Thought For the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I just don’t quite get this, which I credit to a lack of a TV in the home.
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Women shop; Men hunt.
(There are of course always exceptions, unicorns.)
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/men-buy-women-shop-the-sexes-have-different-priorities-when-walking-down-the-aisles/
David- “gather” matches closer to the behavior; then folks can see a difference in even dude-shopping like “I need to refill the cupboards.” Metaphor isn’t perfect, as you point out, but “hunting” catches the high level of focus most commonly found in men who are shopping.
There’s a reason I’m in charge of the pantry, while husband is in charge of shopping-for-specific-recipe…. it still drives him nuts when we’ll be almost done, and I’ll find something in the last aisle and go halfway back across the store to get the two other items that’ll make it a really great buy with four more things in our pantry, even though it’s good for our budget and the quality of life.
Haven’t had network TV for over five years but I was recently at a relative who did. Saw some commercials that fit this template exactly, except with men being white men and women being black women.
I thought it was funny. And laughed
But, what do I know, right?
It’s just so perfectly ludicrous– I can hear the over-done accent saying “like ae ty-ger, made of UNICORNS!”
The lietmotif for this kind of advertising is Gillette. A good father teaches his daughter how to shave her legs. Anything less is toxic masculinity.
Rhubarb chutney to go with Easter lamb. I asked my husband to buy rhubarb, mustard seed and garlic bulbs. He came home with a rutabaga (that with the help of the veggie dept clerk) and yellow ballpark mustard and powdered garlic.. We laughed. Now he takes precise notes. I do wonder why there are 4 jars of dried dill in the pantry perhaps I asked for fresh mint?.
I kinda want your recipe.
I like ham. Especially the traditional spiral cut ham at Easter.
But I like lamb too!
Sadly, the part of the country I live in. the rhubarb in the backyard isn’t ready until May.
But hey, there’s always the Fourth of July!
amirite?
(serious, I’m curious about your recipe, should you care to share)
After a hunt to the local supermarket I proudly displayed one gallon of milk success nothing less, nothing more…. only to find out from the gatherer that the milk was almost out of date and the wrong percentage.
Viva la differance.
laughs And I can even hear the teeth grinding about having to explain that “go pick berries” means the ones that we actually eat, and they have to be ripe….
Berries we actually eat??? Really? People eat berries? Do you sprinkle them on steaks?