Quote:The lyrics you linked to are just a bit much, a parody of one of John Lennon's worst pieces of tripe. Made me want to burn my bra, but I don't wear one. :P Really, how is it that John David Chapman fired six bullets at point blank range, and none of them hit Yoko? Who rolled the dice on that enounter? (Thanks, DL)
Woman, you're hard to ignore ~
you're a wife, you're a mother,
and so much more.
I didn't know that, I have a friend who is a big fan of the Beatles but he's never around when I need him :unsure: ! Anyway, I only used those lyrics because they were the only ones I could find in english with the appropriate topic :huh:.
Quote:As to the photo: Atlas was a guy. :P
I was just trying to show how women are the ones who bear all of humanity, literally. :lol:
Quote:The up front combinatino is a challenge to get right. Funny, have any of you noticed those who try (or get stuck with having) to add father to that list and all the rest can morph into that stressed out "supermom" who needs therapy?
Sorry if that caused any kind offence :unsure: to anyone, it's just that IWD is a national holiday in my country. I had a great time today buying presents for every woman i know: my mother, my grandmothers, my ants, my classmates, my friends, my techers, my cousins, etc. Also today only the male profesors and students needed show up for class, witch made the whole day short, but hilarious :lol: since we all got F-s in the absence of all intelligent the people in the classroom :blush:!
Quote:My mom: one hell of a woman. Raised 4 kids: yes, what a concept, raised her own kids, did not delegate it to THE STATE, THE COURTS, GRANDMA (who ws dead) or anyone else. Ran a household on a budget. Knew how to say NO. Put research into deciding on our family's diet, and we ate what she put in front of us, or nothing. Guess who got enlisted in preparing and serving all that? And learning by doing . . . the kids. Phi Beta kappa grad from college. Gave a gift money could never buy: herself.
Coached us in a variety of school subjects when we hit the brick wall in elementary school. Was a master at providing inexpensive craft projects for us to work on. Knew how to say "Turn off that TV" and mean it . . . and get us to obey.
Yeah, those first two are a career.
Once we were able to stand on our own feet, when my younger bro left 6th grade, she eased back into the professional workforce: half and for a couple of years full time in a small business a friend had started, to help pay for the other sibs' college and to put some dough away so Mom and Dad could get that house for just them: Which they bought the year my youngest bro entered college. She is 70+ and still works occasional part time with one of four different high tech firms who she's worked for over the past 20+ years . . . but on a light schedule, since she prefers to be basically retired and still enjoys being in love with, and around, and travelling with, and just being with the guy she married 50+ years ago.
WOW :o That reminds me of my grandmothers (I'm 16), one had eight children and put them all through college including my mother, without the help of my overstereotyped granfather, she passed away four years ago :( . My other grandmother is alive and well, "one of Tito's athletic youth" :D , she's in perfect physical condition and cares for my bedtied grandfather, she should be more than 70 years old, but doesn't look a day over 40 :blink: !
Quote:A woman: much more than yet another body for the state or the corporate labor pool. But gee, that is such an old fashioned concept. Mrs Occhi and I are having a hell of a time filling Mom and Dad's shoes (her own mom and dad have a similar track record). Their achievements appear more godlike with every passing year: yet they are mere mortals.
I completely agree with you!
Quote:So who is it who wants to keep piling so much more onto what they expect a woman to be? When I find them, maybe I can set them straight. Crap, Jonh Lennon is dead, maybe I'll pay someone to abuse Ringo Starr.
I believe every individual has the right to be whatever they want to be and to ignore social stereotypes.
Quote:And to all of you women who aren't my Mom: here's to ya. :D
Men and women are different. Vive la difference. :D
Occhi
Amen to that! :rolleyes:
P.S. Don't take it out on Ringo he was the last one to join the band. :P
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When J.F.K. was assassinated in 1963, it was not a federal felony to kill a U.S. President.
The leading cause of death to military personnel in peace time is drunk driving.
It would take more than 2.5 minutes to fall from the top of Mt. Everest.
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When J.F.K. was assassinated in 1963, it was not a federal felony to kill a U.S. President.
The leading cause of death to military personnel in peace time is drunk driving.
It would take more than 2.5 minutes to fall from the top of Mt. Everest.
0xDECAFBAD is a hex oddity, a coincidence of hexadecimal digits which just happens to hold some incidental semantic content to weird humans.