Though you are beautiful and talented, I beg to differ as history and
traditios supports my stance.

Whenever a sea disaster strikes the first call is "women and children to the
lifeboats!". Is that to put them in safety? No, because bobbing about the
sea in small boats is not safe. The reason it is done is to get them out of
the way of those doing a more important manly job - namely that of saving
the ship. Whether it is hacking the limbs off of a giant octopus trying to
drag the ship under, reinforcing the shattered hull of an ocean liner or
firing cannons at British imperialists it is a manly man's job. Women and
children will just simply get in the way and impede the greater good.

David is at fault for not having a lifeboat in which to put the women and
children. God forbid that he wasn't attacked by a giant octopus!





"katy" wrote in message
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Gilligan wrote:
Leave the wife home.

She wants to sail.

Obviously she can not contribute to the solution of the
problem, she can only make matters worse.

Because he doesn't have the patience or whatever to communicate the
workings properly.
Just think of what might have
happened if someone was injured or quick action was needed to prevent
catastrophe.

He would have fallen apart.

The icing on the cake is to mention to her how lonely her retirement will
be when you are out sailing the world - without her.

No...for Christmas he should buy her sailing lessons with a female
instrictor or a male instructor with a ;ot of experience teaching women
and children..and the daughter should go, too/ I did not learn to sail by
being taught by my husband. He assumed too much. And when I got it wrong
he ye;;ed. So I sought out others with a lot of sailing experience and
began sailing on their boats. Funny how other people are loathe to yell
at you on their boats. The constraints of pioliteness with someone elses
wife helps a lot. (And their wife will crawl all over them if they yell at
you.)

I do not understand why men are expected to cater to women's emotionally
driven whims and are expected to "apologize" for not understanding.

He acted like an asshole. If he doesn't apologize just what do you think
the consequences at home will be? I suppose there are some men who prefer
the vouch for life.
Why
aren't women expected to understand men?

They do. That's the problem.

Why is it assumed that women are so
handicapped?

Men make this assumption. It makes them feel manly and strong. Goes back
to the cave days. The genetics haven't been wiped out yet.

Why must men yield to this emotional terrorism?

Because they like warm bodies...

Women are wired for dealing with children, other women and some family
matters.

Dealing with children means a woman deals with every aspect of life:
danger, illness, transportation, education, feeding, clothing, caring,
emergencies, disasters, household management. ALl the things you need to
deal with when sailing.

Men are wired for dealing with the external world - things such as
attacking beasts, danger, dinosaurs, thugs, science, sailing and the
like.

You've never seen my mother go after a snake with a hoe. Or my
grandmother after a fox that got into her chickens. You are making
incorrect suppositions here. Women face beasts all day. They face the
external world everyday when they have to deal with teachers, the
pharmacist, the doctor, and the repairmen who come to the hoise to fix
ehatever her husband can't.

In your situation there was a conflict between the manly world and the
woman's world. It looks like the costliest solution won.

Bunk.....

It is unfortunate that the great and powerful mind of that Master Mariner
Capt Neal is not here to contribute further on this subject. I am certain
that he would add brilliant insight.

And thank God for that...

"Gilligan" wrote in message
. ..
Though you are beautiful and talented, I beg to differ as history and
traditios supports my stance.

Whenever a sea disaster strikes the first call is "women and children to
the lifeboats!". Is that to put them in safety? No, because bobbing about
the sea in small boats is not safe. The reason it is done is to get them
out of the way of those doing a more important manly job - namely that of
saving the ship. Whether it is hacking the limbs off of a giant octopus
trying to drag the ship under, reinforcing the shattered hull of an ocean
liner or firing cannons at British imperialists it is a manly man's job.
Women and children will just simply get in the way and impede the greater
good.

David is at fault for not having a lifeboat in which to put the women and
children. God forbid that he wasn't attacked by a giant octopus!


Gilligan, I hate to have to say this, but you are lying.

The women and children were meant to be bait.

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
...

"Gilligan" wrote in message
. ..
Though you are beautiful and talented, I beg to differ as history and
traditios supports my stance.

Whenever a sea disaster strikes the first call is "women and children to
the lifeboats!". Is that to put them in safety? No, because bobbing about
the sea in small boats is not safe. The reason it is done is to get them
out of the way of those doing a more important manly job - namely that of
saving the ship. Whether it is hacking the limbs off of a giant octopus
trying to drag the ship under, reinforcing the shattered hull of an ocean
liner or firing cannons at British imperialists it is a manly man's job.
Women and children will just simply get in the way and impede the greater
good.

David is at fault for not having a lifeboat in which to put the women and
children. God forbid that he wasn't attacked by a giant octopus!


Gilligan, I hate to have to say this, but you are lying.

The women and children were meant to be bait.


LOL!!!!!

Gilligan wrote: a bunch of mushroom induced gibberish...

you're suffering from altitude sickness....