| JevInstincts
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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