Dearest Joanna,

I, your friend, affectionately known by all genders as ALLWOMAN, insist that
your apology is unnecessary (seems to be a theme with me lately, hmm?).

Notice I had writ "People"---not "Men"--- were scribbling on men's room
walls.

The simple fact is that ALLWOMAN was writing in men's rooms (and other
nominally male-exclusive places) anything that she felt like writing. What
better way to meet men, as some other males have remarked to her. Her
favorite men's rooms, all floors, are at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago.
She noticed rather soon in her attendings of those achingly beautiful events
that at intermission, standing in women's room queues (we in the USA always
say "lines") lasted longer than the operas themselves. So, early on, she
said loudly to all queued females: "And all this just because we don't have
PENISES!" As usual, there was no reaction to her loud wisdom. She then
went directly to the men's room, got a happy nod, and there began her Scat
writing career! ALLWOMAN was most impressed with one of the men's rooms, in
NYC, frequented by union activists. That's where (certainly not in any
textbook) she read: "God is dead. Nietzche," below which was writ:
"Nietzche is dead. God."

The cleanest men's room ALLWOMAN ever wrote her Pithy tho Brief (cannot
sit, after all) graffiti in was on a naval base in Illinois. Why do you
think ALLWOMAN moved, upon retirement, to Norfolk VA, the largest naval
military base in the world? Which has brought us back to the topic I
prefer: MEN.

Have you ever noticed, Joanna, that men all look alike? And that they all
have the same strange habits such as refusing to look you in the face when
they talk to you. And that they talk only about themselves, as if they were
walking adverts, which they of course are. And that they enjoy punching
each other in the stomach and saying, "Gained a few, huh?" when if a Female
were to do and say that to another Female, she'd be off peeling potatoes by
herself for the next twelve generations.

Does ALLWOMAN think all women are superior to all men? Well, naturally.
DUH. Does she always always always prefer any man to any woman? Oh
yes!!!! Does she know why? Oh yes!!!!
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From: "Joanna Boulter"


 And of course I accept that we have *all been weighed in the balance and
 found wanting.

I know, for instance, that I have just done there what my son gets very
annoyed with me for doing, and that is making
derogatoryjokes/statements/implications about men in general, when I don't
like them doing the same about women. I totally accept the fairness of that;
but it's awfully hard to remember, and to realise quickly enough, what might
cause offence. Clearly I have deeply entrenched sexist prejudices . . .
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> From: "Joanna Boulter"

>> Now how do *you know, Judy, what is written on the walls in men's rooms?

>> 'Mene mene tekel upharsin' might be a possibility?
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>> From: "judy prince"

I thought N was still alive, Fred, so he could gibberish his own quotes.
I always forget which one is dead, N or God. People continue to scribble
those messages on the walls in men's rooms, so there MUST be some truth to
them. Or is that Elvis . . . .
My prayers are with you, but you may need some conditioning in order to
launch your own prayers. I'll be vigilant on your behalf, anyway, Fred.
Why is it that a helluva rainstorm has not cooled off this city?!
>>> BLESSINGS! Judy