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dwise1
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Message 82 of 269 (558286)
04-30-2010 2:47 PM
Reply to: Message 81 by aiki
04-30-2010 1:25 PM


Re: Or this one?
But it does really baffle me when men don't seem to acknowledge that straight woman = someone who finds men physically attractive.
I don't think that we can't acknowledge it, but rather we lack the training and experience in evaluating the attractiveness of other men, or even ourselves. So when we see the choices that women make and cannot understand what they see in those guys, we end up having to assume that it must be something other than physical attractiveness.
OTOH, women do get trained in what is considered attractiveness in women and they have years of experience in comparing other women's attractiveness and their own. They even have classes -- I'm the door (register students, take their money) for a dance teacher who also does ladys' styling classes; and here I always used to believe that they just naturally walked that way and didn't need to be taught it.
Considering that, I'm sure that you are also baffled by the "fashion" choices most men make. No, we don't have a clue.

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Message 99 of 269 (558355)
04-30-2010 6:24 PM
Reply to: Message 97 by onifre
04-30-2010 6:09 PM


Re: Comic Dames?
But women are a lot more fun to hang out with than men are! It's a simple fact of life. Even when sex is clearly out of the question (which was definitely the case with our female friends while I was married), they're a lot more fun. What do you expect me to do, dance with guys? Besides, most guys seem to be interested in little more than sports, just about the most sadistically boring torture yet devised.
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dwise1
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Message 106 of 269 (558365)
04-30-2010 8:04 PM
Reply to: Message 102 by onifre
04-30-2010 7:20 PM


Re: Comic Dames?
Nope. Present and accounted-for. Counted off in formation. No need to send Detective Brown out looking for them (Robot Chicken reference).
And there is no one looking over my shoulder. Divorced after 30 years. Most of my friends have always been women. Best friend is now a TTB (tech-talking babe).
You be a man and stop dancing, that's what you do.
FTS! It's the only thing that helped me survive this past decade -- seriously. Besides, I get to enjoy the company of so many women -- and they're all glad to see me! What could be less gay?
One of the best recent movie lines, from the American remake of Shall We dansu?:
quote:
Football sucks!
Yeah... there's also women, and ahh... cars... music... tits... ahh... oh yeah, books... movies... fishing... golf... all of which are things that are a lot more fun without chicks.
Illustrative incident back in college (early 70's): While I was sitting studying in the student union, two guys sat down nearby and for 10 or 15 minutes all they could talk about was cars with bras and girls without. I just let them carry on; certainly nothing of any interest to tear me away from my Russian. Then one got up and, apparently disappointed that I hadn't joined in, remarked that they should go elsewhere to find someone to talk with. All I could think was, great!, now maybe somebody with something to actually talk about will sit down here.
OK, not all guys are so devoid of mental activity, but female company is still so much more enjoyable. Not chicks, but rather real women.
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dwise1
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Message 176 of 269 (559227)
05-07-2010 6:25 PM
Reply to: Message 67 by dronestar
04-30-2010 11:30 AM


Re: Gender and Humor
PS: Just watched Murder by Death last night. Watched it a million times, but I still manage to laugh.
To be truthful, I had seen it when it first came out and was not very much amused. I had loved Neil Simon's earlier stage works redone to film (eg, "Odd Couple"), but his film screenplays just didn't work for me.
Similarly, I only remember one scene from his play on Bogey detective films, The Cheap Detective, which I have likewise only seen once when it was first released. Searching on YouTube.com in order to share that one scene with a fellow Lindy hopper, that one scene is missing:
Parody of the scene in Casablanca where the French and the Germans in Rick's American Cafe (also to be found in Zihuatanejo, next to Ixtapa, on the same block just north of Casa Tequila) hold a singing duel of their respective national anthems, Deutschland ber Alles and La Marseillaise. In Cheap Detective, the French and Germans do their thing as before, then the spotlight falls on Peter Falk and Eileen Brennen who harmonize beautifly acapella:
quote:
When the deep purple falls
Over sleepy garden walls
And the stars begin
To flicker in the sky
Through the mist of a memory
You wander back to me
Breathing my name with a sigh.
Big Band ber Alles!
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
T'ain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It
Burn your leather on the floor, grab anybody's daughter!
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