Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Schofield jotted down the following: > That paper or booklet that comes with most stuff, that girls read before > they build/use it. No, no, no. You'll never find a girl reading a manual. They simply call out: "Honey, how do you operate this thing?" To which the boyfriend/husband/SO dashes handsomely to the rescue, delighted at the opportunity to flaunt all his manly skills, looks with merry amusement at her and announces: "This isn't a 'thing', dear, it's a four head, VHS, hi-fi, videocassette recorder with both PAL and NTSC decoders and anamorphic widescreen capability." "Oh. Well, could you set it to record 'Just Shoot Me'?" "Sure, no problem." And with this she coos sweet nothings in his ear and walks off with a wry smile, knowing that she isn't the one who has to spend the next thirty minutes trying to figure out what the exact twisted order is in which all the buttons need to be pressed and that he would rather die before admitting to not being able to and giving up... ;) THAT'S what girls do. M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | All wiyht. Rho sritched mg email: howard.390@osu.edu | kegtops awound? www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------