coddledness

saturday night all of the young married couples in our ward got together for a night of food and games. i was alone (hubby was at a bachelor party that started 11:30 am and went until about 3:00 am the next day). i don't mind being alone at a party as long as i know the other people at the party. on the other hand, going to a bridal shower and not knowing anybody is super scary. well, i made hummos, and it was excellent if i do say so myself, and all of my friends inhaled it, so i think that they thought that it was excellent as well.

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well after all of the food was devoured (which is one of the main reasons that we like to get together in the first place) we moved on to the games portion of the evening. this part is always interesting, because we can never decide what to play. well after much debating the game "battle of the sexes" was chosen as the game that would entertain us for the remainder of the night.

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in a game that is designed to make the sexes battle and see which knows the other sex better. all of the questions about men are about sports and tools, while the questions about women are about cooking and soap operas. according to the people who designed this game that is all that matters, questions like, "which boring boxer guy knocked out the other boring boxer guy?" or "how long does it take to coddle an egg?" and the answers to those questions are "mr. boxsalot" and "what the heck is a coddled egg?"

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although i must confess that i knew answers quite often because of my insatiable appetite for television shows (most importantly, "Gilmore Girls" - for example in the episode "Emily in Wonderland" Emily asked Luke about how he coddled his eggs). seriously if you ever need to know what is happening currently on most shows on primetime television i can usually give an educated response.

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but i digress, why do the makers of this game assume that boys are only concerned with sports and tools, and assume that girls are only concerned with cooking and soap operas? why are only the boys supposed to know what is the drink of choice for Mr. 007 James Bond? (dirty martini, shaken not stirred), and why are only girls supposed to be able to name the characters on "Friends" (Ross, Chandler, Joey, Rachel, Monica, Phoebe). why can't both sexes enjoy such wonderful entertainment? i guess the moral of the story is that i watch too many movies and too much television.