Gravity? It's Only a Theory!

That's her husband. This photo was sent in by a loyal reader in response to last week's blog post in which we discussed men who tell their wives, "Watch this, I know what I'm doing."

He's a long way up.

The death defying lumberjack in the photo is an accountant by profession, much too clever and self-reliant to call the real tree guy. It's okay, he made it.

As you can see from the photo, it's someplace warm, in this case California. I'm not a physicist, but I seem to remember that they do have gravity in California. I fell off a horse there once.

Last week's blog post got the most views and responses in the history of this site.

Several people sent in written examples of the above mentioned behavior. A favorite:

A guy was cleaning his swimming pool. Running low on chemicals, he decided to mix the remainder of two different brands, even though both five gallon containers had large warning labels telling users specifically not to do so. His wife pointed that out.

"I know what I'm doing," he said. "Relax."

After mixing, the resultant goo began bubbling and emitting a piercing, high pitched whistle. The husband and wife ran and were a safe distance when the plastic tub exploded, creating a hole in the lawn along with several hundred pieces of plastic, and a blob of toxic residue. The explosion was so loud a neighbor called the police. The perpetrator had to explain himself to the responding officer.

This behavior deserves more study. So far I've noticed common thread: it's important to have a female present for the guy to act so stupid. Maybe the presence of a woman releases a specific chemical in a man's brain. Feel free to keep sending in examples.

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