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#59385 03/05/02 03:39 PM
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Yes ... but in certain marital situations no comment made can be an explanation, only an excuse.

The easiest thing is to just apologise. It doesn't matter if you know what you are apologising for or why, just apologise.


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The easiest thing is to just apologise. It doesn't matter if you know what you are apologising for or why, just apologise.

You see? There really are some universal standards.


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just apologise

some universal standards

Yeah, ya gotta humor them.


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Yeah, ya gotta humor them.

Isn't that part of the standard marriage vows?

"To have and to hold, to love, humor, cherish..."


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Well, if ya know which side your toast is honey-buttered on.....[flipping hair back with both hands-e]

'cause if ya can't be arsed with bowing to the goddess.......

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My father taught me the most important words any husband needs to know. For him they have worked for just over 50 years: "Yes Dear"

(A close second is pretending to read the newspaper.)

The nice thing about "Yes Dear" is that it can be said with almost as many different tones of voice as "Nothing" which most husband's I'm sure have heard at least once in response to the question, "What's wrong?"


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If you want your marriage to flourish,
Like love in a loving cup,
When you know that you're wrong, admit it;
When you know that you're right, shut up.


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Sorry for the delay chaps - been rather busy - from what I remember of (hazily) learning law, the arguments were about excuse vs justification.

An excuse did just that - excused the action. It offered a valid (in the mind of the defendant) reason for why the action had occurred and why the defendant should not be held responsible for it.

A justification justified why the action had occurred but made no attempt to excuse it. As in 'pleading guilty with justification"

Perhaps in transport to Ontario that justification has got translated into explanation?


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