# Ladies, do you know when your, ummm, headlights are on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521 "2003-05-15T20:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/61 "2003-05-16T21:02:38Z")
**Heart On My Sleeve** , that right there? Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for making me cackle and making my dog look at my oddly. **Contrary** , don’t be jealous. If it makes you feel better, I only have a period once every six months or so due to that old bastard we call Endo. Endo Metri Osis. The fucker! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/62 "2003-05-16T21:12:41Z")
**TOTAL ASIDE** **QGG:** I’ve admired you since I read your first post. I’m glad I could make you laugh! And **Contrary** , I got the painful boobs, too. The hubby offers to massage them and I turn into Satan. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/63 "2003-05-16T21:42:53Z")
When I’m really cold, mine are pretty obvious. And I’m often pretty cold. I used to be kinda embarassed about it, but now I really don’t care all that much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/64 "2003-05-16T22:04:19Z")
I never notice when I have headlights; I wear molded (not padded) bras that prevent their appearance either way, so I never think about it. I can’t feel it at all. My mother always said that visible nipples were tacky. Don’t know if I agree with her, but I do prevent visible nipples. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/65 "2003-05-16T22:08:56Z")
**Audrey** , I think “molded” was the word I wanted before, not “padded,” which still add some volume that I don’t want. In any case, I mostly wear Victoria’s Secret “Signature” cotton bras cuz they’re so comfy. So there’s nipplage a fair amount. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/66 "2003-05-16T22:24:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Contrary \* > \*\*I am with Porcupine – wearing a D cup bra is already bordering on ridiculous and I won’t wear what I call a freezer-proof bra in order to conceal the state of my nipples. \*\* I’m always suprised when I hear of women covering them up (with duct tape?!). Once you’ve been forced to stand up and walk with an erection a couple of times, the thought your nipples sticking out is hardly shocking. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/67 "2003-05-16T22:30:30Z")
My girlfriend _never_ knows when her headlights are on. Lucky our car has a manual transmission. Had t’ push start it again this morning. Pardon? Oh. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/68 "2003-05-16T22:33:33Z")
I almost never notice; frankly, my office is about 95% women, and we’re pretty laid-back about these things (and thankfully, so is H.R.) Although I do suspect the now semi-retired Managing Director used to keep the temps in the conference room at Arctic levels just to see us, ummmm, shining at our best. Hell, I have enough problems getting various body parts to behave themselves; I already have to beat my hair into submission every morning. No way am I gonna modify my boobs to please some misguided man; most men like them just fine the way they are (at least, those men who have expressed an opinion on the matter). I’m not a sexy dresser in the office, so anyone who complains about a natural anatomical reaction frankly needs to get a life. And _duct tape_? OUCH! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/69 "2003-05-16T23:11:38Z")
I must say that **Eva** has the best hair, ever! I never notice and am not sure if they ever stand at attention when I’m out in public. Nobody looks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![superstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@superstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superstar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/70 "2003-05-17T00:47:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by QueerGeekGirl \* > \*\*That’s the biggest bunch of bullshit _ever_. I love how they made it _your_ fault because a couple of petty whores in your office couldn’t keep their eyes on your face instead of on your tits. > > People make me sick. > > ANYway, as for my own two cents, I’m a DD cup and I go braless. I’m not prone to being very, ah, nipply (?), so it’s not that big of a deal for me. I can usually tell when it happens, though. \*\* I agree with the ‘bitches’ in the office. Talk about Glass ceilings! But I must ask **Queergeekgirl** how old are you? If you can live life braless (lucky bitch) with no discomfort you must be… what 11? 30 and a ‘B’ cup, still attached to my bra. My Girl is always encouraging me to ditch the restraint, but I’m not that confident. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/71 "2003-05-17T03:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by //\etalhea|) \* > \*\*[gollum] > > Nasssssssty ducks tape, hides the precious, tries to keep the precious from poor horny little smeagol. > > [/gollum] \*\* ROFL! 😃 Not that I’m encouraging any of you ladies to hide anything but, if you’re considering the tape idea, use Gaffer’s tape. It’s available from good photo supply places, and it’s designed to hold well, but be removable. Unlike duct tape, which is designed to hold till the end of time. Gaffer’s tape costs more than duct tape, but a lot less than nipple reattachment surgery. The specially designed thingies are probably even better, but probably also even more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/72 "2003-05-17T03:08:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by QueerGeekGirl \* > \*\*With all of the jobs I’ve been at, most of them have had a majority-male workforce, and I’m sorry but I’ve always found that any flak I’ve gotten has been from bitc–um, females. The guys really didn’t give a shit either way. It’s not in the “Haw, haw”, wink, nudge way either. \*\* I just had to respond to this, and to all the others who said “the guys didn’t notice, didn’t complain, etc.” Unless _every_ guy you worked with was homosexual, then they definitely noticed. But why complain? I experienced this at various places I’ve worked. Depending on the relative sophistication of the people I worked with, guys would even give each other the ‘heads up’ (so to speak) to check out whoever was pointing the way at a particular time. _Nobody_ ever told the woman involved, and I never heard or saw anything to indicate they were even aware of it. So, congratulations **QGG** , you worked with some pretty professional guys if you never felt uncomfortable. But they were still men. There’s no way they didn’t notice. And I gotta say, this thread has really educated me on who in the SDMB is female and who is not. To say nothing of all the D-cups out there. I had no idea! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/73 "2003-05-17T03:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*I must say that **Eva** has the best hair, ever! > > \*\* Awww, shucks. Want half of it? I have a love/hate relationship with it; it’s one of the few traits I have from Dad (the others being blue eyes and killer allergies). It definitely has a mind of its own. And I just realized that basically the entire female guest list from last week’s ChiDope is in this thread somewhere. I’m sure the guys are here too, but they’re just lurking. Maybe it’s the lingering aftereffects of Manifest Breastiny. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/74 "2003-05-17T04:19:23Z")
I had several days in a row of 24-hour headlights. Probably the only thing which would keep the girls quiet under those circumstances IS duct tape, which I shy away from. So, mostly, they show up through my clothes. Which wouldn’t bother me so much except they were ouchy, and . . . I teach middle school. ---
**Author:** ![tag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tag)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/75 "2003-05-17T04:24:38Z")
HR got involved _over that?_ You poor thing, how stupid is that? I’m so sorry that happened to you. The little old ladies sewing circle must have been green with jealousy. 😉 I love the term Nips Ahoy. That will be going through my head for quite awhile. I know when I’m “puckering” up. When I’m horny (quite often now that I’ve hit my prime), cold, in the freezer section of the grocery store-LOL, or even when a man looks at me just right, it happens. Who was saying that it was happening to them a lot recently? I’m with you! I’m not sure why though. But hey, I guess it’s a conversation starter, right? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/76 "2003-05-17T04:24:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Depending on the relative sophistication of the people I worked with, guys would even give each other the ‘heads up’ (so to speak) to check out whoever was pointing the way at a particular time. It was more that we were giving each other the heads up on hot girls. I know the “cough-jerk your head in her direction to give a buddy a clue-give a leery grin” ceremony well. Not that, uh, I partake in ogling. Because I don’t. Seriously. For real. _coughs_ > [@](#): > > There’s no way they didn’t notice. Oh, they _noticed_, I’m sure. I’m just saying that they didn’t give a shit. Like I said, I was (and almost always am) viewed as just another dude. Just with a vagina. It also probably helps that I’m not attractive nor ogle-worthy. Yes, I’m sure that “men are men”, but I don’t think most men are going to leer at a 250 pound dyke in Doc Martens, ripped jeans, and a Ramones t-shirt, with her hair in a bun and not a trace of makeup. 😉 And those who would are desperate souls indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/77 "2003-05-17T04:57:11Z")
I love it when the puppys are barking. God I love it. It seems more apparent the last few years. What the hells going on? ---
**Author:** ![tag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tag)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/78 "2003-05-17T05:07:53Z")
A deeper appreciation of the female body? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/79 "2003-05-17T05:42:03Z")
No, I don’t generally notice. Probably because they don’t have great reasons to be so… unless it’s really cold or something. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/80 "2003-05-17T06:27:19Z")
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