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    Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" offered by an English professor from the University of Colorado for an actual class assignment:

    The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new
    form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair
    off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right.

    As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short
    story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another copy to
    me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph
    to the story and send it back, also sending another copy to me. The first
    person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back-and-forth.

    Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to keep the
    story coherent. There is to be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails
    and anything you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is
    over when both agree a conclusion has been reached."

    The following was actually turned in by two of his English students:


    Rebecca (PINK)
    Gary(BLUE).

    THE STORY:

    (first paragraph by Rebecca)

    At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The
    chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now
    reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he
    liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off
    Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too
    much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the
    question.

    (second paragraph by Gary )

    Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now
    in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the
    neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had
    spent one sweaty night over a ! year ago. "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he
    said into his transgalactic communicator. " Polar orbit established. No sign
    of resistance so far..." But before he could sign off a bluish particle beam
    flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The
    jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the
    cockpit.

    (Rebecca)

    He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt one
    last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever
    had feelings for him.. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless
    hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law
    Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper
    one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared
    out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly
    and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to distra! ct her from
    her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her. "Why
    must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.

    ( Gary )

    Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of
    miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of its
    lithium fusion missiles. The dimwitted wimpy peaceniks who pushed the
    Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had left Earth
    a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to
    destroy the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the
    Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to
    pulverize the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly
    initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the
    atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine
    headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast o! f Guam , felt the
    inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid Laurie.

    (Rebecca)

    This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing
    partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.

    ( Gary )

    Yeah? Well, my writing partner is a self-centered tedious neurotic whose
    attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. " Oh, shall I
    have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F--KING TEA??? Oh no,
    what am I to do? I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many DanielleSteele novels!"

    (Rebecca)

    [email protected]

    ( Gary )

    B*tch!

    (Rebecca)

    F*** YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!!

    ( Gary )

    In your dreams, Ho. Go drink some tea.




    (TEACHER)

    A+ - I really liked this one.

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    Default Re: Men=mars women=venus

    A++ I really liked it too.

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    Okay this is getting passed on to friends and family - thank you for a great laugh
    I promise not to look down on you if you can laugh at lawyer jokes. - minnow

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    Default Re: Men=mars women=venus

    Hilarious!! I'd like to point out that most girls aren't THAT boring though! (Pointing this out shows how anal I am and seperates me from the men for sure! haha)

    Maybe I should have my ovaries revoked or something but the guys story was WAY cooler. I mean, we're girls and overthink every damn thing....but aren't necessarily so...uptight and B-O-R-I-N-G!!

    Personally, I LOVE the differences! Guys are just so damn cute with their weirdness!
    "I hear you calling and it's needles and pins. I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name...You're poision. but I don't wanna break these chains.... I wanna love you but I'd better not touch."

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    Default Re: Men=mars women=venus

    Quote Originally Posted by princessjas View Post
    Hilarious!! I'd like to point out that most girls aren't THAT boring though! (
    It was 110% pure stereotype and likely even made up, but still a clever way to present the stereotypes.
    I promise not to look down on you if you can laugh at lawyer jokes. - minnow

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    Default Re: Men=mars women=venus

    love love LOVE that book!!!!!

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    Default Re: Men=mars women=venus

    Pretty lame.
    "110% pure stereotype" doesn't even begin to cover it.

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    Default Re: Men=mars women=venus

    All I got from it was that the guy showed no respect for the rules or his partner - sounds like a guy.

    If he had started the story she probably would have gone along with it like a girl.

    If he was smart he could have easily altered the story from tea but he wanted it his way from the begininning.

    It isn't even mars and venus to me. It's like nerds are respectful, brats are not.

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