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This is because I am a guy, and guys, while we are blessed with all sorts of skills essential for the survival of human civilization - such as the ability to instantly tell whether a receiver has both feet in bounds - do not possess the genetic material required to find stuff when it goes missing. Mustard would be an excellent example. I am always looking for the mustard. The problem is my wife always puts the mustard in places where I can't find it, such as the refrigerator. I will make myself a hotdog, then open our fridge and, after rooting around for several valuable seconds, be forced to shout at my wife: " HONEY, WHERE'S THE MUSTARD???" My wife, in the sort of tone you would use if you were speaking to a potted plant, will holler back: " IT'S ON THE TOP SHELF!!!" So, I will look on the top shelf, but, as you have already guessed, I will find every condiment known to mankind, except for mustard. I will politely explain this to my wife, who will storm into the kitchen, give me one of those looks that every guy with a spouse has received, thrust her hand in the fridge and - VOILA! - pull out the mustard. My wife is able to find it because she is a woman, a gender that nature has blessed with an innate ability for finding important things, such as a sale on " some super cute shoes." I am mentioning this today because recently, after spending three hours in a dunk tank on a wicked hot afternoon for a local charity, I accidentally misplaced my car. There I was, sporting a sunburn and damp clothing, wandering down a street, looking for my vehicle. Being a guy who does not waste energy, I didn't start " looking" until I reached the exact spot where I thought I knew I had definitely parked my car. But it wasn't there. So I kept walking, growing more alarmed with each step. After a couple of blocks, I reached the only logical conclusion: While I was busy doing wonderful work for charity, someone without a heart had towed my car. Again, being a veteran guy, I knew what to do in a crisis situation such as this - I called my wife. " Honey, someone towed my car while I was sitting in the dunk tank," is what I told her, trying to keep my voice calm because I did not want her to fly off the handle due to the injustice of the situation. There was a brief silence. " Did you look for it?" she asked. As you can imagine, I was indignant. " DID I LOOK FOR IT?" I grunted in shocked reply. " Of. Course. I. Looked. For. It. I know where I parked my ( bad word) car and it's not there now. It was on the street for more than two hours, so obviously it got towed." There was another brief pause. " Well," my wife finally sighed, " I guess you'll have to call the city and find out where they took it." To say the least, I was shocked. " Me call?" I snorted. " I'm standing on a ( very bad word) street in the hot sun in damp clothes and you're sitting in an air- conditioned office with a computer and a phone book, so you should call, then let me know where they took it." Bowing to the undeniable logic, my wife agreed, so I hung up and, with nothing better to do, began sadly trudging back the way I'd come, which was when I found my car. It was parked right beside the charity event in a spot where - and this is the important part - I did not remember leaving it, which means it was likely moved there by juvenile delinquents or space aliens. I stared at my car in disbelief, then called my wife to let her know that, thanks to my never- say- die attitude, I had bravely tracked down the missing vehicle. You will find this hard to believe, but my wife, who is a woman, thought the whole thing was amusing. " Ha ha ha," is what she said. I was shocked by her cavalier attitude, but I don't have time to complai. I need to get to the store right away because, as far as I can tell, we are totally out of mustard. doug. speirs@ freepress. mb. ca In the Doug House Doug Speirs Why I can't cut the mustard Top News A 3,4 Manitoba A 5- 7 City B 1 Business B 3 Entertainment C 1 Movies C 2 Comics C 6 Diversions C 7 Horoscope C 8 Jumble C 10 TV C 12 Sports D 1 Weather D 6 ALBO , Ercole. ALCOCK , Terrence Leslie. BAYLEY , Barry O. CAMPBELL , Glen Edward. CARRIERE , H. George. DEDERICK , Christian Ralph Peter. DE MEYER , Lawrence Marcel. ERMET , Edward ( Ted). FLETCHER , David Arther. GILMOUR , Robert ( Bob). HAYWOOD , Joseph Henry. HERNAEZ , Felipe ( Phillip), Samulde. JOUBERT , Robert. KELLY , Alvin. KEMP , Phyllis May. KOWALCZUK , Stefan Andrew. MOFFAT ( n�e SUTHERLAND), Lorna Grace. PERRY , James. PLATSKO ( n�e BIRT), Edith Ellen. PFEIL ( n�e JOHNSON), Eileen. REESBY , Lorraine. STONE , Olga. TALBOT , William ( Bill). TAWKIN , Elizabeth. WILLIAMS ( n�e GILBEY), Retta Roberta. WOYWADA , Frank Morris. . 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