June 06, 2005

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Of cables and tolerance

Two weekend observations:

1. Now that NASA is no longer putting men on the moon, it is clear those scientists are working as TV installation people instead. Why is all this technology still connected by a jungle of cables with no logical manner of connection?

2. Men have a far lower shopping tolerance level than women. And when a man hits the wall during a shopping trip, the results aren't pretty. The formula:

Male shopping tolerance = {Air conditioning / (Temperature + Humidity)} * (1 / Female walking pace) * (1 / Population density at shopping area) * (Shop contents# / Amount already spent) * Whatever sport is on TV * (1 / Cost of whatever female is holding in her hand)

Ladies - memorise this formula.

# Where shop contents is 0 if electronics up to 10 if female clothes.

posted by Simon on 06.06.05 at 12:43 PM in the




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Comments:

A useful formula, though I think a separate one needs to be formed when shopping involves computer equipment, xbox games, comic books or CDs/DVDs. In my experience this eeems to reverse the male/female toleration levels. Bookstores seem to be a relatively neutral experience for either gender.

posted by: myrick on 06.06.05 at 01:48 PM [permalink]

It's a tough problem. I fear there's a simultaneous equation in the offing, involving the difficult but related properties between the male and female versions of the formula.

posted by: Simon on 06.06.05 at 03:13 PM [permalink]

I wonder whether men really "shop" at all. They just go where they usually go, and that's often a handful of places related to his "hobbies".

posted by: Jimmy on 06.07.05 at 03:19 AM [permalink]




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