Godspeed to your injured friend, Joe.

Jack

On 2/22/08, John Gardner <goflo3@gmail.com> wrote:
> Give 'em hell, James.
>
> Or something...
>
> Jack
>
>
> On 2/22/08, James Newton <jamesnewton@massmind.org> wrote:
> > I would like to see clinical studies or other solid proof of this
> assertion
> > regarding the behavior of men and women or a retraction of the over
> > generalization of the gender.
> >
> > My wife, my daughter, my sister in law and many of my female friends do
> not
> > fit that stereotypical description. The person who originally admitted to
> > (purposely) moving slowly with the payment of cash was, I believe, male.
> >
> > The PICList is not a place for making unsupported, stereotypical, gender
> > biased comments.
> >
> > --
> > James Newton
> > PICList admin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of
> > Tony Smith
> > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 10:52
> > To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> > Subject: RE: [OT] Hoist by my own petard
> >
> > > > Jinx wrote:
> > > >> After years of clever-dick messing with shop-staff heads,
> > > one got me
> > > >> back.
> > >
> > > --- snip ---
> > >
> > > Obnoxious, but I like to be deliberately slow getting out
> > > change when I'm paying cash.  Usually the clerk gets in a
> > > hurry and keys the bill amount and just totals out before I
> > > ever get out the $0.03 it would take to get me back a nice
> > > pile of silver.  Nothing brings a store to a halt faster then
> > > watching them try to make change in their heads! :)
> >
> >
> > I often point how men & women act differently in supermarket queue.  Women
> > tend to be startled by the 'and that'll be $$$' comment from the cashier,
> as
> > if the idea of having to pay had never occurred to them.  This leads to a
> > rummage thru the bag, then a rummage thru the purse etc etc.
> >
> > Meanwhile the men towards the head of the queue are jingling the few coins
> > needed to buy the milk or waving a note about, often giving it to the
> > cashier at the same time as the items.
> >
> > All of them waiting are fantasising about punching the woman slowing thing
> > down in the back of the head.  Doubly so if she pulls out a cheque book.
> > Cheques, I mean, come on, 1950 was years ago.
> >
> > I think anyone doing it for fun should be hoisted on a petard.  Shopping?
> > Yeah, love it.  It's tops, mate.
> >
> > Tony
> >
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