This question recently came through the website:

Recently I started doing skipping. But few of my friends told me that it's not good for gents. It's only for ladies. Kindly let me know.

And here's my reply...

Your friends are wrong. Skipping is for everyone.

It is true that most men have a harder time breaking through unspoken cultural rules to skip. But the brave ones who feel inspired to skip do it anyway. And they do it well. A man named Ashrita Furman recent sent a Guinness World Record for skipping the fastest 5K.

So don't let your friends stop you! Skip loud and skip proud!

I never know just what I might find when I open the skipping mailbag. Take this email that I received this morning for example....

I was being held in Calif. on a 211 p.c. (armed robbery) charge, and I skipped bail, changed my name, moved to the rural south.

I'm currently running a Ponzi scam, and running for city council. These Hillbilly rubes are like children around here, and I'll be skipping this God-foresaken hell-hole as soon as I run the town dry, which will be soon.

I recommend skipping for both fun and profit. It sure changed my life!

Name Withheld
Last single-wide on the left at the end of the dirt road
East Jeuss, Arkansas

Dear whoever you are that wrote it, thanks for the laugh! I love your creative spirit. Skip on! LOL.