The Bucket Brigade

In answer to Bobgirrls latest Bucket Boy troubles (and with a nod to Basil Seal's note that these things go both ways), RW chimes in with a few helpful Guy rules.

It seems to me that there is a certain "be careful what you wish for" air about all this (and I'm talking about Society in general, not Bobgirrl). Back in my yoot, I distinctly remember being told that the whole concept of "gentleman" was patriarchal and sexist and chauvenistic and eviiiil and just one step short of women as chattel and yadda, yadda, yadda - scolding, I'm happy to say, that I cheerfully ignored.

However, it seems from Bobgirrl's lament that a great many other fellows out there took it all in and then some. Now we see that when one removes the gentlemanly constraints from the male half of the population, one is left with a pack of.....louts.

In Dad Time, the advent of my own daughters' dating is no great way off. I grow more and more queasy at the prospect.

UPDATE: Your Maximum Leader discovers the joys of Debrett's. (BTW, I can top his saintly mother in that I have copies of two of Miss Martin's books.)

UPDATE DEUX: And let us not forget this gentleman:

"Mr Knightley entertains his nephews"

Whenever the subject turns to such matters around here, I can't help but mention Mr. Knightley, given how fond of him our dear pal Kathy is! (Neener! Neener!)