Col, I thought you were Gay?

Yabby
Wrong as usual but why would that surprise me.

Foxy
I decided to do some research giving your post futher consideration.-


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22960784-29677,00.html

Men are funnier, but their jokes are about aggression Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print December 22, 2007
LONDON: Men are naturally more comedic than women because of the male hormone testosterone, an expert has claimed.

Men made more gags than women and their jokes tended to be more aggressive, researcher Sam Shuster, of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, said.

The unicycling doctor observed how the genders reacted to his "amusing" hobby. Women tended to make encouraging, praising comments, while men jeered. The most aggressive were young men, he told the British Medical Journal.

Previous findings have suggested women and men differ in how they use and appreciate humour. Women tended to tell fewer jokes than men and male comedians outnumbered female ones.

Research suggests men are more likely to use humour aggressively by making others the butt of the joke.

And aggression has been linked by some to testosterone exposure in the womb. Professor Shuster believed humour developed from aggression caused by male hormones.

He documented the reaction of more than 400 individuals to his unicycling through the streets of the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne.

About half of people responded verbally, more being men. Very few of the women made comic or snide remarks, while 75 per cent of the men attempted comedy - mostly shouting out "Lost your wheel?", for example.

Young men in cars were particularly aggressive. This type of behaviour decreased among older men who offered more admiring comments.

"The idea that unicycling is intrinsically funny does not explain the findings," Professor Shuster told the BBC.

The simplest explanation, he said, was the effect of male hormones such as testosterone.

Nick Neave, a psychologist at the University of Northumbria who has been studying the physical, behavioural, and psychological effects of testosterone, suggested men might respond aggressively because they see the other unicycling man as a threat, attracting female attention away from themselves.

Rainier “Col, I thought you were Gay?”

I can understand how you would make that error rainier.

As it seems in most things, your limited comprehension ensures the misinterpretation of the fundamental and basics.

I could similarly cast dispersions on your sexuality but that would presume you had any.

I guess, when it comes down to it you exhibit as a classic example to the merits of androgyny.

Now if you want to bandy words feel welcome but expect a response honed to the spirit in which you do your limited best to engage.
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PALE I thought women and men both had levels of testosterone occurring within them.

I do know ladies are prescribed testosterone for a failing libido.

However, all the ladies I have known have been too "distracted" to laugh whilst we made love.

indeed the old saying "I have never had so much fun without laughing" comes to mind.

Most studies tend to suggest a higher level of testosterone is associated with violent behaviour (presumably as well as comedy).

I have never found an axe wielding psychopath particularly funny.

However, faced with the axe coming in my direction, I might be tempted to laugh hysterically (as I ducked) on the basis it might pacify the psycho swinging it.

Most of it also applies to being a Lady.

There are two kinds of "gentlemen." The surface Gentleman, and the real Gentleman.

(1) --- The surface Gentleman. He puts on a good show on his surface. He pretends to be a Gentleman, and likely believes he is. He has mastered the outward signs of a typical real Gentleman. He dresses in style, well, and appropriately. He has learned etiquette quite well. He follows the protocols of social interchange between people of quality. He says the right things at the right times. He will even do good things for people.

But the surface Gentleman is a phony. He is self-centered. He is not honest in his dealings. He is not sensitive to the needs of others, or how his actions may harm them. He will have fun at your expense (ill-mannered). If it suits his need or purpose, he will stab you in the back! He will speak of you or others in a demeaning or hurtful way; sometimes to their face, but usually behind their backs. He may well cheat you or others.

(2) For the real Gentleman, it is much more important to meet the fundamentals of being a real Gentlemen. Surface appearance is only secondary.

Don't be fooled by the outward appearance of a person. Look underneath. Ask "Does this person always act in the fundamentally decent ways expected of a true Gentleman?" A person who at first appears to be a Gentleman, may turn out to be an evil villain, while the "hobo" you meet, might be a true Gentleman. The great comedian and social commentator Red Skelton showed us that a hobo could be the highest quality Gentleman!

I would much rather associate with a true Gentleman who is just a plain guy on the outside (like my father), than with a man who appears on the outside to be a Gentleman, but on the inside is a selfish and mean person. In fact, my best friend ever, was a rather rough and poorly educated man on the outside, but a true Gentleman on the inside.

I have just spent 3 weeks on crutches and unable to get about the farm. I left it in the supposed capable hands of 2 males ....

Wholly crap! Its going to take 6 weeks to put everything back in order!

Dear PALE&IF,

Thanks for making me laugh.

I know why Col Rouge's ladies had a good time "without laughing.,"
while he made love to them.

They kept their eyes closed! (smile).