Once again, the male staff at Whatsamatta University will be offering courses for women of all marital status in an attempt to help them understand men better. Attendance in at least 10 of the following is required:
1) Combatting the impulse to nag
2) You can change the oil too
3) We do not want ties for family events
4) How to do all your laundry in one load and have more time to watch football
5) Parenting - Having a kid means that you can have someone other than the husband to boss around
6) How not to sob like a sponge when your husband is right
7) Get a life - Learn to kill cockroaches yourself
8) Balancing a checkbook - Even you can get it right
9) Comprehending credit card spending limits and financial responsibility
10) Shopping - Doing it in less than 16 hours
11) If you don’t want an excuse, don’t demand an explanation
12) How to go fishing with your mate and not catch pneumonia
13) Why you don’t need to invite your mother over every weekend
14) Payday and shopping are not synonymous
15) How to act younger than your mother
16) Female friendship - Why your best friends are not the women who complain about you the most
While I was employed by a private corporation and assigned to the space-shuttle program, my job included ordering supplies. One of the engineers asked me to get a new dictionary for him. The request form said, “State reason this item is needed,” so I asked him why he wanted one.
I expected his answer would be “My old copy is lost” or “The cover is falling off.” Instead, he replied, “My edition defines spaceship as an imaginary aircraft.’’ He got his new dictionary.
Compiled by Usama Rasheed
