# Women don't get it, and every guy does **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484 "2009-10-28T18:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/81 "2009-10-29T18:11:50Z")
> [@Idlewild](#): > > I received a Halloween card today, hand made by a woman at work, that included a heart, little anime hamsters, Hello Kitty, a fairy, and butterflies, all on the outside. Then on the inside… fairies being murdered in violent sprays of red glitter glue by Hello Kitties wielding respectively a sword (I did not know you could get scrapbooking sword stickers) and a candy-apple being used as a bludgeon. The text inside the card reads “Hearts that Love are Always in Bloom”. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a touching sentiment. I mostly liked the spray of glitter glue blood everywhere, and the ingenious use of the candy-apple sticker. > > I could almost be tempted to take up scrapbooking. I begin to get the feeling that if there aren’t dinosaur and ninja stickers available, I could probably improvise. I…I think I love this woman and want to not have her babies. At the very least, I’m intrigued by her views and wish to subscribe to her newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/82 "2009-10-29T19:12:39Z")
I am going to bake gingerbread ninjas this year. With little candy [del]hearts[/del] blow guns. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/83 "2009-10-29T19:40:10Z")
My 5 year old daughter was drawing yesterday. She drew a zombie. She also wanted to know why they wear bandages and was slightly disappointed when I informed her that zombies weren’t real. I don’t think this phenomenon is exclusive to boys, however, she may have been corrupted by her older brother. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/84 "2009-10-29T20:20:47Z")
MARS VENUS LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL I’d post more, but I’m afraid I have to run to the oven to get the pot roast out right this second, or I won’t have time to run a brush through my hair, pre-warm my husband’s armchair, and get a drink ready to hand to him the second he walks through the door. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/85 "2009-10-29T20:57:27Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/86 "2009-10-30T02:28:25Z")
> [@Idlewild](#): > > I received a Halloween card today, hand made by a woman at work, that included a heart, little anime hamsters, Hello Kitty, a fairy, and butterflies, all on the outside. Then on the inside… fairies being murdered in violent sprays of red glitter glue by Hello Kitties wielding respectively a sword (I did not know you could get scrapbooking sword stickers) and a candy-apple being used as a bludgeon. The text inside the card reads “Hearts that Love are Always in Bloom”. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a touching sentiment. I mostly liked the spray of glitter glue blood everywhere, and the ingenious use of the candy-apple sticker. > > I could almost be tempted to take up scrapbooking. I begin to get the feeling that if there aren’t dinosaur and ninja stickers available, I could probably improvise. Now, THIS Halloween card makes sense to me! (Although I still don’t understand why we need to give each other Halloween cards.) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/87 "2009-10-30T02:42:40Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > However, I see nothing wrong with a card that has a '57 Chevy, Indiana Jones, and John Maclean from _Die Hard_. You misspelled 65 Mustang, but other then that a great card. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/88 "2009-10-30T03:13:21Z")
All Christmas cards have ninjas in them. In fact, all greeting cards have ninjas on them. You just, you know, can’t see them. Also. A [kick ass Jesus](http://media.photobucket.com/image/strong%20jesus/Sl3v3n/strongjesus.jpg) is always good. ---
**Author:** ![Budista](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Budista](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budista)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/89 "2009-10-30T04:18:41Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > I was thinking more along the lines of Cthulu, zombies and Thomas the tank engine, but I suppose your 3 would do. For some reason, immediately after reading your post I had a horrifying mental image of Cthulu’s face on Thomas’ body. The tentacles represent the destruction of cherished childhood memories! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/90 "2009-10-30T04:25:14Z")
Here comes Ninja Claus Here comes Ninja Claus Riding a dinosaur Swinging swords And firing lasers At the Fantastic Four Skeleton pirates Driving racecars Are fighting Optimus Prime Cause that’s the way Five year old boys Like to draw Christmas time ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/91 "2009-10-30T04:42:07Z")
Bravo, **Little Nemo**! Bravo! May I try? The first Noel The Ninjas did creep Up on the dinosaurs Who were fast asleep They woke them up And started a fight Their swordwork was flashing In the laser light Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel– The Ninjas have come to set things well Some zombies showed up All hungry for brains Thomas got woodchipped No more choo-choo trains! In came the Air Force With six F-15s And a Navy ship landed A squad of Marines Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel– It’s a five-year-old boy’s card, or couldn’t you tell? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/92 "2009-10-30T04:44:48Z")
Heretic! Where are the boobies? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/93 "2009-10-30T05:01:32Z")
I now realize that my Halloween costume from six years ago was woefully incomplete. I was a mummified firebreathing mutant vampire zombie alien robot dinosaur… But I wasn’t a ninja. If it weren’t for the fact that my zombie dinosaur tail fell apart and shed all its vertebrae, I’d be tempted to re-assemble the costume and add my katana and wakizashi. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/94 "2009-10-30T05:55:18Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I am going to bake gingerbread ninjas this year. With little candy [del]hearts[/del] blow guns. I was all excited about your idea for a minute, but googling it reveals that orther than ninja stars cutters the only Ninja cookie cutters out there are TMNT ☹ I want ninja cookies now, it isn’t fair! I’m going to have ninja cookie cutters to a frog’s eggs paperweight for the list of things I want that no one sells. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/95 "2009-10-30T07:20:01Z")
What you need is MechaJesus burninating the sinners in their thatched huts. And ZombieJesus, and Cthulu in Santa Claus kit. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/96 "2009-10-30T14:28:40Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I was all excited about your idea for a minute, but googling it reveals that orther than ninja stars cutters the only Ninja cookie cutters out there are TMNT ☹ I want ninja cookies now, it isn’t fair! > > I’m going to have ninja cookie cutters to a frog’s eggs paperweight for the list of things I want that no one sells. I have several custom-made cookie cutters. It’s pretty easy to find somebody to make one for you. Etsy here we come . . . ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/97 "2009-10-30T14:32:51Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Bravo, **Little Nemo**! Bravo! > > May I try? > The first Noel > The Ninjas did creep > Up on the dinosaurs > Who were fast asleep > > They woke them up > And started a fight > Their swordwork was flashing > In the laser light > > Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel– > The Ninjas have come to set things well > > Some zombies showed up > All hungry for brains > Thomas got woodchipped > No more choo-choo trains! > > In came the Air Force > With six F-15s > And a Navy ship landed > A squad of Marines > > Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel– > It’s a five-year-old boy’s card, or couldn’t you tell? I like that. I like it a lot. 😃 Though I’d change the first chorus to “Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel– The Ninjas have come to raise a little Hell” ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/98 "2009-10-30T15:52:56Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > MechaJesus … Did you [go to MU](http://marquettetribune.org/2004/09/23/viewpoints/robots-continue-to-plague-mu)? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/99 "2009-10-30T19:05:21Z")
I made my parents a Christmas card with the internet-cliche caption classic “Where’s your God now?” snowball fighting nuns. They loved it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484/100 "2009-10-30T19:07:14Z")
I though this thread was going to be about fart jokes and dick jokes. I’m leaving disappointed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dont-get-it-and-every-guy-does/515484.md?page=6)