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Gabby Women, Silent Men
The Santa Barbara Independent ^ | Thursday, July 5, 2007 | Michael Seabaugh

Posted on 07/05/2007 12:28:16 PM PDT by rface

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To: AppyPappy

Ditto that.

I have wanted so many times to smash the TV. Its the only way I could think of to break the hypnosis of people watching it.


61 posted on 07/05/2007 1:32:26 PM PDT by HOTTIEBOY (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: rface

“Why do men enjoy oral sex with their wives?’

Because their girlfriends are out of town.


62 posted on 07/05/2007 1:37:20 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: HOTTIEBOY; AppyPappy

A lot of small talk revolves around TV shows. I’m fine without it, but I know folks who schedule their evenings around the tube.


63 posted on 07/05/2007 1:37:34 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: rface

“85 percent of the men said they enjoy the quiet.”

If she’s not making any sounds, you aren’t doing it right.


64 posted on 07/05/2007 1:38:32 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: knews_hound
Men work and talk to achieve the Best Correct Result. A man will (hopefully non-violently) argue passionately to advance his solution, and should have the sense to step back if logically, some other man's idea promises a Better Correct Result. Say to a man, "Hey, we are out of dip" and after a short discussion involving who got dip last, who is closer, and who is the Alpha, someone will recognize their responsibility to go to the kitchen, and return with dip in two minutes, not interrupting the game or movie.

Women work and talk to achieve Consensus. Say to a woman, "Hey, we are out of dip" and chances are all the women will go into the kitchen, make an examination of what premade dip is on hand, consider ten different recipes they have ever heard for dip, review what kind of dips they might produce with these ingredients, and produce some kind of dip-like substance in a half an hour.

65 posted on 07/05/2007 1:39:38 PM PDT by 50sDad (Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
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To: gorush

My wife has a speech impediment. She has to stop to breathe.


66 posted on 07/05/2007 1:40:27 PM PDT by 50sDad (Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
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To: rface

One reason some women, a.k.a. ‘faghags’, like effiminate men - gab!


67 posted on 07/05/2007 1:42:53 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: dashing doofus

” there is no objection to a woman talking dirty. “

Women should be obscene and not heard.


68 posted on 07/05/2007 1:43:02 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: yldstrk

I have to agree. Most men I know just.won’t.shut.up! That includes my dear husband sometimes.


69 posted on 07/05/2007 1:47:15 PM PDT by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: rface
It’s not so much the amount my ex-wife used to talk that pissed me off, it’s the shrill tone, volume level, and yammerin’ on about things of no importance.
70 posted on 07/05/2007 1:48:39 PM PDT by zencat (The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
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To: gcruse
You said you were coming over for coffee, and I'm still waitin'.


71 posted on 07/05/2007 1:49:33 PM PDT by Daffynition (Label Warning: Formerly known as "rainbow sprinkles")
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To: Revolting cat!
Then, of course there's this one, but it seems to be addressed to a guy:

Run Dmc - You Talk Too Much Lyrics Shut up!!! You talk too much... You talk too much... You talk too much... You talk too much... Hey! You over there, I know about your kind You're like the Independent Network News on Channel 9 Everywhere that you go, no matter where you at I said you talk about this, and you talk about that When the cat took your tongue, I say you took it right back Your mouth is so big, one bite would kill a Big Mac You talk too much You never shut up I said you talk too much Homeboy you never shut up You talk about people, you don't even know And you talk about places, you NEVER go You talk about your girl, from head to toe I said your mouth's moving fast, and your brain's moving slow You talk too much You never shut up!! I said you talk too much Homeboy you never shut up You're the instigator, the orator of the town You're the worst when you converse, just a big mouth clown You talk when you're awake, I heard you talk when you sleep Has anyone ever told you, that talk is cheap You talk too much You never shut, up!! I said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!! Talking is the one thing, that you can do best You told the cavity creeps, to watch out for Crest You never have the story, right and exact And then you always try to bore me, with your yakkity yak You talk too much And then you never shut up I said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!! Everyday you are out fighting someone in the street And you're always fighting someone you know ya can't beat Then you wonder how, you got in this mess Just think of what you said, then take a guess You talk too much You never shut up! I said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!! You're always spreading rumors, whether bad or good You're the damn Walter Cronkite of the neighborhood The Barbara Walters, and the Howard Cosell You always come around, with a story to tell You talk too much And then you never shut up I said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!! Said it's everybody's business that you love to mind And talkin to you, is like dropping a dime You're spreading the word, like it is your job You should be a stool pigeon, who works for the mob You talk too much And you never shut up I said you talk too much Homeboy you never shut up! A big blabbermouth, that's what you are If you were a talk show host, you'd be a star I said your mouth is big, size extra large And when you open it, it's like my garage You talk too much And then you never shut up I said you talk too much Homeboy you never shut up You always like to gossip, just like a girl You talk so damn much, it's outta this world When you're reincarnated, in your second life You won't be a man, you'll be a nagging wife You talk too much Then you never shut up He said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!! Twenty-five hours, eight days a week Thirteen months outta year, is when you speak I'm tired of listening to the garbage you talk Why don't you find a short pier, and take a long walk You talk too much Then you never shut up! I said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!! You talk too much You could be, out of breath You talk too much Man you naggin me to death You talk too much Tired of hearing you speak You talk too much Eight days a week You talk too much Then you never shut up I said you talk too much Why don't you ever SHUT UP!!! You talk too much Then you never shut up! I said you talk too much Homeboy you never SHUT UP!!!

72 posted on 07/05/2007 1:51:26 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: Daffynition

Oh, my.

LOL


73 posted on 07/05/2007 1:51:39 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: JewishRighter

Oops. I guess that did not copy and paste too well without formatting.


74 posted on 07/05/2007 1:52:22 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: rockrr

“You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.”

I do, occasionally, when the nut is on the backside of a framerail or other nearly inaccessible area, and I have to grow an extra elbow to reach the thing. Then I have to stop and think an extra second or so about which way my arm needs to go to turn the nut whichever way I need it.


75 posted on 07/05/2007 1:53:32 PM PDT by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: rface


76 posted on 07/05/2007 1:56:44 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: AU72

This guy is obviously a left wing moonbat!
Calling Rush Bombastic,yuk, he probably believes that Carville is easy going and a very sophisticated speaker.


77 posted on 07/05/2007 1:59:03 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (God Bless America and The Republicans)
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To: rface

Study: Women don’t talk more than guys

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
AP SCIENCE WRITER

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Who_Talks_Most.html

WASHINGTON — Another stereotype - chatty gals and taciturn guys - bites the dust. Turns out, when you actually count the words, there isn’t much difference between the sexes when it comes to talking.

A team led by Matthias R. Mehl, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, came up with the finding, which is published in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.

The researchers placed microphones on 396 college students for periods ranging from two to 10 days, sampled their conversations and calculated how many words they used in the course of a day.

The score: Women, 16,215. Men, 15,669.

The difference: 546 words: “Not statistically significant,” say the researchers.

“What’s a 500-word difference, compared with the 45,000-word difference between the most and the least talkative persons” in the study, said Mehl.

Co-author James W. Pennebaker, chairman of the psychology department at the University of Texas, said the researchers collected the recordings as part of a larger project to understand how people are affected when they talk about emotional experiences.

They were surprised when a magazine article asserted that women use an average of 20,000 words per day compared with 7,000 for men. If there had been that big a difference, he thought, they should have noticed it.

They found that the 20,000-7,000 figures have been used in popular books and magazines for years. But they couldn’t find any research supporting them.

“Although many people believe the stereotypes of females as talkative and males as reticent, there is no large-scale study that systematically has recorded the natural conversations of large groups of people for extended periods of time,” Pennebaker said.

Indeed, Mehl said, one study they found, done in workplaces, showed men talking more.

Still, the idea that women use nearly three times as many words a day as men has taken on the status of an “urban legend,” he said.

...........[MORE AT LINK]


78 posted on 07/05/2007 1:59:11 PM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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To: rface

Men don’t hate gabby women. Not at all. It’s just that women want to talk about stuff we have no interest in talking about. If my wife wanted to talk to me about some interesting science news she read about, I’m all ears. Or if she wants to talk about the Red Sox farm system. Or about the Patriots’ secondary. If she wants to talk about my feelings or our relationship, I have no interest, because she wants to talk about those things for ulterior motives. I have to waste half my energy on thinking about how she will interpret every freaking word I say and you can’t talk honestly. No man talks honestly with his wife or girlfriend (even the women on FR who think they are married to Prince Charming). He may be honest, mostly, about most things, but he’s not just saying whatever he wants to say like he knows he can with his buddy. It becomes a total chore.


79 posted on 07/05/2007 2:00:30 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: 50sDad

I disagree slightly. If I see the dip is out and I want more, I will go and get more. My wife will see it is out and wonder who will get the dip. We attribute some of this to being a bachelor for so long. If I want something, I get it. We laugh about it. I will ask her “Do you want an omelet?” and she will say “No”. Then I will fix myself an omelete. She gets frustrated because I didn’t scrap my idea for an omelet and attempt to reach a compromise. I wasn’t asking her what she wanted for breakfast but that is what she heard.

I am a programmer. I don’t take hints. You have to speak to me directly. If you want me to stack the chairs on the deck, you have to say “Please stack the chairs on the deck” and I will do it. If you say “There are chairs on the deck”, I will assess the situation and either agree or disagree. But nothing more. I have to really work against that type of passive-aggressive behavior. It’s very rude to expect someone to read your mind, even if you hint. Women tend to enjoy reading minds.


80 posted on 07/05/2007 2:00:31 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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