Men vs Women - the perennial battle

Now there was this interesting thread of discussions on our company online bulletin board.

It started off with a guy called Priyank Gupta delivering a smashing piece of rhyme, that sparked off quite a few comments - both sexist and non-sexist! :-)

Here goes... (btw, the email thread in question ran from bottom to top, as usual, but for convenience (and commentry's) sake, I've reversed it for good)


The initiator

He didn't like the casserole
And he didn't like my cake.
My biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't perk the coffee right
He didn't like the stew,
I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.

I pondered for an answer
I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around and smacked him...
Like his Mother used to do.

~Women


The Retort

She wasn’t all that funny
And really too dumb to see
All she wanted was my money
Not what I thought she’d be

She was bad with cooking
And couldn’t even count to three
Messed up, when I wasn’t looking
Not like I thought she’d be

I was looking for a way out
Or to make her smart and clever
But when realized, what women is about
I just got rid of her, ever and FOREVER!!

~Men

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To this, the reply was posted thus, by - who else, Yours Truly :-)

The Comment

They don’t agree on matters
Married, they wanna be now free
Point out flaws galore..
They just agree to disagree

She must be like mom, he says
Who cares about my in-laws?
Always oh so demanding
But hardly sees his own flaws…

She threatens to part ways,
At the slightest whim
Can’t live with him,
Can’t live without ‘im!

He is oh so insensitive!
She makes a lot of fuss
Time they realized
Men are from Mars, they from Venus…

And its gotta ppl write on the BB
For great relationship’s sake
Where’s the ideal couple gone?
O Cupid, didya make a mistake?

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Now one Mr. Rohit Dwivedi couldn't resist putting his ideas to good use and came up with this version of slapstick poetry:

The fight has been relentless The brawl hasn’t been nice
Here are few more liners, to put in some more spice
No matter how gracious you get she refrains to break the ice
now when it comes to judgment she wants to throw a dice

Grand have been those men who have fallen for the flue
Grand have been there plummet who have had a few
For behind every success there has been a lady
For behind every failure there have been TWO…………!!!

~Men

Now this gave rise to a huge thread of sarcastic, insulting, funny, light, condescending and witty comments from all and sundry - with both sexes jumping in with their 2 cents on a very hot topic - MEN, & WOMEN!



Finally, our original poet Mr. Priyank Gupta finished it off with another witty one: (kudos to his creativity hah!)

If he is the protocol and he is the packet,
she is the virus, which causes the racket
flowing through streams, he leads graceful life
while she attaches herself; as his so called wife.

if he is the application, which longs to serve
she is the BUG, which has got the nerve
bringing him down crashing when needed most
not only embarrass, but also upset the host

if he is the hardware, and he is a switch
she is his weakness and she is the glitch
not matter how he plays and how he pitch
she gives it all away because she is the hitch

and if he is the one, who invented all these
won't you tell me, what took so long? Please!
Oh! but, it's not even a matter of perspective and view
because whole community of men understand, he was married too!!

And yet, if there is no virus and there was no glitch
and there was no Bug, and there was no hitch.
how will he improve, in his "nevretheless-doomed" life
and that is why lovely people, God made her as a wife!!

[though i am not sure if god is proud of it or not!?? :-) ]


Rohit had 2 more lines to add (probably the pride of having the last word!)

Silent have been thy critic, ………….Silent have been thy foes
when men have said something…….. they run ..but cannot find their toes
~Men

Still he was not finished - and rounded this up with:

They keep on quoting something
They keep on staying hushed
They don’t know where they are going
They aren’t even blushed…
~Men