Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus...What?

I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. But this little story from my friend in India made the most sense...read on

FOR EXAMPLE:

One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says, 'I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me.'

I said, 'WHAT??!! What was that?!'

So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear...

'You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.'

She responded to my puzzled look by saying, 'Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?'

Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said, 'Lets get a pair for each outfit.'

We went on to the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you... she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.

I think I threw her for a loop when I said, 'That's fine, honey.' She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, 'I think this is all
dear, let's go to the cashier.'

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, 'No honey, I don't feel like it.'

Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled, 'WHAT?'

I then said, 'Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.'

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, 'Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?'

Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either....but at least that bitch knows I'm smarter than her.

OK...this was not a true a story....

The Earth

Over the last few days, I have had the opportunity to sit with some pretty influencial folks in the package good industry (both manufacturers and retailers) about making their products more earth friendly.

I was not suprised that most of them where not discussing this due to the goodness of their heart but looking at using green as way to make more green. There is nothing wrong with that, we are all having business for the purpose of making money.

During the course of the conversation a seasoned marketing executive raised the following point, "What is in it for us? The cost is more and our marging becomes less. Our consumers will not pay $1.99 for this product that they currently pay $1.29, how do we tell the consumers that they need to pay more to play in the sand box called Earth?"

All I could tell them was tell the consumers the following, "We have not inherited the world from our forefathers -- we have borrowed it from our children".

So my question is the following?

A. Would you pay more to save the earth?
B. Would you support/invest in companies that have a a better enviroment record?
C. Do you believe the Earth belongs to the current generation or to the future generation?

In the end there is no right or wrong answer....

Some sites to consider are
A. Global 100
B. Sustainable Business
C. United Nations for Sustainable Development