# 'Blurred Lines' the P(o)(o)LL: Wimmenz only **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024 "2013-07-31T21:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/21 "2013-08-20T17:34:43Z")
I suppose I’m the last person on earth to know who Robin Thicke is. I took one look at him and said, “that’s Alan Thicke’s son.” barf smiley ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/22 "2013-08-20T19:47:08Z")
And apparently he has a BIG DICK. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/23 "2013-08-20T20:02:21Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > I came in l(o)(o)king for b(o)(o)bs. > ☹ oh, well. what if they’re uneven? (oY.) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/24 "2013-08-20T21:35:49Z")
I don’t know the lyrics of the song, but I hate that constantly repeated “woo!” sound in the background so much that I started a thread about it a while ago. 😛 Other than that, I’ve got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/25 "2013-08-20T23:09:05Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I don’t know the lyrics of the song, but I hate that constantly repeated “woo!” sound in the background so much that I started a thread about it a while ago. 😛 > > Other than that, I’ve got nothin’. Yeah… the repeated “woo” is the least of the song’s problems. Let’s just say that “blurred lines” more or less appears to refer to the line between consenting and not. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/26 "2013-08-21T13:28:13Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I’m disappointed he didn’t do the [Beaver Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hqklWJxUTo) I just realized that clip features a cameo by Alan Thicke. How apropos. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/27 "2013-08-21T15:28:48Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > what if they’re uneven? > > (oY.) They’re still boobs! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/28 "2013-08-21T15:55:07Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Let’s just say that “blurred lines” more or less appears to refer to the line between consenting and not. That interpretation seems more than a little strained to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/29 "2013-08-21T16:46:55Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > That interpretation seems more than a little strained to me. Yeah, reading the lyrics it seems pretty clearly “You say you’re a good girl, but I can see that you’re really nasty at heart so drop that dork and let’s go get nasty”. I’m not reading “rape” from that at all. The “blurred line” is between good girl and bad girl, not consenting and non-consenting. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/30 "2013-08-21T18:21:06Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The “blurred line” is between good girl and bad girl, not consenting and non-consenting. Another clue comes from the Jimmy Fallon version of the song in which Mr. Thicke answers the question, “What rhymes with hug me?” with the word ‘Rugby.’ Wanting to get nasty refers to playing dirty, and ‘hug me’ is slang for entering a scrum. It’s a song about playing Rugby. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024/31 "2013-08-21T19:09:38Z")
I’ve never understood the rape interpretation either. I’ve always thought the blurred lines were between being a good and nasty girl, as well as the blurred lines of what constitutes cheating. All tongue-in-cheek, and over-the-top sleazy/creepy. I read an interview with Thicke somewhere that he and Pharrell wrote it from the perspective of a couple of dirty old men sitting on the porch yelling dirty things at pretty girls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurred-lines-the-p-o-o-ll-wimmenz-only/665024.md?page=1)