# In desperate need of a good flirt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242 "2001-02-13T01:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/101 "2001-02-13T18:59:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > > [@](#): > > > > **With 1/2 page written review of each method, discussion and adaptation with a retry if necessary.** > > Ooh. The first part of that sounds too much like work. But the discussion, adaptation and (especially) retry sounds like it would be more than worth it. Well, if we’re going to get funding, we’ll need to keep SOME kind of record. Also, in the case of new discoveries, we need to leave something for posterity. > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*Damn, I should’ve been a research scientist! Maybe we can even get a grant! \*\* > > I wonder if there’s any way I can help persuade those fine men into giving us the money we need for this research. Maybe they’d like a graphic demonstration? 😃 \*\* Fine men and **women!** Don’t let’s be sexist. Anyway, if it were only men, they’d give us money just to watch through a hole in the wall. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/102 "2001-02-13T19:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Atrael \* > \*\*While I appriciate the offer, I’m afraid that I can’t join in this particular thread…sorry. Out of respect for someone else here, I’ll have to decline…I shouldn’t have commented in the first place, except that ya’ll are just having waaaay too much fun. Enjoy, and perhaps another time. \*\* _nods_ Understood. I’ll have to make sure to keep that in mind for future. But thank you for at least stopping by… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/103 "2001-02-13T19:29:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Icefalcon \* > \*\*I wander into the bar and glance idly at the crowd of boys gathered around TruePisces. > > Struck by her beauty my eyes lock with hers. Walking toward her, her eyes never leave mine. I stand, looking down into her eyes. > > Leaning over I kiss her deeply. Pulling back I say, “We water signs need to stick together. Why don’t you come back to my place and take a long, leisurely, sensual, soak in my hot tub?”. \*\* Why… that sounds wonderful. And the water would be a perfect place for the both of us… natural habitat. I could certainly use some relaxation. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/104 "2001-02-13T19:39:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > **Well, if we’re going to get funding, we’ll need to keep SOME kind of record. Also, in the case of new discoveries, we need to leave something for posterity.** Good point. Can I type it rather than write it? My handwriting is attrocious, and I have this really comfortable space under my desk that you could sit in, dictating to me while I type. > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*I wonder if there’s any way I can help persuade those fine men into giving us the money we need for this research. Maybe they’d like a graphic demonstration? 😃 \*\* > > Fine men and **women!** Don’t let’s be sexist. Anyway, if it were only men, they’d give us money just to watch through a hole in the wall. \*\* _hangs head in shame_ I can’t believe I was so insenstitive. Of **COURSE** We’ll have to make sure the demonstration is pleasing to everyone. The women are usually harder to persuade than the men - especially with funding for a project like this - but I’m sure we’ll be able to dazzle them with the ground we’re trying to break here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/105 "2001-02-13T19:45:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > Good point. Can I type it rather than write it? My handwriting is attrocious, > \*\* So’s your spelling. 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\* and I have this really comfortable space under my desk that you could sit in, dictating to me while I type. > \*\* If I’m under your desk, it’ll be tough to **dic** tate. But if it’s about speaking, I can turn a flowery phrase with my tongue. > [@](#): > > \*\* > _hangs head in shame_ I can’t believe I was so insenstitive. Of **COURSE** We’ll have to make sure the demonstration is pleasing to everyone. The women are usually harder to persuade than the men - especially with funding for a project like this - but I’m sure we’ll be able to dazzle them with the ground we’re trying to break here. 😃 \*\* Not only are the women harder to persuade, but harder to please, as well (not that I’ve done a comparative study, mind you). ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/106 "2001-02-13T20:01:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > Good point. Can I type it rather than write it? My handwriting is attrocious, > > \*\* > > So’s your spelling. :D\*\* I never claimed that spelling was one of my many talents. They lie elsewhere. 😉 > [@](#): > > **If I’m under your desk, it’ll be tough to dictate. But if it’s about speaking, I can turn a flowery phrase with my tongue.** I have a feeling it would be more that you’d have ME turning flowery phrases with your tongue. > [@](#): > > \*\*Not only are the women harder to persuade, but harder to please, as well (not that I’ve done a comparative study, mind you). \*\* Oh, I’m a VERY easy woman to please… as easy as making a kitten purr. Maybe I can prove the exception to your rule… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/107 "2001-02-13T20:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > I never claimed that spelling was one of my many talents. They lie elsewhere. 😉 Let me be the judge of that. It’s not that I don’t trust you, though…We’re Floridians. It’s all about the recount. > [@](#): > > I have a feeling it would be more that you’d have ME turning flowery phrases with your tongue. You kidding? You’d be reduced to incoherent babbling! > [@](#): > > Oh, I’m a VERY easy woman to please… as easy as making a kitten purr. Maybe I can prove the exception to your rule… as easy as making a kitten purr? Gee, no imagery there, eh? Well, it’s not so much a rule, more of a…personal challenge? You’re convincing me to drive down to that Ren Faire, you know! ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/108 "2001-02-13T20:40:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > > > I never claimed that spelling was one of my many talents. They lie elsewhere. 😉 > > Let me be the judge of that. It’s not that I don’t trust you, though…We’re Floridians. It’s all about the recount.\*\* _groan_ How did I KNOW that would come up? But at least this will be a more pleasant recount than the last one… > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I have a feeling it would be more that you’d have ME turning flowery phrases with your tongue. > > You kidding? You’d be reduced to incoherent babbling!\*\* Let **ME** be the judge of **THAT**. Though I have a feeling you aren’t far wrong. > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Oh, I’m a VERY easy woman to please… as easy as making a kitten purr. Maybe I can prove the exception to your rule… > > as easy as making a kitten purr? Gee, no imagery there, eh?\*\* As long as I get the point across… > [@](#): > > \*\*Well, it’s not so much a rule, more of a…personal challenge? You’re convincing me to drive down to that Ren Faire, you know! \*\* The Ren Fest is fun in and of itself… add in a dozen or so Dopers, and where the day takes us is anyone’s guess! And you know, I’ve never been a personal challenge before! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/109 "2001-02-13T20:56:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > > > > Let me be the judge of that. It’s not that I don’t trust you, though…We’re Floridians. It’s all about the recount. > > _groan_ How did I KNOW that would come up? > > But at least this will be a more pleasant recount than the last one…\*\* Sorry. I had to say it. I tried not to, really! This one will be more pleasant, but I don’t think it’ll last quite as long. Or have as many people making fun of it. > [@](#): > > \*\* > > Let **ME** be the judge of **THAT**. > > Though I have a feeling you aren’t far wrong.\*\* You can be the judge of anything you want to, dear…just as long as you’re wearing one of those sexy black, shapeless robes. > [@](#): > > \*\* > The Ren Fest is fun in and of itself… add in a dozen or so Dopers, and where the day takes us is anyone’s guess!\*\* If you’re REALLY lucky, you may get to see me in green tights! 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\* > And you know, I’ve never been a personal challenge before! 😃 \*\* And I **always** rise to a good challenge! ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/110 "2001-02-13T21:55:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > **This one will be more pleasant, but I don’t think it’ll last quite as long. Or have as many people making fun of it.** Oh, I’m sure we can make it last a LONG time if we really wanted to. > [@](#): > > **You can be the judge of anything you want to, dear…just as long as you’re wearing one of those sexy black, shapeless robes.** Just so you can imagine what I [sub]don’t[/sub] have on underneath it? 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > The Ren Fest is fun in and of itself… add in a dozen or so Dopers, and where the day takes us is anyone’s guess! > > If you’re REALLY lucky, you may get to see me in green tights! ;)\*\* Ooh! I love a man that dresses the part! > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > And you know, I’ve never been a personal challenge before! 😃 > > And I **always** rise to a good challenge! \*\* And **rising** is just what I had in mind… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/111 "2001-02-14T01:13:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > \*\* > Oh, I’m sure we can make it last a LONG time if we really wanted to. \*\* You’d better believe it! (all I have to do is think “Katherine Harris” over and over…that could keep me, um…“mellow” for weeks!) > [@](#): > > \*\* > > Just so you can imagine what I [sub]don’t[/sub] have on underneath it? :D\*\* That’s right! No real hints and my imagination will run wild! [sub]BTW: I can be very\*\* imaginative when I want to be[/sub] > [@](#): > > \*\* > Ooh! I love a man that dresses the part!\*\* Hmm…I guess my Spiderman costume would be inappropriate then? It’s not really Renaissance. > [@](#): > > \*\* > And **rising** is just what I had in mind… 😉 \*\* um…um…Dammit! Okay, so I DON’T have a witty retort for that one. Guess I’ll have to be punished. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/112 "2001-02-14T01:19:08Z")
_looks in_ _wanders back out_ Wouldn’t want to intrude… (And At? I could care less if you flirt here or not. You still do on AIM, might as well here too. You don’t wanna play, don’t blame ME.) ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/113 "2001-02-14T01:51:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > \*\* > > Oh, I’m sure we can make it last a LONG time if we really wanted to. \*\* > > You’d better believe it! (all I have to do is think “Katherine Harris” over and over…that could keep me, um…“mellow” for weeks!) > \*\* Oh, come on, you know she really does it for you! 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\* > That’s right! No real hints and my imagination will run wild! > [sub]BTW: I can be very imaginative when I want to be[/sub]\*\* Oh really? And what are you imagining right now??? > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Ooh! I love a man that dresses the part!\*\* > > Hmm…I guess my Spiderman costume would be inappropriate then? It’s not really Renaissance.\*\* Well, inappropriate there, maybe, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t find some place for you to wear it later… 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > And **rising** is just what I had in mind… 😉 \*\* > > um…um…Dammit! > > Okay, so I DON’T have a witty retort for that one. > > Guess I’ll have to be punished. 😃 \*\* Dammit, now I have to think of an appropriate punishment. You don’t happen to like whips, do you??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/114 "2001-02-14T01:58:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\*_looks in_ > > _wanders back out_ Wouldn’t want to intrude…\*\* Oh, please don’t leave! I would love to have lots and lots and lots of people in here again tonight. It was so much **FUN** last night! Please??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/115 "2001-02-14T15:21:28Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TruePisces \* > \*\* > Oh, come on, you know she really does it for you! 😃_\* Oh, yeah…pasty-faced soul sucking vampiresses always get me hot…you ARE a pasty-faced, soul sucker aren’t you? > [@](#): > > \*\* > Oh really? And what are you imagining right now??? > \*\* If I tried to type what I’m imagining right now, my computer screen would melt. And if you tried to read it… well, let’s just say it’s a good thing you’re sittling down. > [@](#): > > \*\* > Well, inappropriate there, maybe, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t find some place for you to wear it later… 😉 > \*\* All I’ll say is, the hotel room better have some high ceilings… > [@](#): > > \*\* > > Dammit, now I have to think of an appropriate punishment. > > You don’t happen to like whips, do you??? 😃 \*\* **TruePisces,** you must be my soulmate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/116 "2001-02-14T15:48:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > **Oh, yeah…pasty-faced soul sucking vampiresses always get me hot…you ARE a pasty-faced, soul sucker aren’t you?** Well, my ex describes me that way… > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Oh really? And what are you imagining right now??? > > If I tried to type what I’m imagining right now, my computer screen would melt. And if you tried to read it… well, let’s just say it’s a good thing you’re sittling down.\*\* Now you really have ahold of my interest… > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Dammit, now I have to think of an appropriate punishment. > > > > You don’t happen to like whips, do you??? 😃 > > **TruePisces,** you must be my soulmate. 😃 \*\* 😃 I’ll be back in just a minute… I knew I laid that thing around here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/117 "2001-02-14T16:23:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > > **Oh, yeah…pasty-faced soul sucking vampiresses always get me hot…you ARE a pasty-faced, soul sucker aren’t you?** > > Well, my ex describes me that way…\*\* Oh! So he still speaks highly of you, even though he’s your ex. That’s cool. > [@](#): > > \*\* > > If I tried to type what I’m imagining right now, my computer screen would melt. And if you tried to read it… well, let’s just say it’s a good thing you’re sittling down. Now you really have ahold of my interest…\*\* [/QUOTE] That’s not ALL I have ahold of…you wouldn’t believe how hard it is to type with this thing. 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Dammit, now I have to think of an appropriate punishment. > > > > You don’t happen to like whips, do you??? 😃 > > **TruePisces,** you must be my soulmate. 😃 \*\* 😃 I’ll be back in just a minute… I knew I laid that thing around here somewhere… \*\* [/QUOTE] It’s OK, no rush…we can improvise. got a yardstick? curly phone cord? staple remover…wait. not staple remover. it’s our first thread together, and I don’t want to rush things. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/118 "2001-02-14T17:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > **That’s not ALL I have ahold of…you wouldn’t believe how hard it is to type with this thing. 😉** You mean you can **type** with it too? My, you ARE talented! 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > 😃 I’ll be back in just a minute… I knew I laid that thing around here somewhere… > > It’s OK, no rush…we can improvise. got a yardstick? curly phone cord? staple remover…wait. not staple remover. it’s our first thread together, and I don’t want to rush things. \*\* Damn it, the staple remover is the only thing I have on my desk right now… The phone cord won’t come out of the phone. I guess I’ll have to look around and see what other, gentler, things I have access to at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/119 "2001-02-14T19:00:32Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blessedwolf \* > > You mean you can **type** with it too? My, you ARE talented! :D\*\* Babe, you don’t know the HALF of what I can do with it! 😉 Only problem is, now most of my keys stick. > [@](#): > > \*\* > Damn it, the staple remover is the only thing I have on my desk right now… The phone cord won’t come out of the phone. I guess I’ll have to look around and see what other, gentler, things I have access to at the moment. \*\* Well, I don’t usually do this, but…OK. (and you didn’t even buy be a drink! And… **put down that pencil!** ---
**Author:** ![Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Formerly_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242/120 "2001-02-14T20:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > \*\* > Why… that sounds wonderful. And the water would be a perfect place for the both of us… natural habitat. I could certainly use some relaxation. \*\* I’m certainly capable of providing it. 🙂 Btw, suits are **not** optional in the hot tub. They are banned. 🙂 So slide on in and I’ll make you feel good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-desperate-need-of-a-good-flirt/54242.md?page=7)