2008 Woodie Awards
He says/ She says
Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: Opinion/Editorial
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Whenever my boyfriend goes into the bathroom, he takes reading material with him. Sometimes, he takes the paper before I've gotten a chance to read it, and then I feel germy reading it after he's taken it into the bathroom.
I don't bring reading materials in with me when I use the restroom, and neither do my other girlfriends. But they all say their boyfriends do. Why is that?
-Yucked Out
He Says:
Dear Yucked,
My mom used to think I was going to be a rocket scientist because I would bring encyclopedias into the bathroom while I was doing my thing. Obviously, she was wrong since I just wanted to look at the pictures.
The point is that this all starts at a very young age. It is in our blood. It is a learned trait all boys should be proud of bringing into their adulthood.
Men have wandering minds.
Sometimes, it is a nice place to get homework done. Just pop a squat (so to speak), open the laptop and before you know it, the research paper has written itself.
In the end, does it really matter? The paper isn't touched with dirty hands. The paper is put down. The wiping occurs. The hands are washed. No reading material is harmed during this process.
-Guru Gersh
She Says:
Dear Yucked,
Boys don't get to sit down as much as we do, so they really don't know what to do with themselves - or their hands - once they get down there. We're used to it, so we don't feel the need to take our time and bask in the moment. Instead, we concentrate on the task at hand and get it over with as soon as possible; there are more important things to do.
But in all seriousness, did you know that magazines have developed their stories throughout history to only be as long as it takes to "do your thing?" See if you can get him a subscription to Time and hide your paper.
-Learned Leah
Guru Gersh is the photo editor and Learned Leah is the copy editor for The Journal.
I don't bring reading materials in with me when I use the restroom, and neither do my other girlfriends. But they all say their boyfriends do. Why is that?
-Yucked Out
He Says:
Dear Yucked,
My mom used to think I was going to be a rocket scientist because I would bring encyclopedias into the bathroom while I was doing my thing. Obviously, she was wrong since I just wanted to look at the pictures.
The point is that this all starts at a very young age. It is in our blood. It is a learned trait all boys should be proud of bringing into their adulthood.
Men have wandering minds.
Sometimes, it is a nice place to get homework done. Just pop a squat (so to speak), open the laptop and before you know it, the research paper has written itself.
In the end, does it really matter? The paper isn't touched with dirty hands. The paper is put down. The wiping occurs. The hands are washed. No reading material is harmed during this process.
-Guru Gersh
She Says:
Dear Yucked,
Boys don't get to sit down as much as we do, so they really don't know what to do with themselves - or their hands - once they get down there. We're used to it, so we don't feel the need to take our time and bask in the moment. Instead, we concentrate on the task at hand and get it over with as soon as possible; there are more important things to do.
But in all seriousness, did you know that magazines have developed their stories throughout history to only be as long as it takes to "do your thing?" See if you can get him a subscription to Time and hide your paper.
-Learned Leah
Guru Gersh is the photo editor and Learned Leah is the copy editor for The Journal.
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