Subject: Re: An Informal Announcement From: Jeff Huo Organization: Denizens of the Wolverine White Coat Ghetto Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.75.179.173 In article , bwillick@mediaone.net says... > On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 11:45:43 -0400, Scott Spiegelberg said... > > > But Martha Stewart showed a great way to fold fitted sheets. Poke the > > corners together, and don't worry about extraneous material in the middle > > of the edges. > > Auuuuggghh!!! > > Are you sure you're male? Sure he is! Real Men are secure enough in their Manliness to take advice from whomever or whatever is expert at the subject in question. Real Men know that women enjoy laundry folded correctly, and further that while Volsung the Destroyer might be good for tips on melee combat, he might be slightly lacking in Good Housekeeping notes (unless one has a house they need pillaged and torched) and thus one seeks the advice of one versed in such things, like Martha Stewart, or better yet, Mom. (Real Men know that Moms Know All, in the same, raw instinctual level way that Real Men know that meat is meant to be eaten rare, beer is meant to be drunk cold, and that most problems can be solved with liberal applications of power tools.) Real Men would ask for directions when lost, except Real Men don't get lost based on an unerring ancient direction- finding system based off of the locations of major Pubs. Real Men don't read the instructions because most instructions, especially computer software manuals, aren't worth the paper more profitably used to give Fluffy a place to shit. Real Men know that even though Leonardo DiCaprio clearly deserved to freeze his girly ass into a popsicle, or, better yet, have gotten it ventilated by Billy Zane just before being used to grease the giant pistons of the Titanic's very manly Engine Room, if thy Lady wants to sniffle about it for the thirty-second time in two weeks, a Real Man escorts her with grace and dignity, and does not point out helpfully that, yes, the boat does sink. -Jeff -- Jeff Huo | jeff@spundreams.net.nospam (remove nospam) U. Michigan Med | http://www.spundreams.net/~jeff New to the group? Welcome! Please read http://www.landfield.com/faqs/sf/robert-jordan-faq/ http://www.spundreams.net/~jeff/rasfwrjians2.html