Women – mayflies; their presence an indicator of a clean and healthy environment.

Men – June bugs; they keep going even when they have no idea where they are.

Women – apples; crabby, sweet, fruity, round, ripe or hard, sometimes all at once. Men – pumpkins; tough on the outside and good as pie sweetened with a little sugar.

Women – snowflakes; beautifully unique, and even when they know better, melting in the presence of hot air.
Men – blizzards; dumping extra flakes on dirt to make it look clean and beautiful.

Women – renewal of life, gentle spring showers, budding plants and flowers
Men – Mud. Bud.