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Wednesday, May 15. 2019

Morning links will be late today


My bike has a flat tire so cannot deliver the subversive news. Yet. In the meantime, George Papadopoulos is an impressive young guy. It's all about spies.




Posted by Bird Dog at 06:53 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Since there are no links I have a question on etiquette for Maggie's readers

My wife occasionally runs around with another married woman who happens to have small children. I do know the woman in question but not very well.

Anyway, after Easter we had an extra sack of jelly beans. The wife's friend came by the house and they went out to coffee together.

Later when my wife was back I told her I had intended, but forgotten to give this extra bag of jell beans to this woman to give to her small children. My wife was horrified. She said any time a man gives candy to a woman, he is considered to be hitting on her. In turn, I was astonished. Hitting on her had never occurred to me. I protested. I wasn't giving it to her, she was merely the intermediary to take the candy to her kids.

So . . . did my forgetfulness prevent me from being some lecherous creep? I thought I was just being generous and kind.

Is giving candy to a woman in any circumstances the equivalent of hitting on her?
#1 feeblemind on 2019-05-15 08:38 (Reply)
Punctiliousness, thy name is Mrs Feeblemind! I think the propriety of men giving candy to women decreases as their age difference increases, but it's a practice to avoid. As would be any unanticipated entanglements.

You might mollify the Mrs by asking if she would act as an intermediary making the candy gift, perhaps even leaving you completely out of the transaction. Riling up the Wife is never a good idea.
#1.1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2019-05-15 08:59 (Reply)
I guess I've been married too long or maybe I'm just out to lunch but I've never heard of the candy gambit. Even more to the point, I suppose the conversion, had you remembered to give her the candy would have gone something like this:

feeble: We had some jelly beans left over from Easter. I thought your kids might enjoy them.

(I can only imagine one of two types of responses.)

lady: Why, thank you. I'm sure they'd enjoy them.

or

lady: Thank you, but my kids got way to much candy this Easter.

I checked with Mrs. Mudbug and she, too, is amazed that anyone would see an ulterior motive in giving her the candy.

Now you know that your wife does so, as Mike suggests, should a similar situation arise in the future, it might be best to suggest that your wife make the offer.
#1.2 mudbug on 2019-05-15 09:42 (Reply)
The causal chain from "bike has flat tire" => ??? => "late morning links" is mysterious and intriguing. Will there be more clues?
#2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2019-05-15 09:02 (Reply)
Delivering the morning paper.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2019-05-15 09:43 (Reply)
Duh...facepalm. A mystery on a par with "Why do firemen wear red suspenders?" Henceforth, I will seek complicated, convoluted chains of causality elsewhere. Nice to see you fixed the flat in good order. All of us on your routes can now relax with the news of the day.
#2.1.1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2019-05-15 10:24 (Reply)

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