As things stand, there are very few things that women really need men for these days; they need us to have children, they need us to blame for everything, and they need us to remove spiders from the bath. That's it, I think.
Now there's the prospect that they won't need us for the first of these in the future - two mothers, no father. So, let's hope that science doesn't come up with replacements for us on the other two fronts, eh?
Posted to Science and technology by Simon Brunning at April 22, 2004 02:19 PMNo, no - I won't have that! That's not right at all...
There's changing light-bulbs I can't reach, unblocking drains, and fiddling with the video recorder. Although I suppose I could always get a chair, buy some really long rubber gloves, and read the manual...
Posted by: Tracey on April 22, 2004 02:28 PMAh, spiders! Now that we have two kids (and a pigeon pair at that), sometimes I feel that Spider Removal Services is my only remaining vital contribution to my marriage... oh, and then there's that old fashioned notion about being the breadwinner too.
Posted by: Keith Pitty on April 22, 2004 03:50 PMVacuum cleaners are handy for spider removal, so I guess there's just the blaming.
I guess men will just have to work at making women want them around instead of women needing them around ;)
Posted by: Melissa on April 22, 2004 04:31 PMI never got the hang of that one, Melissa, and I think I never will.
Posted by: Simon Brunning on April 22, 2004 04:38 PM