Rant (Possibly Sexist)

[Scouse]

Why can't men ask for direction after driving around for 50 fecking minutes?

Bizzarely. I'm my 30+ years of living, I've never got lost, ever. (Well - apart from when I was 4 and my mum lost me in boots. I cried, apparently....)

Why is it so hard to put the lid down in the toilet when you're living with a woman?

Why's it so fucking hard for women to put it down themselves?? I piss standing up. I don't know who's going to the toilet next - so I leave it as it is, in case it's me. Picky laziness on women's part this....

Why is it impossible for men to look at a woman and say something like "Look at the knockers on that!" or "Come 'ere baby and i'll make your dreams come true!!"?

No problems here. I tend not to tho because it tends to have the exact opposite of the desired effect.

Why the fek do men stand at the cashier for 50 minutes so they can pay the exact amount the cashier is asking for, just to avoid getting one more coin in their pocket?

I'm with the other blokes here. Change into pocket, spilled onto shelf. Every 5 or 6 years I have a hundred or so quid in coppers I give to whatever half-cocked charity turns up on my doorstep.

Whydo men think that pasing foul stentching gas is hilarious?

I don't - only mine. Which, frankly, is funny as fuck. Ask my ex.

Why do people still wonder about the difference between the sexes when there's no answer to be found...ever.

The answers are easy to find - it's just that you won't like 'em

 

[fatbusinessman]

Or my mate Graeme's favourite example, his missus came back from the shops with sackfuls of new clothes and proclaimed "Look how much I've saved !" and showed him all the 10% and 20% off tags.

So goes the saying:

A man will pay £20 for a £10 item he needs.
A woman will pay £10 for a £20 item she doesn't.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Weeell, just trying to get some antisexist thoughts into the heads of the cavemen. Which, was kinda proven pointless after two comments on an obvious typo/ lack of word in my list.

Oh yeah, i'm a guy aswell. Just someone who finds lockering people stupid as fek.

 

[Wij]

You're not married are you Seel ?

 

[amobea]

Weeell, just trying to get some antisexist thoughts into the heads of the cavemen. Which, was kinda proven pointless after two comments on an obvious typo/ lack of word in my list.

Oh yeah, i'm a guy aswell. Just someone who finds lockering people stupid as fek.

wouldn't calling us cavemen be lockering people ?

hypocrisy really annoys me...

 

[leggy]

Trem if all women were banned from the forum you would miss us especially leggy

OMG

Defo ban now.

I assume this is where I'm going wrong. I'm chasing after the wrong sex.

 

[Jupitus]

I think Seel turned the original on it's head quite nicely :kissit:

 

[Skyler]

Theres one simple answer to this whole till thing. Pockets. Men have them, like them, and use them. Women don't.

When I go to the till, my CC is in my pocket. I get the card and receipt, and it gets stuffed into my pocket. Then, upon my return to my home, the contents of the pocket are emptied out unceremoniously onto the bookcase.

Spot on.

 

[DaGaffer]

I think Seel turned the original on it's head quite nicely :kissit:

No he didn't. It was rubbish. And off-topic. What's driving behaviour and farting got to do with women's behaviour in queues? As I made clear, I wasn't trying to pigeonhole women, just observing that almost every fekkin time I get stuck in a queue it's because there's a woman at the front carrying out the observed behaviour. Just coz something sounds sexist, just because you may regard it as a cliche, doesn't mean its not true.

 

[granny]

OK there's no arguing about the fact that in our society women & men do things differently and think about things in different ways. There's good solid grains of truth in the old ideas that men are better at spatial tasks and abstract reasoning than women (generally) and that women are better at so-called "left-brain" activities like intuitive reasoning and creative things -

This is partly to blame for the purse-fumbling-at-checkout phenomenen: men will tend to have planned the course of action over the next few minutes in a far more detailed manner than women and will therefore have cards ready, change ready blah blah. But the women will be far more likely to actually be in the supermarket doing the weekly shopping for the entire family in the first place tbfh

I don't think the differences are the issue though - the real question is why is this the case? Nature/nurture? Old argument, I strongly think it's purely nurture and that there's no inherent biological differences between men & women's brains that cause behaivoural differences, just that we're raised differently and have different roles and pre-conceptions drilled into us.

 

[Wij]

But the women will be far more likely to actually be in the supermarket doing the weekly shopping for the entire family in the first place tbfh

What ?

Women only want to go when they hear about a 3 for 2 offer or when they've run out of chocolate ! Men tend to buy what is needed and then go home in 5 minutes flat. I maintain the argument to it's fullest. Women always want to shop but they're bloody shit at it.

 

[Trem]

VOTE WIJ!

Samm does the weekly shop, I sometimes go with her when her mum can't go, Its the single, most anger inducing event I have to endure. She checks each potato, each egg(opens box and spins each egg around), she WILL NOT buy ANYTHING from the front of the shelf(same date on them as the stuff at the back tbh), this even includes dog food, she reaches right round the back of all the other cans to GET THE SAME CAN THAT WAS AT THE FRONT!!

Shes an angel though, I would be fucked without her.

 

[]SK[]

I have to agree with you here. Woman are simply awful when it comes to shopping. I guess men (well me at least) are eager to get out the shop asap. Its like shopping trollies they leave them in everyones way. Ive started walking into them with my trolly now to make a point. Does no good though, but makes me feel better. Missus has started asking me to walk just down the middle while she shops now, even this is tough.

 

[old.Tohtori]

It is this what irked me in the first place...

I accept there are men who do it to (probably gay), but why, Oh Lord, Why do I have to spend my life stuck in queues behind them?

Now -that- is lockering. All men who take their time in queues are probably gay?

Ok, maybe not spot on on-topic, but if i wanted to be 100% on-topic, i'd be ranting about womens behavior.

Sorry if it pisses you off that i'm not like every other guy out there and blame everything on either the US or women. Here's a biscuit.

 

[]SK[]

I think they should make a Male only shopping queue. You also have to be on your own, so no wife/gf with you.

 

[Darthshearer]

Why can women wait at a bus stop for 20+ minutes sometimes then get on the bus and take another 5 minutes finding change for the driver holding the bus up again?

Whey not get it sorted first?

I can understand older women as they may be scared some little shit is gonna rob her but come on ladies!

 

[Xtro]

As I think most men are *****, not really sure what to add to this thread.

Most of my best, closest friends are women. I *love* women to pieces, they are much easier to talk to and have a great perspective on things.

Disclaimer: I am straight.

And..."lockering"...never heard that term before.

I love women today as my boss (a laydeeee) just called to tell me I should stay off work as she heard how ill I was yesterday and have worked too hard already - rah.

 

[Wij]

I think they should make a Male only shopping queue. You also have to be on your own, so no wife/gf with you.

Thanks Apu !

I think the gay comment was meant to be taken lightly Seel.

Oh, and yes - VOTE WIJ !

 

[DaGaffer]

It is this what irked me in the first place...



Now -that- is lockering. All men who take their time in queues are probably gay?

Ok, maybe not spot on on-topic, but if i wanted to be 100% on-topic, i'd be ranting about womens behavior.

Sorry if it pisses you off that i'm not like every other guy out there and blame everything on either the US or women. Here's a biscuit.

IT WAS A JOKE! I'll signpost them more clearly in future for the slow learners, OK?

 

[TdC]

I'm with Xtro on this one tbh. Still, there are many things that puzzle me about ladies behaviour in general. expecially the latest fad amongst my girly mates which is utter failure to decide anything. raah, that drives me up the wall!! where do you want to go? what do you want to do? what do you want to drink? they just don't seem to know!! offering a choice seems to make matters even worse: shall we go to a play or are you more up for a movie? oh dear

 

[Wij]

Women are natural worriers imo. In today's world where they have nothing really important to worry about they have to find little things to worry about like unimportant decisions or tins from the back of the shelf

hehe - i aer teh caevman !! \o/

 

[Trem]

*drags Wij by his hair*

 

[Wij]

*drags Wij by his hair*

Argh - my anal pub0rz !!!`1

 

[babs]

I have 2 things to bring to the discussion.

Firstly, the chief culprit in the 'what's the difference between the sexes?' debate is womens' lack of hobbies. I find this especially true. They get pissed off if you spend time doing something you enjoy if they don't have something to occupy themselves with, but if you ask them what they like doing it's 'spending time together' (doing nothing again I might add, but at least she isn't the only one), or 'I dunno, nothing really'. I normally have about ten things on the go that I can be doing if I'm at a loose end. Women, get an interest.

2. My brilliant idea (which may be in place in some places, I dunno, I'm from Cornwall remember) is to put men areas in womens clothing shops. Just a space in the corner with a TV, some papers and coffee/tea where men can congregate and not look anxious the whole time, trying desperately to stay next to significant other as she looks for pants so that it doesn't look like you're the one browsing. Or to while away the hours as she tries twenty different things and then buys the first one.

These aren't stereotypes either, these are from personal experience potential Mary Whitehouse Cadets.

 

[Will]

I love taking my girlfriend shopping for underwear.

Nothing really to add to the thread though.

 

[leggy]

I love shopping for underwear and pretending I have a girlfriend

 

[old.Tohtori]

IT WAS A JOKE! I'll signpost them more clearly in future for the slow learners, OK?

Fek off with the slow learners. You can't see any emotions in words so post a smiley or do make it clear when you are joking. Not much to ask really. Atleat this way us dumb people can see when you're being a biggot and when you're just calling people gay for shits and giggles.

 

[ECA]

These aren't stereotypes either, these are from personal experience potential Mary Whitehouse Cadets.

I need an address for the cadet centre and I need it NOW!.


Also can I get away with lots of 2nd class postage stamps on a nuclear warhead?

 

[Doh_boy]

I need an address for the cadet centre and I need it NOW!.


Also can I get away with lots of 2nd class postage stamps on a nuclear warhead?

Afraid not, there's a weight limit on conventional mail, you'll need to courier it I'm afraid. I like city link.

 

[kanonfodda]

Afraid not, there's a weight limit on conventional mail, you'll need to courier it I'm afraid. I like city link.

I wouldn't use them, they bounce stuff around too much, wouldn't want it to go off early.

/off topic

as for the discussion, I have to agree, I see women to a lot of annoying things, but I'm afraid I also see blokes to a lot of annoying things as well.

eg: women can sometimes hold up a queue in a supermarket, by taking time to pay, but have you ever been stuck behind a bloke, buying several items, but not packing until after he's paid? Just as annoying.