> >Subject: Real Men > > > >Note: All "real men" answer "C" to all of these questions. Knowing > >> this, women will have come far in understanding men and enriching their > >> own > >> lives if they carefully review the "C" answers. > >> > >> 1. Alien beings from a highly advanced society visit the Earth, and > >> you are the first human they encounter. As a token of intergalactic > >> friendship, they present you with a small but incredibly sophisticated > >> device that is capable of curing all disease, providing an infinite > >> supply of clean energy, wiping out hunger and poverty, and permanently > >> eliminating oppression and violence all over the entire Earth. You > >> decide to: > >> > >> A. Present it to the President of the United States. > >> > >> B. Present it to the Secretary General of the United Nations. > >> > >> C. Take it apart. > >> > >> > >> > >> 2. As you grow older, what lost quality of your youthful life do you > >> miss the most? > >> > >> A. Innocence. > >> > >> B. Idealism. > >> > >> C. Cherry bombs. > >> > >> > >> > >> 3. When is it okay to kiss another male? > >> > >> A. When you wish to display simple and pure affection without regard > >> for narrow-minded social conventions. > >> > >> B. When he is the Pope. (Not on the lips.) > >> > >> C. When he is your brother and you are Al Pacino and this is the only > >> really sportsman-like way to let him know that, for business reasons, > >> you have to have him killed. > >> > >> > >> > >> 4. In your opinion, the ideal pet is: > >> > >> A. A cat. > >> > >> B. A dog. > >> > >> C. A dog that eats cats. > >> > >> > >> > >> 5. You have been seeing a woman for several years. She's attractive > >> and intelligent, and you always enjoy being with her. One leisurely > >> Sunday afternoon the two of you are taking it easy. You're watching a > >> football game; she's reading the papers when she suddenly, out of the > >> clear blue sky, tells you that she thinks she really loves you, but, > >> she can no longer bear the uncertainty of not knowing where your > >> relationship is going. She says she's not asking whether you want to > >> get married; only whether you believe that you have some kind of > >> future together. What do you say? > >> > >> A. That you sincerely believe the two of you do have a future, but you > >> don't want to rush it. > >> > >> B. That although you also have strong feelings for her, you can not > >> honestly say that you'll be ready anytime soon to make a lasting > >> commitment, and you don't want to hurt her by holding out false hope. > >> > >> C. That you cannot believe the Broncos called a draw play on third and > >> seventeen. > >> > >> > >> > >> 6. Okay, so you have decided that you truly love a woman and you want > >> to spend the rest of your life with her, sharing the joys and the > >> sorrows the world has to offer, come what may. How do you tell her? > >> > >> A. You take her to a nice restaurant and tell her after dinner. > >> > >> B. You take her for a walk on a moonlit beach, and you say her name, > >> and when she turns to you, with the sea breeze blowing through her > >> hair and the stars in her eyes, you tell her. > >> > >> C. Tell her what? > >> > >> > >> > >> 7. One weekday morning your wife wakes up feeling ill and asks you to > >> get your three children ready for school. Your first question to her is: > >> > >> A. "Do they need to eat or anything?" > >> > >> B. "They're in school already?" > >> > >> C. "There are three of them?" > >> > >> > >> > >> 8. When is it okay to throw away a set of veteran underwear? > >> > >> A. When it has turned the color of a dead whale and developed new > >> holes so large that you're not sure which ones were originally > >> intended for your legs. > >> > >> B. When it is down to eight loosely connected underwear molecules and > >> has to be handled with tweezers. > >> > >> C. It is never okay to throw away veteran underwear. A real guy > >> checks the garbage regularly in case somebody and we are not naming > >> names, but this would be his wife is quietly trying to discard his > >> underwear (which she is frankly jealous of because the guy seems to > >> have a more intimate relationship with it than with her). > >> > >> > >> > >> 9. What, in your opinion, is the most reasonable explanation for the > >> fact that Moses led the Israelites all over the place for forty years > >> before they finally got to the Promised Land? > >> > >> A. He was being tested. > >> > >> B. He wanted them to really appreciate the Promised Land when they > >> finally got there. > >> > >> C. He refused to ask for directions. > >> > >> > >> > >> 10. What is the human race's single greatest achievement? > >> > >> A. Democracy. > >> > >> B. Religion. > >> > >> C. Remote control. > > > > > >