Women See Scarlet, Men See Red

ABC Net/Discover News ^ | 8-4-2004 | Jennifer Viegas

[ArrogantBustard]

Have you ever met anyone who says that the US Flag has a green field with black stars? Or that spinach is orange?

Nice rifle, BTW.

[Foxfire4]

G-R-E-E-N. The catalogue says "seafoam green". So there. (OK, Bead Warehouse says "seafoam green" and Fire Mountain says "cloud blue". It's still green.)

And you can't have any potato chips, so stick with the gloating.

Hey Xena, you want to really torture the Guy? Try him on alexandrite Czech beads - they change color from purple to blue depending on the light they're in. ::snicker::

[Diddle E. Squat]

Is it true that the only trait carried on the Y chromosome is hairy earlobes?

[independentmind]

I could have told you this before I read the article.

[sigarms]

I am perfectly willing to conced that women have superior color perception, as long they are willing to concede that men have superior spatial perception.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Is it true that the only trait carried on the Y chromosome is hairy earlobes?

I am trying to decide whether you are joking or just ignorant on the subject.

[unspun]

Rhett saw Scarlett

[Diddle E. Squat]

I am trying to decide whether you are joking or just ignorant on the subject.

Well, since I'm not a scientist, just an average Joe who remembers something heard years ago in casual conversation, I'm now trying to decide if you're intentionally pompous or just unaware of your arrogant manner.

Sorry to bother you with a simple question.

[Xenalyte]

It sure does! I'm a huge beadhead. My living room carpet is full of seed beads the cats have spilled during various projects. There are stray beads in every small dish and receptacle on every horizontal surface in the house. Xena's Guy walks around the house with a few beads in hand until he finds a good place to set 'em.

[Paul C. Jesup]

If you are interested, you might enjoy researching and reading up on genetic defects in articles you can find on the web. It is a very interesting subject.

[whd23]

No kidding.

I repainted our living room in September, and decided to go with beige. Boy was I disappointed when I went to the paint department and discovered that there is no bucket of paint labeled: "BEIGE." Instead, there was a chip card with hundreds of different "whites". Isn't white "white"?

[Doctor Stochastic]

I thought the turning off of one of the X-chromosomes occurred on a cell-by-cell basis leading to mosaicking in case of heterozygous sex-linked traits.

[Paul C. Jesup]

I thought the turning off of one of the X-chromosomes occurred on a cell-by-cell basis leading to mosaicking in case of heterozygous sex-linked traits.

I have heard different. But considering more information on the X chromosome is coming out everyday, it is still a little up in the air. For example, a couple of months ago it was found that the majority of the genetic plans for the male gender was found in parts of the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome.

[Foxfire4]

Know what you mean about the cats. Our rescue cat thinks it's the Mostest Fun Ever to walk across my lap while I have a bead tray on it. Equally fun whether I manage to rescue the bead tray (watch the human scramble!) or he tips it over (PRETTY beads flying through the air!). I'm gonna invest in a shop-vac one of these days just to get the beads out of the carpet. :-)

I'm addicted to beading in general, but seed beads are definitely my favorite - I make lots (and lots and lots) of miniature amulet bags and tend to get obsessive about coming up with new designs. (Ask Moose4 about the 3-D strawberry sometime... :-) I'm heading to the Intergalactic Bead Show in Asheville later this month and can't wait. Just have to remind myself that I can't spend ALL my money on Japanese seeds...

[SunkenCiv]

Darwin's "Origin of Species" used to have a section on "Sexual Selection" in which he claimed that the reason some species of birds (for example) have very colorful males was a mating advantage. Obviously Darwin believed that color has some impact on the chicks, er, I mean, the hens. ;') The last time men were interior decorators was in those French caves 30,000 years ago. Unless... ;') Women also like (for example) eucalyptus fronds in functionless vases cluttering up the house, so it isn't just about color.

Off-topic... I've believed for a long while that women's perfumes would be more appealing to men if they mimicked food smells, like pizza. ;')

[Xenalyte]

Ah, then, you are an initiate into the ways of the mysterious peyote stitch, which defies me no matter how I try to do it. I think I'll need someone to show me in person . . . the very best of written directions don't work for me.

Until I figure it out, I content myself with the Mill Hill bag kits - they're cross-stitch and beads on paper. Easy to make - maybe a weekend each - and so calming!

Until you get the shop-vac, get the long tube attachment that's supposed to be for Venetian blinds or the tops of fan blades, and put a pantyhose leg or a knee-high over the nozzle. Vacuum away carefully, and be watching the nozzle cover . . . beads will be sticking to it that you can pick off and drop into whatever you have handy for 'em. Beats crawling around on the shag carpet with a magnifying glass.

[SunkenCiv]

oooh... rush from all that "forbidden fruit" talk... Hey, if women didn't appreciate color, men wouldn't be able to intice them with wine, and the entire human race would die out, just like that. ;') Well, the non-Moslems. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

:'D !

[Foxfire4]

Peyote stitch is EVIL, and I said more than my share of horrible words while learning how to do it. It is much easier to learn when you see it done - usually there's somebody who knows it at local bead stores. (The farthest west I get is Columbus, GA, or I'd volunteer to give lessons. :-) But if you drop into a local shop while it's slow, you could probably get a quick volunteer lesson. Even-count flat peyote is mindbogglingly easy, and the other techniques spring pretty quickly from that one.

No, I'm not addicted to that technique, why do you ask? :-)

Of course, for real tear-your-hair-out evil, there's always herringbone stitch, or African helix... :wicked cackle:

Off to Macon to sell the aforementioned shiny things - talk to you later!

[SunkenCiv]

...and no, no, more color, more color...