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obligatory legal statement the rabbit     What Men Really Want
(and How to Give It to Them)  As I write this, we are about one
month out of the annual gift-giving season (I refuse to call it
the "holiday season" because, for knitters, it is no holiday),
and I think I finished making the last of the presents about
four days ago. Three cheers for me!  The final weeks of 2005 saw
almost all of our major religious holidays converge within the
space of a few days. This meant, if you were walking through my
neighborhood at anytime during this festive period, you would
hear the characteristic sobbing and screaming that results from
presenting The Man You Love with The Gift He Does Not Appreciate
Or Even Like So Much. My neighborhood was especially noisy this
year, with an abundance of stomping feet and slamming doors,
roaring car engines and squealing tires.  I am obligated to
mention that women a