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Straggler
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Message 83 of 269 (558288)
04-30-2010 2:53 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.
What men find physically attractive about women seems to be quite predictable. Even allowing for "type".
What women find physically attractive about men - Less so. Yes the Brad Pitts and G.Clooneys of this world are obviously female friendly. But a lot of the time men stare in bemusement at the choices blatantly attractive women make.
I sometimes think you don't get the true depths of our shallowness

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Message 85 of 269 (558301)
04-30-2010 3:22 PM
Reply to: Message 84 by onifre
04-30-2010 3:11 PM


Re: Comic Dames?
We go on a random Tuesday just to stare at naked women.
It would be depressingly funny if it were not so unequivocally true.
MOST of my friend"s women are boring and annoying as fuck! Seriously, I'm not trying to be funny at all. I can stand to be around very few of them.
Guys put up with their mate's (in the British as opposed to sexual sense of the word) girlfriends. But on the whole men are more fun without their "partners" around and the girlfriends are kinda a drag. Generically speaking.
There wouldn't be that many divorces if things were that peachy.
If marriage depended on that kinda peachiness there would be a lot more divorce. Guys just accept the inevitable to a large degree.
Edited by Straggler, : No reason given.

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Straggler
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Message 109 of 269 (558409)
05-01-2010 6:25 AM
Reply to: Message 88 by aiki
04-30-2010 5:00 PM


Re: Or this one?
Well, that's obviously down to penis size
Oh that's OK then.
Really, though, I feel the same way. There are plenty of supposedly highly desirable women in the public eye whose appeal is a mystery to me.
Such as?
If you can't consider your partner a true friend, with whom you can laugh, cry and all the rest of it, are you not wasting your time as well as theirs?
It depends how often you are getting blowed.
Maybe some men are content to settle for just the attraction?
A lot of men would give their left testicle for a sniff of "the attraction".

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Straggler
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Message 110 of 269 (558410)
05-01-2010 6:31 AM
Reply to: Message 92 by onifre
04-30-2010 5:31 PM


Re: Comic Dames?
And honestly I have never had a good answer to that other than, "Well, naked bitches, dude."
Is there a better answer?
But even then, I didn't want her around a lot only because, even though she could hang out and be herself around guys in a cool manner, I couldn't completely be myself when she was around. I personally couldn't be "one of the guys."
One of my closest friends is a girl just like that. But her boyfriends tend to absolute wusses who just get in the way. It is a severe case of role reversal with her. But she is the only one I know of her kind.
Fuck, who needs a shot and beer?
Too right!! The whole two kids thing is killin me. Drink is the only rational response.

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Straggler
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Message 113 of 269 (558423)
05-01-2010 8:46 AM
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05-01-2010 7:27 AM


Re: Or this one?
Sarah Jessica Parker
I don't know any men that keen. I thought she was more what women (wrongly) thought was female attaractive to men
Jordan
Before she went the plastic route she was pretty. Now not so much.
Miranda Raison
No idea who that is. Looked her up and I agree with you that there is nothing to get excited about.
Helena Christensen
Do men find her that attractive? I never have. She has always struck me as the sort of woman women think men find attractive.
If you require frequent blow-jobs but being in a relationship would make you miserable, why not pay a professional to do the blowing as required? Maybe some kind of bulk discount could be negotiated?
I wonder if anyone has ever tried that line of enquiry? Bulk discounts with hookers.
That's pretty sad. So why do all these men have their relationships at all, if there's no attraction and no compatibility?
I was being somewhat fecetious.
Surely mindless casual sex with idiots would be the way to go.
Women, even the "idiots", tend to be less compromising on that front than you seem to be allowing for.
"Hi I'm a sexually desperate man and you seem like and idiot so how about it?" is not a line of seduction I would expect to have much success.

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Straggler
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Message 120 of 269 (558475)
05-01-2010 4:31 PM
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05-01-2010 9:02 AM


Re: Or this one?
Straggler writes:
"Hi I'm a sexually desperate man and you seem like an idiot so how about it?" is not a line of seduction I would expect to have much success.
Nah, we LOVE it when men treat us in a demeaning and horrible manner. There's nothing more enchanting. I thought everyone knew that
Demeaning and horrible - I know many women that have inexplicably put up with that for periods of time.
Sexually desperate men - No way Jose. Girls can smell that whiff of desperation a mile off and nothing seems to be more of a turn off.

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Straggler
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Message 123 of 269 (558638)
05-03-2010 11:26 AM
Reply to: Message 122 by aiki
05-01-2010 6:34 PM


Re: Or this one?
Facetiousness (from me) aside, I also know a number of people, not all of them women, who have done the same.
Bearing in mind that we are talking in sweeping generalisations here I would say that men are willing to put up with quite a lot until something else becomes a realistic possibility. Even going out with girls they don't even like that much for periods of time.
Women on the other hand seem much more prone to clinging onto hope that bad boyfriends will change and only when they abandon this hope do they become ruthlessly efficient regardless of any "replacement".
As a sweeping generalisation.

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Straggler
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Message 126 of 269 (558791)
05-04-2010 1:10 PM
Reply to: Message 125 by onifre
05-04-2010 12:59 PM


Re: Gender and SOME humor?
Stand up on the other hand is solely one's ability to create funny without the aid of anything or anyone else.
The ability to comedically act is indeed not the same as the ability to be stand-up funny.
My question to you (because I am not sure of the answer, not because I am making a point) is - Do you think the ability to be stand-up funny is the same as the ability to be socially entertaining in the pub kinda funny?
My guess is that it is pretty darn similar but not necessarily identical. But I will bow to your professional judgement on that.
In social situations are you expected to (pressured into being maybe?) the source of funniness because of your profession? Do people expect you to be relentlessly amusing and does it get on your tits when they do?

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Straggler
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Message 129 of 269 (558818)
05-04-2010 6:42 PM
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05-04-2010 5:34 PM


Re: Gender and SOME humor?
Yes, I'm ashamed by it, but I use my powers for evil.
Dude even that overgrown boy scout Superman uses his X-Ray vision for purposes that are less than wholesome.
Because whenever I want to I can turn up the "funny" volume and be funnier than the other douchbags trying to hit on them. Win for me!
So I see you can in fact transfer your professional comedic talents to social situations when sufficiently motivated

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Straggler
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Message 131 of 269 (558854)
05-05-2010 2:31 AM
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05-04-2010 5:34 PM


A Poor Joke
Yes, I'm ashamed by it, but I use my powers for evil.
Superman is flying around looking for stuck cats to pluck out of trees and generally being his goody goody two shoes self. Suddenly he spots Wonder Woman alone and naked in a field. She is laying on her back, legs akimbo and writhing around in a way that suggests she is enjoying herself immensely. Intrigued Superman looks on. He starts to get well horny. A little voice inside his head says "Go on. She won't even know. Faster than a speeding bullet. You could be in and out at the speed of light. Gooooo oooooon". Overcome with temptation and lust Supes just cannot help himself. WHOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
A micro-second or so later Superman is back on his original flight path with a satiated smile on his face and a slightly dribbly damp patch emerging on his trunks.
Back on the ground Wonder Woman exclaims "Oh Jeez don't stop now!! Please!" as the Invisible Man dismounts and says (with a disconcerted tone to his voice) "I dunno what the fuck just happened but suddenly I am not feeling nearly so up for this".
Edited by Straggler, : Spelling

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Straggler
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Message 132 of 269 (558855)
05-05-2010 5:09 AM
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05-05-2010 2:31 AM


Re: A Poor Joke
(***Deathly Silence***)
Tumbleweed rolls across the screen.
The wind whistles gently.
(***Deathly Silence***)

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Straggler
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Message 138 of 269 (558871)
05-05-2010 10:28 AM
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05-05-2010 9:54 AM


Re: A Poor Joke
Sorry everyone.........
It seems that by the general consensus of this thread I am a woman. Comedically at least.
I won't be giving up the day job.

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Straggler
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Message 142 of 269 (558880)
05-05-2010 11:06 AM
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05-05-2010 10:37 AM


Re: A Poor Joke
Well we can arrange a girls night out and tell each other lame-arse jokes while Oni drinks himself to death in a manly bout of beer-laden despair.
The pina colladas are on you!!

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Straggler
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Message 144 of 269 (558885)
05-05-2010 11:38 AM
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05-05-2010 11:29 AM


Last Wordism
Yeah! - Go girl!!
(**** "It's Raining Men" blasts away in the background as Straggler struggles with his earrings ****)

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Straggler
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Message 146 of 269 (558888)
05-05-2010 12:04 PM
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05-05-2010 11:57 AM


Re: Last Was-ism?
(*** takes full advantage of Straggler's momentary difficulties by seizing him for a faux-lesbian snog to impress the boys ***)
I've pulled
It seems I am (even) more successful with the ladies as a woman than I am as a man.
This IS good-natured banter, right?
I believe so. That is what the guys call it. I think.
I especially enjoyed the redoubtable 'EvC rap'
Well it is always nice to meet a "fan". But I didn't know you were around in my EvC wigga days? Did you lurk for long before joining in?

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