Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot From: chabot@amber.DEC (L S Chabot) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: And now for a math anxiety completely different Message-ID: <53@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 17:49:30 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.53 Posted: Mon Nov 26 17:49:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Nov-84 02:50:58 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 76 Someone in our group just came back from a meeting (held on work premises) run by a woman from ColoRight Ltd. The following is a handout from the meeting. THE 14 POINT SYSTEM FOR WOMEN ----------------------------- each color 1 point glasses 1 point (add point for chain) simple earrings 1 point (add 2 points for elaborate styles) red hair 1 point heavy eye makeup 1 point each chain 1 point bow on blouse 1 point buttons in contrast 1 point belt buckle 1 point tie at waist 1 point colored fingernail polish 1 point polished toenails 1 point watch 1 point each bracelet 1 point purse 1 point reinforced sandel toe 5 POINTS (in other words - don't) stocking that shows simple shoes 1 point (add point for open toe or heel) colored stockings 1 point any eye arresting feature 1 point Use maximum points for your best dressed look. Wear less than 14 points for understated look. For a business look, use a 9 point maximum. Wear a full 14 points for a party look. Practice counting before a full length mirror every day and it will become part of your life. + + + + + + + + + + + + No, my friend tells me there was no handout for men. Maybe the meeting was only for women? Who knows! The meeting announcement made no such restriction, but then it was printed on cute pink paper (I know--I stuffed one into *everybody's* mail box). But that doesn't seem fair: after all, the announcement declares "By wearing your colors you will always look and feel your best." I think everyone deserves to feel that good, don't you? Well, anyway, let's see... Gray sweater, blue and white striped oxford shirt, blue jeans--that's three colors so that's three points. Glasses. Watch. Turquoise cotton crew socks probably don't count as "colored stockings", and since you can't see them when I stand up, I probably can't count them as another color. Do Timberland moccasins with Vibram soles count as "simple shoes"? --likely not, they've got all these funny bumps and laces; but maybe they count as another color. Dragon belt buckle doesn't show, doesn't count. "Any eye arresting feature". Aha. Yes. Well. Probably not what they mean. Oh, oh, can I count my badge? Okay, this is 6 or 7 points. Does this mean I've got the "understated look" or "a business look"? Or both? If I want the "best dressed look" should I add chains to my glasses (no. I gave it up in 4th grade for good.), dye my hair red, and wear visibly reinforced "sandel" toe stockings? I don't know, I feel pretty good right now (for one thing, I feel warm). Should one feel better the more colors one wears? The more chains or bracelets (sounds like a conspicuous display of wealth)? How about you? How good do you feel? And how do you rate in the above system? (females, males, and wombats of any persuasion may apply) Or, what's your favorite inconsistency in-or-about the above system? "Practice counting before a full length mirror every day and it will become part of your life." Sound advice--"practice counting". At least, for four year olds. But before a full length mirror? At any rate, this is in direct contradiction with my theory about counting being bad for girls (remember, if they can count as well as boys this will destroy our way of life) :-) . Wouldn't it be better to count, say, sit-ups? L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlborough, MA 01752 shadow: [ISSN 0018-9162 v17 #10 p7, bottom vt100, col3, next to next to last]