# Am I being wierd or what? (Probably a question for the guys!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400 "2002-11-18T22:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/41 "2002-11-19T19:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*What in the name of God is a Ribena Berry? \*\* I don’t give a shit. Do you bounce naked? Can I watch? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/42 "2002-11-20T00:57:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*What in the name of God is a Ribena Berry? \*\* Ribena is a blackcurrent juice drink sold over here in little cartons. Its very good for you 🙂 Anyway, its advertised by means of little blackberries, bursting with energy and goodness, who jump around a lot and go “woohoo!” in a very high pitched squeak. And hence, are called Ribena Berries. **Welby** I do bounce naked, but its very definitely a private showing, for my SO only; he’d get very upset otherwise 😉 Besides, this way, I’ll let your imagination run riot 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/43 "2002-11-20T00:59:55Z")
:smack: That should definitely be "blackcurr **a** nt. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/44 "2002-11-20T01:09:39Z")
I don’t believe the bounce naked part. Don’t you have video cams over there? We need something in the way of proof. Even Polaroids would do. Pencil sketches? Brass rubbings? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/45 "2002-11-20T03:00:00Z")
Or Braille? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/46 "2002-11-20T07:52:22Z")
You wouldn’t like the proof if you saw it. 😉 Its best just to let your imagination run wild. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/47 "2002-11-20T12:05:44Z")
So I’m just going to have to rely on you to help me out here **Angua**. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/48 "2002-11-20T14:33:30Z")
I think guys can flirt for fun but we also think about women all the time. You should not take it personally. I’m sure he has thought about every woman in the place in all the permutations. (if he is anything like me and by that I mean if has some of my same qualities and by that I mean a pulse) So you being and flirty and smiling at him and such just means you are the star of his office fantasies and of course why would you settle for a supporting role. The VLA is in NM? Why did I think it was in AZ? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/49 "2002-11-20T19:22:09Z")
> [@](#): > > You wouldn’t like the proof if you saw it. Yes, we would. We definitely would. Why would you imagine that we wouldn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/50 "2002-11-20T21:47:42Z")
**Zebra** , last time I checked (earlier this week, as I might be flying out there some time next year, it was in Sorrocco, New Mexico. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*Yes, we would. We definitely would. Why would you imagine that we wouldn’t? \*\* Err… Because I’m sure I’m far more attractive in your imaginations than I am in real life. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/51 "2002-11-20T23:02:02Z")
I suspect you’d be amazed at what some people find attractive … ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/52 "2002-11-20T23:16:02Z")
Probably. Lets just say that I’m curvaceous, and leave it at that. 😛 And an update on the OP as well (Yes, I’m desperately trying to divert attention from my bounciness :)). He keeps on smiling and laughing at my _really_ bad jokes! Oh, and I caught him staring at me yesterday! His desk is opposite our office printer, and obviously, when I print things out, I have to go and colect them! So I went to collect my work, and was having to sort it out from a load of other stuff; I turned round suddenly once I’d finished, and saw him just as he turned his head away from my direction… Hmm… I guess it really is flattering 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 20, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/53 "2002-11-20T23:19:37Z")
I say flirt away, as long as you don’t ever directly give him the impression that you want him. Trying to set him up with someone is an excellent idea, if you can arrange it. As a guy, I think flirting can be fun, even if you know nothing will come of it. Just make sure you aren’t leading him on in any way. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/54 "2002-11-20T23:26:49Z")
Sounds to me like he’s just a little randy. I’m guessing he either has no love life or a crappy one. No offense to you and your obvious allure \ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/55 "2002-11-21T00:12:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Lets just say that I’m curvaceous, and leave it at that. _And_ she’s an astronomer. Now _I’m_ breaking out in a sweat. _sigh_ All the good ones are taken. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/56 "2002-11-21T00:38:20Z")
I never realised that astronomy was, well, such a _sexy_ subject. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/57 "2002-11-21T10:47:25Z")
How can you blame the guy in the OP for staring if you are oh, so curvaceous? I had some sympathy for the guy but now I hate him. He gets to see Curvaceous Bouncing Angua in real life while we can’t even get a picture. We NEED pictures, dern it. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/58 "2002-11-21T12:46:45Z")
**LouisB** is right, sort of. I don’t need pictures, I want video. Then again, **Angua** is probably right about one thing: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*I’m an outrageous flirt, \*\* I mean, damn, she’s got us begging for bouncing videos and we haven’t even seen her curvaceousness. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/59 "2002-11-21T17:14:04Z")
**Welby** , I’ve actually been really well behaved for the past day(ish). No flirting, although I have been smiling sweetly when I’ve needed help. 🙂 Still, he’s being strange, like most men I know! So, I’m sitting in front of my computer trying to figure out what the heck is going on in my cluster. :sigh: I need a magic wand. Of the strictly fairy tale variety, you know, Cinderella, Fairy Godmother… …Aaww… sod it! I’m not going to try and recover from that one. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400/60 "2002-11-21T23:59:01Z")
Angua, [kmart.com](http://kmart.com) is having a big 70% jewelry sale online, buy yourself a pretty ring & wear that on your engagement ring finger. Only the most courageous of men would flirt when they see that 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-wierd-or-what-probably-a-question-for-the-guys/137400.md?page=4)