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Old 04-28-2006, 09:59 AM
The Great Sun Jester The Great Sun Jester is offline
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Know why it sucks to be civilized?

Because there is no professional way to tell my coworker that she's smokin' hot in those jeans she's got on today. Nope. Probably not a good idea to do that. Now if we were all cave-dwellers...wooo..........
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Old 04-28-2006, 10:34 AM
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Because there is no professional way to tell my coworker that she's smokin' hot in those jeans she's got on today. Nope. Probably not a good idea to do that. Now if we were all cave-dwellers...wooo..........
What are you talking about? If you're tall and handsome, you could tell her perfectly straightforwardly. And even squeeze her ass as punctuation.
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Old 04-28-2006, 10:40 AM
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Because there is no professional way to tell my coworker that she's smokin' hot in those jeans she's got on today. Nope. Probably not a good idea to do that. Now if we were all cave-dwellers...wooo..........
The civilized thing to do would be to get her attention, then slip off your wedding ring and give her a wink & the ol' come hither look. Chicks dig that kind of thing.
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Old 04-28-2006, 10:41 AM
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I thought it was going to be the pooping wherever you want thing.
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Old 04-28-2006, 04:30 PM
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I thought it was going to be the pooping wherever you want thing.
Are you saying this is frowned upon? Ooops!
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Old 04-28-2006, 05:56 PM
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Are you saying this is frowned upon? Ooops!
naw, it's fine, as long as you keep your pinkies extended.
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Old 04-28-2006, 05:58 PM
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Just say, "I want to be professional and all, but what you do to those jeans is making me horny, so could you please remove them?"
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Old 04-28-2006, 06:46 PM
Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor is offline
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Know why it sucks to be civilized?
Well, some say---

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"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
~~Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
Bring a great big battleaxe with you to work. See if she's impressed.

If she cooes "OOOOH! A Dwait bid manly battleaxe! Can I...feel...it?" Then, you're Golden.

If not, they send for the SWAT Team & the Cookie Truck, & you make CNN.

So, either way....
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Old 04-28-2006, 08:25 PM
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I share this problem. However, it seems most of the time I notice how smokin' hot a member of the female persuasion looks these days, it's a woman born in a Spanish-speaking country and I can get their attention by the combination of (a) being obviously not Hispanic and (b) saying anything in Spanish and then showing an ability to follow a Spanish conversation. This works really well. It's so worth learning the language!
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Old 04-28-2006, 08:55 PM
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I share this problem. However, it seems most of the time I notice how smokin' hot a member of the female persuasion looks these days, it's a woman born in a Spanish-speaking country and I can get their attention by the combination of (a) being obviously not Hispanic and (b) saying anything in Spanish and then showing an ability to follow a Spanish conversation. This works really well. It's so worth learning the language!
A comparable plan is, indeed, one of my reasons for learning Japanese.
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The civilized thing to do would be to get her attention, then slip off your wedding ring and give her a wink & the ol' come hither look. Chicks dig that kind of thing.
Well, excpt for the wedding-ring thing. Much better not to have one, like me.
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Old 04-29-2006, 04:34 PM
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I share this problem. However, it seems most of the time I notice how smokin' hot a member of the female persuasion looks these days, it's a woman born in a Spanish-speaking country and I can get their attention by the combination of (a) being obviously not Hispanic and (b) saying anything in Spanish and then showing an ability to follow a Spanish conversation. This works really well. It's so worth learning the language!
Either you're stalking my posts or this is a mighty coincedence. See, she is Mexican by birth and I started a post about learning Spanish, half-jesting the reason would be so I could get with her.

Anyways, I took care of the OP situation in classic Inigo style. via e-mail. Went something like:

"Would it be considered unprofessional if I were to tell you that YOU LOOK DAMN FINE TODAY!!!"

"Would that stop you?"

"Probably not."

"Then go ahead."

"YOU LOOK DAMN FINE TODAY!!!"

"Why thank you , sir."

There's only a few people in the world can get away with a stunt like that.
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Old 04-29-2006, 06:45 PM
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Either you're stalking my posts or this is a mighty coincedence. See, she is Mexican by birth and I started a post about learning Spanish, half-jesting the reason would be so I could get with her.

Anyways, I took care of the OP situation in classic Inigo style. via e-mail. Went something like:

"Would it be considered unprofessional if I were to tell you that YOU LOOK DAMN FINE TODAY!!!"

"Would that stop you?"

"Probably not."

"Then go ahead."

"YOU LOOK DAMN FINE TODAY!!!"

"Why thank you , sir."

There's only a few people in the world can get away with a stunt like that.
Nice.

Mighty coincidence, in fact. But send me an email if you want some help with your Spanish.
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Old 04-29-2006, 07:41 PM
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The civilized thing to do would be to get her attention, then slip off your wedding ring and give her a wink & the ol' come hither look. Chicks dig that kind of thing.
Naw, just sit there and lick your eyebrows.
Works every time.
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Old 04-29-2006, 07:47 PM
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I'm reminded of the time at a previous job when they put free CD players networked PCs in all the cubicles, and the woman who connected the cables was a curly headed blond in tight jeans (think Donna Douglas back in the golden age). For about fifteen minutes I and the guy next to me got to watch an attractive set of buttocks sticking out from under our desks.
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Old 04-29-2006, 08:26 PM
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"you make me wish I weren't gay" sounds like it would get a fun response.
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Old 04-30-2006, 01:27 AM
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"you make me wish I weren't gay" sounds like it would get a fun response.
Heh...from her or from me? I've wondered sometimes if she's not a closeted lipstick lesbian. No matter. She's still a lot of fun to be around.
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Old 04-30-2006, 02:54 AM
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Heh...from her or from me? I've wondered sometimes if she's not a closeted lipstick lesbian. No matter. She's still a lot of fun to be around.
Pretend you're gay and say it. Problem solved.
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