Message-ID: <15698730.1075857086910.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 08:53:00 -0700 (PDT) From: andrea.ring@enron.com To: richard.ring@enron.com Subject: Fw: 5 questions most feared by men are Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Andrea Ring X-To: Richard Ring X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Andrea_Ring_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: Ring-A X-FileName: aring.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT on 04/05/2001 03:53 PM --------------------------- From: Karen D McIlvoy 04/05/2001 09:17 AM To: jadd202@aol.com cc: (bcc: Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT) Subject: Fw: 5 questions most feared by men are The 5 questions most feared by men are: 1. What are you thinking about? 2. Do you love me? 3. Do I look fat? 4. Do you think she is prettier than me? 5. What would you do if I died? What makes these questions so difficult is that every one is guaranteed to explode into a major argument if the man answers incorrectly (i.e., tells the truth). Therefore, as a public service, each question is analyzed below, along with possible responses. QUESTION #1: WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? The proper answer to this, of course, is: "I'm sorry if I've been quiet dear. I was just reflecting on what a warm, wonderful, thoughtful, caring, intelligent woman you are, and how lucky I am to have met you." This response obviously bears no resemblance to the true answer, which most likely is one of the following: 1. Hockey. 2. Sex. 3. How fat you are. 4. How much prettier she is than you. 5. How I would spend the insurance money if you died. Perhaps the best response to this question was offered by Al Bundy, who once told Peg, "If I wanted you to know what I was thinking, I would be talking to you!" QUESTION #2: DO YOU LOVE ME? The proper response is: "YES" or, if you feel a more detailed answer is in order, "Yes, dear." Inappropriate responses include: 1. Oh Yeah, shit loads. 2. Would it make you feel better if I said yes? 3. That depends on what you mean by love. 4. Does it matter? 5. Who? Me? QUESTION #3: DO I LOOK FAT? The correct answer is an emphatic: "Of course not!" Among the incorrect answers are: 1. Compared to what? 2. I wouldn't call you fat, but you're not exactly thin. 3. A little extra weight looks good on you. 4. I've seen fatter. 5. Could you repeat the question? I was just thinking about how I would spend the insurance money if you died. QUESTION #4: DO YOU THINK SHE'S PRETTIER THAN ME? Once again, the proper response is an emphatic: "Of course not!" Incorrect responses include: 1. Yes, but you have a better personality. 2. Not prettier, but definitely thinner. 3. Not as pretty as you were when you were her age. 4. Define pretty. 5. Could you repeat the question? I was just thinking about how I would spend the insurance money if you died. QUESTION #5: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I DIED? A definite no-win question. The real answer, of course, is "Buy Corvette and Boat". No matter how you answer this, be prepared for at least an hour of follow-up questions, usually along these lines: Woman: Would you get married again? Man: Definitely not! Woman: Why not? Don't you like being married? Man: Of course I do. Woman: Then why wouldn't you remarry? Man: Okay, I'd get married again. Woman: You would?(WITH A HURT LOOK ON HER FACE) Would you sleep with her in our bed? Man: Where else would we sleep? Woman: Would you put away my pictures, and replace them with pictures of her? Man: That would seem like the proper thing to do. Woman: And would you let her use my golf clubs? Man: She can't use them; she's left-handed. Woman: ---silence--- Man: shit