Posted by Jock on February 09, 2007 at 09:29:50 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Joke: posted by Prue Eckett on February 08, 2007 at 21:24:30:
I agree that this is how the discussion might break out, but I'm not sure that the different approaches would break out according to gender. Perhaps the thread might develop like this:
Changing a Fitting on Swallow
Not in books, so should not be on TarBoard
Mast replaced in SD, so OK on TarBoard
Mast not fitting, so not OK
Mast contains sheave, so OK
etc
Would Susan want to sail to get supplies to feed crew first?
John's priority would be to make Swallow safe
J-S conflicts not in books
Yes they are
No they are not
Have you actually read the books?
etc
Would John prefer sailing with Nancy?
Does Nancy fancy John?
Attraction between sexes does not appear in books
How about top of Kanchenjunga?
etc
John would outsource this to CF or a boatbuilder (SD & SW)
It was very hard to resist the temptation not to attribute the hypothetical posts to real TarBoarders!