Johne Cook wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:21:27 -0800, Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> > wrote: >> But then, I've always had trouble telling male from female... > > It's telling the relative ages of people, specifically women. Such as > the time I met this girl and asked her to marry me and it turned out > that she was seven years older than me. That was an awkward moment. My wife is 5 years older than me. But she wasn't a girl when I married her. That makes a difference.