>> Why?? I like ticklish men - makes for interesting evenings. What do
>> you think Kimby dear?
>I feel so abused, all that sexism against us all the time. Hey girls, we
>can be used for useful things too, like chopping wood, mounting snow
>tyres, distributing used socks all over the appartement... oops!
In search of the ultimate utility of the "Y" chromosome are
we?
I nominate:
Loading the luggage into the car when you're off to the
airport. That would be the guy's carry-on and the paraphernalia,
appurtenances, equipment and sundry needed to invade a small
dictatorship - i.e. the lady's luggage. We also provide the useful
service of enquiring, "Do you have your purse honey?" [You didn't
think we'd be shifting the heavy bit did you?]
Plus: once checked in we are able to locate the nearest bar
with indecent alacrity, obtain service instantly, know instinctively
which channel on the bar television has racing and the proper conduct
required to have the channel changed.
A bonus, if Formula 1 is in season, we will provide arrogant
expert opinion slagging the laggards, ignoring the mid-fielders and
scorning the leaders while intimating, quite modestly, we could do a
much better job given the opportunity.
Once we have accomplished this, the double-xers contribution
to this bit of the excursion is ensuring you actually make it on to
the airplane then distracting the more feeble minded of us who, when a
couple of Martinis render us extremely amusing, are intent on checking
to see what happens if you actually do ask, "Is this the plane to
Cuba?"
j a m e s
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
-- Gilbert Keith Chesterton