Men, being conditioned badly, are always feeling nooses closing around their necks, even dumpy boors no girl would take on a bet.
Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989.
-- Cynthia Heimel, (Jan 0 0-0), US writer, humorist; She is the author of many witty books, including When Your Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll be Me.