…because it’s the polite thing to do. It is a good thing I don’t wear a hat very often because I get some funny looks.
And…a curtsy in return, kind sir!
Now do you wanna kiss my hand? 
dropzone, that’s cool. I’d even let you open a door for me…
Hey Dropzone…I’ll let you put your coat over some mud so my shoes don’t get dirty
Awwww Thanks!
Hm. Is this where I bring up the warm fire you mentioned in another thread? 
And when you do Drop, I’ll make eye contact through my lashes and smile…
Good for you dropzone. I have worn a hat for over thirty years. It is so much fun to let a lady know she has been noticed by tipping, doffing or removing my hat. A hat (as opposed to a cap or baseball cap) serves as sunglasses, windscreen, umbrella, eye protector and parasol.
Just last weekend, the host of a perennial Christmas party that I attend complained loudly and publically that I still hadn’t lost a hair or had one gone gray. I could only reply to him how all of my friends had routinely chided me for wearing a hat. I tried to tell him how many times I’ve heard the words, “That thing cuts off the ventilation to your scalp, you’ll go bald early!”
Anyway, works for me.
::looks at collection of +16 hats::
Why are the women of MPSIMS so…girly? Posting this thread in Great Debates or The Pit would get me chewed a new sshl*. But not here. Even reviving the Busty Redhead thread NOT ONLY does NOT get me lectured, there are several dozen women volunteering their cup sizes! Come on, ladies, I expect ONE flame for reducing women to their hair color and breasts! And the closest thing to getting singed here is some mild, even cute, sarcasm from Blue Twylight.
It’s not that I WANT to be abused. And it’s not that I don’t appreciate all of you charming womenfolk. AND it’s not because you are not “liberated” women.
I just don’t understand it. But a warm fire and some glug sounds good right now. It’s cold out.
seriously - if somebody tipped his hat to me I d either bow with a weird grin…
or tip MY hat… cause I wear hats a lot… mine are weird hats-- but whatever–
Gotta get the pic of me with that bright green “accessoirize” hat on… that one kicks ass… hehe
dodgy
dropzone, it must just be because you’re so damn charming! (or something…)
Personally, I find you to be too doggone nice to abuse. And I’m a sucker for a man in a hat <Gee, wonder if THAT could be twisted to my disadvantage?>
And in response to such a gallant hat tipping, no doubt I would smile and say “Hey, what’s shakin’?”
WAG? The people here “know” each other well enough to take it in the spirit of friendly comeraderie it was intended. Little jabs are a game in here, not attacks. And the ladies in here certainly like to play the game. (and so do the gentlemen)
So, what you’re saying is:
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I’m seen as a “nice guy” and can get away with more because you know I’m just teasing.
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My experiment seeing if, after starting the Redhead Thread (which I did just because I like redheads) and finding it did not get a single negative response, I could get a rise out of the women by stating that I perform one of the classic “male chauvinist” rituals (holding doors having already been done) for the classic “wrong” reason (politeness) gave a negative result, ie: no, I didn’t get a rise out of anybody, demonstrating that MPSIMS is different from Great Debates and The Pit, where I really would have been torn a new one.
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I could write a sentence so long and circuituous that even I got lost halfway through.
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The women of MPSIMS are the sweetest, and most tolerant, around.
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When I get bored with life I should just keep flirting with you ladies and leave pissing you off to somebody who is better at it.
Thank you for #4! You do seem to be quite a nice guy and chivalry goes a long way. I can’t speak for any of the other ladies but a man who holds the door always gets an extra sweet smile from me. As for tipping your hat, well, that would get you a smile and a wink!
dropzone, I’d love to buy you lunch one day! I really, really would. Do you ever get to the Woodfield area?
Glug, you say? Well, then, let me pull out gramma’s recipe (she’s a Swede, you know) and mix up a batch for you…and I promise not to abuse you.
Well, unless you ASK, of course
So, you’re saying you posted this just as an experiment to see how the MPSIMSers would respond? My WAG is that folks hang out in here when they’re in a friendly mood, while the Pitizens are looking for a fight.
Plus, you are seen as a nice guy (even in the Pit, I dare say).
If you perform what you call a male chauvanist ritual, but you do it out of politeness and tradition, I think you’ll get a warm reponse from many people, including me. For example, I’ve noticed that in my office building, men will often allow women to step into or out of the elevator first. While this is certainly not required, and I don’t think less of men who don’t do it, I don’t mind when they do, and I nod to them as I pass by. Maybe it is a misplaced sense of chivalry that inspires this action. Certainly, I don’t need to get in or out any faster, and I don’t need special girly treatment. But I’m not insulted, either.
So, uh, what I mean to say is keep up the good flirting, I mean work, dropzone!
What IS a proper recipe for glug? Mine is: apple juice, cinnamon, cloves and lemon and orange slices heated up, add vodka to taste, add more vodka because some of the alcohol will cook off, add sugar to cut the alcohol taste because I used cheap vodka, then add more vodka for every degree below freezing it is outside. Not that I drink to a noticable extent anymore (recipes like that will show you why).
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Not often, especially at lunch. I’m down in Lisle.
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And my wife might object, anyway. Thanks, though.
I think it’s really charming when people do things like tipping hats and kissing hands. Depending on who does it, I sometimes blush.
You are a harmless old fuddy duddy, drop.
An amusing, nonthreatening diversion.
I mean that in a good way!