Deja Q
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:14 AM
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If men could have periods, what would it be like? |
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:16 AM
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1. Just take a good look at * |
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He's been on the rag since puberty...
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:17 AM
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:18 AM
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3. i don't know what it would be like for men |
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But I can guess what it would be like for men's restrooms.
Now I'm off to eat breakfast...
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Tue Sep-09-03 08:20 PM
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44. Kathy and Mo did a hilarious skit about it. If men had periods... |
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...menstruation would be about the most awesome event on the planet. And it would be all about tampon sizes. Only real men would use super size Tampax.
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:22 AM
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Pads, tampons, midol, and birth control pills would be fully covered by health insurance and employees would get 5 paid "personal days" each month.
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Tue Sep-09-03 10:23 AM
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look at our underwear NOW... On second thought... don't. I don't think any of us men would wear a pad, but you can bet you ass there'd be a lot more guys wearing red jeans to work everyday.
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:23 AM
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5. We'd all get a week off work a month!!!! |
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:24 AM
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6. Just think...lots of moaning and groaning and cold compresses |
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sick days, demands for breakfast in bed, laying on the couch for days, gnashing of teeth, woe is me, don't you feel sorry for me, I need comfort..more comfort...no more comfort.
Then when it's over total denial of being a demanding crybaby! :bounce:
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:29 AM
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:29 AM
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If men had periods, maybe a woman could finally be president. Let's just hope it's a liberal woman, not some Thatcher.
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:33 AM
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9. It's been suggested that men get kicked in the balls every 30 days |
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Then you'd hear grown men complaining and crying about their "monthly friend".
Not to mention afterward.
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:37 AM
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10. Why did you ask this with your sig flashing "Don't Panic"???? |
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I like what Robin Williams said about if a woman was Pres.
Every 28 days, very INTENSE negotiations.
He also said the President of France would be calling, saying "Why are you bombing us?" and the American Pres would be "Oh, YOU KNOW WHY!"
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:43 AM
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11. It would be seen as a sign of strength rather than weakness |
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I have heard arguements, even recently, that women are less able to do things physically and mentally because they go through a weakening hormonal transformation every month. If men went through this, it would be seen as a sign that men were strong. They would brag about it as proof that they could handle pain and endure bleeding and handle PMS. That is how it would be if they didn't take the alternative philisophy and have sick days off every month.
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:48 PM
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I don't know about that - |
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I notice I'm a lot more productive - almost to the point of overworking myself - during that time of the month because hard work helps create the endorphins that ease the pain and make the "period" go by quicker.
But I guess since I also work in a man's field, working harder than everyone else around me is considered normal.
Weakening? heh. I'm hell on wheels then. Maybe just a touch more emotional - in all ways, not just weepy and bitchy, but more sensual, more compassionate.
If not for the bloating and that painful "crampy-scratchy-burning-pressing against the kidneys" feeling I get between doses of vitamin C and Cranberry Juice, I wouldn't mind having a longer period. I'd get more done.
Haele
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Sun Sep-07-03 03:55 PM
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23. I can just picture them bragging! Arnold would say -- |
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"I bleed profusely - like a man! The other men are afraid to show their stains in front of the other men, they bleed so little!"
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:48 PM
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12. They would crave chocolate |
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:53 PM
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13. Every 28 days..."I'm bleeding!!! Do you think it's cancer???" |
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Mon Sep-08-03 09:55 AM
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:10 PM
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14. ROTFLMAO!! This was a hilarious thread!!! |
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My fav that had me spitting my coffee was:
i don't know what it would be like for men
But I can guess what it would be like for men's restrooms
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:38 PM
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15. like any of us would live to tell about it |
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picture Cokehead during a cycle.
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:40 PM
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Just be grateful you won't find out.
*mutters under ger breath* lucky bastards... :evilgrin:
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Sun Sep-07-03 03:29 PM
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22. at least you dont have to register for the draft! |
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lol I am just playing around on most things in life girls have it tougher than guys but we have to register for the draft (challenging so yeah) lol I cant be drafted with my heart condition though.
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Sun Sep-07-03 02:10 PM
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17. I think employers would allow two sick days a month instead of one. |
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Sun Sep-07-03 03:11 PM
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18. there would be competitions |
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who has the worst cramps - bloodiest tampons - biggest clots...:evilgrin:
Imagine the products - Guydol, manpons, manipads, manipads with wings!!
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Tue Sep-09-03 10:27 AM
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37. and the specialty pads for the hobbyists... |
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manipads of the Luftwaffa... Absorb more today with the ME-109 shaped Manipad, having a really heavy day? Try the Stuka! As seen on Discovery Wings. Save your box tops to collect authentic scale models of WW2 German aircraft.
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Tue Sep-09-03 06:43 PM
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wicked funny, BigMcLargehuge!!
Of course we want to be careful with the Fokkers.....:evilgrin:
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Sun Sep-07-03 03:23 PM
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no more men on the planet. They'd all whine themselves to death in the first 38 days.
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Sun Sep-07-03 03:24 PM
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20. One more thing for my wife to bitch about when she |
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washes my underwear. :evilgrin:
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Sun Sep-07-03 03:26 PM
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21. They would get drunk and pick fights |
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Sun Sep-07-03 04:12 PM
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24. Men would have five days off per month |
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Sun Sep-07-03 04:37 PM
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25. Tampons Would Cost $2.00 a Box |
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And would have 2x the absorbancy w/out TSS.
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Mon Sep-08-03 09:00 AM
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26. They would be less interested in women... |
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because what's good for the goose...women would be going bald, and looking like Sigorney Weaver in Alien3, Sinead O'Connor, and Uncle Fester.:evilgrin:
At least a period goes away!
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Mon Sep-08-03 09:13 AM
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27. THEY WOULD HAVE CONTESTS |
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Edited on Mon Sep-08-03 09:14 AM by Skittles
longest, lightest, most pain, etc. These would be a WEEKLY FEATURE ON ESPN.
The theory would be that PERIODS GIVE YOU SUPERIOR BRAIN POWER AND REASONING ABILITIES.
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Mon Sep-08-03 09:42 AM
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Mon Sep-08-03 10:40 AM
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31. lots of serial killings |
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Mon Sep-08-03 10:44 AM
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Edited on Mon Sep-08-03 10:44 AM by northzax
we'd have figured out a "cure" by now.
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Mon Sep-08-03 01:45 PM
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33. Stayfrees would have pinstripes. |
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The "Hygiene" aisle would have a lot less pastel colors and more navy blue and burgandy colored packages.
Instead of Regular and Super and Super Plus absorbancies the tampons would be marketed as how many CC's they hold. Men would sit around in garages and say stuff like, "So how mancy CC's you run thru that thing, Harry?" "Well, Joe, I'm running a 44cc right now but..."
And I HATE to think about what the applicators would look like. I'm thinking Chrome and Leather... :) There'd be a whole new market to mechanize the whole thing. (Remember--men invented the Epilady, and any mind that would invent a machine to rip out body hair is gonna do some strange stuff when it comes to hygiene products.)
Laura
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Tue Sep-09-03 09:42 AM
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34. Of course, the question is irrelevant... |
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because...
We're MEN!
Oh' well too bad. Oh; so solly! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Tue Sep-09-03 10:19 AM
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...on pads and tampons. Some states charge tax because it's not a necessity. Um, yeah, whatever...
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Tue Sep-09-03 11:47 AM
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38. Don't they have periods? Periods of being extremely moody, naggy and |
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malcontent? The exact same obnoxious behavior they accuse us of having during PMS?
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Tue Sep-09-03 11:53 AM
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39. Civilization would have been destroyed |
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the second they figured out how to make ICBM's.
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Tue Sep-09-03 12:07 PM
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40. Gloria Steinem wrote an article about this over a decade ago. |
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You can read it in "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions," a compilation of her essays and articles. Yes, the Playboy bunny gig is in there, as is the article on Marilyn Monroe. There's even an attempt to interview Pat Nixon!
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Tue Sep-09-03 06:29 PM
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41. I liked what Margaret Cho said |
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"you know they'd never have protection with them, never. 'Got any tampaxes in your truck, man?' They'd be using dirty gym socks."
Right now, most of the men I know act like they have PMS three hundred and sixty-five goddam days of the year, anyway.
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Tue Sep-09-03 06:45 PM
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43. They'd have paid time off work |
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Tue Sep-09-03 08:47 PM
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46. THEY'D GET PAID MORE, PERIOD |
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HEY - WAS THAT A PUN ?????
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Tue Sep-09-03 08:32 PM
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45. if they have the periods! |
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please i don't want to be near of one! If we ladys are such a bitches on that time, imagine a man in that time!!! if they are already with that temper i don't want to be near of one!
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