Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeinc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!timeinc!greenber From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: PMS Message-ID: <399@timeinc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 11:21:47 EDT Article-I.D.: timeinc.399 Posted: Tue Aug 13 11:21:47 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 21:04:32 EDT References: <934@druxo.UUCP> <1765@mnetor.UUCP> Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: Time, Inc. - New York Lines: 44 In article <1765@mnetor.UUCP> sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) writes: > >Seriously, how do you know at what time of her cycle a given woman is? >I have been around LOTS of women for MANY years and I have never been >able to determine whether one of them was having her period, just had >it, was ovulating or what without asking her. > >Maybe you have some special technique to determine this. Do you hide in >women's washrooms, look for tampons in their purses, count their trips >to the washroom, or simply smell their underwear? Uncalled for rudeness, but what else could I expect from you? I have a special technique that I use for determining when a woman is going through a particularly nasty bout with PMS. I'll use small words for you: 1) Compare woman's personality to her usual personality 2) Is it about normal? If yes, then jump out of loop 3) Is she acting weird for no apparant reason? 4) If there does seem to be a reason, then jump out of loop 5) Is she irritable? Does she post nasty things to the net on discussions that are already played out? Does she use coarseness when she doesn't have to? Is she looking for any opportunity to jump down someone's throat? 6) If no, then leave loop 7) Is she Sophie Quigley? 8) If yes, then leave loop 9) It now becomes reasonable to assume that the woman *may* be suffering from a nasty bout of PMS. Now, try to be nice, huh? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ Time Inc, New York --------->{vax135 | ihnp4}!timeinc!greenber<--------- I highly doubt that Time Inc. would make me their spokesperson. ---- "I had a cat. She died. Had a goldfish. Died. Guppies. Died. Gerbils. Died. Tippy. Died." - little girl "Alright! So I don't like small animals!" - Mr. Death