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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 18:55:14 +0100
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On 28/05/2025 18:07, Rich wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2025-05-28, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm amused at bewildered looking men in grocery stores talking on cell
>>> phones. I assume their wife's list wasn't specific enough. "What brand of
>>> diced tomatoes, honey?"
> 
> This, sadly, is all too true all too often.  They expect 'mind reading'
> ability such that you know which exact brand, and which sub-type within
> that brand, when they add "toothpaste" (or whatever) to the list.
> 
I had a new GF once. She was coming over to visit for the first time.
She phoned to say 'I'm lost - which way do I go?'
I said, 'well where are you now then?' And she said 'I don't know, I'm 
lost!'

Sheesh.

>> Better than "You got the wrong one!" when you get home.
> 
> Yup.  A phone call to clarify which of the 17 sub-types of 'crest
> toothpaste' (or worse, the list just says 'toothpaste', so now there's
> 9 different brands, each with 17 sub-brands) is really desired beats
> the "you got the wrong one" outcome.
> 

Some women are simply not worth the hassle.

-- 
"It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70's that it is being 70 in the 20's"
Joew Walsh