Monday, with caulk jokes and no cock

Friday, we caulked the tub in the House. Well, I tried, ruined my favorite shirt (still sad about that), and made a mess. It turns out I’m not very good at caulking. 🙁 T., on the other hand, is pretty good at it.

I can be a bit puerile at times, though, so there were more than a few “caulk” jokes flung about while I was making a mess – and the ugly tub is a bit less horrid for the new, clean, white caulk (however, the shower doesn’t work. Guess I’m getting new tub faucets sooner rather than later (the lever you “pull up for shower” is no longer attached to anything).

Then we were at Lowes ordering a window, sort of shooting the shit with the windows-and-doors guy, and I was talking about learning to use tools from my father, and the salesman asked…

“Did you dad always want a son?”…

I swear, power tools and carpentry and toy trucks and I don’t think anyone has ever asked this. I think I answered “No, he just didn’t see any reason I shouldn’t know how to use tools,” which is probably accurate (Dad? Close?).

Wow.

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  1. Bah. “Wanted a son,” indeed. If he saw a man picking up a cart full of supplies at a kitchen store would he ask, “So, did your mother always want a daughter?” Of course I’m not a huge fan of assigning skills by gender. A daughter should learn some basic home repair skills for the same reason a son should learn some basic cooking skills; they are useful skills to have that can serve one well. Either by saving money by doing repairs or cooking yourself, or the ability to make a good impression with others (for instance, I don’t bother the apartment maintenance guy with those tiny one minute repair jobs like a worn flap valve in the toilet tank). I’ll go with Heinlein here, overspecialization is for insects. (hmm, Googling the quote…) “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” I can’t do everything on that list, but given the need I could learn.

    • I’ve heard the quote before, and read it. I can do … large parts of it. I think it’s more than that. (I can’t cook worth beans but I’m in charge of car repairs). Some skills are simply NOT gendered except by society. I LIKE carpentry. 😀 There’s a pratchett quote I like here too, but I can’t find it and the book iss packed.

    • ooh, that’s a new one by me, but I like! And not entirely because I can do a large chunk of that (and finesse most of the rest…)… ;-D

  2. I was delighted to have a healthy child. I never cared whether boy or girl. I felt you should know anything you wanted to know. So just as your mother owns a chainsaw you can have whatever gender-neutral tools you wish.

  3. Responded once but it didn’t take. Hmmph. I was delighted to have a healthy child. Never cared boy or girl. I always felt you should learn how to do anything you wanted to. Your mother owns a chainsaw. You can too if you need. Heinlein probably played a role in opening my eyes to unfair gender distinctions.

    • (we probably do need a chainsaw). It was just such a strange question, too. I mean, really, aren’t you trying to SELL me things?

  4. Home improvement often degenerates to dirty jokes with us, too – so many tools and materials lend themselves to the punchlines! My answer to the Lowe’s salesman: “Did your mother always want a comedian?”

  5. My maternal grandfather realised that neither of his older two daughters were tool-orientated when, on holiday, my aunt was missing her doll that had been left at home and wrapped a hammer in a towel for something to cuddle.

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