"As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing.
"What has happened?" the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby-carriage along the sidewalk.
"Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well," replied the man; "and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City."
"Hm!" said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. "If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?"
"I really do not know," replied the man, with a deep sigh. "Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.""
- L. Frank Baum, "The Land of Oz"
Monday, March 12, 2007
I went over to classmates.com to see if I could hunt down an old buddy from high school. We lost touch in the years after I moved out of state.
The website told me I could view his Q&A, a short list of answers to the basic catch-up questions for people you haven't seen in a while, if I did my own Q&A. It turns out I had already done one, but it was several years ago, and it needed updating-- for example, on how many kids I've got. So I went to look over the list of my previous answers.
Among the questions was this:
Q: Your gender:
A: Male
With this option below it:
Edit now
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Comments on "That's Some Powerful Software":
4. GL
- 03/12/2007 3:26 pm CDT
You're the funniest (is that a word?) Thinkling, and you're not even a first teamer. However, the apparition that is Blo is the funniest looking Thinkling, but that's because Blo is the only chick Thinkling.
When will you get your own bio at Thinklings?
8. leslie28
- 03/13/2007 10:32 am CDT
But who is behind that non-corporeal's bio anyway? Mayhaps he is a mini-Alan? GWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yes yes, I know. I have now blasphemed the name of Blo or something, right? ;)
That's hilarious about the bio options, though. It makes you wonder if someone had to lobby them to put it there. Somebody somewhere surely wanted to edit their sex. "Oh, what a world! What a world!"
Did you use the edit button?