Life Sherpa to the rescue
Why carry emotional baggage? Joe Holleman answers guy related questions, everything from how to keep a straight face playing poker to how to break up with Angelina Jolie (and live to tell about it). No problem is too heavy for the Life Sherpa.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00 PM CDT
Life Sherpa: Well, well, well. It seems that some of the intrepid surfers of our new Web constructions managed to find the Sherpa's site this afternoon -- and they Sherpa is most pleased and grateful.
And the questions look promising -- from food to baldness to a question that includes the word "promiscuous", which promises to be promising.
So, enough with the ado, let's get rolling
And the questions look promising -- from food to baldness to a question that includes the word "promiscuous", which promises to be promising.
So, enough with the ado, let's get rolling
kaybells: Hey ya Sherp!
Are you an expert in the area of male pattern baldness? I have noticed a thin spot on the top of my young adult son's head, and I'm sure it's due to his head never seeing the light of day, with a stocking cap over his dome 24/7. I know it looks cool in his eyes, but don't you think the scalp circulation may be an issue? As far as inherited traits...his Dad wears a ball cap nearly as much and yep! Not too much up there! What's your take on this?
signed,
Looking for Hans Weimann
Are you an expert in the area of male pattern baldness? I have noticed a thin spot on the top of my young adult son's head, and I'm sure it's due to his head never seeing the light of day, with a stocking cap over his dome 24/7. I know it looks cool in his eyes, but don't you think the scalp circulation may be an issue? As far as inherited traits...his Dad wears a ball cap nearly as much and yep! Not too much up there! What's your take on this?
signed,
Looking for Hans Weimann
Life Sherpa: Yikes, I don't consider myself an expert on male pattern baldness, but I have a little of it myself. I've read that the wearing of a cap has nothing to do with baldness, and it's purely a genetic deal. But I think it would not hurt to wean your young'un from the stocking cap -- unless of course you plan to encourage a career in rap or grunge rock music.
evie: Dear Life Sherpa,
Gee, they make it a little hard to find where to submit chat questions, don't they?
OK, sports. The one I don't get is golf. You try to hit this tiny little ball into this tiny little hole in this huge big park-like country club. And you do it with these very expensive sticks that are supposed to move the ball in a very specific way. And you spend lots of money on lessons to learn how to use these sticks. And still, after all this money spent on the sticks and the lessons, you are lousy at hitting the tiny ball into the tiny hole.
Yet you do it week after week, and spend even more money to do it at exclusive park-like country clubs. You come home all disappointed and cuss like crazy.
I don't get it.
Evie
Gee, they make it a little hard to find where to submit chat questions, don't they?
OK, sports. The one I don't get is golf. You try to hit this tiny little ball into this tiny little hole in this huge big park-like country club. And you do it with these very expensive sticks that are supposed to move the ball in a very specific way. And you spend lots of money on lessons to learn how to use these sticks. And still, after all this money spent on the sticks and the lessons, you are lousy at hitting the tiny ball into the tiny hole.
Yet you do it week after week, and spend even more money to do it at exclusive park-like country clubs. You come home all disappointed and cuss like crazy.
I don't get it.
Evie
Life Sherpa: Dear Evie, I risk alienating the female participants in this forum by offering you the bottom-line reason why men play golf:
-- Women tend not to play golf.
OK, call me a sexist pig but men look for activities in which they can act like men -- and women won't be around to judge them.
This means the exercise must include physical challenge, competition, and the ability to drink alcoholic beverages while engaged in said activity.
Personally, my golf game is such that I've never needed a fancy-schmancy country club course. The most simple, proletarian course has been sufficiently challenging for my weak-#@$ game.
If you want to shake up your guy, tell him you've secretly been taking lessons and want to play with him. That may take him off the game forever.
-- Women tend not to play golf.
OK, call me a sexist pig but men look for activities in which they can act like men -- and women won't be around to judge them.
This means the exercise must include physical challenge, competition, and the ability to drink alcoholic beverages while engaged in said activity.
Personally, my golf game is such that I've never needed a fancy-schmancy country club course. The most simple, proletarian course has been sufficiently challenging for my weak-#@$ game.
If you want to shake up your guy, tell him you've secretly been taking lessons and want to play with him. That may take him off the game forever.
Drew: Life Sherpa,
I have a question about women. I have been married for almost 9 years and it seems lately (since I got a DVR) that my wife will record a "top 20 music countdown" and play and replay and replay (and...well you get the point) the same song over and over again.
1. Is this normal for women?
2. Any ideas to get her to stop besides getting into a shouting match with her?
I like listening to music but I can't listen the same song 20 times in a 24 hrs period (and I am NOT overexaggerating!).
Please help oh wise and mighty Life Sherpa!
I have a question about women. I have been married for almost 9 years and it seems lately (since I got a DVR) that my wife will record a "top 20 music countdown" and play and replay and replay (and...well you get the point) the same song over and over again.
1. Is this normal for women?
2. Any ideas to get her to stop besides getting into a shouting match with her?
I like listening to music but I can't listen the same song 20 times in a 24 hrs period (and I am NOT overexaggerating!).
Please help oh wise and mighty Life Sherpa!
Life Sherpa: First of all, let me say I'm surprised that your wife operates a remote control with such efficiency. Remote control skills usually exist only in the male of the species.
But listening to a song over and over is mos def a women thing -- much like a guy watching "Caddyshack" over and over again. And let me guess, it's not so much that you have to listen to a song 20 times in a row, it's that you have to listen to "her song" 20 times in a row. And chances are, it's not Led Zepellin or U2, but something from Beyonce or Sara McLaughlin, or Mariah Carey.
So, don't yell, don't fight, just live with it (or accidentally hit the "delete this recording" button whenever you can.)
But listening to a song over and over is mos def a women thing -- much like a guy watching "Caddyshack" over and over again. And let me guess, it's not so much that you have to listen to a song 20 times in a row, it's that you have to listen to "her song" 20 times in a row. And chances are, it's not Led Zepellin or U2, but something from Beyonce or Sara McLaughlin, or Mariah Carey.
So, don't yell, don't fight, just live with it (or accidentally hit the "delete this recording" button whenever you can.)
1880s guy: Sir,
For the last month, I've been stewing over advice that you casually tossed out like some month old pizza.
I am deeply offended that you think real men would use an umbrella. Have you never seen a World War II movie, Kung Fu classic or Spaghetti Western? "Oh, the Life Sherpa says we can't fight until I dispense with this dreadful moisture about my shoulders".
Buck it up, dude. Get wet. I'll bet your umbrella is Pepto Bismal Pink.
For the last month, I've been stewing over advice that you casually tossed out like some month old pizza.
I am deeply offended that you think real men would use an umbrella. Have you never seen a World War II movie, Kung Fu classic or Spaghetti Western? "Oh, the Life Sherpa says we can't fight until I dispense with this dreadful moisture about my shoulders".
Buck it up, dude. Get wet. I'll bet your umbrella is Pepto Bismal Pink.
Life Sherpa: As an aficionado of Spags, war flicks and Kung Fu movies -- I am insulted.
But the bottom line is this: Real men aren't stupid, and getting stuck in the rain without an umbrella is kind of dumb. And men who carry an umrella in the rain are obviously secure enough in their manhood to do so, unlike the drenched and the insecure.
Regular readers will remember that it was noted that these umbrellas should be black or navy blue, or a golf umbrella.
So, no, my umbrella is not pink (it's black).
And the next time you call me dude, make sure it's with a capital "D"
But the bottom line is this: Real men aren't stupid, and getting stuck in the rain without an umbrella is kind of dumb. And men who carry an umrella in the rain are obviously secure enough in their manhood to do so, unlike the drenched and the insecure.
Regular readers will remember that it was noted that these umbrellas should be black or navy blue, or a golf umbrella.
So, no, my umbrella is not pink (it's black).
And the next time you call me dude, make sure it's with a capital "D"
