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I ran across this long-forgotten poem over on thefiringline.com- and present it with a respectful nod to the distaff side...
1 posted on 11/21/2001 4:26:07 PM PST by backhoe
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To: backhoe
Thank you...:)
2 posted on 11/21/2001 4:33:07 PM PST by JD86
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To: backhoe
I tried to find it. I thought I had Kipling Compleat. But I see no reference to it in "Departmental Ditties", "Soldiers Three", "Plain Tales", "Under the Deodars", or an anthology of poems and writings. What did I miss?
4 posted on 11/21/2001 4:40:21 PM PST by IronJack
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To: backhoe
I've known one or two male jerks in my life, but when it comes to individuals who'll eternally nurse a grudge and eagerly destroy your reputation and self-esteem and career over the tiniest perceived slight, I could name quite a few women.
7 posted on 11/21/2001 4:50:26 PM PST by JoeSchem
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To: backhoe
Mostly true. :)
8 posted on 11/21/2001 4:51:39 PM PST by sarasmom
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To: Victoria Delsoul; CheneyChick; vikingchick; WIMom; kmiller1k; Snow Bunny; GOPJ; Gracey; Mercuria...

Well, the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
Her simple tears will win the day where man's wits often fail.
And things are even worse for men, since Rudyard Kipling wrote,
For the female of the species now has got the right to vote.


10 posted on 11/21/2001 4:54:05 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: backhoe
Kipling's right. Women can be unbelievably tough and vicious.......when protecting their own.

I pity the fool that ever deigns to seriously cross RightOnlinesWife. Trust me when I tell you that that would be frightening. Glad she's on my side. :)

14 posted on 11/21/2001 4:59:06 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Victoria Delsoul; CheneyChick; vikingchick; WIMom; kmiller1k; Snow Bunny; GOPJ; Gracey; Mercuria...

When the yuppie in his sportscar merges to the passing lane,
He wonders if the driver up in front could have a brain.
But the fender of her SUV will make his courage fail,
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.


17 posted on 11/21/2001 5:04:11 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: backhoe
Nice post, heavy equipment guy...lots to ponder about here. What I want to know, however, is WHY ARE LIBERAL WOMEN MORE SKILLFUL LOVERS THAN CONSERVATIVE WOMEN? Sorry, if I'm off topic...just something I've wondered about for the last two decades or so.
21 posted on 11/21/2001 5:09:02 PM PST by be-baw
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To: backhoe
Where, at war with Life and Conscience, he uplifts his erring hands
To some God of Abstract Justice—which no woman understands.

This is one of the two greatest weaknesses of the democratic experiment.

23 posted on 11/21/2001 5:09:19 PM PST by monkey
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To: backhoe
You won't know how bad the bad ones are until you meet a really good one.
53 posted on 11/21/2001 5:57:54 PM PST by 185JHP
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To: backhoe
And Man knows it! Knows, moreover, that the Woman that God gave him Must command but may not govern—shall enthral but not enslave him.

Thank goodness they never forget this part...

77 posted on 11/21/2001 7:34:17 PM PST by Syncro
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To: backhoe
Female Of The Species
Bring on the Fembots! LOL
89 posted on 11/22/2001 1:10:29 AM PST by philman_36
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To: backhoe
Thanks backhoe.

Vive la difference!

94 posted on 11/22/2001 2:40:41 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: backhoe
Thanks. By the way, can anyone repost the article entitled "I am a Moslem woman"
98 posted on 11/22/2001 3:10:49 AM PST by IceGirl2
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To: backhoe; innocentbystander
Happy Thanksgiving Dearest JR --- and ((hugs)) to Emily and Taffy!

I love your topic. Wish I had more time to spend on it tough. Quickly, I think that the power that a woman yields has to do with their ability to flirt, appear cool and then simultaneously appear dependent and independent. Keeping a man off balance is an art form. Achieved the best coquettes. History has Josephine Bonaparte, Ninon de 'l'Enclos, Madame Mao, etc. Women's ability to offer sex and remove it makes men crazy. Yes, we are more deadly than the male species.

The Shadow

It cannot be grasped.
Chase your shadow and it will flee;
turn your back on it and it will follow you.
It is also a person's dark side,
the thing that makes them mysterious.
After they have given us pleasure,
the shadow of their withdrawal makes us yearn for their return,
much as clouds make us yearn for the sun.

Not always a conservative v. liberal issue when it comes to matters of who holds the power.

We also have a resident expert on all these matters, with a PhD in matters of gender wars. IB tear yourself away from the stove for a minute, will ya'?

109 posted on 11/22/2001 8:07:20 AM PST by 2Trievers
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To: backhoe
I am posting this for someone else....TRUTH! However, I have to admit, it did make me laugh. It was sent to me by e-mail 2 days ago. Upon reading this thread aloud with my spouse, laughing all the while, it was suggested that this be added.

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Does this remind you of anyone???

 Every "Hormone Hostage" knows that there are days in the month when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his hands.

 This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver's license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend or significant other.

 

DANGEROUS: What's for dinner?  SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?  SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?

 DANGEROUS: Are you wearing THAT?  SAFER: Gee, you look good in brown.  SAFEST: Wow! Look at you!

 DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?  SAFER: Could we be overreacting?   SAFEST: Here's fifty dollars.

 DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?  SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left.  SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that?

 DANGEROUS: What did you DO all day?  SAFER: I hope you didn't overdo it today.  SAFEST: I've always loved you in that robe.

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 PMS TOP 14 THINGS PMS STANDS FOR :

 Pass My Shotgun

 Psychotic Mood Shift

 Perpetual Munching Spree

 Puffy Midsection

 People Make Me Sick

 Provide Me with Sweets

 Pardon My Sobbing

 Pimples May Surface

 Pass My Sweatpants

 Plainly; Men Suck

 Pack My Stuff

 Permanent Menstrual Syndrome

 Pass More Sundaes

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 Q: How many women with PMS does it take to change a light bulb?

 A: One. Only ONE!! And do you know WHY? Because no one else in this  house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They don't even know that the bulb is BURNED OUT! They would sit in the dark for THREE DAYS before they  figured it out. And, once they figured it out, they wouldn't be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they've been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past 17 YEARS! But if they did, by some miracle,actually find them 2 DAYS LATER, the chair they dragged to stand on to change the  STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!! AND UDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE STUPID @*!#$% LIGHT BULBS CAME IN! WHY? BECAUSE NO-ONE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!! IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE 12' DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE  HOUSE.THE HOUSE!! - IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS #@*$!#@!...  HOUSE!

 I'm sorry...what did you ask me?

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Like I said, I am posting this for someone else..... I have NO clue what PMS is! Never had it, never will! "Please pass that hot fudge sundae over here!"

157 posted on 11/23/2001 10:11:40 AM PST by ~EagleNebula~
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