# Okay, so I'm standing in line and, wow, boobies! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225 "2011-07-25T00:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/41 "2011-07-26T13:32:58Z")
If your three dogs were Rotties, I would have bought them in and continued to look. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/42 "2011-07-26T14:39:10Z")
> [@lukeinva](#): > > Smile to acknowledge your appreciation and then return to your business. > [@Muffin](#): > > Just pretend not to notice the fellow, give another glance at the boobies (the breasts, not the couple), and then quietly fake an orgasm. And now I can only picture **Drum God** as the smiling homeless man masturbating behind the trashcan in Sunny in Philadelphia. Granted, smiling in in appreciation does seem the right way to handle something like this… ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/43 "2011-07-26T19:46:36Z")
There is a place where all the stars radiate from… that is not you. you are not the center of the universe, let it go. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/44 "2011-07-26T19:55:04Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Just pretend not to notice the fellow, give another glance at the boobies (the breasts, not the couple), and then quietly fake an orgasm. This guy? This is a smart guy. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/45 "2011-07-27T01:08:35Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > Suffice to say, I immediately discovered which of my male co-workers were straight. Many of them no doubt thought their glances were subtle; but it is, in fact, always apparent what a person is looking at, and over a short period of time, it becomes perfectly clear what items in the vicinity have their attention. In fairness, this is much easier to do if the body is in motion, rather than at rest. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/46 "2011-07-27T04:18:36Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > If you were in my position and boyfriend said something to you about looking at his lovely girlfriend, what would you have said? [Marcus Bachmann]Oh, honey! I was just worried those puppies were gonna’ jump out at me! You really should harness those in![/Marcus Bachmann] ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/47 "2011-07-27T06:26:41Z")
> [@lukeinva](#): > > Smile to acknowledge your appreciation and then return to your business. That’s kinda what I did the one time I had this situation crop up. I was eating breakfast at the college cafeteria, all alone as none of my friends were ever up. I just did my usual people watching. This one woman came in barely wearing any clothing, with short shorts and one of those mid rift tops without a full back, and a low neckline. I’m sorry, but that’s so different that I couldn’t help but stare for a bit. (And she wasn’t unattractive, either.) Anyways, I don’t remember what the boyfriend said, but it was something about “that guy,” and the body language was such that I knew he was talking about me, and not favorably. I turned, looked him straight in the eye, and gave that nod and half smile that we white guys do, and then turned back to what I was doing. He seemed okay with that. Then again, I also think I heard the girl say “Let him look. He can’t have any.” So maybe what I did had nothing to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/48 "2011-07-27T10:23:33Z")
I’m glad to see this question because I’ve been wanting to ask about something kinda like that myself and see what you thought. About 8 years or so ago, I had a tanning salon membership for a while which was managed and staffed by some very nubile and buxom mid-20 year olds and what they had on top, clothing-wise didn’t leave much to the imagination, as it were. Well, I don’t know _how_ this happened, but _something_ made one of those young ladies suddenly extend her left arm across her chest, and she stayed that way the entire time while were doing the paperwork. “Okay, fine. I’m not supposed to look. Got it. But I’m 30 years _older_ than you and I’m no lech”, I thought to myself while my face grew increasingly warmer (and redder, I’m sure). It takes some time for them to learn a new customer’s name, so the next time I went in, the same girl looked up, and there went that damn arm again! But this time I was ready, put both hands to the side of each eye (think blinders on a horse) and turned my head sharply to the left, so she was definitely NOT in my field of vision. “Uh, sir? I need you to sign in, please?” 'Well, I’ll be happy to sign in, but first let me tell you that I’m a gentleman who just gave you $35.00 for a month’s membership, and I really don’t want to come and tan at a place where I’m thought of as a dirty old man, so what are we going to do about that, because we need to fix this now." Well, red faced, stammer, stammer, “Uh, sir, _I_ didn’t think…”, but she could tell I wasn’t buying any of it, and somehow we got through the sign-in, I tanned and left. The next time I saw her, she had switched from tank-top to shirt, and when _she_ wasn’t on duty all the others were now dressed in t-shirts as well. I freely acknowledge being a bit of a flirt, but _only_ with someone I would consider a very close friend and certainly not if if I didn’t think it would be taken humorously. So… without any comical remarks, tell me honestly, with that much of an age-gap, how would _you_ have handled this? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/49 "2011-07-27T10:53:22Z")
[QUOTE=thread title] Okay, so I’m standing in line and, wow, boobies! [/quote] Am I really the only one here to have entertained the mental image of a very unfortunate lady with dorsal mammaries, before reading the text of the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/50 "2011-07-27T11:02:30Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > and then duck via duck, via no chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/51 "2011-07-27T11:03:58Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > via duck, via no chicken? Marx Brothers? ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/52 "2011-07-27T11:07:16Z")
I’ve never quite understood this. If a woman wears a reasonably tight fitting, low cut top, with plenty of cleavage on offer… why is it _wrong_ to look? If us guys aren’t supposed to look, then why is she doing it? ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/53 "2011-07-27T11:20:20Z")
**Quasimodem** , don’t you feel like some kind of a spoilsport? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/54 "2011-07-27T11:21:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Thanks for the mamaries. , an old Bob Hope… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/55 "2011-07-27T11:27:18Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > **Quasimodem** , don’t you feel like some kind of a spoilsport? 😉 'Cause I asked for no comical comments, **Floater**? Well, yeah. maybe you’re right, but what I forgot to mention in my post is that my right eye wanders a little, so that sonofabitch _might_ have snuck a peek, I’m not sure. :D:D:D So go ahead with the funny stuff, y’all. I have to admit that one with the motorboat noises was kinda funny! Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/56 "2011-07-27T14:21:36Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I’ve never quite understood this. > > If a woman wears a reasonably tight fitting, low cut top, with plenty of cleavage on offer.. why is it _wrong_ to look? > > If us guys aren’t supposed to look, then why is she doing it? She’s doing it for _her_, you _pig_. (Or something - my attention was elsewhere during the rant.) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/57 "2011-07-27T17:34:29Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I’ve never quite understood this. > > If a woman wears a reasonably tight fitting, low cut top, with plenty of cleavage on offer.. why is it _wrong_ to look? > > If us guys aren’t supposed to look, then why is she doing it? As a woman, I’ve never understood it either. I don’t particularly enjoy having my chestal area stared at, so I don’t wear low-cut, revealing clothing; I can only assume that women that do wear low-cut, revealing clothing DO enjoy having their chestal area stared at, so go ahead, guys. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/58 "2011-07-27T20:01:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I can only assume that women that do wear low-cut, revealing clothing DO enjoy having their chestal area stared at… … regardless of what they might say. Yep, this is a case in which actions speak louder than words. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/59 "2011-07-27T20:23:23Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I’ve never quite understood this. > > If a woman wears a reasonably tight fitting, low cut top, with plenty of cleavage on offer.. why is it _wrong_ to look? > > If us guys aren’t supposed to look, then why is she doing it? Maybe you should take a look at this relevant [Sexual Harrassment Video](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/sexual-harassment/258532/) shown on SNL. Women wear revealing clothes to attract hot, handsome guys. Hot guys can stare as long as they like. But if she doesn’t find you attractive, you’re a pervert for even taking a quick glance at her bouncing breasts that are barely 10% covered. I hope that clears it up for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225/60 "2011-07-28T04:15:17Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > If your three dogs were Rotties, I would have bought them in and continued to look. I don’t think my fierce Dachshunds would have caused the guy to quake in fear! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-standing-in-line-and-wow-boobies/590225.md?page=4)