Here´s a joke I heard last night, Í thought I´d post it in an attempt to get some lightness back into this thread (I hope it works in American English, too):

Why can´t men make pancakes?

Because they´re useless tossers!

"make pancakes" may be replaced by "do aikido" if you like and the shoe fits

Kind regards,
Sonja (who likes men, by the way)