Friday, September 28, 2007

Starters

I’m sure you’ve seen this dumb-ass ad from Mass Mutual…right?
Well, the premise is fundamentally dumb and what’s more—wrong. Why? Coz there’s not a single nekkid woman in sight. Anywhere. And lest you offer up “Well maybe he’s gay,” Gentle Reader, stop and think. I really don’t think you’d want to see the gay equivalent of nekkid women. We’re talking front of the mind here. Gay or straight, men tend to be the same in this regard.
I was gonna quote that ol’ “seven seconds” thing as proof of my “nekkid women” theory, until I found out it’s not true, assuming you believe a Snopes article written by a woman about how men think. I’m not sure I do. Well, Hell… let us not beat around the bush: No, I don’t believe it. At all. And then there’s this from “Frequently Asked Questions About Men” (which is where I think Mass Mutual got stole the idea):
Q: Why do men only have one thing on their minds?
A: While technically correct, this statement is not strictly true. We may only be able to entertain one idea at a time but we do think of lots of other things besides sex, such as sports and beer. We also get hungry quite often.
The FAQ is technically true. But when it comes to what really lives “in the front of the (male) mind,” I’ll rely on my own personal experience, which is admittedly (a) anecdotal in the extreme and (b) inordinately influenced by the fact I haven’t touched anything soft in so long I’ve…oh, fuhgeddaboutit. You get the idea.
The commercials are still dumb. And wrong.
Speaking of sports… (we were, weren’t we?) the NHL season kicks off on Saturday with the first of two back-to-back (Sat & Sun) games between the reigning Stanley Cup champion Ducks and a less-than-worthy opponent, the LA Kings…in London. Yeah, that London… not the one in New Hampshire or Connecticut, or Rhode Island, or somewhere up there. And the Brits are excited, as well they should be. I’ll miss the opener, as it’s not being televised on any network I get… but that’s OK with me. Saturdays are for football and I don’t need conflict in my life, thank you very much. But Sunday’s game is on teevee (if you get Versus, and I do). You know exactly where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing…even though the game begins at 1000 hrs., my time. So, no beer and no nekkid women. But lots of hockey!
Today’s Pic: I thought we might have a good sunset last night…and it started out well. Alas, the beginning was as good as it got. It began with pastel pinks and blues and then just sorta fizzled out altogether. Don’t get me wrong…this ain’t bad. Not every sunset (or sunrise) is all brilliant golds and reds. I like the pastels, too. This shot was taken directly behind El Casa Móvil De Pennington, looking west-northwest. That’s Eastern New Mexico U’s baseball field in the background, with ENMU married student housing to the left of the field. Not to mention the usual frickin’ wires.

12 comments:

  1. ...assuming you believe a Snopes article written by a woman about how men think.

    Perfect.

    Barbara and David have earned for themselves a stellar reputation by doing some wonderful work over the years, and I'll accept that their score for overall accuracy is generally pretty high. But when they get it wrong they get it very very wrong, and you know, it's generally true when people find a yardstick they don't want the yardstick itself to ever be questioned. That would question the plane of reality upon which everything stands.

    This is the one thing people say that is "wrong" that Snopes will never, ever correct: That Snopes itself is right all the time. Yes, here and there they backtrack on things New York Times style. But the overall "Viginia's Dad" dictum that if Snopes says it it must be so, is something I don't see opened to challenge anywhere.

    Over the last decade, this has slowly tainted them with an attitude of pure arrogance, which is problematic because so far as I know, they've not stopped to reflect on the difference between fact and opinion...a distinction that is supposed to define what they're all about. In short, from reading their pages over the years and occasionally becoming addicted to them, I've gathered that they know what they know, but they don't know a lot about what they don't know.

    So your criticism is apt. In many ways. They've had exactly one lash coming...not ten or twelve, just one. You gave it to 'em. Well done.

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  2. Ack! Wires have messed up so many of my great shots as well. It's still a nice sunset, though.

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  3. P.S. I decided I'd just stay out of the sex and hockey talk...Probably for the best.

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  4. I saw a TV show not too long ago that followed a young couple through their day supposedly counting how many times each thought about sex. The guy thought about sex pretty much all the time. The woman, not once.

    Then there was that email joke that went around a few years back. It had a list of how a man was to win a woman on the first date - bring flowers, candy, poetry, etc. But for a woman to win a man - bring pizza and show up nekkid.

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  5. Man....I thought there would be some good comments on this blog.

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  6. I've never agreed with the whole 7 seconds thing myself...I've NEVER gone that long!

    Must run in the family...

    ;)

    SN1

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  7. Wow, Buck how did you get from a Mass Mutual ad to the rest of the conversation?

    GO AVALANCHE!!!!
    Sorry had to do that...Hopefully we will have a better season..

    Beautiflu sunset..

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  8. I love Snopes, Morgan, and I agree with you, generally speaking. I've found them to be pretty danged accurate over the years, but now that you mention it...there is a certain amount of arrogance therein.

    Becky sez: P.S. I decided I'd just stay out of the sex and hockey talk...Probably for the best.

    But WHY, Becky? What better subjects to talk about?

    Lou sez: But for a woman to win a man - bring pizza and show up nekkid.

    Agreed. I could even overlook the lack of pizza, when you get right down to it!

    And thanks for the validation...I needed that!! ;-)

    Dan...The day ain't over yet.

    Buck: No comment. Except that you're right.

    Shelly sez: GO {some third-rate team, redacted}!!!

    Watch your language, Young Lady. We don't allow vulgar and/or obscene comments around here. ;-)

    Besides that, it's still up in the air as to whether or not you'll make the play-offs this year. Oh, BTW... did you notice the Wings beat the Avs in every single game we played last year? Just sayin'...

    And as for how I got from Mass Mutual to sex...it's all about what's in the front of the male mind, and Mass Mutual is clue-free in this regard.

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  9. Buck...been a Flyers fan since 1968-69(when we used to travel to Philly from Dover AFB).....the Broad Street Bullies they aren't any longer....but they keep buyin' and tryin'

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  10. As far a Snopes....they aren't right half the time...about as biased as the NY Times and CNN....they correct the stuff they agree with(if it's wrong), if the lie fits Snopes agenda...they usually have some half assed response.

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  11. Becky sez: P.S. I decided I'd just stay out of the sex and hockey talk...Probably for the best.

    But WHY, Becky? What better subjects to talk about?


    Don't want to display my ignorance of hockey here. It's one sport I've never been able to get in to, along with golf and curling. As for the sex talk, well, let's just say that I don't know if I can remember back that far.

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  12. Pat: I don't keep up with the Eastern Conference all that much, but I DO know Philly has been in a world of hurt lately. Supposedly things will be better this year.

    Becky sez: As for the sex talk, well, let's just say that I don't know if I can remember back that far.

    We're in the same boat, to say the very least. Except for the fact that I have fond memories... faded as they may be. ;-)

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