# I cannot believe you are actually making a 37 year old man on a business trip kick your ass. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625 "2010-05-16T09:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hodiggity1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hodiggity1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodiggity1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/41 "2010-05-16T18:23:47Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > Its interesting to read his conclusions which merely display his naivety with girls suggesting his lack of player experience. Nothing wrong with that. I got the feeling that msmith was being a bit facetious with those remarks. I think a lot of guys (good guys) in relationships feel the same when they have a chance to have sex with someone else - a small part of them is like “yeah! I still got it. Let’s go for it.” It doesn’t mean that they aren’t seriously invested in their relationship. It’s just a part of us that is there and we learn to control. Kind of reminds me of Rob at the end of High Fidelity. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/42 "2010-05-16T18:24:01Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I knew **msmith537** in real life as a coworker before he even joined this board many years ago. There is no reason to doubt any of the story based on him or the situation described. . . . > > I pushed a guy backwards down hard down a flight of stairs for groping my wife at the Kells in Allston once and just walked away casually in the confusion. . . . I did something similar when a **guido** \* grabbed one of her friends on the dance floor . . . Awesome. Just, awesome. (\*emphasis obviously mine) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/43 "2010-05-16T18:33:30Z")
What was wrong with simply ignoring him? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/44 "2010-05-16T18:33:49Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Awesome. Just, awesome. Agreed. Those Death Camps I keep mentioning for weaboos- they need to make room for these guys. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/45 "2010-05-16T18:45:07Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Agreed. Those Death Camps I keep mentioning for weaboos- they need to make room for these guys. You mean [these guys?](http://www.dysonology.com/uploaded_images/pic00236-747618.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/46 "2010-05-16T18:51:19Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You mean [these guys?](http://www.dysonology.com/uploaded_images/pic00236-747618.jpg) 😃 The guy on the left is definitely overqualified to be sent to **Chimera’s Home for the Terminally Stupid**. Perhaps radiation shielding would be a more effective use of his talents. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/47 "2010-05-16T19:00:24Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Basically the moral of this story is: > Not putting up with some dickhead’s shit actually feels pretty good > Chicks seem to dig a guy who kicks ass. > Even though I feel I dealt with the situation with just the right amount of restraint (ie not being this loser to a bloody pulp), I’m still really pissed off about the whole thing and it’s taking me forever to go to bed. > I really feel too old for this shit (but not too old to kick some punkasses ass, jerkoff!) > I’m really more of a lover than a fighter…but I’m a fighter too so don’t think I won’t beat the crap out of you. Especially if I choose not to be a “lover” for a few weeks because I don’t feel like cheating on my girlfriend with some skanky barfly. > Turning down sex doesn’t feel that great, but IMHO, it does feel a lot better than cheating. You can add: When ranting in the Pit on this MB, it’s best not to brag about your prowess with the ladies. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/48 "2010-05-16T19:04:42Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Don’t you mean “ms mith”? 😛 > > Guy’s only been around nine years and posting in all kindsa threads about relationships with women, no reason why you should have noticed really. No, there is no real reason why I should have noticed. He’s never come to my attention in a way that would make a lasting impression. That isn’t snark; it’s true. Actually, it could be considered a compliment. I tend to remember people who are actively hostile, loutish or immature. I’m not all that interested in a male I don’t know talking about women I don’t know and discussing the pros and cons of their relationship with which I am not familiar. I think you all pay much more attention to the folks here and their myriad eccentricities and behavior patterns than I ever will. That’s fine by me, but I don’t think I’m alone in not knowing the gender of some Dopers. I didn’t know there were so many advocates for hotel bars here. Now I know how they stay in business (I’ve always vaguely wondered). I am that boring that, if traveling, I don’t frequent the hotel bar I’m in. Of course, as a woman traveling alone, the last thing I would want to do is go into a hotel bar. I don’t need or want a drink so badly that I’m willing to put myself in a position to have to fend off 30-something (in my case, 40-something, if anyone) males, also traveling on business who are interested in “passing the time”. (Yeah, yeah, who says any male of any age would be hitting on me. Yadda yadda) Of course, YMMV and that’s great. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/49 "2010-05-16T19:25:57Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The guy on the left is definitely overqualified to be sent to **Chimera’s Home for the Terminally Stupid**. Perhaps radiation shielding would be a more effective use of his talents. I’d say the guy on the left has been shooped. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You mean [these guys?](http://www.dysonology.com/uploaded_images/pic00236-747618.jpg) 😃 [This](http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/368417/941267.jpg) is a better example. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/50 "2010-05-16T19:40:20Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’d say the guy on the left has been shooped. > > [This](http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/368417/941267.jpg) is a better example. If by “shooped” you mean, “dipped in fake tan,” then I agree. 😃 I see there’s a whole collection of them [here.](http://benisawesome.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/bad-boys/) I think I lost IQ points just looking at them. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/51 "2010-05-16T20:19:16Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’d say the guy on the left has been shooped. > > [This](http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/368417/941267.jpg) is a better example. :eek: Dear God, the future looks bleak indeed… Are they all on something? The vacancy of their gaze and their vacuous expression (despite attempting to look “cool”) terrify me: I hope they’re on something because that much stupidity is dangerous… The girls look almost normal–how odd. Sadly, this increases the guys’ chances of reproducing. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/52 "2010-05-16T20:34:18Z")
Take a gander at “Jersey Shore” sometime if you think the girls are any better. _ **Disclaimer** _ My knowledge of “Jersey Shore” is through youtube videos and a Craig Ferguson parody. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/53 "2010-05-16T20:53:47Z")
Lissener. Wow. Aren’t you really into movies or something? After reading your interpretation of the events recounted in the OP, I’d bet you think ET was some ironic comment on the War of 1812 and Saving Private Ryan is a feminist critique of the 1920s Paris art scene. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/54 "2010-05-16T20:58:42Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > The girls look almost normal–how odd. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Take a gander at “Jersey Shore” sometime if you think the girls are any better. _ **Disclaimer** _ My knowledge of “Jersey Shore” is through youtube videos and a Craig Ferguson parody. Quite right. The girls hardly look [normal](http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/f/f4/Female_guido.jpg). I’d fuck the shit out of the girls from _Jersey Shore_, though. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/55 "2010-05-16T21:02:23Z")
I don’t know what’s more ridiculous, the OP or the people defending him. What a jackass. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/56 "2010-05-16T21:15:05Z")
The op is obviously lying. Everyone knows what a bunch of sissies Dopers are. except for me of course. I aint no sissy. I could prove it too. Cause I don’t take shit from anybody ya hear.😉 ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/57 "2010-05-16T22:20:34Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I’ll show you how big my dick is as soon as I can manage to extricate it from your mom’s dick-hungry stinkflower. “Your mom” insults? Really? _And_ bragging about your dick? Seems like you’re trying to win the high school trifecta. (Hint: talk about how rad your car is.) ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/58 "2010-05-16T22:24:22Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > \ > > Yes, but would it have been as entertaining? I think you need to bone up on what is and isn’t entertaining, I really do. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/59 "2010-05-16T22:32:24Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ah yes, all the “you’re a big man on the internet” trolls come racing to do their own version of dick waving, primarily because it’s all they CAN do. Calm down, li’l Chimera. Why don’t you go withhold service from a customer or two, because it’ll make you feel better/it’s the only real power you possess in life. Run along now! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625/60 "2010-05-16T22:32:47Z")
I know how this plays out. Next time the OP returns to that bar, the punk (who will then be extremely muscular) will say “what, you here again? Here’s something I owe you!” and punch the OP out. He’ll then be deemed “HERO OF THE BAR” and fawned over by his ex-girlfriend, who will exclaim “oh, Mac!” (the punk’s name is Mac) “you ARE a real man AFTER all!” and that’ll be the end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-believe-you-are-actually-making-a-37-year-old-man-on-a-business-trip-kick-your-ass/539625.md?page=4)