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from: `geopelia` phildoran{at}xtr
date: 2005-04-01 20:50:00
subject: Re: Why people hit people.

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>
> Ian wrote:
> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-1550074,00.html
> >
> > "Men were far more likely to be infuriated by the actions of
> strangers
> > and inanimate objects while what made women most cross were the
> people
> > they were closest to."
> >
> > Men attack strangers, women attack their sire, and children.
>
> Relevant of course in discussions about statistics relating to Domestic
> Violence.
>
> Don't buy this:
>
> "Nina Myskow, who appeared on the BBC Two programme Grumpy Old Women
> said: "Women are much grumpier because they have to deal with grumpy
> old men who are the saddest creatures on God's earth. If you watched
> both programmes, Grumpy Old Men and Women then you would see that women
> rose above everything with humour while men just sat and festered."
>
> The 58-year-old writer and broadcaster added: "It's harder for
> women to cope with old age. Men go grey around the temples and that is
> OK, but for women it is harder. We make jokes and point out that any
> woman over 45 should never wave goodbye while wearing a sleeveless
> frock." "
>
> TT
>
I'm 75 and I never let age worry me!  TV keeps women young, I feel like the
"Sex and the City" girls at heart.
Unfortunately I don't look like them!

Geopelia




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