It's a man's world

[dalesys]

...three guys were standing watching around while the gal was up and leaning in the engine compartment, feet in the air, tinkering with whatever under the hood.

They wuz watchin' ... bunz.

[bhskittykatt]

I'm reminded of the time I was at my parents' house, my car's hood lifted and me bent over the compartment. All I was doing was changing the headlight bulb but I had no less than three men (one of whom was my pastor at the time) slow down and ask if I needed help.

This reminds me of a time when I was driving down a multi-lane road and there was a truck stalled in the middle lane. There were three guys and one gal there. The three guys were standing watching around while the gal was up and leaning in the engine compartment, feet in the air, tinkering with whatever under the hood.

[KuariKaydrith]

Jeezus H. Frog. That sort of mentality is just bullshit these days. I know several guys who don't know how to check their fluid levels in their cars, let along even top those fluids off - one freaked out when I stopped for gas while driving his van for him one day and checked and filled anything that needed it. He thought that only a mechanic could do any of that. What sheltered lives some people lead, I swear. And I know how to use more tools than my dad does - he's got doubles and triples of things he's got no idea what they're used for, and when I try to show him he just brushes me off...even though I've used most of them at job sites in the past, and he really has no use for but has to have them because it's a 'guy thing'.

*sigh*

[mathnerd]

(Never mind the fact that I can also change my own oil, brakes, fuel/oil/air filters, and successfully diagnosed and fixed an airflow issue with my car that I was told by a mechanic friend that most mechanics would overlook. So yes, a light bulb is definitely not a problem for me.)

I do most of my own work. There's a repair that needs to be done right now that I'm going to have to get help with, not because I can't do the work, but because I lack a particular piece of equipment and a flat place to work. The piece of equipment is NOT a piece of my anatomy. I need and engine jack. The rear main seal has a leak, and to get to it I have to lift the engine out and partially drop the transmission. We keep planning on going to bf's BIL's house to do it, but that involves a six hour drive. BIL is a mechanic and has generously offered me the use of his garage and tools. This is the kind of help I appreciate! (Also, the time he decided to buy the parts I needed to do something else, because it needed to be done and I was putting it off because I didn't have the money. He called the parts store near me that I prefer and paid for them over the phone so I could pick them up. That was also appreciated.)

[Kaylyn]

I'm reminded of the time I was at my parents' house, my car's hood lifted and me bent over the compartment. All I was doing was changing the headlight bulb but I had no less than three men (one of whom was my pastor at the time) slow down and ask if I needed help. Thank you but I *can* change a light bulb!

(Never mind the fact that I can also change my own oil, brakes, fuel/oil/air filters, and successfully diagnosed and fixed an airflow issue with my car that I was told by a mechanic friend that most mechanics would overlook. So yes, a light bulb is definitely not a problem for me.)

[bhskittykatt]

It would've blown this guy's mind the first time my husband and I went to a gas station here in town; Hubs had just moved from Oregon where you can't pump your own gas and, after making some initial smart-ass macho-man comment, had to sheepishly ask me to get out and show him how to use the pump.

[raudf]

I'm afraid I'd have handed off the pumping to a family member and gone to look at the guy who made the comment. I'd have then said loudly, "I don't see you using your dick to fill the tank! What's the matter? Not big enough or were you premature?"

I took after my mom. If it's a comment about something we are doing, it's a pretty safe bet that they aren't using their penis to do it either. If they are.. that's a whole other issue.

[Racket_Man]

I'm a woman and I just crossed my legs. Poor cat!

Not a pleasant site to watch, BUT he did "respect" her a lot better from then on.

Another female of ours (years later) got pissed off at one of her male offspring and did a smackdown on him, bit him and took a small notch out of his ear.

[greek_jester]

I hate to say this but I have watched this. Years ago One of our female cats got pissed off at one of our young male cats. She did a smack down/takedown on him and drug him around the room ^^^^ that way.

I'm a woman and I just crossed my legs. Poor cat!

[Racket_Man]

We can drag the guys by the balls.

:

I hate to say this but I have watched this. Years ago One of our female cats got pissed off at one of our young male cats. She did a smack down/takedown on him and drug him around the room ^^^^ that way.

[XCashier]

"Get your husband to do that for you".

"Well, my husband's not here, how about your husband?"

[MoonCat]

"Oh, no, I couldn't. He just had his nails done."

[EricKei]

Get your husband to do that for you".

This is when you look him dead in the eye, do an "involuntary" shiver, and say "We don't let him pump gas anymore. Not since the incident at the Shell station back in '93..." *look around* "It's best you not bring that up with him. Sets him off somethin' fierce."

Then slowly turn back to what you were doing and ignore him thereafter.

[cindybubbles]

My mom was filling up her gas tank yesterday, and I heard a man across from her say "Get your husband to do that for you". Geez, idiot, thanks for reinforcing the stereotype that it's a man's world when it comes to cars.

Why couldn't he offer to do that himself? Oh yeah, it's because he's a coward who'd get a butt-kicking if he did!

[mathnerd]

I've killed several small countries with my ass gas.

My boyfriend can attest to the power of my farts. I'm pretty sure he's achieved sainthood several times over for not kicking me out of the bedroom after I've eaten anything involving beans or vegetables.