Of Ears and Scrotes....
"....ain't tryin-a listen/They be sittin' in ya kitchen/waitin' to start hittin...."
Okay, this is pure venting, but Remember that scene in Goodfellas, where Henry tells his young female neighbor/babysitter/drug running co-conspirator not to call his other drug running co-conspirator from the house phone, twice, and then she goes and does it anyway, and he gets pinched because of it? I originally was mad at the girl for not listening, thinking it was some sort of character flaw, but now I think that it's simply because women do not listen to men. Universally. Especially if they are close to the man who is doing the talking.
The worst part is that men have this bad rap that they never listen to women. Not so. In actuality, men are the better listeners. Women do like 80% of the talking, and men catch about half of it, getting the most important parts and then "tuning out" the rest of it. Mea culpa. Men do 20% of the talking, and women hear about 5 words, usually mistranslating it in their mind into something totally different, or purposely ignoring it if it's good advice. On a ratio, men are actually doing much better with their "second sense. "
On a lighter note, I was schooled by a friend to a damn hilarious website, HCwDB. It's helped me get through a few blah days recently. In fact, I mention it here because I think the thesis of this post helps to explain the very essense of said website.
Okay, this is pure venting, but Remember that scene in Goodfellas, where Henry tells his young female neighbor/babysitter/drug running co-conspirator not to call his other drug running co-conspirator from the house phone, twice, and then she goes and does it anyway, and he gets pinched because of it? I originally was mad at the girl for not listening, thinking it was some sort of character flaw, but now I think that it's simply because women do not listen to men. Universally. Especially if they are close to the man who is doing the talking.
The worst part is that men have this bad rap that they never listen to women. Not so. In actuality, men are the better listeners. Women do like 80% of the talking, and men catch about half of it, getting the most important parts and then "tuning out" the rest of it. Mea culpa. Men do 20% of the talking, and women hear about 5 words, usually mistranslating it in their mind into something totally different, or purposely ignoring it if it's good advice. On a ratio, men are actually doing much better with their "second sense. "
On a lighter note, I was schooled by a friend to a damn hilarious website, HCwDB. It's helped me get through a few blah days recently. In fact, I mention it here because I think the thesis of this post helps to explain the very essense of said website.
posted by TheRealDookie | 9:27 PM
1 Comments:
LOL Problems at home? BTW, how is your crazy vacuum that thinks for itself? Has it turned on you yet???
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