Theirs was a peculiar relationship -- traditional in many ways, some would even say a bit chauvinistic. Despite all of their progressive talk, she still walked behind him if they walked from their home to the marketplace near the heart of Baghdad, Iraq. In fact, as time went on, she walked even further behind him, more like 20 paces than 5.
Yet she claimed it was not male dominance that precipitated this change, but rather all of the land mines.
In earlier times before the war while he was courting her, they used to go dancing at least once a week. But now things were different. He was more sullen as the protracted war dragged on.
She begged him to take her dancing, just like the old secular days before the religious zealots had intervened. But he adamantly refused -- with no reason given. How could he? There really wasn't any justified explanation. He didn't have a leg to stand on.
But now after the explosion, and being rushed to the hospital, and having most of the shrapnel removed, as well as both of his legs from the knees down, he finally had a justifiable reason for not dancing: he didn't have a leg to stand on.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Response on Facebook to "What Is Red Green?" (abridged)
In a series of comments on Facebook, my dear sweet, though obviously non-worldly friend, Suzi asked: "and, what is Red Green?"
Obviously, her question -- open for all of the world to see, needed to be answered.
My response:
OMG!!!!!!! What???? "What is Red Green"?????
First of all: WHO is Red Green?
Why, he is the owner of Possum Lodge, and is a staple of most fine PBS stations with their weekly import from Canada.... ......
Basically, Red can fix anything with duct tape, e.g. changing flat tires -- even if the lug nuts are rusted. All you do is just duct tape the spare tire to the flat one and then it is guaranteed to hold for at least 100 yards, actually 100 meters -- you know, Canadian metric system, eh? .... , or you can make your own DeLorean car door that opens by raising up instead of swinging sideways with a little help using a garage-door opener and more duct tape.
Essentially, Tim Allen's Tool Time is the woman's perspective of what men with tools are, whereas Red Green and his junkyard and duct tape is a man's version of what men with tools are....
The true sign of understanding this difference can be detected by watching the difference in re-action when a husband and wife watch their first episode of Red Green together (which can be checked out from your local public library if needed!!!) As Red is explaining how to duct tape whatever his latest project is -- the man can be seen nodding his head up and down saying un-huh, while at the same time, the wife is shaking her head sideways muttering, "I don't get it!!"
And it's true, women don't. When a woman gives her husband a chore to do from the honey do list, she expects things like that when he is done, it will: 1) work, 2) look good, 3) not need to be re-visited over and over, 4) not require the purchase of several hundred dollars of new tools, and 5) not take 6 months to complete a 2-hour project, especially when it requires leaving all of the tools out "until I can get the project finished -- as soon as I possibly can ... this next weekend, I promise ..."
But lest you fear that Red Green only deals with home fix-it projects, the show also does manly poetry and singing, re-citing the "man prayer", doing the word game where you try to get men to say words like: quiche, etc., and answer man-questions like how to answer your wife if she asks the husband if her new pants make her look fat, as well as other timely issues like how to try to get rid of your nerdy nephew who is totally unable to cope with the concept of dating or even mentioning women in any shape, way or form ....
And all of that packed into a mere half-hour session, though of course, since it is PBS, it is a full, 100% half hour -- not diluted with 8 minutes of commercials -- though of course, if you did feel the need to buy something, you could always go to their website and purchase Possum Lodge souvenirs and of course, duct tape....
Need I say anything more??
P.S. Would you care to see my picture of Red and me together when he visited the PBS station in Seattle 7 years ago??
It is one of my most cherished possessions -- if I can find where I put it when I packed to move back to Idaho. But I know it's here somewhere -- right along with my extra duct tape.
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Obviously, her question -- open for all of the world to see, needed to be answered.
My response:
OMG!!!!!!! What???? "What is Red Green"?????
First of all: WHO is Red Green?
Why, he is the owner of Possum Lodge, and is a staple of most fine PBS stations with their weekly import from Canada.... ......
Basically, Red can fix anything with duct tape, e.g. changing flat tires -- even if the lug nuts are rusted. All you do is just duct tape the spare tire to the flat one and then it is guaranteed to hold for at least 100 yards, actually 100 meters -- you know, Canadian metric system, eh? .... , or you can make your own DeLorean car door that opens by raising up instead of swinging sideways with a little help using a garage-door opener and more duct tape.
Essentially, Tim Allen's Tool Time is the woman's perspective of what men with tools are, whereas Red Green and his junkyard and duct tape is a man's version of what men with tools are....
The true sign of understanding this difference can be detected by watching the difference in re-action when a husband and wife watch their first episode of Red Green together (which can be checked out from your local public library if needed!!!) As Red is explaining how to duct tape whatever his latest project is -- the man can be seen nodding his head up and down saying un-huh, while at the same time, the wife is shaking her head sideways muttering, "I don't get it!!"
And it's true, women don't. When a woman gives her husband a chore to do from the honey do list, she expects things like that when he is done, it will: 1) work, 2) look good, 3) not need to be re-visited over and over, 4) not require the purchase of several hundred dollars of new tools, and 5) not take 6 months to complete a 2-hour project, especially when it requires leaving all of the tools out "until I can get the project finished -- as soon as I possibly can ... this next weekend, I promise ..."
But lest you fear that Red Green only deals with home fix-it projects, the show also does manly poetry and singing, re-citing the "man prayer", doing the word game where you try to get men to say words like: quiche, etc., and answer man-questions like how to answer your wife if she asks the husband if her new pants make her look fat, as well as other timely issues like how to try to get rid of your nerdy nephew who is totally unable to cope with the concept of dating or even mentioning women in any shape, way or form ....
And all of that packed into a mere half-hour session, though of course, since it is PBS, it is a full, 100% half hour -- not diluted with 8 minutes of commercials -- though of course, if you did feel the need to buy something, you could always go to their website and purchase Possum Lodge souvenirs and of course, duct tape....
Need I say anything more??
P.S. Would you care to see my picture of Red and me together when he visited the PBS station in Seattle 7 years ago??
It is one of my most cherished possessions -- if I can find where I put it when I packed to move back to Idaho. But I know it's here somewhere -- right along with my extra duct tape.
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Red Green on Facebook (unabridged version)
Kim:
Only 9 more days till Red Green is in town!! I practically have to duct tape myself to my chair, I am so giddy with excitement. I might just run out of tape ...
Fortunately, I am planning to buy a whole case of duct tape, so that I can make furniture, fix car parts, or any other ideas Red gives us at his performance May 1st at the Egyptian Theater!!
April 22 at 2:42pm · Comment · Like/Unlike
Deborah likes this.
Kim:
Oh did I forget to mention, the performance is all for a good cause, funding PBS (KAID) in its efforts to show the Red Green Show and other equally highly sophisticated programs!
April 22 at 2:44pm
Kim:
Cool, I just discovered that a person could comment on their own comments ...
April 22 at 2:45pm
Kim:
... and then I suppose comment on those comments that commented on my previous comments ...
April 22 at 2:45pm
Kim:
It's almost like having a discussion with myself ....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Or argument with myself ...
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
No, it's not ....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Yes, it is .....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Fine, then I am going to stop talking to you ....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Good riddance!! Just go away ....
April 22 at 2:47pm
Kim:
Would the two of you stop arguing right now???
April 22 at 2:47pm
Kim:
Now look what you have gone and done!!!
April 22 at 2:47pm
Kim:
Me???? It wasn't me, it was you that got us in trouble!!!
April 22 at 2:48pm
Kim:
And to think some people get emails sent every time there is a comment made -- just imagine how many emails could be piling up in emails accounts all around the country -- back logged, piling up, just like volcanic-prone European airports ....
April 22 at 2:51pm
Nice Niece Sarah:
o dear-- **shakes head**
April 22 at 5:18pm
Annie, the Wonder Wife:
Oh, good grief! Slow day at school??? Or just your multiple personalities asserting themselves??
April 22 at 5:19pm
Favorite Daughter, Hillary:
I think you should duct tape your keyboard...
April 22 at 6:18pm
Friend Suzi:
where did you find him Annie? But then you are pretty hilarious too!:) You 2 are my comic relief!
April 22 at 6:46pm
Friend Suzi:
and, what is Red Green?
April 22 at 7:40pm
Kim:
OMG!!!!!!! What???? "What is Red Green"?????
First of all: WHO is Red Green?
Why, he is the owner of Possum Lodge, and is a staple of most fine PBS stations with their weekly import from Canada.... ......
Basically, Red can fix anything with duct tape, e.g. changing flat tires -- even if the lug nuts are rusted. All you do is just duct tape the spare tire to the flat one and then it is guaranteed to hold for at least 100 yards, actually 100 meters -- you know, Canadian metric system, eh? .... , or you can make your own DeLorean car door that opens by raising up instead of swinging sideways with a little help using a garage-door opener and more duct tape.
Essentially, Tim Allen's Tool Time is the woman's perspective of what men with tools are, whereas Red Green and his junkyard and duct tape is a man's version of what men with tools are....
The true sign of understanding this difference can be detected by watching the difference in re-action when a husband and wife watch their first episode of Red Green together (which can be checked out from your local public library if needed!!!) As Red is explaining how to duct tape whatever his latest project is -- the man can be seen nodding his head up and down saying un-huh, while at the same time, the wife is shaking her head sideways muttering, "I don't get it!!"
And it's true, women don't. When a woman gives her husband a chore to do from the honey do list, she expects things like that when he is done, it will: 1) work, 2) look good, 3) not need to be re-visited over and over, 4) not require the purchase of several hundred dollars of new tools, and 5) not take 6 months to complete a 2-hour project, especially when it requires leaving all of the tools out "until I can get the project finished -- as soon as I possibly can ... this next weekend, I promise ..."
But lest you fear that Red Green only deals with home fix-it projects, the show also does manly poetry and singing, re-citing the "man prayer", doing the word game where you try to get men to say words like: quiche, etc., and answer man-questions like how to answer your wife if she asks the husband if her new pants make her look fat, as well as other timely issues like how to try to get rid of your nerdy nephew who is totally unable to cope with the concept of dating or even mentioning women in any shape, way or form ....
And all of that packed into a mere half-hour session, though of course, since it is PBS, it is a full, 100% half hour -- not diluted with 8 minutes of commercials -- though of course, if you did feel the need to buy something, you could always go to their website and purchase Possum Lodge souvenirs and of course, duct tape....
Need I say anything more??
P.S. Would you care to see my picture of Red and me together when he visited the PBS station in Seattle 7 years ago??
It is one of my most cherished possessions -- if I can find where I put it when I packed to move back to Idaho. But I know it's here somewhere -- right along with my extra duct tape.
April 22 at 10:45pm
Annie, the Wonder Wife:
Hillary, you may have a very good point there! And Suzi, you DID ask . . .
April 22 at 11:18pm
Favorite Daughter, Hillary
You're forgetting to talk about the best side-kick/relative to ever grace the PBS airwaves...
Fri at 6:01am
Friend Suzi:
Kim, all I needed was a one sentence explanation. Now I remember you winning debates. I think you need to tape that part of your brain down.:)
Fri at 6:17am
Friend Suzi:
sorry I asked.....
Fri at 6:19am
Kim:
I beg to differ oh daughter of mine. I do believe that I mentioned (and I quote myself): "as well as other timely issues like how to try to get rid of your nerdy nephew who is totally unable to cope with the concept of dating or even mentioning women in any shape, way or form ...."
For I agree, who could ever think of not including good ol' Harold!!!!
Fri at 8:33am
Only 9 more days till Red Green is in town!! I practically have to duct tape myself to my chair, I am so giddy with excitement. I might just run out of tape ...
Fortunately, I am planning to buy a whole case of duct tape, so that I can make furniture, fix car parts, or any other ideas Red gives us at his performance May 1st at the Egyptian Theater!!
April 22 at 2:42pm · Comment · Like/Unlike
Deborah likes this.
Kim:
Oh did I forget to mention, the performance is all for a good cause, funding PBS (KAID) in its efforts to show the Red Green Show and other equally highly sophisticated programs!
April 22 at 2:44pm
Kim:
Cool, I just discovered that a person could comment on their own comments ...
April 22 at 2:45pm
Kim:
... and then I suppose comment on those comments that commented on my previous comments ...
April 22 at 2:45pm
Kim:
It's almost like having a discussion with myself ....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Or argument with myself ...
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
No, it's not ....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Yes, it is .....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Fine, then I am going to stop talking to you ....
April 22 at 2:46pm
Kim:
Good riddance!! Just go away ....
April 22 at 2:47pm
Kim:
Would the two of you stop arguing right now???
April 22 at 2:47pm
Kim:
Now look what you have gone and done!!!
April 22 at 2:47pm
Kim:
Me???? It wasn't me, it was you that got us in trouble!!!
April 22 at 2:48pm
Kim:
And to think some people get emails sent every time there is a comment made -- just imagine how many emails could be piling up in emails accounts all around the country -- back logged, piling up, just like volcanic-prone European airports ....
April 22 at 2:51pm
Nice Niece Sarah:
o dear-- **shakes head**
April 22 at 5:18pm
Annie, the Wonder Wife:
Oh, good grief! Slow day at school??? Or just your multiple personalities asserting themselves??
April 22 at 5:19pm
Favorite Daughter, Hillary:
I think you should duct tape your keyboard...
April 22 at 6:18pm
Friend Suzi:
where did you find him Annie? But then you are pretty hilarious too!:) You 2 are my comic relief!
April 22 at 6:46pm
Friend Suzi:
and, what is Red Green?
April 22 at 7:40pm
Kim:
OMG!!!!!!! What???? "What is Red Green"?????
First of all: WHO is Red Green?
Why, he is the owner of Possum Lodge, and is a staple of most fine PBS stations with their weekly import from Canada.... ......
Basically, Red can fix anything with duct tape, e.g. changing flat tires -- even if the lug nuts are rusted. All you do is just duct tape the spare tire to the flat one and then it is guaranteed to hold for at least 100 yards, actually 100 meters -- you know, Canadian metric system, eh? .... , or you can make your own DeLorean car door that opens by raising up instead of swinging sideways with a little help using a garage-door opener and more duct tape.
Essentially, Tim Allen's Tool Time is the woman's perspective of what men with tools are, whereas Red Green and his junkyard and duct tape is a man's version of what men with tools are....
The true sign of understanding this difference can be detected by watching the difference in re-action when a husband and wife watch their first episode of Red Green together (which can be checked out from your local public library if needed!!!) As Red is explaining how to duct tape whatever his latest project is -- the man can be seen nodding his head up and down saying un-huh, while at the same time, the wife is shaking her head sideways muttering, "I don't get it!!"
And it's true, women don't. When a woman gives her husband a chore to do from the honey do list, she expects things like that when he is done, it will: 1) work, 2) look good, 3) not need to be re-visited over and over, 4) not require the purchase of several hundred dollars of new tools, and 5) not take 6 months to complete a 2-hour project, especially when it requires leaving all of the tools out "until I can get the project finished -- as soon as I possibly can ... this next weekend, I promise ..."
But lest you fear that Red Green only deals with home fix-it projects, the show also does manly poetry and singing, re-citing the "man prayer", doing the word game where you try to get men to say words like: quiche, etc., and answer man-questions like how to answer your wife if she asks the husband if her new pants make her look fat, as well as other timely issues like how to try to get rid of your nerdy nephew who is totally unable to cope with the concept of dating or even mentioning women in any shape, way or form ....
And all of that packed into a mere half-hour session, though of course, since it is PBS, it is a full, 100% half hour -- not diluted with 8 minutes of commercials -- though of course, if you did feel the need to buy something, you could always go to their website and purchase Possum Lodge souvenirs and of course, duct tape....
Need I say anything more??
P.S. Would you care to see my picture of Red and me together when he visited the PBS station in Seattle 7 years ago??
It is one of my most cherished possessions -- if I can find where I put it when I packed to move back to Idaho. But I know it's here somewhere -- right along with my extra duct tape.
April 22 at 10:45pm
Annie, the Wonder Wife:
Hillary, you may have a very good point there! And Suzi, you DID ask . . .
April 22 at 11:18pm
Favorite Daughter, Hillary
You're forgetting to talk about the best side-kick/relative to ever grace the PBS airwaves...
Fri at 6:01am
Friend Suzi:
Kim, all I needed was a one sentence explanation. Now I remember you winning debates. I think you need to tape that part of your brain down.:)
Fri at 6:17am
Friend Suzi:
sorry I asked.....
Fri at 6:19am
Kim:
I beg to differ oh daughter of mine. I do believe that I mentioned (and I quote myself): "as well as other timely issues like how to try to get rid of your nerdy nephew who is totally unable to cope with the concept of dating or even mentioning women in any shape, way or form ...."
For I agree, who could ever think of not including good ol' Harold!!!!
Fri at 8:33am
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