(I need to complete an out line with a introduction and a thesis sentence or statement but I can find what I am looking for here is the article)

This question expresses a commonly held (by women) negative stereotype about guys of the male gender, which is that they cannot find things around the house, especially things in the kitchen. Many women believe that if you want to hide something from a man, all you have to do is put it in plain sight in the refrigerator, and he will never, ever find it, as evidenced by the fact that a man can open a refrigerator containing 463 pounds of assorted meats, poultry, cold cuts, condiments, vegetables, frozen dinners, snack foods, desserts, etc., and ask, with no irony whatsoever, ``Do we have anything to eat?''
Now I could respond to this stereotype in a snide manner by making generalizations about women. I could ask, for example, how come your average woman prepares for virtually every upcoming event in her life, including dental appointments, by buying new shoes, even if she already owns as many pairs as the entire Riverdance troupe. I could point out that, if there were no women, there would be no such thing as Leonardo DiCaprio. I could ask why a woman would walk up to a perfectly innocent man who is minding his own business watching basketball and demand to know if a certain pair of pants makes her butt look too big, and then, no matter what he answers, get mad at him. I could ask why, according to the best scientific estimates, 93 percent of the nation's severely limited bathroom-storage space is taken up by decades-old, mostly empty tubes labeled ``moisturizer.'' I could point out that, to judge from the covers of countless women's magazines, the two topics most interesting to women are (1) Why men are all disgusting pigs, and (2) How to attract men.
Yes, I could raise these issues in response to the question asked by Susie Walker of North Augusta, S.C., regarding the man who was asking where the spatula was. I could even ask WHY this particular man might be looking for the spatula. Could it be that he needs a spatula to kill a spider, because, while he was innocently watching basketball and minding his own business, a member of another major gender -- a gender that refuses to personally kill spiders but wants them all dead -- DEMANDED that he kill the spider, which nine times out of 10 turns out to be a male spider that was minding its own business? Do you realize how many men arrive in hospital emergency rooms every year, sometimes still gripping their spatulas, suffering from painful spider-inflicted injuries? I don't have the exact statistics right here, but I bet they are chilling.
As I say, I could raise these issues and resort to the kind of negativity indulged in by Susie Walker of North Augusta, S.C. But I choose not to. I choose, instead, to address her question seriously, in hopes that, by improving the communication between the genders, all human beings -- both men and women, together -- will come to a better understanding of how dense women can be sometimes.
I say this because there is an excellent reason why a man would open the spatula drawer and, without looking for the spatula, ask where the spatula is: The man does not have TIME to look for the spatula. Why? Because he is busy thinking. Men are almost always thinking. When you look at a man who appears to be merely scratching himself, rest assured that inside his head, his brain is humming like a high-powered computer, processing millions of pieces of information and producing important insights such as, ``This feels good!''
We should be grateful that men think so much, because over the years they have thought up countless inventions that have made life better for all people, everywhere. The shot clock in basketball is one example. Another one is underwear-eating bacteria. I found out about this thanks to the many alert readers who sent me an article from New Scientist magazine stating that Russian scientists -- and you KNOW these are guy scientists -- are trying to solve the problem of waste disposal aboard spacecraft, by ``designing a #####tail of bacteria to digest astronauts' cotton and paper underpants.'' Is that great, or what? I am picturing a utopian future wherein, when a man's briefs get dirty, they will simply dissolve from his body, thereby freeing him from the chore of dealing with his soiled underwear via the labor-intensive, time-consuming method he now uses, namely, dropping them on the floor.
I'm not saying that guys have solved all the world's problems. I'm just saying that there ARE solutions out there, and if, instead of harping endlessly about spatulas, we allow guys to use their mental talents to look for these solutions, in time, they will find them. Unless they are in the refrigerator.

Is this your source??

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-09-04/features/0509040439_1_pounds-of-assorted-meats-dense-women-entire-riverdance-troupe

It's a column by Dave Barry, and he rarely writes anything that can be outlined in an academic way.

Tell me what YOU THINK the main idea of the entire column is.

I think the main idea is that women think men cant do any thing with out them telling them what to do

Exactly, and almost all the rest is made up of the details Barry uses to prove his point.

But remember -- he's ridiculing a stereotype. That makes a difference in the tone he's using and the reason for writing in the first place.

Okay so how would I state the introduction and thesis

The whole first paragraph could be the intro, I guess, but all it's doing is stating (and exaggerating) the stereotype. In the second paragraph, he starts to theorize about how he could explain or respond to the stereotype, and then in the rest of the column -- all the other paragraphs -- he's explaining why HE THINKS a man would look in the spatula drawer and not see the spatula.

Have you read and understood the entire column? Do you get that he is addressing a common stereotype?

I don't know who designed this assignment, but it's a poor choice for an academic exercise. This man's column is never academic!

OK, now that I've expressed how idiotic I think the assignment is, here's what I'd do if I had your assignment.

1st -- Write one sentence that summarizes each paragraph. You should end up with 7 sentences.

(Unfortunately, your teacher neglected to give you the first part of the column. He/she started you in the 3rd paragraph. What a shame.

To complete an outline with an introduction and a thesis statement based on the provided article, you need to identify the main ideas and arguments presented in the text. The introduction should introduce the topic and provide some context, while the thesis statement should present the main argument or claim of the author.

Here's a possible outline for your essay based on the article:

I. Introduction
- Introduce the topic of gender stereotypes and the commonly held belief that men struggle to find things around the house.
- Provide a brief overview of the article and its arguments.

II. Thesis statement
- Despite the negative stereotypes about men's ability to find things, it is essential to understand the underlying reasons why men may struggle with certain household tasks.

III. Argument 1: Men's thought processes and multitasking
- Argue that men are often engaged in deep thinking and processing of information, which can make it difficult for them to focus on finding specific items.
- Highlight the importance of men's cognitive abilities in problem-solving and inventiveness.

IV. Argument 2: Time constraints and priorities
- Explain that men may not prioritize searching for objects like spatulas due to other pressing tasks or responsibilities.
- Discuss the concept of mental load and how men's cognitive resources may be allocated to different priorities.

V. Conclusion
- Recap the main arguments presented in the essay.
- Emphasize the need for improved communication and understanding between genders to break down stereotypes and appreciate each other's strengths.

Now that you have the outline, you can proceed to develop your introduction and thesis statement based on the key points from the article. Remember to paraphrase and organize the information in a clear and concise manner.