Men and Jane Austen

I know that most men abhor Jane Austen, and that precious few are able to appreciate her. Someone kindly informed me of this article, and I'm linking it here for your amusment.

I’m way too masculine to enjoy Jane Austen

I'm still trying to figure out which is more hilarious -- the article itself, or the various comments. Check out Comment #7:


My wife recently cajoled me into watching Pride and Prejudice with her.

What utter agony. This was the BBC produced version, you know, the one that is like 36 hours long?

I was amazed as I watched her laugh and weep at this silly movie ( I wept too, but only out of self-pity). Nothing better reveals the differences between man and woman than this movie. She was entranced and enthralled- I was bored and listless.

Only after this experience was complete did I learn that there is a Hollywood version of the film which inflicts the entire torture in less than two hours.


Oh, and one very clever woman posted this:

Austin: capital of Texas

Austen: surname of Jane

Thank you

I think that is just so wickedly funny I just had to make an icon out of it because it drives me up the wall when people misspell her name.



Yes. I know. I'm bad.