# The bad thing about wimmins is... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781 "2000-07-17T01:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/1 "2000-07-17T01:23:21Z")
…they think they know everything, but they DON’T! They’re just dumb! …Grrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/2 "2000-07-17T01:25:24Z")
So, uh, have a good weekend, Whammo? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/3 "2000-07-17T01:28:17Z")
Uhhhh… No. I’m not gonna ask. Nope. Not me. Oh, dammit. I’ve gotta know. WHY are we dumb? What did we do now? ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/4 "2000-07-17T01:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*Oh, dammit. I’ve gotta know. WHY are we dumb? What did we do now? \*\* What didn’t you do Persephone?? nag nag nag nag nag, thats all you know how to do. You stood up on a chair and took the register vent out of the ceiling in the kitchen with the purposes of turning it around so it would blow the other direction when you could have just TURNED THE FUCKING LEVER SO IT BLEW THE OTHER DIRECTION!! NOW YOU BROKE IT!!! DIDN’T YOU!?!?!?! WHO HAS TO FIX IT NOW PERSEPHONE???!!?! **WHO?!?!?!** _ **ME!!!** _ THATS WHO! HOW IS IT NOW _ **MY** _ FAULT??? HOW DOES _THAT_ WORK?!?!?! **WHY DON’T YOU ANSWER ME PERSEPHONE?!?!?!?!** ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/5 "2000-07-17T01:39:59Z")
**sits fetal position in the corner rocking back and forth** ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/6 "2000-07-17T01:41:34Z")
Well, this should be some good watchin’. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/7 "2000-07-17T01:45:50Z")
All you wimmins are the same. You should ALL be born blonde. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/8 "2000-07-17T01:48:33Z")
Uhhhhh… I’m sorry? I’m not mechanically inclined? Here, Whammo. Have a beer. Settle down. Tell Persephone the whole story. You can’t be this honked off just because the vent is backwards & needs to be fixed. [Freud] Here, just lay down on the couch & tell me…you love your mother & hate your father, yes? [/Freud] ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/9 "2000-07-17T01:49:36Z")
OK, as a calm, rational male (I just blasted Krispy over in IMHO, so I’m calm now) I have the following to say. I love women. In particular, I love my girlfriend, of course. But if there is one single thing I have to point out that bothers me about women in general, having about 10 years of statistical evidence at this stage: **it’s the irrationality**. You can’t win an argument, because women will always turn it around. And if that fails, they can always roll their eyes and say: “If you don’t know THAT by now, there’s really no use continuing this discussion”. A man can’t come up with a SOLUTION for a problem, NOOOOOOO, you have to TALK about the UNDERLYING FEELINGS of said problem. Fuck it that you’ve got a perfect solution RIGHT THERE. TALK about it first, waste some time! Don’t even get me started on women and fucking road maps. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/10 "2000-07-17T01:49:37Z")
::wanders in, sees that someone’s going to nuke whammo soon, disapparates out before fallout/falcon arrives.:: ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/11 "2000-07-17T01:53:23Z")
WHAT was that about me arriving, hmmm? And Coldy…I can read a map JUST FINE, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/12 "2000-07-17T01:59:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\* > > Don’t even get me started on women and fucking road maps. \*\* Well… I’ve never had a woman that fucked road maps, but as for the rest of that… I know where your comming from brother!! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/13 "2000-07-17T01:59:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*::wanders in, sees that someone’s going to nuke whammo soon, disapparates out before fallout/falcon arrives.:: \*\* :: puts his Chemical Warfare suit on and hands one to iampunha :: You may need that, dude. Someone’s gonna hafta survive the fallout, and I’m going to need help driving the bulldozer to clean up . . . Tripler ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/14 "2000-07-17T02:01:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\* > > I can read a map JUST FINE, thank you very much. \*\* Nobody ever said you couldn’t read the words that are written on it, but can you tell NORTH from SOUTH and follow a road??? NOOOOOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/15 "2000-07-17T02:06:37Z")
::bats eyelashes idiotically:: Ooooh, we females just live to confound men! Why, not a single action we take or a single thought we have exists outside the sneaky desire to frustrate men! ::squeals girlishly, but starts gagging:: Aaack. This deliberate obtuseness is hard. Guys…honestly, get a grip. You’re just as confusing and irrational, but you just don’t know it. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/16 "2000-07-17T02:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > [BGuys…honestly, get a grip. You’re just as confusing and irrational, but you just don’t know it. > > \*\* I do too! Don’t you tell ME what I know and what I DON’T woman! Hmmm… wait a second… ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/17 "2000-07-17T02:29:18Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re just as confusing and irrational, but you just don’t know it. :::high fiving Veb::: I cannot tell you how many times I’ve just looked at my husband (and the rest of the men I dated prior to him), scratched my head, and said “Huh? What the hell are **you** so bent about? That’s a _non-issue,_ dear. Move on.” As for the road map thing, I can read one. But I’m also _not afraid to ask for freaking directions if I happen to not know where I am,_ fer cryin’ out loud! Sheesh! There’s freaking _icebergs_ on the shoulder of the road, and I just _know_ that was Quinn the Eskimo we just passed, but will you stop and say “hey, we’re on our way to Florida, and we got a little turned around. Could you point me in the right direction?” **Noooooo.** It’s an affront to your precious _masculinity_ to admit that _right now, you do **not** know where the hell you are!_ Oh, and do NOT get me started on how much flammable stuff you should use when you’re firing up the grill… ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/18 "2000-07-17T02:47:44Z")
It’s not a matter of men **or** women being irrational and confusing. Our brains are just wired differently. For instance, my cat confuses the **hell** out of me sometimes! BTW, when somebody tells you you’re confusing, usually it’s meant as a verb, not an adjective. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/19 "2000-07-17T04:37:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*The bad thing about wimmins is… \*\* We all too often fall for the **wrong** guys. ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781/20 "2000-07-17T04:47:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whammo \* > > HOW IS IT NOW _ **MY** _ FAULT??? HOW DOES _THAT_ WORK?!?!?! > > \*\* Well if you and your honey are anything like me and mine, it’s probably because she asked YOU to do it in your manly and superior way every day for two weeks, but you were way too busy doing “important” things that she couldn’t \* possibly \* understand, and you blew her off so many times that she finally gave up, and tried doing it herself. Of course, I’m just guessing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-thing-about-wimmins-is/25781.md?page=2)