that the woman is correct. Try wondering what he’s thinking about 5 minutes from now. It’s Short Attention Span Theater up there.

"You men are pretty simple."

Response: "Sure, I'm simple. Tell me what's in it for me to be complicated."

I had no response.

Hanlon's razor - is sufficient for much ...

I left the room, texted my sis-in-law , she is married to the other brother. She agreed they are all 3 dense. We had a good laugh.

it's...

it's...

OK.

We're dense.

I know you're joking, but here's a story. 'Splain this:

I was having dinner at home with two very smart, accomplished men. Of course they are considerate enough to all pitch in with the dinner. I asked one (law degree, two M.S. degrees) to set the table. I told him where the placemats were.

When I came out from the kitchen, there was a different placemat for each place at the table. One dark blue one, a quilted one with flowers, and a straw mat one. Now obviously these do not go together. They were organized by set in a drawer.

How does one come to the conclusion that there should be three different placemats at the table?

I mean, it doesn't take very deep thinking to look at the drawer and take all three from one set. Or does it?

Husband and 2 adult sons who are all college educated and they would probably do the exact same thing you mentioned in your post with the placemats.

Now here is the question of the century. Why do otherwise intelligent grown men who have highly developed mechanical skills, who can do all manner of home repairs and car repairs ….

Replace an empty toilet paper roll like this …..

But I’m sure your brilliant mechanical mind can figure it out!

We opt to go with a single post, slip on same horizontal setup, only you slip the roll on the post. No mechanism necessary. One hand operation. Grab new roll, check orientation (over/under) slip on post.

That sums it up perfectly.

I read the rest of this thread and have an agreement with the OP. See below.

I think it's just a matter of paying attention to functionality vs. paying attention to appearances.

Some people care about functionality, some about appearances, and some about both.

I'm a little embarrassed to say that I probably would not notice any difference in the mismatched placemats, where many (probably most) people would.

Sounds about right

It’s not like you have to take them down and wash them or anything .. oh wait.

Sameness can be boring. I’ll bet every placemat did its job properly. Why not have some fun?

I know..I’ve been told…that not how you do it. Heavy sigh.

Generally, in that situation, whether she's there or not, I'm thinking of her, but I'm not sure she'd believe it.

It's kind of why I hate business travel these days; she's not there.

I probably posted this one before, but I'm not sure.

The quality is a little murky, but I love this stand-up routine.

I hope you had a nice day, and that you have a nice weekend.

That lady about lost it as he was unbuckling his belt and taking off his pants!

Thank you. I appreciate that so much! I had a long week.

I hope you have a relaxing evening and a nice weekend, Lucky!

How embarrassing.

I guess I'm tired and not paying attention.

It happens.

More often with me.