I have come to the conclusion that the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. The husband and the dog have always had control of the remote. Even when he is sleeping and I try to sneak it off him he grips it and growls … the husband that is, not the dog!
Rocky changes channels just by rolling over the remote. He is one smart dog. Pity he split soup over the remote by pawing my tray and I had to go on-line and buy another. Tiger dried the wet one out and when the new one arrived he commandeered it and allowed me to have the old one. How generous!
We have a mate who we call gadget man. He loves everything that is new-fangled and labour saving. I think I may have had a hand in encouraging him when I bought him this little remote vacuum cleaner thingamajig. He then bought a state of the art boyo that goes from room to room sucking up everything. Serves him right if it sucks up the remote control and it’s never seen again.
Then he bought Evo (short for evolution I think). It cuts the grass. It is a step away from intelligent life. It goes into its wee garage and charges itself up and then comes out and mows the lawn. Knows when the grass is too wet to cut and has an IQ higher than mine.
Tiger has enough tools to start his own hardware store. He never keeps like with like and I despair sometimes. Why do men like to leave tools all over the place and why do they come to us lesser beings to help them find a screwdriver?
Tiger is currently in a tizzy because the electric gates keep getting stuck and I have to say that against my advice (which is a waste of breath) he kept trying to open and close them in the snow. In my humble opinion that put a strain on the motors. Apparently not according to him! Yeah says I. How come they worked perfectly well beforehand? I am slightly sorry guys but you do make the most ridiculous excuses when things go wrong … especially when you are holding the spanner. Tiger says water got into the motor. The mechanism (whatever that is) needs cleaned and oiled. OK. If I am wrong about putting pressure on the system fighting the snow drift I will admit it. In my experience outside influences are the causes of every catastrophe men encounter. Don’t get me wrong. I love you guys. You are rather thran and like to futter with all things mechanical and the more moving parts the better.
Women tend to be more pragmatic and even call for help when needed. You guys plough on regardless.
Why read the instructions? You know how to build a shed or a dolls house without help. How come there are all these spare screws, nuts and bolts left over then?
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