I am hoping to have gender equity on the front page here at BooTrib. I think it is important that women have a bigger voice in politics, and that ain’t happening in the Senate.
I saw in the dKos advertising page that he did a poll at some point on the gender of his users. This is what is posted as the result:
Male 74.3% 695
Female 25.7% 240
Total Respondents 935
I am wondering whether we have a more balanced crew. I have my hunches, but please take the poll (hit comments).
Come on ladies…let’s show these guys we’re here!!
I am a man.
(psst. that means I’m a woman)
Hear me… uh… type!
Dos Equis, that’s a beer right…?
I’m Andromogenized. We’re all goo without our mother’s mitochondrial DNA anyway…
…Sally the Psycho Dog doesn’t get to vote, huh?
O.K. It’s just an issue that she and you have to deal with some time.
Nothing to do me. I’m just mentioning it, O.K.?
I’m on my way to see my grandchildren for Easter. When they go on their cruise I will be taking care of Buster, the Psycho Dingo Dog. He has been self-walking again. He can’t stay away from those coyotes at the end of the road so he leaps over the fence. It’s a combination of a wild streak and an insane streak.
I am a biological male, but after two kids I was sent to the vet.
I’m a man, baby. (Ms. Carnacki hasn’t posted here yet. I’m going to ask her to sign up her own ID.)
She noted bitterly, “When I was in college all the men said I wrote like a woman.”
I just Googled “writes like a woman” and there were 110 entries. Grrrr.
Susan , I think your writing is
“manly yes, but I like it too”
Dude writes like a laaady
(Sorry ’bout that, unless you’re a boy named Sue)
The folks over at Washington Monthly and Chris at MyDD have been paying some attention to this, too.
And I’m a woman, a chick, a girl, a babe, a bitch, a boss, a hard-ass, all wrapped up into one. Pity the poor boyfriend.
Is it okay if I say you’re also sweet? And very funny?
….
How’s the cat? (My friend Lisa has two on subcutaneous fluids. Been there, done that… not fun. Well, it depends on the cat.)
you can say that. But don’t tell anyone else–I’m trying to intimidate them. Heh.
Cat is back to his usual self. We had a couple of weeks of vomiting right after the coughing blood episode that was obviously concerning, but it turned out to be just a hairball. Now that that’s gone, he’s happy as a clam. I’m still unconvinced on the thyroid theory, but at least the vet backed down from wanted to do $800 surgery. I’m not going to spend that much money on a 15 year-old cat, no matter how much I love him!
Hope your puss stays well. Having been owned by cats and now having a dog (Zinna, who says hi. I must introduce her sometime) your post reminded me of this:
HOW TO GIVE A CAT A PILL:
1) Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if
holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of
cat’s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill
in right hand. As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat
to close mouth and swallow.
2) Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat
in left arm and repeat process.
3) Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.
4) Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear
paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of
mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.
5) Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe.
pull spouse from garden.
6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front
and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head
firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill
down ruler and rub cat’s throat vigorously.
7) Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap.
Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep
shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing
later.
8) Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head
just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw,
force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
9) Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer
to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse’s forearm and remove
blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
10) Retrieve cat from neighbor’s shed. Get another pill. Open
another beer. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave
head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat
with elastic band.
11) Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on
hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold
compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Apply
whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw
T-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
12) Ring fire brigade to retrieve the friggin’ cat from tree across the
road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving
to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.
13) Tie the little bastard’s front paws to rear paws with garden
twine and bind tightly to leg of dining room table, find heavy duty
pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of
fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of
water down throat to wash pill down.
14) Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the
emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and
removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to
order new table.
15) Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and ring
local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.
HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL:
1) Wrap it in cheese.
Actually, I usually don’t even have to wrap it in cheese. She’ll just eat the pill when asked to do so.
Cheers and goodnight.
“wrap in cheese” is now on my list of “what to substitute in a reply to an obvious troll instead of writing down a whole recipe.”
i think something flew out of my nose that was not in the grape juice i was drinking when i laughed so hard i had the nasal grape juice thing happen…
a lot. Hey, maybe I’m on to something? Cool.
That comment reminded me of these lyrics
Heh
um, hmmmm….. And you were shocked by my drink request just a few months ago.
Chez Pontificator, I remember it well 🙂
I like tough intelligent women, I’ve been married to a Russian gal for 42 years.
Duncan
even though my name here may seem gender free to some(last night while being asked to Mega-troll rate our gracious host into oblivion as he was testing the system) once I did it and boy did it feel great..he responded with “thanks Stud..or..um..I guess you could be a Studette”…it is pronounced (Shaw-mo-nee)…and I’m a Stud. Any bets on what Soj is gonna punch? Hi mcriot glad your here.
having a hard time keeping up with all the blogs! I should have signed up here as mcriot, huh? Oh well.
I was hoping you would have..based on your user #…you are now my fucking newbie…heh.
Short, sassy woman, with a high ‘bitch potential’, I’ve been told. I’m working on masking that smell to throw people off.
here to the guys..that is great news..I love that…Wonder why Kos has so many more guys? .Woowee..Good for you booman….good for advertising too..
though I am in touch with my feminine side 🙂
This BBC headline caught my eye: Feminine males ‘more attractive’ but it’s about faces, unfortunately.
(taking a glance towards the bathroom) yup, I’m male, cause the seat is up on the toilet ; ) (never was very good at that domestication thing)
(scratching)
All male.
yes.
Should we take into account our former lives?
In this life, I am a man, although a french one…
From Venus…
Aussie – daughter, wife, mother – woman!
female . . .
I enjoy being a girl. <bats eyelashes>
I’m a man.
Ha, ha. Fooled you.
I’m all woman, baby.
These figures are much too close to the results of the 2004 presidential election. Just a little creeped out here.