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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:	The Joy of Lex
Notice:	A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:	THEBAY::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1192
Total number of notes:	42769

449.0. "Calling all housewives!" by NEARLY::GOODENOUGH (Jeff Goodenough, IPG Reading-UK) Thu Dec 03 1987 17:22

    I think this probably belongs in this file.
    
    I received a questionnaire from a TV rental company a couple of
    days ago.  One question made my eyes pop out:

    "When you buy or rent a TV or video, who has the main say in which
     shop or shops to go to?"
    
    Fair enough, but this was the list of boxes to tick:
    
    			Male head of household
    			Female head of household
    			Female housewife
    			Other adult in family
    			Child
    			Nobody else/equal
    
    Comments?
    
    Jeff.
    
    PS: TV/VCR rental is quite popular here.  I used to rent from this
    	company, but recently bought.  They also got my address wrong.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
449.1		YIPPEE::LIRON		`Thu Dec 03 1987 21:23`	6
	Calling all of them, or only the female ones ? Re the questionnaire, I suggest you select the reply: . Nobody else/equal roger
449.2	What about Male HouseWIVES?	HOMSIC::DUDEK	Call me Dr. Brevity	`Mon Dec 07 1987 22:53`	1
	Sounds rather redundant.
449.3	Housepersons?	COMICS::DEMORGAN	Richard De Morgan, UK CSC/CS	`Tue Dec 08 1987 19:13`	1

449.4	Housees?	HOMSIC::DUDEK	Call me Dr. Brevity	`Wed Dec 09 1987 00:29`	1

449.5		GLIVET::RECKARD	Jon Reckard 264-7710	`Wed Dec 09 1987 01:32`	1
449.6	Housewife	REGENT::BROOMHEAD	Don't panic -- yet.	`Wed Dec 09 1987 01:48`	6
	Many years ago, a friend of mine lost his job, while his wife did not. He then found that the U.S. Government had a job description for his position, and that it had a title. That title was "housewife". Ann B.
449.7	I try not to take it personally	HOMSIC::DUDEK	Call me Dr. Brevity	`Wed Dec 09 1987 22:12`	1

449.8	a late reply	GIDDAY::VISSER	On a clear day, you can see vacation	`Wed Jan 11 1989 10:35`	7
	I know this is a bit "late", but I always thought that wives who stayed home and looked after the house (or whatever the definition is) were housewives, and if it was the men, they were househusbands. ..klaas..(who once was a househusband, while wife brought home the bacon, and the lettuce, and the peanut butter, and the...)
449.9	housespouse	EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, VAX & MIPS architecture	`Thu Jan 12 1989 08:30`	1
	Why not use the word "housespouse" and be done with it.
449.10	Homebody	CLOSET::T_PARMENTER	Gonna set my chickens free!	`Thu Jan 12 1989 18:18`	1

449.11		CALS::GELINEAU		`Wed Jul 21 1993 17:32`	3
	domestic engineer --angela
449.12		MU::PORTER	none of the above	`Wed Jul 21 1993 22:10`	3
	The correct response is to rip up any questionnaire from anyone who's trying to sell you anything. Grrrrrrrrrr....