"NEWSFLASH!: There is no newsflash" - Off Dan's msn thingy
Previous MSN names I've had:
"It’s not PMS, it’s you"
"Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand"
"I don’t know what your problem is but I bet it’s hard to pronounce"
"Just because you can. Doesn’t mean you should."
"The truth shall make ye fret" - Terry Pratchett, 'The Times'
"Faith sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible"
"Lack of evidence is a sure sign of conspiracy"
"Wisdom comes with age but sometimes age comes alone"
"Growing old is mandatory, Growing up is optional"
"My submarine sunk!"
"Cynics are right, nine times out of ten."
Monday, September 18, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
Why men don't listen and women can't read maps
Reading a fantastic book - "Why men don't listen and women can't read maps" by Allan and Barbara Pease. I recommend it to anyone and everyone as it is really quite funny and also quite realistic. Since I'm doing Psychology I can pick out the different parts from different approaches to behaviour, personality and temperament, the main one this book focuses on is the Biological approach - basically saying that a lot of behaviour and personality comes from the genes. It's saying how women have bigger more allocated areas for speech which is why they often speak from an earlier age and talk so much, lol. It's really good.
I realised that a lot of it relates to stuff that's happened to me and I can totally relate it to people I know and to myself. I mean, some parts are of course different, we can't all be the 'typical' people of our gender.
An example of something that I related to other people I know is this quote:
"Because vocabulary is not a hotspot in a woman's brain, she can feel that the precise definition of words is irrelevant. She'll then take poetic licence with words, or won't shy away from exaggeration simply for effect. Men, however, interpret every word she says as if it is true and respond accordingly"
This reminded me of yesterday when Jodie said: "Seriously! Tom can't even read!" and Matt replied "Really? How'd he go to school?" In reality, Tom is actually not that terrible in his literacy skills compared to others of his age (16-ish) and obviously can read.
I find it rather amusing, especially the bits about how you have to speak simply, clearly and only on one topic
I realised that a lot of it relates to stuff that's happened to me and I can totally relate it to people I know and to myself. I mean, some parts are of course different, we can't all be the 'typical' people of our gender.
An example of something that I related to other people I know is this quote:
"Because vocabulary is not a hotspot in a woman's brain, she can feel that the precise definition of words is irrelevant. She'll then take poetic licence with words, or won't shy away from exaggeration simply for effect. Men, however, interpret every word she says as if it is true and respond accordingly"
This reminded me of yesterday when Jodie said: "Seriously! Tom can't even read!" and Matt replied "Really? How'd he go to school?" In reality, Tom is actually not that terrible in his literacy skills compared to others of his age (16-ish) and obviously can read.
I find it rather amusing, especially the bits about how you have to speak simply, clearly and only on one topic
Thursday, September 14, 2006
"Well... Practical with me... I won't be doing practical, except the parts of the course when I am doing practical" - Jayne
"It'll take me a couple of weeks to learn everyones names" - Jess B (PT - Male)
"Except Alex" - Student (not sure which one...)
"Yes, except Alex" - Jess
"Why's it always me?" - Alex
"Because you have big mouth" - Jess
*Alex looks thoughtful for a sec and then nods a bit*
Well, really you had to be there for it to be amusing but yeah.
“Ee-an?” - Jayne (Computing Teacher)
“Yigh-an” - Ieuan
“You-a-in” - Jayne
“Yigh-an” - Ieuan
“You-a-in” - Jayne
“Yigh-an” - Ieuan
“Can I just call you Ian?” - Jayne
“No” - Ieuan
Starting off with the register and ending in a bit of a pronunciation debate
The genders...
"A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do and a woman’s gotta do what he can’t" - Anon
"It's obvious that women are smarter than me. Think about it - diamonds are a girls best friend; man's best friend is a dog" - Joan Rivers
Gender joke:
A store employee is giving a tour of the new biological store supplying living organs. They go into the brain room. The guide says "So here we are in the brain room, as you can guess, this room contains brains. The male brains are priced quite well at the moment at £3500, the female brains are £2500" The men look smug and one of them says "So, why are the male brains more expensive than the female brains" and the employee replies "The female brains are used"
Hehe, I like this one...
"It'll take me a couple of weeks to learn everyones names" - Jess B (PT - Male)
"Except Alex" - Student (not sure which one...)
"Yes, except Alex" - Jess
"Why's it always me?" - Alex
"Because you have big mouth" - Jess
*Alex looks thoughtful for a sec and then nods a bit*
Well, really you had to be there for it to be amusing but yeah.
“Ee-an?” - Jayne (Computing Teacher)
“Yigh-an” - Ieuan
“You-a-in” - Jayne
“Yigh-an” - Ieuan
“You-a-in” - Jayne
“Yigh-an” - Ieuan
“Can I just call you Ian?” - Jayne
“No” - Ieuan
Starting off with the register and ending in a bit of a pronunciation debate
The genders...
"A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do and a woman’s gotta do what he can’t" - Anon
"It's obvious that women are smarter than me. Think about it - diamonds are a girls best friend; man's best friend is a dog" - Joan Rivers
Gender joke:
A store employee is giving a tour of the new biological store supplying living organs. They go into the brain room. The guide says "So here we are in the brain room, as you can guess, this room contains brains. The male brains are priced quite well at the moment at £3500, the female brains are £2500" The men look smug and one of them says "So, why are the male brains more expensive than the female brains" and the employee replies "The female brains are used"
Hehe, I like this one...
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Hitchhiker's guide mainly
"Mirror, Mirror on the wall, you don't need to tell me who's the biggest fool of us all" - I think it's from a song - was on Tannya's msn name
Hitchhiker's Guide (film):
"Freeze!" - Zaphod
"Freeze? I'm a robot, not a refridgerator" - Marvin
"We have normality" - Trillian
"Normality? Right, we can talk about normality til the cows come home" - Arthur
*looking forlorn*"What is normal?" - Ford
*looking dejected*"What's home?" - Trillian
"What are cows?" - Zaphod
"Terrible events are afoot... uh, you must come, or yo- or you'll be late" - Slartibartfast
"Late, what for?" - Arthur
"What? no, no... what's your name, earthman?" - Slartibartfast
"Dent, Arthur Dent" - Arthur
"Well, late as in 'the late DentArthur Dent' *arthur looks puzzled*. It's a sort of.. threat, do you see?" - Slartibartfast (Who never really was that good at threats)
Hitchhiker's Guide (film):
"Freeze!" - Zaphod
"Freeze? I'm a robot, not a refridgerator" - Marvin
"We have normality" - Trillian
"Normality? Right, we can talk about normality til the cows come home" - Arthur
*looking forlorn*"What is normal?" - Ford
*looking dejected*"What's home?" - Trillian
"What are cows?" - Zaphod
"Terrible events are afoot... uh, you must come, or yo- or you'll be late" - Slartibartfast
"Late, what for?" - Arthur
"What? no, no... what's your name, earthman?" - Slartibartfast
"Dent, Arthur Dent" - Arthur
"Well, late as in 'the late DentArthur Dent' *arthur looks puzzled*. It's a sort of.. threat, do you see?" - Slartibartfast (Who never really was that good at threats)
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