Terrific ways to divide people into two or more camps

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Some have suggested that all women are either SPANIELS (eg. Winona Ryder) or COLLIE DOGS (eg. Julia Roberts). Others have argued that JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE and RINGO represent the four male archetypes.

Are these schemata accurate and which others do you propose?

― Nick, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

With women I often go down the line of hands cupped upwards as if to hold two oranges, or hands cupped forwards as if to operate two valves on a submarine. This works rather well.

― Pete, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Those schemata are no good because: I hate dogs but I love women & I love the Beatles but I hate men.

People can be divided into cat people and dog people. The rest of you don't exist.

― Tabs, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and people who are evolved from monkeys and people who are evolved from lizards. That's a good start to any party game.

― Pete, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Am I being shrill by having a problem with dividing women into camps signified by canines?

― Samantha, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How would you feel about mice?

― Nick, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You wouldn't want to be horses either I suspect.

― Jonnie, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What DO women want? I must ask Mel Gibson.

― Nick, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

exactly how many types of mice are there?

― Samantha, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

People who are evolved from Lizards? Ah Pete you're one of the flock too............

www.davidicke.com

Ahem.

― Ronan, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm a Ringo

― Lesley Higgins, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What the hell does Spaniels versus Collies mean? I have no clue what this division is meant to mean. If someone would explain it, I'd be pleased.

John, Paul, George and Ringo might very well represent archetypes. My mom's theory on the Beatles had to do with women, whichever Beatle you decided was the best was indicative of what type of relationships you'd have with the opposite sex for your entire life.

― Ally, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I just watched Pink Flamingos (never a good idea - it screws up my Offensive/Inoffensive barometer and I end up swearing at people accidentally) but I think Divine's suggestion that there are two types of people in the world: people like Divine and assholes is a good one (though in need of a slight alteration - the two types of people are people like ME and assholes)

― jamesmichaelward, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

there's two types of people in the world, the kind who use tree oil and the kind who use iguana cunnilingus.

― ethan, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I found myself mysteriously opining the other day that there must be some huge American sociological gap between (a) people who are willing to wear clothing with the designer's name real big on the front and (b) people who aren't.

― Nitsuh, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

People are descended from either Sasquatches or Chimps. These divisions cross all previously defined racial and ethnic lines.

(Sasquatches: big, hairy and oafish; Chimps: skinny, clever and mean)

― fritz, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Women are hippies and men are punks.

Horses are women and cows are men.

― fritz, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

here here jamesmichaelward. Whats this about reptile men? i s that guy off his nut?

― Mike Hanle y, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to play this meaningless game with my friend that began without explanation that went like: Him: 'Are you a rat, or are you a mouse?' Me: 'Rat.' Him: 'correct. Are you a rhinocerous, or are you an elephant.' Me: 'Elephant.' Him: 'False. Elephant. Are you a pig, or are you a horse?' etc. It revealed nothing.

― maryann, Saturday, 6 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I like the True Romance archetype test of Elvis vs. the Beatles.

― bnw, Saturday, 6 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It has been proven that people who prefer marmite over vegemite also prefer Brad Pitt over Johnny Depp and vice versa.

― rainy, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

binaries must be destroyed

― anthony, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Are you suggesting we see people in some kind of continuum?

― Nick, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There are only two types of people in the world: those who feel the need to divide people into two types, and those who don't.

(if someone can tell me where this quote is from, I'd be grateful).

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

People I like and people I don't. This is deeper than it sounds. Trust me.

― Sam, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Micheal : I don't know where that quote comes from, but there is a similar line beloved of after-dinner speakers:
There are three types of people, those who can add up and those who can't.

― Sam, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Endlessly quoted on the web, this is often described as "Barth's Distinction (to Murphy's Law". Not sure who this Barth is, if s/he exists at all.

― Nick, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"There are three types of people, those who can add up and those who can't."

Similarly, there's Steve Martin's "I guess some people have a way with words, and some people have not way".

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Since 1726: big enders and little enders.

― Madchen, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know much about history. Is this about asses?

― Nick, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Little tiny asses, lilliputian in fact.

― Madchen, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i am afraid i must thwart rainy's theory as i like Marmite and prefer Johnny Depp!! i think Nitsuh has hit the nail on the head - i feel a mysterious lack of kinship with all the prats walking around with YSL, HACKERS or HILFIGER emblazoned across their sorry asses (or indeed any other part of their anatomy). especially as i work in Ilford and they are everywhere...

― katie, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh it's HACKETTS isn't it. well there you go!

― katie, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I always think it would be funny to go into a store and pretend to be Ted Baker and demand that they give me my clothes back.

― james, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Stop thinking that.

― Nick, Thursday, 11 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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