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ARE YOU LIVING WITH A GRUMPY OLD MAN? If life's getting him down, don't mock - he could be the victim of a very real hormonal condition called Irritable Male Syndrome.

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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Date: 20050206
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Byline: MAGGIE BRIGHT

We British love our grumpy men. From P G Wodehouse's curmudgeons to the patron saint of old codgers, Victor 'I don't believe it' Meldrew, their irritation in the face of life's complexities amuses us no end.

The enormous popularity of the BBC TV series Grumpy Old Men - a moan-fest of belligerent blokes droning on about what gets on their nerves - proves that laughing at male irritability is a British phenomenon that's not set to fade away any time soon.

For women, the draw of Grumpy Old Men is the delight of pointing at the screen and howling ...

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