#1 NEWS ITEM OF THE DAY THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE WORD GOBSMACKED
Men: Heed the warning.
(Thanks to Cheryl Howard)
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It is none of those clots' bloody business.
Posted by: jec666 | April 11, 2007 at 04:35 PM
And so, the Indian gov't continues its quest to correct the image that the world has of it as being awash in red tape.
Posted by: Clean Hands | April 11, 2007 at 04:40 PM
Ladies You'd better be honest. You CERTAINLY don't want to be audited there.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | April 11, 2007 at 04:43 PM
I think the real purpose is to give guys of the male gender knowledge of when to retreat and hide.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | April 11, 2007 at 04:52 PM
'red tape'...now with wings!
Posted by: insomniac | April 11, 2007 at 04:54 PM
Hmmmmm, wings--that gives me an idea on how us girls could use that handy adhesive strip...
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | April 11, 2007 at 05:05 PM
YAY again, Cheryl!
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Posted by: PMSing Siouxie | April 11, 2007 at 05:14 PM
You notice that the first 5 comments were all from MEN?
SILENCE ALL OF YOU!
*herds them all back to the previous thread for whippings and domination*
serious note: This is beyond wrong. It's prurient at best and (gob)smacks of victimization, legalized rape, objectification of women and a perspective of women as property./end serious.
DEATH TO SATYANAND MISHRA!
*lashes him to a VERY splintery rough-hewn wooden post and proceeds to detail his medical history right through his @ss*
Posted by: Mayor Deskdiva | April 11, 2007 at 05:17 PM
I think Sanjaya should write a song about this and record it with the world famous Indian rock band, "The Gobsmacked Women Civil Servants".
Posted by: Queen Siouxie | April 11, 2007 at 05:26 PM
*snork* @ jec!
Could we at least get you gals of the female gender to wear Mood Clothes, you know that change colors to warn us from a distance?
Posted by: CJrun | April 11, 2007 at 05:35 PM
I think our government already has a similar program.
Judging by personal experience, the purpose is to let the government know when to assign women to the DMV.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | April 11, 2007 at 05:43 PM
*bows to the wisdom of Queen Siouxie*
So shall it be!
Posted by: Empress Diva | April 11, 2007 at 05:48 PM
Cj--when a female (for grins--we'll specify; from India) crams the uncompleted form down a male superiors throat--then he'll know she feelin a bit moody. Then I'd guess he'd be welcome to complete the form his self if he wants it filled out so badly.
Posted by: Also PMSing Cheryl Howard | April 11, 2007 at 06:16 PM
ahhh for once i am not sad to be old and decrepit ;)
Posted by: judi | April 11, 2007 at 06:26 PM
I am also gobsmacked, especially since I appear to be the only one to have actually read the form -which appears to ask MEN as well as women for their menstrual history.
NTTAWWT
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 11, 2007 at 06:29 PM
Jeff: Maybe for this guy
http://scienceline.org/2006/09/10/blog-klein-fetus/
Posted by: Also PMSing Cheryl Howard | April 11, 2007 at 07:10 PM
PS Sorry for not direct linking. The bot has issues with me today.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | April 11, 2007 at 07:11 PM
A break, please .....
Posted by: Gob | April 11, 2007 at 07:26 PM
Wrong, this is just wrong. I sentence Satyanand Mishra to six hours of kneeling on the uneven board! And to washing dishes, for that matter!
Posted by: marfie, who feels like smacking some gobs really, really hard | April 11, 2007 at 08:07 PM
BTW, in case you are curious:
Main Entry: gobsmacked
Part of Speech: adj
Definition: flabbergasted, astounded, shocked; also written [gob-smacked]
Etymology: from gob 'mouth' + smacked 'clapping hand over in surprise'
Posted by: marfie | April 11, 2007 at 08:12 PM
*snork* at Gob.
What about us post-menopausal gals? Would we get to be the gobsmackers (which I think I may have been called in the past, NTTAWWT as I remember).
Posted by: ubetcha | April 11, 2007 at 08:13 PM
Wow my first snork. tank you mon.
Posted by: jec666 | April 11, 2007 at 08:22 PM
oh and judi? you are NOT old and decrepit! (perhaps your boss is...but we won't tell him k?) shhhhh!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 11, 2007 at 08:30 PM
You know, I always had the impression that most men really, really didn't want to know anything about menstrual cycles. I remember once when I was in college, and a few of us females were discussing (not too detailed) some stuff, and the guys nearby were just trying not to cringe. We weren't even saying much!
Posted by: Kristina L. | April 11, 2007 at 11:18 PM
I would wait 30 days before handing in that form. And give them a sample so they can run their own detailed tests and get all the information they need, as I'm sure it doesn't get more detailed than that. But that's just me.
Posted by: KOW | April 12, 2007 at 07:43 AM
Strangely, men are not asked to keep track of how often they release sperm.
Why are those records not being kept?!
That could explain a lot of things, eventually...like who is having an affair, who made who pregnant, etc.
Posted by: a person | April 12, 2007 at 01:17 PM