slightly OT: preventing user stupidity

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
To: "Nancy Palmquist" <nlp at vss3.com>
Cc: <bv at wjv.com>; "filePro List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: slightly OT: preventing user stupidity


> Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> [...]
>> That reminds me of a joke or at least a puzzle, A boy and his father are
>> in a car crash and when they are brought into emergency room and the
>> doctor said "I can not treat this patient, This patient is my son." How
>> can that be true?
>>
>> (I am sure all know the doctor is his mother, but when this was first
>> circulating, it caused many to say there was no answer.  It never
>> occurred to them that a doctor could be a woman.  Much has changed.
> [...]
>
> It's so old, that I think it was used on an episode of "All in the 
> Family".
> (Of course, Archie couldn't come up with the answer.)
>
> Then there was also the case of standing up against a wall (facing it),
> taking a step back, placing a chair in front of you, lean forward so that
> your head is touching the wall, and picking up the chair.  Then, try to
> stand up straight without moving your feet.  (Most women can do this.
> Most men cannot.)

I don't get it.
I just tried it and it wasn't even a close thing or requiring any special 
balance or flexability or unconventional use of breasts which I don't have. 
I was effortless. It was a dining room table sort of chair with a straight 
back and arms. Heavier ang larger than a folding chair, smaller and lighter 
than an office rolly desk chair.

I'm guessing there is a more specific set of stipulations than described 
here that would make it harder?

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