Page 12 High Life
Features
February 28, 2007
Top Ten
Worst
Valentine’s
Days
Of All Time
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lc>rii\s niidfiir at Nev atia tost
sitt' to t'xplorc plutonium's p^ilcn-
lial ust’ in nudoar warheads.
8. Februarj’ 14,19.^1. Spanish
Government ot Ceneri\J Damaso
Berenguer falls.
7. February 14,1929. St.
Valentine's Day Massacre in
Chicago leaves seven gangsters
kiUod.
6. February 14,1975. Bomb
explodes m annex of Amsterdam
metro station.
5. Februarv’ 14,1993. Fire in Lmxi
department store in Fangshan,
China, kills79.
4. Februarj’ 14,1670. Koman
Catholic emperor l.eopoKI 1 chases
Jews out ot Vienna.
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leadei of ban onieis Mosii-nis
to minder ' \itanic Nerses ' no\el-
isf s.ilnian Rushdie because o!
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Happy couples like math teacher Matthew Martineau and his wife, social studies teacher Kristian, and junior Oro.scia
^owe and senior Lionel Shoffner make their relationships work despite disagreements or pet peeves they may share.
Valentine’s gripes for girls and guys
Guys break plans with girl
friends when their guy
friends beckon.
Guys experience a stage
when they think it's cool to
be rude and obnoxious.
Guys tune out their girl
friends when a gixrd sports
event airs on television.
Guys have commitment
issues.
Guys £ire uncomfortable
introducing girls to
tlieir pcirents.
Guys forget to use their
aftershave in moderation.
Guys should shave if they
expect some cheek to cheek
action,
Guys do not remember or
acknowledge anniversaries,
birthdays, and holidays.
Guys are always late.
Guys eat t(x> tast and have
bad manners at the table.
Guys have no tolerance for
romantic comedies.
Guys do not appreciate
gifts.
Guys hate shopping at
the mall.
Guys resist public displays
of affection.
Guys think it is cool to fight
physically or rough-house
with their (girl) friends.
Guys think they have the
right to change the music
in a girl's car without
asking first.
Guys do not want to be
photographed with their
girlfriends.
Guys do not want to talk
on the phone; they would
rather text message.
Guys ai'e bad comnumica-
tors.
Guys are insensitive to
girls' feelings.
Guys do not understand
that girls are insecure.
Guys rush girls to
get ready.
Guys are not as sweet
when they are around
their friends.
Guys take any competi
tion way too seriously.
Guys practice weird man
nerisms when around
each other.
Guys think it's cool to
male crude comments.
Guys are arrogant and
brag tex) much.
Guys feel like they can't
show their emotions.
Guys don't return phone
calls and don't call when
they say they will.
Guys wear ,4xe.
Girls often have power
complexes.
Girls whine about trivial
issues.
Girls pretend to be
friends, but they really
complain i\bout each other
constantly.
Girls are too "catty."
Girls hold grudges longer.
Girls have intimidating
fathers when you pick
them up on dates.
Wlren conversing rvith a
group of girls, at least one
is in a vile mood.
Girls try to influence how
their boyfriends dress.
Girls who already know
they are at tractive fish for
compliments.
Girls tell guys to pick out
the restaurant for dinner,
and then they complain
about the guys' choices.
Girls pretend to be
insecure.
Girls criticize guys'
driving.
Girls sometimes wear
too much makeup
andpeifume.
Girls are too obsessed
with rag magazines.
Girls are too concerned
about their friends' opin
ions of their boyfriends,
so they tiy to make them
change their natural
behavior.
Girls are sometimes afraid
of silly things like bugs
and spiders.
Girls take too many
pictures.
Girls complain about
guys having stubble on
their faces, but they don't
shave their legs in
the winter.
Girls always make guys
pay and never offer to
pay themselves.
Girls automatically think
that their boyfriends are
avoiding them or are
angr}^ with them if they
don't answer the phone.
Girls dish out criticism,
but they cannot take it
themselves.
Girls are competitive but
get angry when their
boyfriends defeat them.
Girls often don't like
to w'atch sports, but they
complain it a guy
wmnts to watch with
his friends.
Girls think that the guys
have to take the initiative
in every relationship.
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