Rather Polite of Him, Wouldn't You Say?
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From: Pete Dashwood on 21 Nov 2006 19:09 "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message news:uk16m21ojf8kl92rei8tv2tbdqr0736nhk(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:32:22 -0600, LX-i <lxi0007(a)netscape.net> wrote: > >>This is a very good insight. Of course, we have this even in our own >>society between men and women. A man opens the door for a woman - she's >>either a) grateful for the show of respect, b) spoiled to the point >>where she doesn't even recognize the gesture, or c) offended because she >>was treated differently. Same problems if you let them get their own >>door, but in reverse. > > This isn't a problem where we have double doors at a building. One > person opens the first door - and the other person opens the 2nd door. I once observed, on entering a revolving door with a girl named Susan, "First Susan I've ever been round with..." She was amused. (unlike Victoria...). "City girls seem to find out early How to open doors with just a smile" But their country cousins learn how to marry wealthy farmers and never have to worry, either...:-) Pete.
From: Pete Dashwood on 21 Nov 2006 19:15 "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:1164111732.314982.277480(a)h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > Pete Dashwood wrote: >> "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message <snip> > > Geeks, not Greeks, surely? > Nah, Geeks are a dying breed... they don't get to reproduce... :-) Pete.
From: LX-i on 21 Nov 2006 19:42 Michael Mattias wrote: >> This is a very good insight. Of course, we have this even in our own >> society between men and women. A man opens the door for a woman - she's >> either a) grateful for the show of respect, b) spoiled to the point where >> she doesn't even recognize the gesture, or c) offended because she was >> treated differently. Same problems if you let them get their own door, >> but in reverse. > > > Um, you weren't looking for a predictable outcome, were you? That would > assume women are logical creatures. heh... I should probably not comment on that, but to say that my first sentence above applies here as well. :) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ / \ / ~ Live from Montgomery, AL! ~ ~ / \/ o ~ ~ ~ / /\ - | ~ daniel(a)thebelowdomain ~ ~ _____ / \ | ~ http://www.djs-consulting.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GEEKCODE 3.12 GCS/IT d s-:+ a C++ L++ E--- W++ N++ o? K- w$ ~ ~ !O M-- V PS+ PE++ Y? !PGP t+ 5? X+ R* tv b+ DI++ D+ G- e ~ ~ h---- r+++ z++++ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Who is more irrational? A man who believes in a God he doesn't see, or a man who's offended by a God he doesn't believe in?" - Brad Stine
From: on 21 Nov 2006 21:05 In article <4shheeF1010qhU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Pete Dashwood <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: > ><docdwarf(a)panix.com> wrote in message news:ejvmo0$c3p$1(a)reader2.panix.com... ><snip> >> >>>To be blunt, don't lift the skirt. No, >>>best to go with the first impression and not seek confirmation. > >Absolutely... and better a skirt lifter than a shirt lifter... right? That might depend on 'better... for what'; it could be better to have a shirt lifter about when one needs cardiopulmonary resuscitation. DD
From: Alistair on 22 Nov 2006 09:44
Pete Dashwood wrote: > "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1164111732.314982.277480(a)h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > > > Pete Dashwood wrote: > >> "Alistair" <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > <snip> > > > > Geeks, not Greeks, surely? > > > > Nah, Geeks are a dying breed... they don't get to reproduce... :-) > > Pete. So Bill Gates is not a geek? |