A husband was struggling to start the lawnmower in the backyard. His wife watched from the
kitchen window for a few minutes before finally calling out, “You know, honey, I think the
problem might be that you need to give it a little more love. Why don’t you try talking to it
sweetly?” The husband rolled his eyes but decided to humor her. He leaned close to the
lawnmower and said, “You know, you and I have a lot in common. You’re stubborn, I’m
stubborn. You don’t want to work, I don’t want to work. But somehow, we manage to get
things done.” As he turned the key again, the lawnmower roared to life. He grinned and
shouted back to his wife, “Looks like it just needed to hear
things from a man’s perspective!”