From: petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: The real reason women don't post
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:31:34 GMT

stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone) writes:

>Oh, so you think women can't do without us, eh?  Well guess again,
>chumly---women are equally capable of going gay, using their hands,
>or any conveniently-sized member of the vegetable kingdom; further,
>if *this* is the way YOU treat/talk down to women, then it's no
>surprise that they'd rather have a cucumber or another woman than you.

 Sorry, but this inspired me to re-post a classic list---why cucumbers are
better than men (if anyone has ones comparing women to inanimate objects,
please send them to me---I want to have a 'matched set' :&) ):

                101 WAYS WHY WOMEN PREFER CUCUMBERS TO MEN


1.   The average cucumber is at least 6 inches long. 

2.   Cucumbers stay hard for a week. 

3.   Cucumbers won't tell you size doesn't count. 

4.   Cucumbers don't get too excited. 

5.   Cucumbers never suffer from performance anxiety. 

6.   Cucumbers are easy to pick up. 

7.   You can fondle a cucumber in a supermarket.... and you know how firm it is
     before you take it home. 

8.   Cucumbers can get away any weekend. 

9.   With a cucumber you can get a single room.... and you won't have to
     check-in as Mrs. Cucumber. 

10.  A cucumber will always respect you in the morning. 

11.  You can go to a movie with a cucumber.... and see the movie. 

12.  You can go to a drive-in with a cucumber.... and you can stay in the front
     seat. 

13.  With a cucumber you can always wait until you get home. 

14.  A cucumber won't eat all the popcorn.... or send you out for Milk Duds. 

15.  A cucumber won't drag you to a John Wayne Film Festival. 

16.  A cucumber won't ask: "Am I the first?". 

17.  A cucumber doesn't care if you're a virgin. 

18.  Cucumbers won't tell other cucumbers you're a virgin. 

19.  Cucumbers won't tell anyone you're not a virgin anymore. 

20.  With a cucumber you don't have to be a virgin more than once. 

21.  Cucumbers can handle rejection. 

22.  Cucumbers won't pout if you have a headache. 

23.  Cucumbers won't care what time of the month it is. 

24.  Cucumbers never want to get it on when your nails are wet. 

25.  Cucumbers won't give it up for Lent. 
26.  With a cucumber you never have to say you're sorry. 

27.  Afterwards, a cucumber won't:
          ...want to shake hands and be friends. 

28.       ...say, "I'll call you a cab". 

29.       ...tell you he's not the marrying kind. 

30.       ...tell you he is the marrying kind. 

31.       ...call his ex-wife or therapist. 

32.       ...take you to confession. 

33.  Cucumbers don't leave you wondering for a month. 

34.  Cucumbers won't make you go to the drugstore. 

35.  Cucumbers won't tell you a vasectomy will ruin it for them. 

36.  A cucumber a day keeps the OB-GYN away. 

37.  A cucumber won't work your crossword with ink. 

38.  A cucumber isn't allergic to your cat. 

39.  With a cucumber you don't have to play Florence Nightingale during the Flu
     season. 

40.  Cucumbers never answer your phone or borrow your car. 

41.  A cucumber won't eat all your food or drink all your liquor. 

42.  A cucumber doesn't turn your bathroom into a library. 

43.  A cucumber won't go through your medicine chest. 

44.  A cucumber doesn't use your toothbrush, roll-on, or hairspray. 

45.  Cucumbers won't leave hair on the sink or a ring in the tub. 

46.  Cucumbers won't write your name and number on the men's room wall. 

47.  Cucumbers don't have sex hangups. 

48.  Cucumbers won't make you wear kinky clothes or go to bed with your boots
     on. 

49.  Cucumbers aren't into rope & leather, talking dirty, or swinging with
     fruits & nuts. 

50.  You can have as many cucumbers as you can handle. 

51.  You can eat cucumbers when you feel like it. 
52.  Cucumbers never need a round of applause. 

53.  Cucumbers won't ask: "Am I the best?  How was it?  Did you come? How many
     times?"

54.  Cucumbers aren't jealous of your Gynecologist, Ski Instructor, or Hair
     Dresser. 

55.  A cucumber won't want to join your sports group. 

56.  A cucumber never wants to improve your mind. 

57.  Cucumbers aren't into meaningful conversations. 

58.  Cucumbers won't ask about your Last Lover.... or speculate about your next
     one. 

59.  A cucumber will never make a scene because there are other cucumbers in the
     refrigerator. 

60.  A cucumber won't mind hiding in the refrigerator when your mother is over. 

61.  No matter how old you are, you can always get a fresh cucumber. 

62.  Cucumbers don't leave whisker burns, fall asleep on your chest, or drool on
     the pillow. 

63.  A cucumber won't give you a hickey. 

64.  Cucumbers can stay up ALL night.... and you won't have to sleep on the wet
     spot. 

65.  Cucumbers don't leave dirty shorts on the floor. 

66.  A cucumber never forgets to flush the toilet. 

67.  A cucumber doesn't flush the toilet while you are taking a shower. 

68.  With a cucumber, the toilet seat is always the way you left it. 

69.  Cucumbers don't compare you to a center fold. 

70.  Cucumbers don't count to 10. 

71.  Cucumbers don't tell you they liked you better with long hair. 

72.  A cucumber will never leave you ... 
          ...for another woman. 

73.       ...for another man. 

74.       ...for another cucumber. 

75.  A cucumber will never call and say "I have to work late, Honey", and then
     come home smelling like another woman. 
76.  A cucumber never snaps your bra, pinches your butt, or gives you a snuggy. 

77.  You always know where a cucumber has been. 

78.  A cucumber never has to call "the wife". 

79.  Cucumbers never have mid-life crises. 

80.  A cucumber won't leave you for a cheerleader or an ex-nun. 

81.  Cucumbers don't play the guitar and try to find themselves. 

82.  You won't find out later that your cucumber ... 
          ...is married. 

83.       ...is on penicillin. 

84.       ...likes you - but loves your brother. 

85.  A cucumber doesn't have softball practice on the day you move. 

86.  Cucumbers never tell you what they did on R&R. 

87.  A cucumber won't ask for a promotion just when you're up for a promotion. 

88.  Cucumbers don't care if you make more money than they do. 

89.  Cucumbers won't wear a leisure suit to your office Christmas party. 

90.  A cucumber won't leave town on New Year's Eve. 

91.  A cucumber won't take you to disco and dump you for a flashy outfit. 

92.  Cucumbers never want to take you home to mom. 

93.  A cucumber doesn't care if you always spent the holidays with your family. 

94.  A cucumber won't ask to be put through Med School. 

95.  A cucumber won't tell you he's outgrown you intellectually. 

96.  Cucumbers never expect you to have little cucumbers. 

97.  Cucumbers don't say "Let's keep trying until we have a boy". 

98.  A cucumber won't insist the little cukes be raised Catholic, Jewish, or
     Orthodox Vegetarian. 

99.  It's easy to drop a cucumber. 

100. A cucumber will never contest a divorce, demand a property settlement, or
     seek custody of anything. 

101. No matter how you slice it, you can have your cuke and eat it too. 

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