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Offline thundley4

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Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« on: December 26, 2009, 07:26:59 PM »
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It's a thorny subject, so it is probably just as well it was a female scientist who confirmed that men are better at parking than women.
Men were typically five per cent more competent at parallel parking - where the car draws alongside anther vehicle before reversing into a bay - according to research.
They were also better at driving head-on into a space and then reversing into place.
  'You must remember that women also have bosoms which makes it very difficult to turn around.
'However, did we really need to know this? Should we now stop women from parking? Of course not.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1237383/Men-really-ARE-better-parking--thats-woman-professor-talking.html#ixzz0aqecicRh

Blame it on the boobies. :)
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2009, 10:05:03 PM »
I hate to parallel park...and it takes me forever.

The other half does it as easily as I pull in to a parking place.

Can't wait to tell him I can't parallel park because I have boobiez.... :naughty:
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2009, 10:33:33 PM »
I love this.  Yes, it is my boobs' fault that I can't parallel park well, they restrict my turning capabilities.   :uhsure:
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2009, 10:36:30 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 26, 2009, 07:26:59 PM
Blame it on the boobies. :)
I always do.
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2009, 10:54:42 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on December 26, 2009, 10:36:30 PM
I always do.

They are usually the reason that guys mess up, too.
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2009, 11:37:58 PM »
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'You must remember that women also have bosoms which makes it very difficult to turn around.

Huh?

You need to turn around to parallel park?

I thought that was what the mirrors were for.





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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2009, 11:43:26 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on December 26, 2009, 11:37:58 PM
Huh?

You need to turn around to parallel park?

I thought that was what the mirrors were for.







Try that on a driving test and they'd flunk you for not looking over your shoulder.  At least they did here a long time ago.  Depth perception in the mirror is almost non existent.
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2009, 11:47:05 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 26, 2009, 11:43:26 PM
Try that on a driving test and they'd flunk you for not looking over your shoulder.  At least they did here a long time ago.  Depth perception in the mirror is almost non existent.

Hmmm...

I can parallel park a semi-truck with a 57 foot trailer using only the mirrors.

I must have been doing it wrong.

 :popcorn:

ETA:  It was part of the test when I got my CDL this year.
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2009, 07:12:23 AM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on December 26, 2009, 10:33:33 PM
I love this.  Yes, it is my boobs' fault that I can't parallel park well, they restrict my turning capabilities.   :uhsure:

Perhaps some "coaching" would help?  Maybe I could hold them out of the way for you?
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2009, 12:47:22 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 26, 2009, 11:43:26 PM
Try that on a driving test and they'd flunk you for not looking over your shoulder.  At least they did here a long time ago.  Depth perception in the mirror is almost non existent.

I got my first driver's license in Illinois....if you didn't look over your shoulder before pulling away from the curb or changing lanes...they flunked you.

I wasn't asked to parallel park...which was a good thing. I took driver's ed in the winter...it's much easier to parallel park next to a 2 foot high pile of snow than a 4 inch high curb.....and my depth perception has always been awful.
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2009, 08:01:47 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on December 27, 2009, 07:12:23 AM
Perhaps some "coaching" would help?  Maybe I could hold them out of the way for you?

LMAO!!! :rotf:  Geez, too funny...
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2009, 08:05:21 PM »
I was laughing so hard I forgot to post my thoughts on this...  I can't parallel park very well, and now I know the reason why! ::)
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Re: Men really ARE better at parking... and that's a woman professor talking Read m
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2009, 08:59:14 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on December 26, 2009, 11:47:05 PM
Hmmm...

I can parallel park a semi-truck with a 57 foot trailer using only the mirrors.

I must have been doing it wrong.

 :popcorn:

ETA:  It was part of the test when I got my CDL this year.

Very nice!  Congrats on the CDL.

I'm not quite as skilled, having only a Class B CDL, but I, too, can parallel park a 40-foot bus (or straight truck), using mirrors only (there really isn't much to see, other than the headrest of your seat, if you try to turn around and look backwards, particularly on a bus).
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