In article , Mike Lyle
writes
Kay Easton wrote in message news:1yvccaFWXfW$Ewg5@sc
arboro.demon.co.uk...
In article , BridgeP
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[...]
Would you call Fred Dibnah 'attractive'?

Until recently, a woman of comparable attractiveness to Fred Dibnah
would have been almost impossible to see as a presenter. (Someone is
about to say 'two fat ladies')

I remember my father telling me that El Al did some research on what
people wanted air stewardesses to be like and a significant number
said they favoured the motherly type rather than the dolly-bird
cultivar.

Our culture is artificially skewed: we take gardening advice from our
mothers, after all.


And not our fathers? Interesting - my experience is that the women are
the plantswomen (famous male examples notwithstanding) and the men are
trusted with areas like lawns where they can't go too disastrously wrong
;-)

And now I'm going to be yelled at by all the knowledgeable male
gardeners on this group!

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm