[I do not know the original author of this.]
A man was walking along the beach and found a bottle. He looked around and didn't see anyone so he opened it. A genie appeared and thanked the man for letting him out.
The genie said, “For your kindness I will grant you one wish, but only one.”
The man thought for a minute and said, “I have always wanted to go to Hawaii but have never been able to because I'm afraid of flying and ships make me claustrophobic and ill. So I wish for a road to be built from here to Hawaii.”
The genie thought for a few minutes and said, “No, I don't think I can do that. Just think of all the work involved with the pilings needed to hold up the highway and how deep they would have to be to reach the bottom of the ocean. Think of all the pavement that would be needed. No, that is just too much to ask.”
The man thought for a minute and then told the genie, “There is one other thing that I have always wanted. I would like to be able to understand women. What makes them laugh and cry, why are they temperamental, why are they so difficult to get along with? Basically, what makes them tick?”
The genie considered for a few minutes and said, “So, do you want two lanes or four?”
When Karen would come up with those things that only a Female Mind can come up with, I'd say “Two lanes or four?”
Men Have Boxes, Women Have One Big Ball of String – Getting Communication Right!
… Men and women's brains are connected in different ways which may explain why the sexes excel at certain tasks, say researchers. A US team at the University of Pennsylvania scanned the brains of nearly 1,000 men, women, boys and girls and found striking differences.
Male brains appeared to be wired front to back, with few connections bridging the two hemispheres. In females, the pathways criss-crossed between left and right. …
Men and women's brains are 'wired differently'
Sex differences in the structural connectome of the human brain
Daniel G. Amen M.D. at KPBS, and http://unleashthefemalebrain.com.
Many a time I'd say to Karen “Two Lanes or Four?” when she would come up with something that only a Female Mind could.
See Karen's Reading List for some books that did help us understand each other better.
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