They still come back saying they were unable to buy the strainer, funnel and pie dish that you desperately needed, and think they have done very well by trying and struggling through the crowded streets In my book, trying at shopping is not good enough You also need to succeed. ELEANOR ANGEL Women of the Year chairperson Men don't listen and they can't multi-task, two things that are important to be able to do. They just focus on whatever they are doing at that moment and it is as if nothing else is happening in the world. That's really why they don't listen, and is also why they can't multi-task Women juggle lots of things - at home, at work, wherever But men don't seem to be able to I think it all comes down to conversation.
Listen to two women having a conversation and they will jump between subjects easily and the conversation will dot about But men have a one-track mind, so to speak They talk about one thing at a time And that's especially true when it comes to sport JENNY COLGAN Novelist I like men very much They're funny, straightforward and good at sums. On the other hand, there are some areas of life where they are complete and utter uncontainably useless arses. There's the dancing thing, and the, " Oh, sorry, we've been going out for 19 years and you thought we were serious? " thing, and the Saudi Arabian mullah thing, but by far the most irritating is the totally shit car thing Men who love cars are boring. Jeremy Clarkson is a terrible advert for this, in that he himself clearly isn't boring, but he serves as the inspiration to millions of fat shouty men without an ounce of his wit, giving them carte blanche to bore on endlessly. Talking a lot about your car makes you a brain-dead idiot, with the aesthetic sensibilities of a flea. Bringing up your car as a way of finding out the financial status of the man you are talking to is pre-pubescent penis pulling. Buying a brightly coloured expensive sports model shows you up to be a complete and utter desperate arse, as, by the way, does the teenage Russian ho in the passenger seat.
Oh, and by the way, boys - of course we don't cook (or eat) ever since you decided that you could only find us sexually attractive if we had the body of a 12-year-old boy who's had an accident with two grapefruits and a staple gun Thanks for that. DEBRA SEARLE Solo transatlantic rower and presenter Men can be too vulnerable in certain situations. In 2002, I set out on a double-handed rowing challenge to cross the Atlantic with a guy who, sadly, developed an uncontrollable fear of the ocean. [Debra Searle's now ex-husband, Andrew, bailed out near the start, leaving her to do the trip solo, in three-and-a-half months.] Women are proving themselves more and more in all walks of life - it's about individuals, not gender. LUCY PORTER Comedian I have never had a decent cup of tea or coffee made by a man That's their big downfall. I think that women are also better with a certain type of veiled itchiness Men are often a bit straightforward. That advertising executive who made those comments about women bosses - a woman would never have been that tactless.
