And the award for "The Most Stupid Question" goes to.........

I think the problem may lie in the fact that while we men are not, by all accounts, good at multi-tasking, we are addicted to multi-thinking. We are so concerned with the great issues of the day - trying to work out whether Jose Mourinho could be persuaded to take on Barnier, Tusk and Juncker for us now he has time on his hands; pondering the relative merits of Trump and Macron as first change bowlers for the England cricket team; and why all brownfield sites cannot be turned into golf courses - that we may seem a little distrait when brought down to earth by the mundane pressures of family life, which are frankly beyond us.

Forgive us, for we know not what you do!

PS May I add that perhaps GN should have a new "award" one for managing to bugger up what was meant to be a light hearted thread!

Please form an orderly queue with your nominations!

Grandad1943 sorry to hear about your colleague, I'm currently trying to hold the fort in our small business while the boss is in hospital (again) with leukemia, and, like you I'm doing extra time in the office to try to keep it all going for the benefit of the rest of the team.

However, it does not prevent me from having a sense of humour, nor does it lead me to make somewhat snide remarks!

Apologies if I have taken your posts the wrong way, always try to give the benefit of the doubt but....................

I was a volunteer on a 1 mile wide by 2 mile long island a while ago. I was asked "Is there any sea nearby?" They had just had a 15 minute boat trip to access the island!

It must be hard going through life without a sense of humour.....

I can't help thinking back to the time when my dear husband was running his empire, it has just occurred to me that he would neither have had the time nor the inclination to get onto a site such as GN, if indeed he knew it existed, but then being a filthy capitalist, he wasn't trying to save the world just make money Yeah they can be like that men, it's all about the filthy lucre, they don't give a shiney s**t a considerate thought about saving the whale, or explaining to their sons what to expect when they start their periods All left to us wimmin or whatever is the acceptable inclusive collective noun is for us, these days, I don't know I've lost track. However, in my dear -- pet poodle's- husband's defence though, I would say, as far as I'm aware, but never say never, did he have the backup a scratch yer arse team, whatever they are It's an education being on GN isn't it?

Ah, Grandad1943, so sorry about your colleague, ovarian cancer is a bitch of a disease. I have a friend recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a brother with liver cancer, and am going for investigations myself later this week. It's being able to laugh in such circumstances that keeps us all going, isn't it? In case I feel less than festive by the big day, which I shall be spending home alone, let me take this opportunity to wish all Gransnetters everywhere a very happy Christmas, and every blessing. xx

Your office sounds a bundle of fun, sure it’s The Office, with terrible little man who thinks he’s funny, Ricky Gervace?

Erm, don't flatter yourself, Hellsgrandad is actually the user name of another member, NOT one that has been applied to you.

Perhaps you might like to share that with your chums in the office?

Well, we are just calling an end to a very long a day here in our office, but have been very much amused in the last few minutes looking at the posts in this thread, especially the posts in the last hour.

Genuine thanks to all those who have given us such a great laugh in our coffee breaks etc, especially those who refer to their male husbands and partners in the same context as they would their pet poodle.

I do love the name "Hellsdad" two posters attached to me in this thread as the office staff started referring to me in by that name this afternoon and I am now wearing that like a badge of honour (Wonderfull).

Caledonai14, with regard to your post @ 15:11 today (18/12/18), those of us without young children are working extra hours so staff with young families can get away to make sure their children have a good Christmas.
However, it very much looks as if we will be working some very long hours this week including Saturday to get through the work we have to get out prior to Christmas. I have also started asking for volunteers for a "scratch team" for Christmas Eve if required which we posted as would be part of the holiday.

So, genuinely many thanks, this thread has been a great morale booster for us all today, especially on a day when we have learned that a member of staff who has been fighting ovarian cancer for the last two months is now very ill indeed.

Genuinely many thanks again.

Mawbroom and TerrBull you’re both quite right...how the hell do us women manage to get outa bed in the morning without a man telling us to put one foot in front of the other!! It’s a mystery right enough!!

lemongrove, one can only hope that Grandad is how he presents himself and not talking in false tongues. An office is a safe space for a man and running an empire keeps them occupied, doesn't it? Since my dear husband retired he's been on a downward trajectory, golf 3 times a week. This is a dark and dangerous world, where a man can never be sure where his balls are Let me tell you he never had that problem when he was in the office!

get rid of the man and get a dog or a cat, it's much easier

I often wonder is someone’s wife is on here with a name that they do not know ???

Does anyone actually believe all this ‘ everyone in the office was amused and said blah blah’ ? I certainly don’t.

Terribull ??

Oh for goodness sake get over it!

Oops sorry, Should have typed "As you are no doubt aware" in penultimate line. apologies, having a fluffy haired blonde moment

It's so lovely to hear that we are keeping you and your colleagues entertained Grandad and indeed that warm feeling is reciprocated whenever you interject with such pc bollocks insightful thoughts on threads such as these. Anyway it's seems that you have a kindred spirit in "Hellsgrandad" no doubt a user name inspired by his time on GN Maybe you could pm him and suggest he becomes your de facto deputy, surely running an empire and trying to steer GN threads away from veering into the dark world of misandry, is too much even for dare I say it a MAN! After all, as you are no doubt you are well aware, or should be given the time you spend on GN, you lot just can't multitask

It seems I need to rethink the questions I ask my husband, as he never answers the one I have asked, but a different one. Not sure how to work out what to ask to get the answer I need.

Brilliant answers today, mine is the same OH, doesnt listen. He always says to me when I answer a question, that I answer with a following question, I do explain with having been a Nurse all my life I am used to having to have follow up questions! He doesnt say this so often now after the explanation.

But surely Hellsgranddad, you and other men make similar comments about your wives? My better half's pet peeve is that I never give him any of the housekeeping money, because he would just spend it!

Any man he makes that comment to, says, "Well, why should you be luckier than the rest of us?"

Lucky you Grandad and co that you can get a rundown before Christmas. Some of us will be working shifts, weekends and extra hours over the Festive period to help colleagues have time off or to keep our lives and families warm, fed and fruitful. Some people here will be alone and others will be without the company of loved ones.

This is a welcome light thread, very similar to a half page in one of the popular magazines (can't remember which) entitled Aren't Men Daft? which actually pays for such comments because they are amusing and harmless.

Nobody here is complaining about a loved one. The thread could just as easily be about the foibles of teenagers or toddlers or female friends....or indeed ourselves.

Most of us are enjoying the kind of thing that would make us smile on a night out. It's almost Christmas. This is harmless fun and it's giving us some welcome recognition laughter across a broad range of people and circumstances.

And goodness knows we all need that in 2018.

I think I need a job in grandad's office.

...... that was thank you to the joke about someone’s bike being on fire!