sets of manuals, titled "Man" and "Woman." The two books were a complete and detailed explanation of men for women, and of women for men.
The first man to read the first few pages of the five thousand page Female Manual gave up in disgust. "Surely women aren't this complicated! There's got to be something simpler!"
Likewise, the first woman to read the five page Male Manual read only the first page, then tossed it aside. "Surely men aren't that simple! There's got to be something deeper, more complicated!"
God shook His head. "See, Peter? I told you the books would be recursive..." |