Posted by Neredbojias on 09/07/05 02:40

With neither quill nor qualm, Els quothed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
> > Yeah, that's it. No couth and no class. Unfortunately, no character,
> > either.
>
> So... what made you fall for her then?!
> Temporary brain-loss?

Well, she was a comely wench and prone to be supine in an endemic
manner. It was more like temporary gain in another organic arena.

>
> >>> One thing I found pretty funny was that a couple of times she said,
> >>> "Well, at least we're compatible on an intellectual level." Well, we're
> >>> not. She had more ego than brains, although I probably should have
> >>> taken a different tact with her tantrums than I did as well.
> >>
> >> More ego than brains.. you're sure she was a woman?
> >> </ducks>
> >
> > The Devil Woman from Hell. Perhaps I did something really, really bad
> > in a past life.
>
> Doesn't have to be a past life.
> The really really bad thing you did could easily have been a simple
> thing like choosing the wrong woman.

Yes, that's what I did. 'Had suspicions early, too. But how can you
*know* before "the guillotine plummets"? The first 3 or 4 years were
pretty good...well, for the most part.

> > ...
> >>> And speaking of your response to
> >>> the non-response issue, it's easy enough for a woman to "force a
> >>> response", indeed. All she has to do is dance around in something
> >>> skimpy, gyrate her genomes a little, and Bingo! She scores! Men,
> >>> because of their biological makeup, can be overwhelmed by the tactics of
> >>> most any wily, wicked woman displaying such a concupiscent bent,
> >>> although they do feel a certain sense of remorse when they've been
> >>> drinking and sober up.
> >>
> >> That's not exactly what I meant by forcing. That is foul play if you
> >> ask me.
> >
> > Exactly. But it's far from a rarity and many women consider it normal
> > behavior.
>
> Glad I'm not a man having to put up with that :-)

Sure, rub it in. Ever notice how women can pull the nastiest, most
despicable tricks this side of Hades and then dismiss all with an airy
remark or flippant gesture that includes the middle finger in a
metaphorically sublime but nonetheless real sense?

>
> >>> And last but not least, ask yourself this question: What would the
> >>> world say if a man tried to "force a response"?
> >>
> >> If you'd use the same force I meant, there would be no problem.
> >> When you really need an answer, and the partner doesn't wanna give a
> >> response, tell 'em the consequences. Which should not be any physical
> >> harm inflicted as punishment, but a logical consequence of that lack
> >> of a response.
> >
> > Just as a side note, there is never a legitimate excuse for abusing a
> > woman (-or a gay person or a nerd or even an Australian.) However, when
> > you said "force", I took it to mean force not merely steadfastness.
>
> Steadfastness can be used as a powerful force.
> They say that you can even use it to raise little rascals to be
> responsible adults! Ask me in about 15 years if it really works.

Yes, but most women define "steadfastness" as "stubbornness". They're
not the same thing.

> >> "Jockstraps were first developed in the late 1800's to be worn by
> >> bicycle delivery boys by the Bike Company."
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockstrap
> >
> > So for the entire existence of the human race minus a little over 100
> > years, men had no support.
>
> I guess no man has been inspired enough by that to invent such a
> simple thing as a jock-strap then.

Men are like lions, tigers, certain anthropoids and other testeed
species of manifest destiny. They like to show the goods so that any
passing female may "cast her ballot accordingly when she goes to the
poles."

> >> See? No use. I probably gave up on acting at the age of one. That's
> >> when I stopped pretending I could whistle (not a tune, one tone it
> >> was).
> >
> > It's a good thing, though. Women are supposed to be the whistlees not
> > the whistlers.
>
> You reckon that's what made me decide to stop at age one?

That and the fact that puckered lips might have been misinterpreted when
you got older.

>
> >> [chat-up lines]
> >> So.. what wheel do you spin to chat up a prospective partner?
> >
> > Well, if she's a dummy, I usually start out with "I like a girl with
> > brains." If I think she can reason deductively, I mention that I wear
> > extra large underpants. And last but least, the smart ones are told I'm
> > a doctor and asked if they've ever experienced the discomfort of a cold,
> > cold stethoscope in warmest of places. That one's almost fail safe.
>
> If she falls for that, she's not that smart.
> Or maybe she is. Depends on what she's after, I guess.
>
> Btw, how do you detect which category the girl is in before you start
> talking?

Simple observation. If her eyes are crossed and she babbles a lot about
mundane things, she's a dummy. If her legs are crossed and she can
sustain at least a semblance of an intelligent conversation about
complex issues, she's somewhere at mid-level. If both her eyes and legs
fall helplessly open and she crosses herself in silent consternation
when she looks at my fly, she's a genius.

> >> Indeed. All reasons to avoid that type of woman.
> >
> > -And the intrepidly unavoidable reason not to.
>
> I figured you'd say something to that extent. <g>

I figured you'd figure that, figuratively speaking.

>
> > -At least so it's generally generalized in the genuine journals of
> > geriatric generals.
>
> What noise annoys an oyster most?

Pearl Jam?

> >> Not only good with prose, but a poet as well!
> >
> > -From way back. I've penned o'er a hundred bodacious odes and wrote
> > some more in pencil.
>
> Didn't they deserve ink?

The well ran dry. 'Happens when you're active with the quill.

>
> > And to wit, some rather notably famous personage from a bygone era
>
> Sounds like you're really really old. 94?

A geezer never tells his age.

>
> > actually purloined some of my best scribblage thereby
> > committing the unspeakable act of plagiarism, but he shall be nameless
> > here forevermore.
>
> And what has this person done for you that you grant him such mercy?

Well, he died young so I figured I owed him one for the voodoo, etc.

>
> >>> Hmm, I thought you were an Aussie. Can't remember why, -perhaps your
> >>> argumentative nature.
> >>
> >> As far as I know, Aussies are generally friendly, outgoing, lively and
> >> irrepressibly optimistic. Is that what you call argumentative?
> >
> > No, it's what I call a loaded question. Do you know any Australians
> > besides kangaroos and koala bears?
>
> Yes. Remember Mark Parnell, rf, brucie and Disco Octopus? (probably
> forgot a few)

Oh, yeah, there's an optimistic quartet...

>
> >>> And, of course, men are supposed to be the omniscient mind-readers who
> >>> *know* when a woman is speaking plainly and when a woman is speaking
> >>> fainly. Yeah...
> >>
> >> You got that right. (well, almost - 'fainly' is spelled wrong)
> >> It's not like we make it difficult for you to detect the difference
> >> though. As soon as you make an error, you are corrected. If the error
> >> is in favour of salaciousness, the correction usually is served as a
> >> slap. If the error is in the opposite direction, the consequence is
> >> less sex than you could have had.
> >
> > Oh pshaw! That's female-thinking of the most chauvinistic kind.
> > 'Thought it went out with the bustle and corset.
>
> Is that how long you haven't had contact with a female?

No. Besides, during those unavoidable dry spells, I have my trusty
rubber life raft with the painting on it to wile away the tension.

> > Er, what other song has "do da" in it?
>
> None, but I was talking of a combination of 'da' with repeated 'do's
> ;-)
>
> <quote>
> Don't think me unkind
> Words are hard to find
> They're only cheques I've left unsigned
> From the banks of chaos in my mind
> And when their eloquence escapes me
> Their logic ties me up and rapes me
>
> Poets priests and politicians
> Have words to thank for their positions
> Words that scream for your submission
> And no-one's jamming their transmission
> 'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
> Their logic ties you up and rapes you
> </quote>
>
> The 'do' and the 'da' are in the chorus:
>
> <quote>
> De do do do de da da da
> Is all I want to say to you
> De do do do de da da da
> Their innocence will pull me through
> De do do do de da da da
> Is all I want to say to you
> De do do do de da da da
> They're meaningless and all that's true
> </quote>
>
> Just in case it doesn't ring a bell, it's 'De Do Do Do' by The Police
> (1980).

I'm afraid I have to object. The "do" does not precede the "da";
there's a "de" in between. Ergo, it is improper to call any part of
this construct a "do-da duality". Furthermore, the words, commonplace
and uninspired, remind me of little more than unpaid bills, mental
instability, and sexual deviancy from multiple directions. -A "C-"
effort, at best.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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