FWIW, I thought it was extremely funny! I think you should consider stand-up comedienne as a second career.
Roger > On Aug 14, 2018, at 4:53 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Oh dear, I wasn't trying to prove anything and I didn't really have you in > mind...it's a story I tell often because my mother was so convinced that the > old stereotypes were still valid and that I was a lost cause, which I never > believed. :) And I think it's amusing when I look back and see how desperate > she was to make a proper lady out of me at the same time it was going out of > vogue. The times were changing, but she didn't get it. > > I probably didn't put enough smileys in there, it didn't come off the same > way it does in my head, which is fond amusement. > > On 8/14/18 4:25 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: >> Dear Jacque, >> I was appealing to the male contributors to this Use-List. >> As a man who won prizes for sewing, cooking, flower-arranging, woodwork >> and was a Sergeant in the school Cadet Force I am the last person to have any >> truck with daft social stereotypes. >> I am aware as the next person who has their head reasonably well screwed on >> that >> there are male, female and in-between "Paris Hiltons". >> You do not need to prove to me how "butch" you were; any more than my >> football teacher had to >> start calling me a "pansy" when he found me making daisy chains round the >> back of the goal >> while other boys managed to score 3 goals because I wasn't there. >> Love, Richmond. >> On 15/8/2018 12:04 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >>> On 8/14/18 11:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: >>>> That's why I'm saving up for a Petticoat 5 >>> >>> A brief diversion: >>> >>> I have always hated pink since I can remember. I climbed trees and read >>> books up there as soon as I was able. >>> >>> When I was some high 1-digit age, I asked for a chemistry set for my >>> birthday. My mom was shocked, didn't I want a nice doll? No, I wanted a >>> chemistry set. I got one, but was disappointed that the most advanced thing >>> it would do was write with "invisible ink" made from lemon juice. I wanted >>> to blow up the bathroom. >>> >>> When I was approaching puberty I asked for a Kenner Girder and Panel set. >>> This was a bunch of preformed, snap-together plastic pieces that allowed >>> you to construct buildings and skyscrapters. My mom was appalled. Wouldn't >>> a nice play kitchen be better? No, it wouldn't. >>> >>> When I went to college my mom nagged me constantly to wear more makeup, >>> paint my eyes like a boll weevil, and "do something with your hair," >>> preferably helmet hair. She kept telling me that was the only way to catch >>> a man. I told her I didn't want to catch one, I wanted to find one who >>> liked me for how I was. She was positive I would never marry. But I did, >>> and we still are, and my sister who wore more makeup masks and slept in >>> beer-can rollers is on her third husband. >>> >>> I would never buy a girlie computer. Besides, I've never in my life had >>> long fingernails. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
