Its rather late and my brains are just about... fried. For the past several hours I have been trying to get my head around a mind-numbingly boring accounting problem (yes it is actually as bad as it sounds...IAS/GAAP/USUKBS/ BS/ MORE BS) - naturally without much success.
So I have decided to look for what would be the exact opposite of "work", something I managed to avoid with such amazing alacrity that several partners later, I find myself ... well... in the need of another partner.
Swiftly moving past my personal travails, I have often wondered as to why is it that whenever the subject of the dire straits of Iraqi economy crops up, "cob web" cleaning or dusting the carpet (yes the Faux-Persian one her mum gifted her darling daughter for her 27th), takes precedence...... when eventually it will be left to the current lady of house to roll up her Capri's and whack a spider or two?
After the conversation has gone something like this:
Don Juan: So much fire is in you.
Tisbea: How well you talk!
Don Juan: How well you understand!
Tisbea: I hope to God you`re not lying.
Exit Tisbea, enter Tiabes + broom on extention pole.
However we digress .... Now it isnt that men are lazy (we just take a longer time to unwind - a day or two at most) and would rather do something else, the fact of the matter is that men would rather not do anything at all. This whole dynamic and dashing bit, machismo etc is all for the benefit of the women and if it weren't for the women, men would traditionally engage in more salubrious pass times such as checking the % of baggage conveyor belts across the world which move counterclockwise (its 44% for those who would really like to know), sipping Captain Kidds finest.
I have a sneaking suspicion that a secret survey might actually reveal that men are "born to be mild"! In fact there is even a club with a website called Dull Men's Club where the byline reads
" A place -- in cyberspace -- where Dull Men can share thoughts and experiences, free from pressures to be in and trendy, free instead to enjoy the simple, ordinary things of everyday life"
Women, on the other hand, are banned from the club - ostensibly because they are "exciting" - not too exciting or even scintillating, just exciting.
The Club goes on to promote activities such as
| Is music these days too exciting for you? Why not get back to basics . . . simply listen to a metronome . . . click here to get to a letter from a reader, Ty M. Inghe, who found a website Metronome Online for us |
and
The Shoelace Site . . . how many ways do you think there are for tying your shoelaces? The answer to this and much more on this terrific website . . . click here
Now what could possibly be more relevant or interesting at that!
Moral of the story (for all you hard working / hygienic people): When you live with a lazy pig, thank your luck stars - it could actually get worse!
Damn... the weather channel is on the blink again................so is DD
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