logic question...

dalin and i were discussing the work to be done in the garden.. what she
should do, what I should do...

and she mentioned that other women in the neighborhood don't work in the
garden...

so... I inferred that she meant that it is the men who work in the
garden...

but that was the wrong answer...

there's logic, and there's marriage.... :) If I were smarter, I'd write
an instruction manual for husbands... but I'm sure it would have all the
wrong answers.... :)

**Dalin**...

No, I didn't say other women don't work in the garden. I said they
don't seem to take care of the lawn. We were talking about the lawn,
not the garden.

Anne Jackson...

You are quite right, Dalin! In this household I take care of the garden,
_Bill_ looks after the lawn.....it's the only job he can't muck up! ;-)

Chakolate...

Okay, this brings up a language question. Tristan's mummy is from
England, and she refers to the entire yard as 'the garden', encompassing
what Americans refer to as 'the yard' and 'the garden'. IOW, the land
around your home is your garden, according to her. Here we say that
'the garden' is a combination of the flower beds, the vegetable plots,
and the shrubs.

Stan...

Around our home we have a "front yard" and a "back yard". My section of the
"back yard" is referred to as a "beer garden".

So perhaps David and Dalin were only having an across-the-pond
misunderstanding?

My apologies for david bringing our silly argument to the group. I

Anne Jackson...

....but how is he going to take care of the lawn, if you lock him in
the cellar?

david...

chain gang... :) (I think there's a song about that.... )

**Dalin**...

I'll hire it done! By someone tall, dark, and handsome!

think it very unfair of him. Now you know why I have a cellar for
him!

NHunkele...

Many years ago we lived near a couple where the wife had definite ideas
about what was man's work and what was woman's. We used to
deliberately upset her. If we saw her coming down the road, Harry
would run out and pin towels on the clothesline and I would start the
lawn mower and push it around the front yard. LOL
Norma

Jane Benn...

In some advice to his brand new son-in-law, my brother told him that there
were "pink jobs" and "blue jobs", but that he would find, the longer he was
married, that other than breast feeding, they were all blue jobs.

He cooks and cleans, and certainly changed his share of diapers. While his
wife has certainly been known to mow the lawn, no one lets her near a
hammer.

Jean B....

LOL! That must have been great fun. I don't like rigid
guidelines either.

Joy...

LOL! I used to work for a man who referred to "boys' work" and "girls'
work". His kids were in 4-H, and when his wife went with the kids to stay
at the county fair with their animals, he asked me to recommend a restaurant
that serves breakfast. The poor man couldn't even fix his own breakfast!

My husband got home from work an hour before I did. One day my boss asked
if I could work late. I said sure, I'd just have to call home and let them
know I'd be late. He said, "Won't your family be waiting for you to fix
dinner for them?" I responded, "Oh, no. Jim usually has dinner ready by
the time I get home." I thought he was going to choke. ;-) It was true,
too. Jim was a good cook.

Lou...

Proud to say I enjoy cooking.
Our deal was whoever cooked the other person did the dishes.
Always scores immense points when I help a friend clear the table and set up
dishes in the dishwasher.

Phyllis Copp...

first came he was shocked to find out that my husband cooked meals. He said
his father would NEVER cook, that was women's work!! It was quite the
learning experience for him to live with us. ( for all of us)
Phyllis

mmj29...

Sorry you two are having some logic problems but I was looking for something
else when I clicked on it. Thought perhaps you had taken up logic problems
you get in the numerous logic puzzle magazines. That's another thing I want
to get back to after I get unpacked. By that time I'll be lucky if I have

david...

mmj29...

How do you look in those black and white striped "gardening" outfits?

oh, i enjoy those too. whenever we go on vacation, i always take one of
those magazines along... i'm not very fast and usually only get a few done
in a week's vacation, but very relaxing... and i think it's supposed to
keep our brains healthy... :)

any logic left.

**Dalin**...

Lou...

Jeeze you guys could email each other directly or, gasp, talk to each other

Lou
I see said the blind man to his deaf wife!

I'd send you some of mine but david will tell you I haven't any.

Dalin