According to the latest census data released Tuesday by Statistics Canada, the national sex ratio is 95.9 men for every 100 women, down from 96.1 men to 100 Canadian women in 2001. The new statistics show that a Canadian woman's odds of finding a man are on a downward slide. The male-female ratio hasn't been even in Canada for 35 years.
The news for single women just keeps getting worse. StatsCan failed to mention that the crucial
Jerk to Decent ratio is also widening as there are presently only 18.5 decent men for every 100 of those
deemed less than desireable.
(these men split more or less evenly among the Jerk, Fool, Slob, and Asshole categories with many examples of overlap)"It's a problem that's here to stay" says Mindy Wexler, spokeswoman for SingleSolutions.com. "More and more it's going to come down to marketing yourself successfully. Good, available,men are becoming a limited resource so now that the warm weather is here you have to get out there and flaunt it. Loosen a button or two, lose a few pounds, hike up your skirt, lose the panties, shave everything, lower your expectations and then lower them again. Above all go where the men are: gun and/or car exhibitions, sporting events, the Klondike, pride parades, out of the way highway rest stops. You have to be creative!"
Another Ratio
The Pugh Center for Media Relations has just released results of an important study that's charted the steady decline of American popular culture as a measurable commodity. Stephan Lundquist, noted sociologist and media critic who headed up the study says that the ratio of high quality TV programming, film, and printed material to low is .85 hours for every 100. Down from the 1.35 hours during the Seinfeld era. "We had a slight upturn during the first season of LOST and through the Arrested Development years but those proved to be anomalies and were quickly overshadowed by loathsome reality shows and commercial pressures that prioritize the dumbing down of mass media....I hear they're bringing back The Bionic Woman so maybe there is some hope for the future after all."
Yet Another
Lastly we have 60-40 as in the ratio of cardboard to fatty pork in certain Chinese dumplings. Read on:
Latest China food scare: Bogus buns
Fake steamed buns made from up to 60 per cent waste paper and cardboard have become the latest food to join a growing list of health scares in China. To get the right consistency the cardboard was shown being soaked in caustic soda, a poisonous industrial solvent.
The owners told the reporter they then mixed it with about 40 per cent fatty meat and the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate before selling the bao zi in nearby markets.
To be fair to the Chinese, (and I'm nothing if not fair to the Chinese) caustic soda or lye is also used in the Norwegian dish lutefisk (see Blob archives april 9,10, 2007) and in some pretzel recipes. Rinsing the finished product well renders it fairly harmless. Cellulose fibre, a major constituent of finely chopped cardboard, is a common N. American food additive. Nevertheless the international hew and cry over this story has caused the Chinese government major headaches. We in the west can tolerate poor quality if the price is right and China's low cost labour force and collective genius at cutting corners has resulted in a flood of shoddy goods in our stores. We are more than willing to pay bottom dollar so once again the real problem China is having is one of marketing. In the States they get away with advertising Nutella as a health food so the Chinese shouldn't change the paper dumplings, just rebrand and think a little more upscale, a l
ittle more health conscious. I'm sure we'd eat reams of them!
deemed less than desireable. (these men split more or less evenly among the Jerk, Fool, Slob, and Asshole categories with many examples of overlap)
ittle more health conscious. I'm sure we'd eat reams of them!
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Blob,
I know this has nothing to do with what you're talking
about [what ARE you talking about, by the way?], but I thought I'd
share this prompt I just read for tomorrow [Thursday]
night's episode of Larry King Live:
"Inoperable cancer has her down to 65 lbs. How long
can Tammy Faye Messner keep up her brave battle?"
Must-see TV indeedy.
Ken [MP]
PS - Haven't had a drink in 7 hours!
Blob-you write fascinating,cutting-edge stuff!Single women will thank you for those timely tips!! As I see it, Jane Austen set out the woman's viewpoint of the problem 200 years ago, when she wrote, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." (!?!?!?) Oh, really? Later in the same novel, she wrote "A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."There's the problem, Blobbie!! What about those poor saps (in their tens of thousands!) , otherwise estimable chaps,who didn't have 5000 pounds a year (That seemed to be her absolute minimum)? Ladies!! A little less Austin, please, and a little more practicality! There's more to life than money, surely- a man's winning personality, a sense of humour;-maybe a well-stocked tool-box(so to speak)is all you need to be really happy! A cynic once said that a good man is hard to find (the old joke about switching the 2 adjectives in that sentence has no place in a serious discussion such as this one) is simply not true!!! Ladies!!! See you down at the rest stop!!!
I am in absolute SHOCK that you have read Pride and Prejudice! Or did you (and this seems more likely mind you) just read the first sentence and then flip randomly to another page for these little tid-bits? Either way, back to the drawing board my good man. Screw personality--give me the goods baby!! Men who have no money always want to make up for it in some other way like being witty, or caring or sensitive. Pish posh! Show the me the money!! How's that for cynicism?
BTW blob, I'm convinced that that ratio business and that fancy quote from whats-her-name down at PatheticAndDesperate.com was just a way to get chicks to "hike up their skirts" and "take off their underwear" and "shave" and crap. I'll tell you something, I will be fully clothed and hairy if I wanna be! PS, mike wanna have lunch tomorrow? ;)
I feel rather badly for you Blob, knowing how much you love "telly", as they call it in England; at the same time, it must be said---your hard-hitting piece about the over-all decline of quality television programming in the U.S.just reeks of journalistic integrity. How it must have pained you to type those words- you are a real mensch!! I was no whiz at higher mathematics as a young man,but the stats you quote work out to 51 minutes of quality "telly" per 100 HOURS(!!!) of programming.So; if one watches 10 hours in a day, one will see 5.1 MINUTES of stimulating "tv", as apparently they refer to it here in North America (or, as they say in England, "across the pond"(!!). Rather witty, don't you think?. Oh, I say!) Do all the panning for gold you want;at some point the whole exercise becomes futile. Believe me when I tell you I take no pleasure in writing this post;maybe, just maybe, it's time to re-think how you spend your leisure hours---- I have an idea!!Why not join me at the next H.E.Bates Society meeting? It's a jolly good time, and they serve tea and biscuits! What do you say?
Maria! How are you?Let's cut to the chase---yes of course I've read P&P---I'm not a lout!!! You say,"give me the goods, baby!!" Did you miss the sentence about the well-stocked tool-box? Was I being too subtle?? Or did you mean M-O-N-E-Y??? Silly me!! One final thought.Fully clothed and hairy?? Who are you, and what have you done with Maria Callous???
Re the Ken Dryden comment: Nice try Dave! (That's Dave as in Dave Dryden, also a professional goalie who toiled much less successfully in his brother's shadow and has never overcome the bitternes and jealousy). Your illustrious brother would never use the word "INDEEDY"
I took a pass on the Tammy Faye interview. The poor woman has suffered enough as it is. Having to watch her being interviewed by Larry King is more than I can bear.
Gawd!! Maria and Mikexxxster your shameless carrying on continues to tread that fine line between amusing and revolting. Keep up the good work. (ED. note: It is mathematically and biologically possible for Mikexxxster to have been Maria Callous' grandfather!!)Now then.....Mike you are as ready with a quote as any man I've ever met but here is one that trumps even Jane Austen; "Nice guys finish last" Need I say more? Maria Callous and her ilk have youth as their excuse but some women never grow out of the urge to reform the bad boy, the need to be seen in his fast car, the false sense of security that comes from his fat wallet. Maria is full of bluff and bluster. None of her boyfriends to date would give Malcolm Forbes a run for his money and their lacklustre personalities pale in comparison to the older, wittier, and more sensitive men who regularly gather at her parent's house and the Hampton round table.
Mikexxxster maybe I wasn't clear about my TV viewing but your stats miss the point completely! The math is fine but you incorrectly assume that I watch hours and hours for a few minutes of goodness..WRONG!! I can size up a show in seconds and my remote control skills have been likened to those of Zorro and his foil. I zero in on quality and waste very little time in doing so. I don't know much about that society you speak of but I'm not surprised that you're a member of one devoted to Master Bates.
P.S. Fine Maria...stay fully clothed and hairy. Write when you get a boyfriend.
Oh Blobby, who needs a boyfriend when I have you charming young men to keep me company (did I say young? I meant old). I mean here I am at 38 minutes past midnight and the only thing my hairy legs are wrapping themselves around is the extension cord to my iMac G5. Well ok, maybe I'll see about getting a pedicure tomorrow...
That's the spirit M.C.!!! I knew you'd come around (they all do eventually). Remember that while we may be older but we're also wiser.
On to a completely unrelated topic; last night I had this weird dream that I was an extension cord doing battle with a porcupine...can't figure it out.
please omit the word "WHILE" or "BUT" from the previous comment. WHILE was added as an afterthought and negated the BUT which therefore should have been erased. Ever so sorry (Back to the self-flagellation room for me!!)
Hi, Blobbie!! I suggest the best course of action for us is to agree to disagree when it comes to the worth (or lack thereof) of television. What do you think? Why not focus on those things we share in common; for example, your prowess with the remote....comparable to "Zorro wielding his foil" (only someone as erudite as Blob would know the difference between, say, a foil, a rapier or an epee, for example)- a very apt analogy! I blush to say it, but I too have been described as an accomplished swordsman over the years by some very, very close friends.So you see, Blobber,I'm sure that we have far more in common than we know!!! Until the next time, En Garde!!
Dear Blob,
As I prepare to embark on a journey into the wilds of northwestern Ontario, thus taking myself out of the pool of highly desirable men, I am reminded of simpler times. Gone are the days where comely lasses were bartered for with goats, chickens, tracts of land and the like. The modern man is entering a renaissance where all is needed is a functioning anatomy and a full set of teeth to win the hand of any fair maiden. No longer are feats of strength, good looks, fat paycheques, fast cars, and conversational skills needed. If you can spell boobies, you can get a woman.
My question is this; did these surveys take into account the gay population? After all, many women find gay men to be quite appealing yet unavailable. Perhaps a deluge of Lesbians could also tip the scales. It would seem that the present situation favours not only straight men, but butch women as well.
Yours in Christ.
Dixxx
So nice to hear that you're still alive Dixxx but your question comes at the wrong time. Mike Wilson (AKA Mikexxxster) has just let me know that he's a master "swordsman" and then closed his post with "En garde!" All this gender bending would make even Turd Stuffington blush and has me feeling like a lesbian stuck in a man's body. Confused though I am I assume the survey
in question is for heteros only. Then again, I'm only a weekend demographer/sociologist so I may be wrong.
Mikexxxster, I suppose we could bury the hatchet but I'd like to share one final thought I had yesterday while urinating. There is an overarching point that I was trying to make that far overshadows the merits (or lack thereof) of TV. Let's look at it this way: Most people in the world are stupid and/or boring (and I mean this in a good way). Given the choice one would have little or nothing to do with them and yet there are still some amazing, brilliant folks out there. With your approach one would have to live, hermit-like, to avoid the cretins rather than chance to weed through them possibly finding a rose in the process.
Finding a good date is like finding a good TV show or film...you have to know where to look and what you're looking for. Now get out there, Mr. Swordsman, and give Zorro a run for his money!! (If that doesn't work I think Canadian Idol is down to the Final 10!!)
REAL men can see beyond the hair (they can also feel). DON'T CAVE MARIA !!! STAND TRUE AND STEADFAST IN THE FACE OF PUBIC ( OOPS), I mean PUBLIC and peer pressures.
Gee thanks.
"Gee thanks???" What kind of sarcastic, dismissive, response is that? Obviously Phyllis, AKA bushy beaver is being loving and supportive. Don't look a gift beaver in the mouth!
I'm sorry, I thought it was one of you disgusting MEN who was trying to convince me that there are "real men" out there (which, at this stage in my life, I'm convinced there aren't). Thank you Phyll for that sagely advice. Man, I'm so drunk I don't even care... I LOVE YOU BLOB!!
All is forgiven Maria. It's nice to come home from work and find yet ANOTHER young woman's drunken confession. As my Mother would say
"Listen, what's not to love??!"
Dear Blob,
In my neck of the world there are 8 men to every 1 woman. I've had a year to observe these, errr in many cases, questionable males. On the surface most appear normal but scratch the surface, and I mean just a teensy, tiny scratch and you find baggage like I've never seen - screw the 6 piece American Tourister, we're talking 14 of those old travelling trunks. Well as they say in paradise, we're 28 thousand drunks clung to a rock. Ahh but when you're oiled up, those travelling trunks amazingly disappear one by blessed one.
Maria Callous you can take your inebreated state down there. Did I mention that rum is dirt cheap although IGA regularly runs out of diet coke. I get over it by loading up on ice...
Round table at Hampton next week, I'll bring rum.
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