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Pathetic Bob Talks About Women
By Emmuttmax
15 June 2008
I told him not to do it.

Pathetic Bob Asks About Women

 
So Pathetic Bob comes into my office this morning and says, “Hey Mike, what’s up with women?”

Now this is a question that most men do not want to be asked because we are generally going to get it wrong no matter what our answer, especially if a woman is asking the question. But, Pathetic Bob was asking so I knew I’d have to give him some kind of an answer, or he would bug the hell out of me all day until I did. “I don’t know Bob,” I said. “Did you hear something? Are they planning a takeover? By the way Bob, I’m assuming you’re talking about human women, right?

“Yeah, yeah, I mean human women. They seem kinda different than other humans.”

“You mean men?”

“Yeah,” he confirmed. “It seems that not only do women have different body bits and pieces, they operate according to a different set of cosmic and natural laws. I know I’m smart, but I can’t quite figure out what makes women so different from men.”

Now we were getting into dangerous territory. “You know Bob, men have no idea how women process information either. It’s kinda like the weather; we know it’s there, but we have no idea why or how it works.”

“Jesus Mike, you are such a wuss.  You’re always throwing the 'mystery' crap at me, trying to duck taking a position on anything.”

“That’s not true Bob! I’ve taken lots of positions,” I protested.

“Yeah, sure, fine, whatever you say,” he said in a condescending manner.

Bob was starting to piss me off so I blurted out, “Oh yeah…well…uh…women…I like ‘em. They’re great.”

“Oooooh, you really climbed out on a limb there.”

“”Well, goat breath, just what the hell do you really think about women…really.”

“”I’ll tell you what I think,” said Bob decisively, “I think women are smarter than men. Women generally don’t act like street-yard dogs, fighting over territory, looking for the chance to kick ass just for the sake of kicking ass. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I believe women are more reasonable than men; they don’t seem to have that win-lose mentality that men have. They seem more willing to negotiate, to compromise. I believe that what they lack in brute strength, they more than make up for with a highly evolved intelligence. In fact, women have surpassed men on the evolutionary chain. And another thing Mike, women have great tits.”

I knew it, I knew it, he was going to eventually screw up, and there it was. “Now you’ve done it Bob. Women are going to read this and start thinking that you are really a cool, sensitive, extremely smart dog, and then they’re going to come to the “tits” part and think, ‘See, all males really want is sex.’ You really blew it Bob.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” said a rather confused Bob. “I’m not interested in having sex with a human woman…eeeeww. I just think their tits are nice to look at. Damn, Mike, I think elephant tusks look beautiful on an elephant, but I don’t want one shoved up my ass. What the hell is it with people?”

“Well Bob, you just can’t say stuff like that, it’s not…uh…politically correct.”

“Look Mike, just because I like women’s tits does not mean I don’t love their brains. In fact, to me, the brain is the most attractive part of any human. So deal with, OK.  By the way scrotum jowls, haven’t you noticed by now that there are no correct politics.”

 

(c) 2008

Reviews

Written by Phil (8763 comments posted) 15th June 2008
A wise dog. Laughed out loud at this one. 
 
You seem to have honed Bob's voice in the last few. For me, spot on - but then I'm a fan. 
 
Does Bob do doggy things too - you know - the whole sniffing and licking thing? 
 
Phil

Written by Canadian_Bacon (123 comments posted) 15th June 2008
You know it's good, everyone will tell you it's good, so I will defy the norm by nitpicking :)  
 
Your titles don't match. The story page title uses "talks", while the creative work itself is headed with "asks". Either one can apply I suppose, but you may as well pick one or the other. 
Second minor thing, technically the last sentence needs a question mark, no? It seems to be a rhetorical question. 
 
Feel free to boo me. :p 
 
-Mike

Written by SplatterpunkShelbs (43 comments posted) 15th June 2008
haha I love that you write this way about your dog. I like to think that my dog talks to most of the time 
 
Just wondering, have you ever read the comic "Pearls Before Swine"? There is a character in it named angry Bob, I've been wondering if that's where you got the idea for "Pathetic Bob" 
 
Good work 
 
~Shelby

Written by Emmuttmax (203 comments posted) 15th June 2008
Thanks Phil, I appreciate your support. 
 
CB, pick nits, that is part of what critiquing is about. Although I was once a newspaper editor, editing my own stuff is not something I'm very good at. 
 
Shelby, I don't think I've read "Pearls Before Swine." It sounds interesting. Bob got his sobriquet from my nephew. When he met Bob he remarked, "That dog is pathetic." It stuck.

Written by TwistedTales (550 comments posted) 15th June 2008
I am telling you Max, this Bob series is shaping up pretty darn well...it's like Saki's 'Renigald' series...sharp, succinct, sarcastic. Keep going, who knows where it might lead.  
 
Regards, 
TT
Pathetic Bob Talks About Women
Written by awakenedmind (48 comments posted) 16th June 2008
I have read quite a few of your 'Bob' stories and have enjoyed them, this one for me was too close to the 'knuckle'.  
I have read the other comments and would not argue against any of them, it is only a personal opinion of mine. 
 
Normally I would not give a critique on any storylines than has any form of sexual connotation in them but normally the 'Bob' ones for me are very good. 
 
May have been better for me to just have ignored the writing like I do with any of the others, it just seems a shame for the usual storyline thats all. 
 
Michael
Bob is a dog???
Written by CatGem (33 comments posted) 16th June 2008
*runs to find all the other bob stories spoken about here 
 
(i think i love bob)

Written by mia_ms_kim (1057 comments posted) 16th June 2008
More and more Bob of the self-help series and Bob that features with his beloved owner Mike, are merging in voice and character. I don't think he will sound much different if he wrote his self-help piece on the subject. He'd probably have a piece of his doggy wisdom to offer to women. 
 
There are times when Pathetic Bob comes across as a smartass he really is, and this is one of them. I wanted to thump him on the snout this time. 
 
Mia :p

Written by Mikeyboy (57 comments posted) 11th December 2008
I'm catching up as quickly as I can with all the Bob stories. I love them all, but especially those where he gets to be the "smart-ass". 
 
I think Michael's being a bit unfair regarding the sexual connotation. In fact, I think the line was particularly skillfully walked. The elephant tusk remark was cracking. 
 
Sexism, racism, homophobia etc. may need to be treated carefully, but they don't need to be avoided. An over-reaction I feel. 

Written by Fledermaus (4146 comments posted) 11th December 2008
Hahaha. Bob is just so great. I wonder why you called him 'pathetic'.  
Pathetic Bob seems very honest in his observations and as a dog his remark about tits is of course purely about esthetics. Perhaps it would be a good thing if compliments about a woman's looks would be disconnected from any reference to her attractiveness. I know enough gorgeous women, but most of them I would not want as a girlfriend...

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