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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:46:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Port You Gal
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Because I'm A Guy

Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 20:30:33 -0500
From: Little Red Riding Hood
From: http://www.wbrucecameron.com/

Because I'm A Guy

Because I'm a guy, I must hold the television remote control in my hand
while I watch TV.  If the thing has been misplaced, I'll miss a whole show
looking for it, though one time I was able to survive by holding a
calculator. 
  
Because I'm a guy, when I lock my keys in the car I will fiddle with a
wire clothes hanger and ignore your suggestions that we call a road
service until long after hypothermia has set in.  Oh, and when the car
isn't running very well, I will pop the hood and stare at the engine as if
I know what I'm looking at.  If another guy shows up, one of us will say
to the other, "I used to be able to fix these things, but now with all
these computers and everything, I wouldn't know where to start."  We will
then drink beer.
   
Because I'm a guy, when I catch a cold I need someone to bring me soup and
take care of me while I lie in bed and moan.  You never get as sick as I
do, sofor you this isn't an issue. 
   
Because I'm a guy, I can be relied upon to purchase basic groceries at the
store, like milk, or bread.  I cannot be expected to find exotic items
like "Cumin" or "Tofu."  For all I know these are the same thing.  And
never, underany circumstances, expect me to pick up anything for which
"feminine hygiene product" is a euphemism. 
   
Because I'm a guy, when one of our appliances stops working I will insist
on taking it apart, despite evidence that this will just cost me twice as
much once the repair person gets here and has to put it back together. 
   
Because I'm a guy, I don't think we're all that lost, and no, I don't
think we should stop and ask someone.  Why would you listen to a complete
stranger -- how the heck could HE know where we're going? 
   
Because I'm a guy, there is no need to ask me what I'm thinking about. The
answer is always either women or football, though I have to make up
something else when you ask, so don't. 
   
Because I'm a guy, I do not want to visit your mother, or have your mother
come visit us, or talk to her when she calls, or think about her any more
than I have to.  Whatever you got her for mother's day is ok, I don't need
to see it.  Did you remember to pick up something for my mom, too? 
   
Because I'm a guy, I am capable of announcing, "one more beer and I really
have to go," and mean it every single time I say it, even when it gets to
the point that the one bar closes and my buddies and I have to go hunt
down another.  I will find it increasingly hilarious to have my pals call
you to tell you I'll be home soon, and no, I don't understand why you
threw all my clothes into the front yard.  What's the connection? 
   
Because I'm a guy, you don't have to ask me if I liked the movie. Chances
are, if you're crying at the end of it, I didn't. 
  
Because I'm a guy, yes, I have to turn up the radio when Bruce Springsteen
or The Doors comes on, and then, yes, I have to tell you every single time
about how Bruce had his picture on the cover of Time and Newsweek the same
day, or how Jim Morrison is buried in Paris and everyone visits his grave. 
Please do not behave as if you do not find this fascinating. 
   
Because I'm a guy, I think what you're wearing is fine.  I thought what
you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too.  Either pair of shoes is
fine.  With the belt or without it looks fine.  Your hair is fine.  You
look fine.  Can we just go now? 
   
Because I'm a guy and this is, after all, the 90's, I will share equally
in the housework.  You do the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, and the
dishes.  I'll do the rest.



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