Comments on: Australian Men Offended By Lack Of Flattery http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:19:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Mychelline http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1772 Mychelline Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1772 I think a spanner is a wrench. I think a spanner is a wrench.

]]> By: judy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1773 judy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1773 a spanner is a monkeywrench. i guess the brits say, 'a spanner in the works', like we'd say 'a monkeywrench in the works'. john lennon wrote a book called, 'a spaniard in the works', which was sort of a spoof on that phrase. a spanner is a monkeywrench. i guess the brits say, ‘a spanner in the works’, like we’d say ‘a monkeywrench in the works’. john lennon wrote a book called, ‘a spaniard in the works’, which was sort of a spoof on that phrase.

]]> By: Exo http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1774 Exo Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1774 Gosh, not only clubbing a man over the head, but usurping a manly tool to do so. I bet if she'd used a mop there wouldn't be any problem. Incidentally, you will no doubt be shocked to learn that both the female BBC bosses mentioned in Michael Buerk's rant as proof of a female meglomaniac conspiracy have in fact been replaced by men. Gosh, not only clubbing a man over the head, but usurping a manly tool to do so. I bet if she’d used a mop there wouldn’t be any problem.

Incidentally, you will no doubt be shocked to learn that both the female BBC bosses mentioned in Michael Buerk’s rant as proof of a female meglomaniac conspiracy have in fact been replaced by men.

]]> By: Christine http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1775 Christine Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1775 Oh, poor babies! Three ads in two years, how dare they! Please. If Australian TV is like American TV...loaded with ads and infomercials, how often could these "offensive" ads possibly air amongst the competition? Hell, the volkswagon ad was probably written by a man. He found a funny way to show off his endowment and get a woman to swoon while selling cars. Get over it, and keep watching, I'm sure there will be an ad degrading women just around the corner to re-level the playing field. That little rant being said, I'd like to see these ads. They sound more amusing than the dove ads. Oh, poor babies!

Three ads in two years, how dare they!

Please. If Australian TV is like American TV…loaded with ads and infomercials, how often could these “offensive” ads possibly air amongst the competition?

Hell, the volkswagon ad was probably written by a man. He found a funny way to show off his endowment and get a woman to swoon while selling cars.

Get over it, and keep watching, I’m sure there will be an ad degrading women just around the corner to re-level the playing field.

That little rant being said, I’d like to see these ads. They sound more amusing than the dove ads.

]]> By: yankee transplant http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1776 yankee transplant Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1776 Aaah, Twisty, this is one of the few blogs that never makes me wonder why I read. Thank you for keeping me informed, amused and outraged. Aaah, Twisty, this is one of the few blogs that never makes me wonder why I read.
Thank you for keeping me informed, amused and outraged.

]]> By: Finn http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1777 Finn Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1777 >It's totally lame to confuse mockery by an oppressed class with discrimination.< This has truly been a key distinction for me in my quest for a better understanding of feminism. I trip over it all the time, partially because I'm generally in favor of mockery of all classes, I guess, and get put off when genuine humor of any kind is taken too seriously. But, it's been pointed out to me that since I'm a white male, I don't get it. So, I labor on. Not that it's your job to convert people or anything, but it does seem like The Cause might do well to find a way to laugh at itself once in a while. Can someone point me to a feminist humor website? -finn >It’s totally lame to confuse mockery by an oppressed class with discrimination.<

This has truly been a key distinction for me in my quest for a better understanding of feminism. I trip over it all the time, partially because I’m generally in favor of mockery of all classes, I guess, and get put off when genuine humor of any kind is taken too seriously. But, it’s been pointed out to me that since I’m a white male, I don’t get it. So, I labor on.

Not that it’s your job to convert people or anything, but it does seem like The Cause might do well to find a way to laugh at itself once in a while. Can someone point me to a feminist humor website?

-finn

]]> By: ozmiz http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1778 ozmiz Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1778 Let Scott the spokesmodel <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cg2by" rel="nofollow">what a spunk, whoot!</a> teach you how spanners are named in New South Wales, the state with Sydney for a capital. There are minor naming variations around Australia but everyone knows what you mean when you talk about a shifter or a set of ringies or a pair of Stilsons. And tv the world over is one giant festering ad. Why bother fighting over the nuances. If it's an ad, then it's demeaning by definition Let Scott the spokesmodel what a spunk, whoot! teach you how spanners are named in New South Wales, the state with Sydney for a capital. There are minor naming variations around Australia but everyone knows what you mean when you talk about a shifter or a set of ringies or a pair of Stilsons.
And tv the world over is one giant festering ad. Why bother fighting over the nuances. If it’s an ad, then it’s demeaning by definition

]]> By: curiousgirl http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1779 curiousgirl Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1779 "Not that it's your job to convert people or anything, but it does seem like The Cause might do well to find a way to laugh at itself once in a while" Here's one: Q: A pompous man asked a woman, "Why do you suppose it is that women so utterly lack a sense of humor?" A: "God did it on purpose," she replied, "so that we may love men instead of laughing at them." “Not that it’s your job to convert people or anything, but it does seem like The Cause might do well to find a way to laugh at itself once in a while”

Here’s one:

Q: A pompous man asked a woman, “Why do you suppose it is that women so
utterly lack a sense of humor?”

A: “God did it on purpose,” she replied, “so that we may love men instead of
laughing at them.”

]]> By: yami http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1780 yami Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1780 Finn, you're <em>at</em> a feminist humor web site. Twisty is snarkily hilarious. I'd so make out with her. Finn, you’re at a feminist humor web site. Twisty is snarkily hilarious. I’d so make out with her.

]]> By: alphabitch http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1781 alphabitch Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/08/17/australian-men-offended-by-lack-of-flattery/#comment-1781 If I'm not mistaken, tradition demands that we gals use rolling pins or cast-iron skillets to strike men on their head. We're really not authorized to use spanners. Or wrenches. For anything. If we need to fix something we always have a hairpin or a nail file handy. Isn't there another funny one, curiousgirl, about Adam & Eve in the garden & god's almost finished creating them but he's got a couple of features left over to install & so he asks them "Let's see here, I've only got one each of these, so who wants to pee standing up?" and Adam says "me! me! me! that's so cool! let me have that one!" So god gives him a dick, and says "OK there you go. Pee wherever you want. Here Eve, you get the multiple orgasms." If I’m not mistaken, tradition demands that we gals use rolling pins or cast-iron skillets to strike men on their head. We’re really not authorized to use spanners. Or wrenches. For anything. If we need to fix something we always have a hairpin or a nail file handy.

Isn’t there another funny one, curiousgirl, about Adam & Eve in the garden & god’s almost finished creating them but he’s got a couple of features left over to install & so he asks them “Let’s see here, I’ve only got one each of these, so who wants to pee standing up?” and Adam says “me! me! me! that’s so cool! let me have that one!” So god gives him a dick, and says “OK there you go. Pee wherever you want. Here Eve, you get the multiple orgasms.”

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