# A WARNING For The Guys..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633 "2004-06-04T15:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/1 "2004-06-04T15:15:38Z")
I was sitting here listening to the Oldies Rock station and… Guys, under NO circumstances should you approach a strange woman who’s walking down the street singing “Do - Wa - Diddy - Diddy - Dum - Diddy - Do”. Especially if she’s also snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet! _Normal_ people can’t sing, snap, shuffel AND walk at the same time. I don’t care if she looks good, and she looks fine, and you nearly loose your mind, Just STAY AWAY! Oh, you may think she seems carefree and full of joy. But, that’s what happens when some people forget their medication. I"m warning you, it can only end in tears… or a restraining order. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/2 "2004-06-04T15:31:06Z")
Look, I’m getting really tired of these kind of scare tactic messages. I’ll have you know these are the _exact_ circumstances under which I met my wife. And I’ll have you know that we’re together nearly every single day! And like it or not, we’re so happy and that’s how we’re gonna stay. You might want to let people know that positive tales of this type do exist. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/3 "2004-06-04T15:32:32Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > I was sitting here listening to the Oldies Rock station and… > > Guys, under NO circumstances should you approach a strange woman who’s walking down the street singing “Do - Wa - Diddy - Diddy - Dum - Diddy - Do”. Especially if she’s also snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet! _Normal_ people can’t sing, snap, shuffel AND walk at the same time. I happened across my SO watching a DVD of Peter Kay\* (Live at the Bolton Albert Halls) and Peter Kay made the exact self same point. She can’t possibly look good or fine if she’s snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet. Bugger me, that was pointless. \*a comedian from Bolton ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/4 "2004-06-04T15:33:26Z")
That song was number one on the day I was born. ---
**Author:** ![randomlyblanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/5 "2004-06-04T15:45:13Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > That song was number one on the day I was born. I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/6 "2004-06-04T15:46:42Z")
However, if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife… So if Ms. Do Wah Diddy is ugly as sin… go for it! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/7 "2004-06-04T16:16:16Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > That song was number one on the day I was born. At least you had music. You know what hit Number One the day I entered the world? _Born on a mountain top in Tennessee The greenest state in the land of the free Raised in the woods so’s he knew ev’ry tree Kilt him a b’ar when he was only three Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier_ :eek: :smack: :o ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/8 "2004-06-04T16:27:47Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > That song was number one on the day I was born. What song? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/9 "2004-06-04T16:34:40Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I’ll have you know these are the _exact_ circumstances under which I met my wife. And I’ll have you know that we’re together nearly every single day! And like it or not, we’re so happy and that’s how we’re gonna stay. Well, you got lucky. I can’t tell you how long I spent wondering why women I was dating would build me up just to let me down and mess me around. “I’ll be over at ten”, they’d say, time and again. So I’d wait around, and then realize I’d been let down again. It hurt, you know? It’s not like I asked a lot from these women, just some acknowledgement that I need them. Also, it’d be nice if they didn’t break my heart. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/10 "2004-06-04T17:11:09Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s not like I asked a lot from these women, just some acknowledgement that I need them. Also, it’d be nice if they didn’t break my heart. **Giraffe** , it sounds like you’re getting impatient. But don’t you know that you can’t hurry love? You just have to wait. Love won’t come easy; it’s a game of give and take. Just give it time, no matter how long it takes. Now… break’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/11 "2004-06-04T17:20:35Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > What song? I imagine the song in the OP… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/12 "2004-06-04T17:23:55Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s not like I asked a lot from these women, just some acknowledgement that I need them. Also, it’d be nice if they didn’t break my heart. Are you in a new town? Because people are strange when you’re a stranger. Faces look ugly when you’re alone. Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted. Streets are uneven, when you’re down. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/13 "2004-06-04T17:24:01Z")
That’s not a song, it’s [marching cadence.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083131/) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/14 "2004-06-04T17:38:03Z")
There was that girl who like walking, and ws tall and tan and young and healthy. I think she was from Ipswitch or something. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/15 "2004-06-04T18:13:03Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **Giraffe** , it sounds like you’re getting impatient. But don’t you know that you can’t hurry love? You just have to wait. Love won’t come easy; it’s a game of give and take. Just give it time, no matter how long it takes. Man, who wrote the book of love? If I found out, I’m gonna kick his ass. Fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/16 "2004-06-04T18:27:59Z")
I’m with you, **Giraffe**. Love stinks. Yea, yea, you heard me. Love stinks. I mean if you love her but she loves him and he loves somebody else, you just can’t win. And so it goes 'tll the day you die! One thing for sure, love stinks! ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/17 "2004-06-04T18:40:59Z")
Fortunately, though, somebody’s gonna give you a lesson in leavin’. Somebody’s gonna give you back what you’ve been givin’. And you know what? I hope that I’m around to watch ‘em knock you down! Not only that, but somebody’s gonna give you a lesson in hurtin’. In fact, somebody’s gonna give you what you’re deservin’! So there! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/18 "2004-06-04T19:11:42Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I’m with you, **Giraffe**. Love stinks. Yea, yea, you heard me. Love stinks. I mean if you love her but she loves him and he loves somebody else, you just can’t win. And so it goes 'tll the day you die! One thing for sure, love stinks! Don’t let them change you, or even rearrange you. Oh, no! We’ve got a life to live. They say only the fittest of the fittest shall survive - ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/19 "2004-06-04T19:18:03Z")
> [@Tansu](#): > > Bugger me, that was pointless. Well actually, I’d prefer to use another orifice. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633/20 "2004-06-04T19:48:21Z")
> [@N. Sane](#): > > Not only that, but somebody’s gonna give you a lesson in hurtin’. In fact, somebody’s gonna give you what you’re deservin’! Well, love _is_ a battlefield, so hit me with your best shot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-warning-for-the-guys/248633.md?page=2)