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From: betsy@dartvax.UUCP (Betsy Hanes Perry)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: PMS
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 13:38:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 13:38:01 1985
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> 
 
(I've included the original text at the end.)
 
Mr. Greenberg's algorithm is interesting.  It reminds me of the grad
student who jumped up from his test skin shouting "Eureka!  A hippopotamus!"
"How do you know it's a hippopotamus?" asked the prof.  "Well, it was
swimming when I caught it, it's a mammal, and I've ruled out the possibility
of its being a whale because it doesn't have baleen!"
 
Mr. Greenberg in 'ruling out possible causes of bad temper' has forgotten
a surprising number of cases, notably:
 
8a-8000a Is she coming down with measles? Mumps? Flu? Encephalitis? ... etc.
8001a-80,000a Before she came to work, did she have difficulties with
         her spouse? her child? her cat? her car?
80,000a-800,000a At work, has something gone wrong to which Mr. Greenberg
	wasn't witness?
 
Not to mention the plain old
Excuse #1:
She's just in a bad mood.
 
There are thousands of reasons why any given woman (or man) may be
in a bad mood, picky, anxious to be difficult.  Only one of those reasons
is PMS.  After all, do you assume that every chubby woman is pregnant?
 
Ross Greenberg says:
> 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?
 
I will if you will.
-- 
Elizabeth Hanes Perry                        
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