Now one of my guy friends feels the need to constantly poke fun at a female's uncontrollable urge to multi-task; I find this entertaining, since he must halt all other activity (including breathing) in order to present such a comment. However i may walk, chew gum, flirt, fix my hair, check out the people around me and possibly hold a rather lively conversation, all while thinking of what I want for dinner. This is a beautiful thing. Life would be boring if I could not multi-task; it's the most productive sort of ADD out there. It may be a biological phenomonon how women may know where 4 kids, 2 pets and 1 husband are located, what is cooking at that moment, who's getting into what and still putting the finishing touches on that meal for the PTA bake sale. I mean multi-tasking should be an olympic sport.
Most men simply cannot multitask; if they are eating, there must be something there to remind their bodies to continue respiration, at least to some degree. The only time I have ever seen or even heard of a man multitasking involves the release of bodily functions. Men become wonders while on the john. They may talk on the phone, read a large novel, play a video game, brush their teeth, eat, it doesn't matter. They can do it all right there. I heard that LBJ used to bring his assistants into the bathroom with him, as he would make important decisions there (Does this explain the gulf of Tonkin Incident? who knows. Bad bowel movements can cause a bad day, but a major war, we cannot say.) Women multi-task everywhere else; this may explain why we tend to be worse drivers. Driving and multi-tasking are not a good mix. Mascara should not be applied while driving, nor should changing shirts, eating cereal, applying eye-liner, etc. Driving is not like cooking; if we take our eyes off of it for just a sec, it does matter. But I digress.
I am only a medicore multi-tasker; I tend to start 47 things at once, and forget about 46.5 of them so that my pants are half sewn, the laundary is half done, the pets are half-fed and i only picked up half the groceries. I will hone my skills. But seriously--if women ruled the world, so much more would get done b/c we can do it all at one time--congress would be passing laws, attending social balls and visiting foreign lands at the same time...just as long as they weren't driving.
(BTW i was multi-tasking while I was writing this, so if it's not rational or complete I apologize I was doing......
