OK, if there are married man out there reading this, I have a little advice for you:
The whole "pleading the fifth" thing is annoying.
You know, when the wife asks the husband, "Does this skirt make my butt look big?" and the husband says, "Uhhhh, I plead the fifth."
My husband says that most men see the whole "big-looking butt" genre of wifely questioning to be a trap from which they will never escape alive. Maybe it is true that some people just want the partner to say, "You've got a super-attractive butt that looks good in anything!" (Actually, I wouldn't mind that, but I would probably raise a skeptical eyebrow.) Personally, I really ask this question because I've been craning my neck trying to see, and I want to know. For heaven's sake, just tell the truth.
"I plead the fifth" is not the path to freedom.
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OK this reply comes from across the "Pond" - the United Kingdom, so just bear that in mind....
All I know about "pleading the 5th" (apart from the fact that arrested celebrities like Michael Jackson have done it multiple times: isn't it supposed to protect you from dropping yourself in it when asked a legalistic question?) is that CHILDREN "jokingly" say it to their parents when THEY'RE dropped in the you-know-what ...
I suppose it must get supremely annoying to hear that phrase all the time... At least you HAVE a written constitution. Nobody knows quite where they stand on several issues in this country because we are without one ...
OK just thought I'd say that while was passing "next blogging" ...
I'm at http://gledwood2.blogspot.com - that's my main blog, my online journal. If you want to drop by you're most welcome. All the best to you from
Gledwood "vol 2" ...
I agree with this blog entirely! Pleading the fifth is stupid for lack of a better word. Even if someone is saying it because they feel there is no right answer - it still puts them in a negative light. For example in legal proceedings when someone pleads the fifth the perception is that of guilt.
As for the Riches - I love it - great show. I don't watch TV on a regular basis but anything with Eddie Izzard will draw me in. To answer your questions - yes, Dahlia did become friends with the neighbor lady - and Dahlia stops the heroine but starts taking pills that the neighbor lady gives her. The family found them, and that was a whole big deal. Way too much to explain! Great show though!
I have heard several men, "These are unfair female questions--no matter how I answer, it will be wrong or taken wrong, so please just don't ask because I will not answer." The "butt" question is one of these "unfair questions" because if he tells me the outfit DOES make my butt look big, I will feel bad, and if he says it doesn't, I will still not believe him. He doesn't want either reaction. So it makes sense that he asks me to not ask at all. And this way, there is no pleading the fifth because men like this won't even listen to the question.
Hi Kate, This pleading the 5th thing is really good. We don 't have the 5th in India otherwise i would have exercised it to avoid the foot & mouth disease I 'm sure we have a similar
constitutional right and maybe it has a number.LOL
I will post the recipe for palak paneer on my blog. I like it a lot, its cottage cheese with spinach.i hope your friend likes it.
Its just that since the past 2 days I 'm having bad electricity supply and server connection days.Can hardly use the computer.
Cheerio
You know...guess what happens when a man answers that question with:
"It's your fat that makes your butt look big!"
Oh No!!!! banned to the garage for life.
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