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NICE! "Dammit! He forgot his rig AGAIN so now I have to go out there and catch him AGAIN!" you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

Very cool. Thanks for the post. Just another example of why I'm a dog person. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

Thanks for that, TB. I've got another quote from a famous admiral, which I'll probably screw up, but it's something like this: The Lord gave us two ends; one to think with and one to sit with. The war depends on which we choose. Heads we win, tails we lose. I think it was Nimitz... Anyway, let's all keep our prayers focused on our fighting forces. They're this country's sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and friends. God bless them. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Sweet idea- one thing though: How are we supposed to wear our rigs AND an evening gown? Unless of course, it's an incredibly creative and revealing gown... Hmm... like a backless halter top- leg straps go under the skirt, top ties around neck, over chest strap, with handles exposed... 'course we'd have to secure the skirt to keep it from complicating things... but it COULD work! Suggestions? edit: Ooh, or one of those 70's jumpsuit things with the flouncy legs and the halter top... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

GOOD LORD! How is it you didn't end up in the ER? you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

What he said.

The whole "fat used to be beautiful" thing doesn't argue against hardwiring- in fact, it supports it. In those times, there was a huge gap between the haves and have-nots. To be fat meant you ate, which meant you could afford food, which meant you would survive. To be thin (even though that's healthier) meant you'd probably starve a lot faster if food became super-scarce. It wasn't the evolutionary hardwiring that changed, it was the socio-economic condition. Food was scarce, poverty was rampant, starvation was common- it bred a new aesthetic. >Then there's the stuff that we are programmed to do, but have to sublimate - which results in even more wierd behavior. Yeah, youse guys can't go around bashing us on the head and dragging us to your caves by our hair no more. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

Animals wear make-up?

I don't know about unconscious - it seems pretty conscious to me. Essentially, yeah, it's programmed. I mean, for most of the species on the planet, the only imperative or drive is survival and procreation. [putting on flame suit] Now, before everyone gets their knickers in a bunch, it's like I said to happythoughts: We've had thousands of years to complicate/ change/ evolve/ whatever. The basic Animal Kingdom rules just don't apply anymore. At least, not in many cases. There are lots of exceptions, lots of guys and gals who don't like/ need makeup or whatever, lots of gals who provide just fine for themselves thankyouverymuch, therefore look for other qualities in a mate, and so on... But, there are the women who don't feel attractive without make-up, and there are the guys that think a hot car will help them pick up chicks. Conversely, there are guys who think women look better with make-up, and there are women judge men by the cars they drive. Why?

>There is no "all women think... all men think...". There are many different women/men with different needs and moods. True dat! >Women may wear makeup, but how many guys would not go to a gym if women didn't like the nice body? Oh, part of that study concluded that men should have a good physique, stand tall, run fast, also have the clear skin and eyes, good teeth, head of hair ---> all of which points toward health, strength, hence, ability to provide, ergo, attractiveness. But that's, like, back in the mesopotamian, cradle of civilization times. >A woman looking for fun this evening will look for the laughing, fun guy. Relationship? The best-dressed guy. A quickie? The muscular guy who is rude to them. Many moods, many women. The same woman may have different interests on a different day. Women of different ages have very different needs. >A guy may want the fun, wild girl to party with, but can't stand her for an entire weekend or doesn't want her around his friends. Different situations, same guy. >I haven't found the "one answer" that appies to everyone. However, a smiling person is almost always welcomed. Nice guys generally lose because they are boring. We've had thousands of years to complicate the shit out of things. I guess the people who did the study figured they'd better go back to basics...

Well, basic physical responses include arousal, right? I was actually thinking of something I read once, which theorizes about why, based on evolution & survival of the species & yadda yadda, we find certain characteristics attractive in the opposite sex. It said that women's breasts used to swell when they were fertile, which clued men into when they could get some. Also, males looked for things like clear skin & eyes, full head of hair, good teeth, good posture as an indication of health, therefore able to bear healthier offspring... ---> all of this pointing to why many women choose to enhance themselves with make-up, plastic surgery, revealing clothing, perfume, whatever... With men it's based less on looks, and more on their ability to provide (according to the study, NOT me! Although, that does seem to hold true in some cases...) edit: spelling.

Because they don't think that. Given a choice of 20% better looking or 20% smarter, male or female, most people would take better looking. It is more fun, people treat you nicer, and you get to do more fun stuff. Simple test - "Hello, would you like to be Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Supreme Court Justice) or Liv Tyler ?" Most of the time when people describe someone as intelligent, they just mean "that person agrees with me". You can only do so much about looks. However, short of being born truely mentally deficient, education and application can go a long way. I wouldn't want to be either of those ladies, though... I describe someone as intelligent when they make me think and keep me on my toes...

Actually, the suggestion of naked boobies that cleavage offers is usually enough... Don't understand men? Pah!

We're trying to stimulate your R-complex. Seriously. (I prefer to do so without big hair, excessive make-up, perfume, and jewellry, though...)

Dude, I love your sense of humor!

ontogeny: the development or course of development especially of an individual organism recapitulating: to repeat the principal points or stages of phylogeny: the evolutionary history of a kind of organism So, yeah, basically, what he said...

>Is that the Medulla Oblongata? >>That's part of the brainstem. If you look at a diagram of the brain, the MO looks like the end of the spinal cord; it's just thicker. It regulates blood pressure and does some other really basic stuff. Damn- I knew that. I just forgot. OK, so what is the anatomical name for the R-complex? >Dude, do you, like, know everything? >>I know next to nothing about women. And I currently don't know where any of my tax stuff is. Taxes- can't help you there. Women- well, I am one, but that doesn't qualify me to disseminate advice on behalf of my gender. I'm not exactly typical. ('Course, I doubt there's any woman on these forums who could be considered typical- we're skydivers after all!) If you ever have any questions, I'll do my best to help though!

Is that the Medula Oblongata (sp?)? Dude, do you, like, know everything?

That's pretty fascinating- I think- wait, I'm not sure ... Seriously, it makes sense. I'm of two minds about the whole thing myself- on the one hand, supporting our troops, the US, and recognizing the need to oust SH; on the other hand, hating the loss of life and limb that necessarily accompanies war (on both sides), and seriously questioning this course of action... Sigh. "A penny saved is worth two in the bush, is'n' it?"

Glad to see our female troops weren't neglected... Publishers Send Free Magazines to Awe Troops Publishers Send Free Magazines to Awe Troops Wed Mar 26, 9:34 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites) will soon be able to adorn their quarters with the 21st Century's answer to World War II pin-ups, as the publisher of Maxim and Stuff ships free copies of the men's lifestyle magazines to their mailboxes. Dennis Publishing said it hopes its scantily clad cover models will help U.S. soldiers endure war in the same way the curvy girls drawn by Peruvian-born artist Alberto Vargas became one of the biggest morale-boosters among servicemen in the 1940's. Dennis Publishing said on Tuesday it is shipping 15,000 free copies of Maxim, Stuff and its musical magazine Blender to 40 different military tent sites across Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Oman. Meanwhile Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated is also making arrangements to send copies of its two latest issues on college basketball and baseball to soldiers in Iraq and surrounding areas. "We are trying to get between 3,000 and 5,000 copies sent over," a spokesman for the magazine said. Another Time Inc. favorite, celebrity magazine People, could follow. Playboy Enterprises Inc. will not send copies of its legendary namesake magazine to the front. Instead, the company plans to set up an e-mail address where U.S. servicemen around the world can sign up to receive non-nude pictures and a message from the famed Playmates. Publishers are also reaching to the G.I. Janes. Long before the war started, Hearst Corp. sent issues of its Marie Claire magazine along with skin care products to a dozen of female soldiers in the front after receiving a letter from them asking for some entertainment material. The publisher said it will also be shipping copies of its Good Housekeeping title soon.

Good times... In high school, during the peak of 90210's popularity, people told me I looked just like Andrea (Gabrielle Carteras- sp?) I had permed hair pulled up on the sides, with the bangs in the front, and glasses over blue eyes. It always annoyed me, because I wasn't THAT much of a nerd... Well, maybe...

It most certainly is not. I might try to pee in a closet, but I don't wet myself.

Do you trust your friends? you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

I'm sorry, I almost fell out of my chair laughing... I was called Tackleberry while I was in the Corps of Cadets. BWAHAHahahahahaha!!!! LMAO!!!! OMG- that picture of you (boot dance?) DOES bear a slight resemblance...