The men on this blog finally have something to say to our spouses and significant others when confronted with complaints about toilet seats being left up or the lack of regular bathing: we are evolving faster than you. Of course, the new research showing that the Y chromosome is the fastest evolving in the human code may only confirm for many women that we are in need of serious evolutionary progress as a gender.
The study focused on the Y chromosomes from humans and chimpanzees. Dr. David Page, director of the prestigious Whitehead Institute in Cambridge and a professor of biology at MIT says “The Y chromosome appears to be the most rapidly evolving of the human chromosomes. It’s an almost ongoing churning of gene reconstruction. It’s like a house that’s constantly being rebuilt.”
So next time she tells you that you are a bum and waste of her time, you can now say “Come one, Honey, I am evolving as fast as I can.” What you do not have to mention is that our evolutionary surge is likely to develop a double jointed thumb for better clicker operation and greater skeletal flexibility for lying horizontal on a couch.
I personally have long argued to Leslie that I am an exciting work in progress and now Dr. Page supports my view.
Now for one of my favorite country tunes, which seems confirmatory of this study:
Now, Brad Paisley may not have a science degree by he speaks for many when he notes: ”
I can hear you now talking to your friends
Saying, “Yeah girls he’s come a long way”
From dragging his knuckles and carrying a club.” Now he has a study to support the lyrics.
For Dr. Page’s next stage of research, here are the full lyrics:
“I’m Still A Guy”
When you see a deer you see Bambi
And I see antlers up on the wall
When you see a lake you think picnic
And I see a large mouth up under that log
You’re probably thinking that you’re going to change me
In some ways well maybe you might
Scrub me down, dress me up but no matter what
I’m still a guyWhen you see a priceless French painting
I see a drunk, naked girl
You think that riding a wild bull sounds crazy
And I’d like to give it a whirl
Well love makes a man do some things he ain’t proud of
And in a weak moment I might walk your sissy dog, hold your purse at the mall
But remember, I’m still a guyI’ll pour out my heart
Hold your hand in the car
Write a love song that makes you cry
Then turn right around knock some jerk to the ground
‘Cause he copped a feel as you walked byI can hear you now talking to your friends
Saying, “Yeah girls he’s come a long way”
From dragging his knuckles and carrying a clubAnd building a fire in a cave
But when you say a backrub means only a backrub
Then you swat my hand when I try
Well, what can I say at the end of the day
Honey, I’m still a guyI’ll pour out my heart
Hold your hand in the car
Write a love song that makes you cry
Then turn right around knock some jerk to the ground
‘Cause he copped a feel as you walked byThese days there’s dudes getting facials
Manicured, waxed and botoxed
With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands
You can’t grip a tackleboxWith all of these men lining up to get neutered
It’s hip now to be feminized
I don’t highlight my hair
I’ve still got a pair
Yeah honey, I’m still a guyOh my eyebrows ain’t plucked
There’s a gun in my truck
Oh thank God, I’m still a guy
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One reason could be is that men have so much further to go before reaching the finish line.
As a long time practicing metrosexual, who never leaves the seat up, I can honestly say we get the fruitfully fertile females and so our traits are evolving. I also love Broadway Show tunes and interior decorating.
ECookie,
Have we met sometime before. It is not possible that you too would use a word that brings back so many fond memory’s.
AY – you are incorrigible
” … The Y chromosome appears to be the most rapidly evolving of the human chromosomes. It’s an almost ongoing churning of gene reconstruction. It’s like a house that’s constantly being rebuilt.”
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Bullocks!
That supposed reconstruction is nothing more than the Y chromosome’s wingman pitching in.
Any reports of Y chromosome evolution is best countered by the wise words of Lana Turner:
“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.”
I think I’m starting to grow a tail.
Met him at a really interesting place in Michigan.
Was there any snakes, describe interesting and whats your def. of clean. Lastly, what was par for the hole.
FYI,
He has cleaned up too. Vince aka Alice Cooper, I do know. Met him at a really interesting place in Michigan. He also plays one hell of a golf game too.
ECookie,
I hate when that happened but much more when this happens.
The famed saga of the Cat Man began that July. Muth was cat-sitting when he realized the pussy had plunged down a 30-foot shaft and was trapped.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cat_man_bares_his_claws_in_suit_thRUdzxIhZLEcgaCOWUjEK#ixzz0cjVLm1nu
But then again I like Alice Cooper’s – Nurse Rozetta.
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AY – your blue balls are caused by something else entirely.
I have no segue, but
I hope hospital and Nurse Ratched have to pay through the nose for this…
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cat_man_bares_his_claws_in_suit_thRUdzxIhZLEcgaCOWUjEK
Women can learn to pee standing up-I’m too lazy to link but trust me.
If you’re a woman just be thankful for indoor plumbing-I’m pretty sure you can thank a man for that. The toilet tank is half-full.
Eccokie,
I hate when that happens to me too. That hurts.
Byron, You are so right. I went to South Africa a couple of years ago and all the monkeys had those big blue balls. It must be an early warning sign of the coming ice age. Either that, or SA’s graffiti artists are very precise (and have a thing against monkeys).
AY – Right, I got that from the 5%. It was the reference to 2.5 men as authority that made me howl. Okay, I know it was offered as an analogy, not an authority, but that’s how I read it.
Perhaps we should all cite television shows and movies to support our arguments – it would be very Legally Blonde. I could change my name to Elle Cookie.
Bdaman:
global cooling is real:
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/149099/Monkey-Blue-Balls.html
ECookie,
It means that we as men are not as selective as females. Drunk not being a consideration. Then we love the one we are with or can be with. And sometime we are alone and end up, well you know what I am saying…….
I am saying about men they are about as selective as dogs. We do have some in the species that are the aberration. Not many but some.
2.5 men and should soon be renamed 2.75 men is about as low like men you can get. The only thing missing is the bar.
“Nals, are you stating that the women are sexually selective? If so, I could not agree more. If you are saying that men are sexually selective. I am going to take a stab at this and say you are correct in about 5% of the cases. Most men do things that some others only dream of.
For a good analogy on this see 2 and a half men. Charlie and Allen and raising poor ole Jake”
LOL! I dont even know what this means, but it’s hilarious.
Elaine,
Yeah, we don’t really do the rules thing either, that’s just my general policy. I’d hate to think that every situation I’d come across would be covered in some formula for happiness.
AY–
Regarding your question to me: But how the[n] hell do you “be facile with a TV remote.”
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My husband isn’t the most dexterous individual when it comes to using the TV remote. I’m much more nimble of finger…and can change channels much faster. I wasn’t implying any kind of deviant “Y” chromosome behavior when I commented about men’s abilty to be facile with the TV remote.
To All.
I was having fun with Nal. Elaine M., Bryon put is succinctly. It is called consideration and respect. And if you forget its not the end of the world as you know it. Just remember rule number one. Your relationship with your significant other is more important than any small indiscretion imagined.