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- From: jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall)
- Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.155441.22803@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan25.165842.4673@client21.comlab.ox.ac.uk> <77582@apple.apple.COM> <lmdtj1INN78h@news.bbn.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:54:41 GMT
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- In article <lmdtj1INN78h@news.bbn.com> dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
- >In article <77582@apple.apple.COM> pooh@Apple.COM (Wendy Nather) writes:
- >>
- >>A man will happily live
- >>in his own messy apartment, but not consider that someone
- >>else might want to walk without tripping over things.
- >
- >Whoops.
- >
- >>He will
- >>only start thinking about dinner when HE is hungry, and only
- >>then will notice that there's nothing to eat in the house,
- >>complain about it, and then go get a beer and Doritos.
- >
- >Er, well, I do manage to remember the milk and Gerbers for her Majesty,
- >but otherwise, well, whoops.
- >
- >>Men don't remember personal data relevant to anyone else
- >>(like birthdays, preferences, family issues, etc.). Often
- >>they will give gifts when THEY feel like it and think of it,
- >>not when they think YOU would like it or need cheering up.
- >
- >Damn. I think I must really be a man.
- >
- >Thanks Pooh, you just ruined my life. I'm going to go commit suicide now.
-
- Nah, you don't haveo do that, I know lots of women who live just exactly
- as Pooh describes men. I also know a few couples who live that way. I
- don't know any mother though.....
-
- Cheers,
-
- Jeff
-
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-