Jim. You just became my absolute favorite person ever. 
I've heard of this though. Some species have the ability, when lacking the male counterpart, to reproduce spontaneously. That is a wonder of nature in and of itself. But when it comes to humans ...
Hey humans are way different. There isn't a "mating season" for males, and unlike other species when they instinctively know when it's time to procreate, our species kind of just guesses. I think that might be a female evolution to keep the males around, so the male can't just lay his seed, and leave. He has to stick around a while till he gets it right. Humans in comparison to other species are intresting to say the least.
If this *were* to happen, I can envision this happening. The females, with all that power have no more use for the males, and a gender war is set off ... and from that point forward all males that are born, are born into slavery.
But it can't happen. We're too different. God I hope were just too different.
*Follows Jim, half bottle of bourbon in hand, staggering a bit*
I've heard of this though. Some species have the ability, when lacking the male counterpart, to reproduce spontaneously. That is a wonder of nature in and of itself. But when it comes to humans ...
Hey humans are way different. There isn't a "mating season" for males, and unlike other species when they instinctively know when it's time to procreate, our species kind of just guesses. I think that might be a female evolution to keep the males around, so the male can't just lay his seed, and leave. He has to stick around a while till he gets it right. Humans in comparison to other species are intresting to say the least.
If this *were* to happen, I can envision this happening. The females, with all that power have no more use for the males, and a gender war is set off ... and from that point forward all males that are born, are born into slavery.
But it can't happen. We're too different. God I hope were just too different.
*Follows Jim, half bottle of bourbon in hand, staggering a bit*
I'm not fat ... I'm festively plump.
This behavior is fairly well-documented in reptiles. But not to worry. Hermaphrodites are generally found only in the lower forms of life.
Although we each undoubtably know some cold-blooded woman who qualifies as a reptile, most women are too sophisticated for this primative form of reproduction.
The ones that do, you don't want anything to do with, anyway.
Although we each undoubtably know some cold-blooded woman who qualifies as a reptile, most women are too sophisticated for this primative form of reproduction.
The ones that do, you don't want anything to do with, anyway.
Yeah. I know what you mean. Things like courageous acts of self-sacrifice and heorism. Beautiful literature, music, art. Oratories of great statesmanship.Sometimes the way we act and the things we say - as men - makes me wonder if "mankind" isn't an oxymoron. Not as a rule; just sometimes.
Who would have thought? Indeed, Man is a puzzling creature.
I agree, Doc. We males tend to view women as mysterious and, indeed, after 38 years of marriage (to the same woman, BTW) I still find my wife both beautiful and mysterious. But, I NEVER thought of men as being that way. How short-sighted I am!!! Yes, we probably cause a LOT of perplexing thought patterns to crash and burn in the autobon of women's minds.
Hey! Not a bad analogy, eh? I'm going to give myself a smiley.
Oh, and hear's another for TM.
Hey! Not a bad analogy, eh? I'm going to give myself a smiley.
Oh, and hear's another for TM.
"If you look to me for illumination, you better have a flashlight!"
A norwegian cartoon strip writer once put it awesomely;
"Imagine man put next to a woman. It is similar to putting a tricycle next to a space shuttle, a simple design next to an infinitely complex construction."
Oh well, at least we have the teddybear-factor going for us. (You know... "Ohhhh, but he's soooo cuuuuuute...")
If women rid themselves of the ability to feel that however, we're doomed.
-Fred
"Imagine man put next to a woman. It is similar to putting a tricycle next to a space shuttle, a simple design next to an infinitely complex construction."
Oh well, at least we have the teddybear-factor going for us. (You know... "Ohhhh, but he's soooo cuuuuuute...")
If women rid themselves of the ability to feel that however, we're doomed.
-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
In moments of frustration with the 'fairer sex', one of my friends likes to say about women, "If it weren't for sex, there'd be a bounty on 'em."
I don't know about that, but I think that if women lost the ability to have babies, or if technology was developed that could replace a woman's role in birth, women might have reason to be afraid.
I don't think I would like that world much either.
There are many, many good reasons why God gave us *two* sexes. A world with only women or a world with only men would both suck.
I don't know about that, but I think that if women lost the ability to have babies, or if technology was developed that could replace a woman's role in birth, women might have reason to be afraid.
I don't think I would like that world much either.
There are many, many good reasons why God gave us *two* sexes. A world with only women or a world with only men would both suck.
That's a pretty crappy and mean thing to say Dr. Paul.DrPaul wrote:In moments of frustration with the 'fairer sex', one of my friends likes to say about women, "If it weren't for sex, there'd be a bounty on 'em."
I don't know about that, but I think that if women lost the ability to have babies, or if technology was developed that could replace a woman's role in birth, women might have reason to be afraid.