{"id":1980,"date":"2004-01-21T08:46:50","date_gmt":"2004-01-21T12:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/01\/21\/the-rules-according-to-guys\/"},"modified":"2004-01-21T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2004-01-21T12:46:50","slug":"the-rules-according-to-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/01\/21\/the-rules-according-to-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rules According to Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2369'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>We always hear &quot;the rules&quot; from the female side. Now here<br \/>\n        are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note&#8230;these<br \/>\n        are all numbered &quot;1&quot; ON PURPOSE!<\/p>\n<p>      1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You&#8217;re a big girl. If it&#8217;s up, put it<br \/>\n      down. We need it up, you need it down. You don&#8217;t hear us complaining about<br \/>\n      you leaving it down.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Sunday = sports. It&#8217;s like the full moon or the changing of the tides.<br \/>\n      Let it be.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that<br \/>\n      way.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Crying is blackmail.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do<br \/>\n      not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say<br \/>\n      it!<\/p>\n<p>      1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That&#8217;s what<br \/>\n      we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.<\/p>\n<p>      1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact,<br \/>\n      all comments become null and void after 7 days.<\/p>\n<p>      1. If you won&#8217;t dress like the Victoria&#8217;s Secret girls, don&#8217;t expect us<br \/>\n      to act like soap opera guys.<\/p>\n<p>      1. If you think you&#8217;re fat, you probably are. Don&#8217;t ask us.<\/p>\n<p>      1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways<br \/>\n      makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.<\/p>\n<p>      1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done.<br \/>\n      Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.<\/p>\n<p>      1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach,<br \/>\n      for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have<br \/>\n      no idea what mauve is.<\/p>\n<p>      1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.<\/p>\n<p>      1. If we ask what is wrong and you say &quot;nothing,&quot; we will act<br \/>\n      like nothing&#8217;s wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the<br \/>\n      hassle.<\/p>\n<p>      1. If you ask a question you don&#8217;t want an answer to, expect an answer<br \/>\n      you don&#8217;t want to hear.<\/p>\n<p>      1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine&#8230;Really.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Don&#8217;t ask us what we&#8217;re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss<br \/>\n      such topics as snack foods, the shotgun formation, or other women.<\/p>\n<p>      1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.<\/p>\n<p>      1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch<br \/>\n      tonight, but did you know men really don&#8217;t mind that, it&#8217;s like camping<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertwade.com\/funnies\/guysrules.shtml\">RobertWade.com<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We always hear &quot;the rules&quot; from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note&#8230;these are all numbered &quot;1&quot; ON PURPOSE! 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. 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