The Banophernalian September 2000
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Not all men are good drivers. Don't get me wrong, I'm a man, and despite my prowess behind the wheel I can't automatically assume that all men are good drivers. Hold on, perhaps I can.

Let's see (pause for hmm sound) . . . okay I'm sure that you'd agree that good isn't as good as very good, and very good isn't as good as excellent. Now what's worse than good. Fair? That sounds about right, so at the bottom of the pile would be poor.

Okay, so now we have a labeled 5 point scale where excellent is at the top and poor is at the bottom. So where does that leave good? In the middle. Let's keep going. I'll assign a numeric value to each of the labeled scales. Excellent = 100%, Very Good = 75% and so on. Suddenly being a "good" driver isn't so special. In fact you'd be at 50%. If you were writing a test and only got half the questions right you'd fail.

So the next time someone tells you that their wife, sister or girlfriend is a good driver, just smile and agree with them. They're probably telling you the truth. Some men are good drivers too. Like the guy in that big honking white delivery truck who plowed into my car and totaled it - he was a good driver.

Jevster, 
September 2000

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