I remember being a kid in my elementary school and having other kids point out the fact that my clothes did not match. I really didn't care too much about how i dressed so it wasn't that big of a deal. It was around this time that I was sent to the nurse to take a color blind test. I failed pretty badly.
I guess i can blame my mom for being color blind. I remember learning about it in science class when i was in high school. I think it is a sex-linked trait. I am pretty sure the reason that an over whelming majority of people who are color blind are men is because the trait for color blindness is carried on the X chromosome. There must be an evolutionary reason why only men become color blind. It probably makes us incredibly manly. It probably had to do with men being dragged to malls and home decorating stores. Perhaps we evolved to become really poor at shopping so that we would not have to go.
Anyways, at least now i have an excuse when my clothing does not match. Actually, I have been pretty fortunate that people have helped me pick out my clothing. I can't stand shopping anyways, so it worked out pretty well.
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Ok - so you can blame your mom for making you color blind - but that must mean that somewhere along the Simoni line, there are other female "carriers" of the color blindness trait. Also, that could mean there were in fact color blind Simoni men too - because they could have passed their defective X chromosome onto their daughters. Regardless, the odds were actually not really in your favor... 25% chance that a child could be color blind and 50% chance that you turned out to be a male.
Ah, genetics... gotta love it.
And dude, your clothes still don't match.
hee hee. Please do not tell James about the color blind = no mall excuse. He already "heavy hands" me the minute we walk through the doors ("how long are you planning to be here?".... as if I know!!)
As for shopping (the gathering part of our hunting/gathering human nature) being genetically female, I must say I believe that is so. It is a rare man who shops freely and happily with no timetable.
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