{"id":1275,"date":"2011-05-06T07:57:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2011-05-06T07:58:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T11:58:24","slug":"manfaq-friday-the-age-of-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=1275","title":{"rendered":"ManFAQ Friday:  The Age of Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, and that means answer time! For those of you who have commented with questions from previous ManFAQs, thank you. I&#8217;m adding yours to the list of questions women have asked about men over the years, and I will answer them all in turn &#8211; to continue to demystify the more malodorous gender for those of the gentler.\u00a0 Actual questions, posed by real women, and answered by a REAL man. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Why do some guys appear to be more enlightened than others and how can I find one? (Doesn\u2019t pertain to me but many women want to know.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0First we need to define terms.\u00a0 By &#8220;more enlightened than others&#8221; I have to assume that you mean &#8220;more like the Big Ugly Man Doll,&#8221; since I&#8217;m widely known as a paragon of virtue, humility,\u00a0and good taste.\u00a0\u00a0 Just so we&#8217;re clear on what you&#8217;re looking for &#8211; c&#8217;est moi!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, why do some guys appear to be more enlightened?\u00a0 What makes me seem like such a rare blossom in this filthy jungle?\u00a0 Well, you&#8217;ve answered your question by asking it &#8211; it&#8217;s an appearance, and those can be deceiving.\u00a0\u00a0 What makes this appearance work?\u00a0 You do!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You see us in costume, all dressed for the day, and think, gosh, he hardly looks like an animal at all.\u00a0 Often your expectations for us are so low that once we&#8217;ve held the door open or cleaned up the wet spot once or twice, you think we&#8217;re sensitive, caring individuals.\u00a0 We&#8217;re not.\u00a0 Yes, he got the door.\u00a0 Yes, he can clean up a little.\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what the difference is:<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;enlightened&#8221; ones, such as myself,\u00a0have a sense of the future.\u00a0 We exist in more than just Right Now, the top of this infinitely cresting wave of Time as it fires the sands of the future into the glass of the past.\u00a0 We can think about more than just Hey Hey yesterday or Hey Hey right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We can imagine Hey Hey&#8230;\u00a0 Later.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s the difference.\u00a0 Really.\u00a0 He&#8217;s still an animal.\u00a0 He&#8217;s just figured out that by &#8220;appearing&#8221; enlightened, he&#8217;s improving his chances with you.\u00a0 As for the second part of your question, how you can go about finding one?\u00a0 Where in the world is there in the world a man so extraordinaire?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The simplest way by far is to get all your possible candidates to read this ManFAQ, and the rest of the BUMD.\u00a0 If they&#8217;re not laughing, throw them back and re-bait your hook!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Now you know.\u00a0 Please, feel free to comment!\u00a0 Also, forward\u00a0any questions <strong>you&#8217;d<\/strong> like answered to BUMD &#8211; at &#8211; biguglymandoll.com!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some guys appear to be more enlightened than others and how can I find one? (Doesn\u2019t pertain to me but many women want to know.)  Actual questions, posed by real women, and answered by a REAL man. 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