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WOMEN |
MEN |
| ON NICKNAMES |
If Laura, Suzanne, Debra and Rose go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Suzanne, Debra and Rose. |
If Mike, Charlie, Bob and John go out for lunch, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Useless. |
| ON EATING OUT |
Mike, Charlie, Bob and John will each throw in $20, even though the bill's only $22.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back. |
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators. |
| ON MONEY |
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't want |
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants. |
| ON BATHROOMS |
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify most of these items. |
A man has six items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, tooth paste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. |
| ON ARGUMENTS |
A woman has the last word in any argument. |
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. |
| ON CATS |
Women love cats. |
Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats. |
| ON THE FUTURE |
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. |
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. |
| ON SUCCESS |
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. |
A successful woman is one who can find such a man. |
| ON MARRIAGE |
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. |
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change and she does. |
| ON DRESSING UP |
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail. |
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals. |
| ON NATURE |
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. |
Women somehow deteriorate during the night. |
| ON OFFSPRING |
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams. |
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. |
| AND FINALLY... |
Any married man will forget his mistakes.
There's no use in two people remembering the same thing. |