# Enough with the incompetent flirting **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846 "2003-04-15T10:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/121 "2003-04-22T12:39:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Well I’ll be damned - _she_ just asked _him_ if he’d like to go to lunch! \*\* Maybe she just wants to tell him to get a fucking grip in private? If not then it reinforces mine and many other males opinion that we’ll never understand women. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/122 "2003-04-22T12:41:50Z")
Indeed, it could be that if you just annoy them enough for long enough, they give in. Nah. On the other hand, we must consider the idea she may have been duped. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/123 "2003-04-22T13:23:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\*Maybe she just wants to tell him to get a fucking grip in private? > > If not then it reinforces mine and many other males opinion that we’ll never understand women. \*\* If she is telling him in private, she’s a better woman than I. I prefer doling out humiliation to men in public. Really, though, as disrespectful and annoying as he’s been, he does deserve to be told off publicly. Pshaw. Women are so easy to read. It’s men that are enigmatic puzzles. How can you possibly be thinking of ‘nothing’ at all? ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/124 "2003-04-22T13:27:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Well I’ll be damned - _she_ just asked _him_ if he’d like to go to lunch! \*\* :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: This might result in a drastic re-think by everyone. Start composing your retractions now. I’m claiming what might have appeared to be sarcasm was actually me being deadly serious. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/125 "2003-04-22T13:32:49Z")
Bah, retract nothing I say. Nothing. We should all learn from the Iraqi info minister and deal with such contradictions with aplomb and panache. Simply deny. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/126 "2003-04-22T13:34:51Z")
Erm, could it possibly be that she just wants to go for lunch? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/127 "2003-04-22T13:35:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*Pshaw. Women are so easy to read. It’s men that are enigmatic puzzles. How can you possibly be thinking of ‘nothing’ at all? \*\* Here are some possibilities of what I am really thinking about (alphabetically) [list=a] [li]baseball[/li][li]boobs[/li][li]hockey[/li][li]lunch[/li][li]the boobs of the woman standing down the hallway[/li][li]your boobs[/li][/list=a] “Nothing” just seems like the safest answer most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/128 "2003-04-22T13:42:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary Kumquat \* > \*\*Erm, could it possibly be that she just wants to go for lunch? \*\* That’s right mate, let us stick to the party line until… well the hopeless sod comes bragging. Although I believe jjimm owes us some confirmatory investigations. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/129 "2003-04-22T13:44:23Z")
Hey **Gary** put that razor down. Occam may need it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/130 "2003-04-22T13:48:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*How can you possibly be thinking of ‘nothing’ at all? \*\* Any (straight) man who says that is lying. Our default setting is boobs. On preview, exactly what \*\* This Year’s Model\*\* said, minus the sport. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/131 "2003-04-22T14:00:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*All I know is, if this approach has ever worked for this guy, I’m going to go out and kick a puppy. \*\* Oops! looks like your only saving grace here is having used the past tense… Unless she really just was hungry, and maybe out of cash 😃 (ducks) ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/132 "2003-04-22T14:18:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by This Year’s Model \* > \*\*Here are some possibilities of what I am really thinking about (alphabetically) > [list=a] > [li]baseball[/li][li]boobs[/li][li]hockey[/li][li]lunch[/li][li]the boobs of the woman standing down the hallway[/li][li]your boobs[/li][/list=a] > > “Nothing” just seems like the safest answer most of the time. \*\* This is similar to my own list, except I think about boobs a bit more, instead of baseball or hockey. Shit, I event hought about my _boss’_ boobs! ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/133 "2003-04-22T14:22:09Z")
So, it’s just that simple? But when I say, “No, really. What are you _really_ thinking about?” I still get, “Nothing.” Gosh, my boobs must be nicer than I think. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/134 "2003-04-22T14:34:45Z")
Sorry Ana, my mind was somewhere else. What did you say? ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/135 "2003-04-22T14:39:30Z")
_hrmph_ I said, “Want to go shoe shopping?” ---
**Author:** ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/136 "2003-04-22T14:56:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Well I’ll be damned - _she_ just asked _him_ if he’d like to go to lunch! \*\* :eek: Pull the other one… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/137 "2003-04-22T14:57:39Z")
Does it involve beer? ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/138 "2003-04-22T14:57:58Z")
So, **jjimmm** , are they back from lunch? Does he have a black eye or a smile on his face? Answers, man! We need answers!!! (Don’t worry, spring break only lasts until the end of this week!) ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/139 "2003-04-22T14:59:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary Kumquat \* > \*\*Does it involve beer? \*\* They’ve yet to design a women’s shoe shop with a bar, but if they do, I’m certain it’ll be in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846/140 "2003-04-22T15:05:52Z")
Boobs is my default setting as well. Of course my SO knows that so she doesn’t ask me such silly questions unless it’s right after sex. In which case I’m either brain-numb or floating on a sea of sweet sweet bliss… Then boobs comes back into focus. Gods, we men really are pigs sometimes 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846.md?page=8)