You know, I think there's a reason why the initials of "Blanket Statement" are B.S.

I was looking at a thread -- one in an ongoing series of millions -- in which the original post was thematically constructed around the idea that all women are the same.

Well, if we get past the really obvious atuff, like all women breathe oxygen, and all women have DNA, and all women own too many shoes, then I suppose you could say that there are some areas where a blanket statement could apply.

But -- these "nice guys," these unfortunate victims of feminine wiles, these repetitive repeaters who endlessly drone on and on about how there are NO good women in the world (without, I might add, making the prerequisite SURVEY of every woman in the world to CONFIRM their suspicions) -- these people are totally off the mark.

Because, if you examine the reality -- the actual women on this very site, to choose a convenient (and potentially inflammatory) venue -- well, I have NEVER seen a more diverse group in my life.

Here we have women of all types -- all varieties of heights and weights and ages and races and beliefs and religions and marital statuseses, from all kinds of places, doing all kinds of work, buying all kinds of shoes (albeit too many), driving different cars, reading different books, watching different shows on TV --

"All women," indeed. I will thank you, cranky gentlemen, not to bother me with this insidious inaccuracy again!

To claim that all women are the same is, as Winston Churchill once described a lie, a "terminological inexactitude."

In fact, the ONLY, all-inclusive, all-encompassing thing I can think to say about women, in general, is this -- they are all incompatible with me.

As Linus from the Peanuts comic strip could tell you -- we're all entitled to ONE blanket...!!

****in' A, Lexy!!!

How do you know I own to many pairs of shoes.. Have you been lurking in my closet

Yes but will that one blanket keep us all warm

And here I thought you were going to talk about quilts or something. You know if you really wanted to you could have condensed the whole thing down to; "We are all different, yet we are all the same".

I'm a wet blanket

Nah, the longer I make it, the more annoyed people get. Otherwise, what's the point?

I call the bullsh!t card on that one!

But, when do we get the shoes ...

According to the Footwear Research Institute of Valdosta, Georgia, the average man owns three pairs of shoes, while the average woman owns 812, and intends to buy between 58 and 534 pairs this year alone.

These guys know their stuff.

In that case can you elaborate a little?

well written Lex

I probably own the least amount of shoes of anyone here. Just think how bored we'd be if everyone was the same. Whats the fun in that?

I'll be right back, after these messages from Oxi-Clean....

The last time I made a "blanket statement", I was in bed with a girlfriend.........

I need a bigger closet for all them shoes

*sigh* I really need to buy more shoes. I'm told I'm not feminine enough, because I only own 6 pr, and two of them are seasonal (winter boots and hiking boots)

On topic, however, dang straight! The same applies for the blanket "all men suck" threads....I keep wanting to ask where they found the time to date every man on the planet.

Holy Crap!!

I've got some catching up to do

HI, BILLY MAYS HERE FOR OXI-CLEAN! AND NOW, A WORD FROM MY FRIEND, VINCE, FOR SHAMWOW!

See? It's like your computer....suddenly....becomes....a....TV!!

Not everybody can do that. Maybe.