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fawcett@unix1.cs.umass.edu (Tom Fawcett) writes:
>>I do not doubt that Ron did not mean anything untoward by his description of
>>the clerk as "young" and "attractive."  I *do*, however, doubt that he would
>>have described a male clerk as "attractive," simply because I doubt that such
>>a description would come naturally to him in the case of males, as it appears
>>to come naturally to so many men when females are involved.

>Yes, but if a female had posted the description of the experience at the
>Registry, and had casually mentioned a cute male Registry cop, would *she*
>have been jumped on for mentioning it?  I doubt it.

And will I be jumped on for mentioning this?  Years ago, I was driving home
late at night after losing my wallet to a mugger.  To make matters worse,
I drove the car through a deep puddle which stalled the car motor and
filled the starter with water.  Two cops stopped by.  One of them was
a gruff, get-your-f*ing-car-out-of-this-street-right-now type, and the other
was a beautiful, young, blond who smiled and was just a generally helpful
guy...  I was just a little sorry to leave the scene once the starter finally
dried out and got me under way again.

-rich