fun with that," or >> "Look at that sweater on that cute little boy," or "That would be a perfect >> cat for a little girl who wanted a tea-party companion." >> >> Works every single time. > >As an ageing letcher I shall have to remember that ploy. I never would have had any success with women at all, except that I really enjoy children. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 9 Aug 2010 11:46
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 16:50:47 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: >> 'Soldiers do not select the females of the conquered, it's the >> females of the conquered that select the soldiers!'... does anyone >> else have a bit of difficulty reading that and keeping a straight >> face? >> > >Sigh. Neither I nor the author felt it was necessary to even mention the >exceptions of rapes, child brides, arranged marriages, or virgin births. Those people don't need such a manual, and aren't the target audience. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |