# Bizarre Signals You Didn't Know You Were Giving **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482 "2004-05-10T17:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/81 "2004-05-12T23:29:06Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > You’re not the first female who was a bit doubtful about this news… but just ask your husband/SO/male friends. All right. I will do just that. > [@](#): > > (19:07:36) Elfbabe’s Boyfriend: 0\_o > (19:07:54) Elfbabe’s Boyfriend: I… doubt it. > (19:10:59) Elfbabe’s Boyfriend: I mean, I could probably identify them were they NOT obscured from the waist up… I was good at identifying people from a distance. But if it was just based on seeing them from below the waist… probably not. > [@](#): > > (19:09:58) Elfbabe’s Straight Male Friend: Hmm, this sounds difficult. I’d probably have to say I wouldn’t be able to guess the majority on those criteria - the really skinny girls would be obvious, but I’m not sure if I could tell apart normal-weight people. And just to be sure… > [@](#): > > (19:21:45) Elfbabe’s Bisexual Female Friend: No. > (19:21:59) Elfbabe’s Bisexual Female Friend: If they’d been obscured from the waist up, I’d’ve been all like “Who? What?” I’m afraid I’ll have to get back to you with the results of further research. :rolleyes: Just to make sure we’re clear, I’m not saying that heterosexual males are NOT frequently staring at the asses of females around them, or even at my particular ass. And I’m not saying that it’s wrong for them to stare. I’m just doubting that they have, as a group, such prodigious powers of ass recollection as you describe. Gotta fight ignorance! ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/82 "2004-05-12T23:47:23Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever seen axe jewelry sold as a lesbian symbol. The labrys, a two-headed battleax associated with Crete, has long been a symbol for matriarchy and woman power. It is legendarily associated with a matriarchy that is believed to have existed on Crete prior to the rise of the Minoans. I have seen lesbians and other feminist types wearing them, although not often. If you see someone wearing a labrys and a mullet, that’s almost certainly a woman, despite any other suggestions to the contrary, and a lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/83 "2004-05-13T00:01:54Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > Heh, just don’t mix up the battle axe with a [Thor’s Hammer.](http://www.mythicages.com/thor.htm) Or a [Vichy pin.](http://www.saij-netart.de/25-s4-award-under-vichy.jpg) You wouldn’t want people to think you were a collaborator with…you know, the _shudder_ _French._😃 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/84 "2004-05-13T00:22:45Z")
I wasn’t denying that the labrys was a lsebian symbol. I was just saying I’d never seen one. My favorite lesbian symbol remains the “Nobody Knows I’m A Lesbian” t-shirt. **Bughunter** Actually I was referring to a lunatic fringe of the gay community who deliberatetly seek HIV infection. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/85 "2004-05-13T00:33:19Z")
> [@KellyM](#): > > The labrys, a two-headed battleax associated with Crete, has long been a symbol for matriarchy and woman power. It is legendarily associated with a matriarchy that is believed to have existed on Crete prior to the rise of the Minoans. I have seen lesbians and other feminist types wearing them, although not often. If you see someone wearing a labrys and a mullet, that’s almost certainly a woman, despite any other suggestions to the contrary, and a lesbian. And if the person goes around with a full sized double-bitted axe, and is singing, “I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay,” well…maybe she’s a lumberjill. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/86 "2004-05-13T00:45:23Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > **Bughunter** Actually I was referring to a lunatic fringe of the gay community who deliberatetly seek HIV infection. :eek: This nick been corrupted a bazzillion different ways over the years… butthunter, bulgehunter, bugeater, bughunger, beerhunter… well that last one kinda fits… but none of those are as bad as that. Still, I am _not_ changing this alias… I’ve had it since 1983. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/87 "2004-05-13T00:55:58Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > I’m just doubting that they have, as a group, such prodigious powers of ass recollection as you describe. Gotta fight ignorance! Well, where I come from, we do. And also, I went thru adolescence in the era of skin tight, sprayed on designer jeans. What was that movie where the girl had to lie on her bed and use a pair of pliers to zip her jeans? That era. And also, perhaps in your neighborhood, the boys were breast men. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/88 "2004-05-13T01:22:20Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > I apparently give off a signal that says: > “Eats\_Crayons likes deranged, crazy people. So you must go up and talk to her on the street!” > > (Really I’m a freak-magnet.) Well… when you eat crayons… maybe if you clean up the crayon color stains around your mouth? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/89 "2004-05-13T01:34:36Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > The one-pant-leg rolled up was a sign that you’d had a relative that had suffered the death penalty. That explains so much about punky brewster. ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/90 "2004-05-13T01:36:56Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > This reminds me of, from my childhood, “If you were on a bus, and you realized that everyone else on the bus was gay, would you get off?” [hijack] For a few months when I was in the second or third grade, and for freaking twenty minutes at a time, one side of the bus would shout “Less filling” and the other side would reply “Tastes Great!”. I for one, didn’t know for MANY years what in the hell it meant… I wonder if anyone did… [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/91 "2004-05-13T01:38:41Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Save the rolleye thingie----my darling Marcie wears an ankle bracelet and she is as hot as it gets, in bed or out. I should say that she is super hot with or without the ankle bracelet, so maybe the jury should stay out on that one. Oh my holy Christ, the first time I read this I saw: “my cousin Marcie wears…” Time to turn up the font I guess… ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/92 "2004-05-13T01:40:58Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > I was informed by my mother the other day that in some circles, wearing a dog bracelet means you’re sexually active. Actually Jayn (Happy Birthday) I beleive it means you’re sexually submissive. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/93 "2004-05-13T03:17:07Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > I’m afraid I’ll have to get back to you with the results of further research. :rolleyes: Well, if we are going to do a double blind test, I’ll volunteer as a spotter. So to speak. > [@](#): > > I’m just doubting that they have, as a group, such prodigious powers of ass recollection as you describe. Gotta fight ignorance! Actually, you have a point here. It is most probable that staring at asses will result in less memory. About asses and probably most everything else. However, hope springs eternal. 🙂 > [@bughunter](#): > > Well, where I come from, we do. And also, I went thru adolescence in the era of skin tight, sprayed on designer jeans. I reiterate. If you want to test this claim out, I volunteer as a control group. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/94 "2004-05-13T03:24:28Z")
Dog Bracelet? Is this a piece of jewelry which is worn on the wrist and has dogs on it? A large piece of leather, worn on the wrist but fashioned like a dog’s collar? Or is this a leather and/or metal thing worn on the neck? AFAIK You’ll still see dog collars worn as fashion statements among the goth and punk communities. Other than that, a dog collar is generally seen as a sign of a submissive. Riding crops and whips are signs of a dom. All of which make me wonder why Yugih O wears one. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/95 "2004-05-13T04:19:18Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > Well, where I come from, we do. I’m not doubting that you possess this particular talent. I’m sure when our country needs someone to identify dangerous undercover female terrorists solely by looking at their asses, you will be the first one they call. 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/96 "2004-05-13T04:36:39Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > All of which make me wonder why Yugih **O** wears one. _giggle_ Please tell me this was intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/97 "2004-05-13T04:53:51Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > Oops, sorry. I assumed that most Dopers had heard this one, as it’s been discussed on here before, IIRC. > > Allegedly, a tatoo on the small of a woman’s back means she likes anal sex. You know, it’s there for the guy to look at and all. > > Don’t know where this one came from (I suspect high school boys are a likely source), or if there’s even a remote shred of truth behind it at one point or another. > > I do know it’s probably a surprise to most women who have said tattoo. THAT’S why they make those loud piping noises when they’re penetrated! They’re SURPRISED. I thought it was orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/98 "2004-05-13T04:54:52Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > I apparently give off a signal that says: > “Eats\_Crayons likes deranged, crazy people. So you must go up and talk to her on the street!” > > (Really I’m a freak-magnet.) Hi, East Crayons! Seen any good women in prison movies lately? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/99 "2004-05-13T04:58:24Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > . According to that page, the bracelets I bought ‘mean’: > anal sex, holding hands, or doggy style One bracelete means all three of things? That’s quite a range of options. “Wanna hold hands?” “No.” “OK, that one’s out. Now, bend over.” ---
**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482/100 "2004-05-13T13:24:58Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I once had a skinhead classmate assume that I was a fellow bigot due to my last name being German, and the fact that I wore black workboots with red laces. I remember, in Britain in the 80s, if you wore red laces in your Doc Martens you were presumed to supported the National Front, white laces it was the British Movement (or the other way around) - both ultra-right-wing nasties. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signals-you-didnt-know-you-were-giving/244482.md?page=6)