Ron, On the topic of the vagaries of the female of our species my "flame shields" are in permanent activation. I am accused of messing my apartment (which my lady, Monique, of twenty five years shares part time - as she spends the other part in her NYC Coop). Yet for all the random bags of harp and lute strings, and for all the tools and gadgets spread around, I yet can't figure out why she needs an entire floor for various shoes that look all the same to me except for differing colors (at our age most of the shoes are sneakers rather than Manolo's). I have a pair of sloppy's (old leather moccasins), a pair of sneakers that are better for walking when I'm forced to follow her through the mall. Then there are the golf shoes with spikes, but they stay in the trunk of the car until needed. And yes, the LL Bean style (but Walmart's price) winter boots for snowy days. And in the back of the closet are the dress loafers that don't fit and I won't wear. And I feel I have too many shoes. Yet the ladies seem to glory in shoes with no discernable difference.
Oh hell, I don't understand my female cat, how can I understand the feminine foot fetish, or any other female passion (although when I was younger I did have some understanding of some female passions). I assume the priest was a Jesuit, they have a tendency to see the vagaries of the secular world and both marvel in them and reduce them to a principle. Shoes, that is the defining aspect of the human female. I wish I'd known that in my youth, I could have made conquests as a foot fetishist. Best, Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:05 AM Subject: FW: Roberts lute book > To Bill, Jon et al, > > My wife often says that if men had the first child, there would be only > one child per family! > > I might suggest that women's brains are numb to pain where new shoes are > involved. Within a couple of weeks they need a new pair because the > last pair did not fit! As for the constant outlay on shoes, - It gets > me right in the wallet! > > Oops, flame shields activated! > > Ron (UK) > -----Original Message----- > From: bill kilpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 November 2004 08:51 > To: Jon Murphy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Guitar & Lute > Subject: Re: Roberts lute book > > > if women remembered the > > pain of childbirth all families would have only one > > offspring. > > > i happened to hear an old priest being interviewed on > the radio not long ago in which he said that in his > experience, dealing with all kinds of people in all > kinds of situations, women were much better at dealing > with pain and stress because no matter how painful or > stressful the situation there is always a part of > their brain that is actively engaged in the purchase > of a new pair of shoes. > > ===== > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." > - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" > by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > >
