{"id":1664,"date":"2011-03-26T03:54:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2011-10-23T00:57:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T04:57:22","slug":"ladies-and-gentlemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2011\/03\/26\/ladies-and-gentlemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies and Gentlemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 249px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little Lady and Gentleman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andrea-schroeder.com\/kim\/kima176.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Kim Anderson\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kim Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rules of etiquette have been plaguing mankind for centuries. It can be a daunting task to navigate the subtleties and intricacies of gentlemanly or ladylike behavior. One man, however, seems to have managed to pinpoint the art of being a gentleman in a list of currently 43 rules on his website titled &#8220;The Rules of a Gentleman,&#8221; which you can access\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therulesofagentleman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><span>. This <span>website&#8217;s<\/span> guidelines range from heartfelt advice about love to comical suggestions of classy smoking habits to old classics such as holding the door open for a lady. The charmingly lighthearted manner of this website makes it a very enjoyable read, which one can only imagine will remain entertaining and perhaps even instructive as the list increases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As enjoyable as this list of rules for a gentleman was, I was disappointed to discover that I could not find a comparable list for ladies, so I decided to try my hand at beginning such a list. Below are my attempts at a few rules of a lady.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rule No. 1\" src=\"http:\/\/i1239.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff508\/monkeyangel1900\/RuleNo1.jpg?t=1301117117\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rule No. 2\" src=\"http:\/\/i1239.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff508\/monkeyangel1900\/RuleNo2.jpg?t=1301706406\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Rule No. 3\" src=\"http:\/\/i1239.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff508\/monkeyangel1900\/RuleNo3.jpg?t=1301124787\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*Note &#8211; Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock for the past couple decades, you know that smoking is bad for your health, so don&#8217;t do it.*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rule No. 4\" src=\"http:\/\/i1239.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff508\/monkeyangel1900\/RuleNo4.jpg?t=1301706471\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I would love to hear your suggestions for more &#8220;rules of a lady.&#8221; Feel free to post them in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span>More Fun: If you try to navigate to a nonexistent page on &#8220;The Rules of a Gentleman,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therulesofagentleman.com\/7\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> message will display. \u00c2\u00a0I thought it was quite clever.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Update: &#8220;The Rules of a Gentleman&#8221; website appears to have been deleted. \u00c2\u00a0Sorry everyone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rules of etiquette have been plaguing mankind for centuries. 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