Men Will be Boys. Always.

This one firmly comes under the category of "men will be boys." I will admit that personally while I don't spend as much time being a boy as I once did, I've never really fully outgrown it, either.  We're where we are because of where we've been, and sometimes we've never left.

@Obitsman twittered the other day about 'fake puke.'  That's exactly how he put it, and I know he's been taken for being an adult. 

It seems there's a family business that has proved highly successful at making and marketing the stuff.  The link to a news story should prove it.

Knowing a little bit about the Obitsman, I suspect he's disappointed that a prominent person associated with this industry hasn't recently left us.  The next best thing is to at least Twitter the world that there might be an IPO worth looking at.

Of course great delight in such things is taken.  Take Niles Crane, the wispy brother in the sitcom 'Frazier' who becomes beside himself when he learns that his wife's family fortune comes from the manufacture of "urine cakes." These of course are the scented discs that men aim at when at a urinal, usually in a restaurant that has tablecloths.  The better joints use them, or pails of ice to diffuse the smell that can accumulate.  Think cat liter that dissolves.

Well, true to my experiences, reading about fake barf reminded me of the time an insurance executive told me of the era when he flew a lot, the airline attendants were 'stewardesses' and nearly all the passengers were men.  Think Mad Men, and you're mostly there.

There's nothing guys like more than getting attention from attractive females, who because of their job can't tell them at that time to go somewhere the plane's not scheduled to go to, unless of course it crashes.  So Gordo tells about the time he boarded an aircraft with an air sickness bag partially filled with Dinty Moore stew.  He fakes becoming sick while in flight, and when he's got the stewardess's attention and concern he tells her he'll be fine, as he plunges a spoon into the bag and makes sure he watches her expression while he swallows a little of the stew, that of course she thinks is something else.

It's not known if this lead to any further friendship between Gordo and the concerned stewardess, but those were the days.

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