# The Women of the Straight Dope

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 5, 2000, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428 "2000-06-05T11:01:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/1 "2000-06-05T11:01:21Z")

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Where are they?

How long does it take to poof up your hair and put on that emerald green dress with the slit on the side?

Techie, what gives?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/2 "2000-06-05T11:36:45Z")

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They’re all still in the bathroom talking about us guys, Wally; you know how wimmin are when they get in there together. But they better get outta there soon, 'cuz dammit, I really gotta go.

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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/3 "2000-06-05T12:08:46Z")

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I thought they were all at a shoe sale. Although, I could always hope for a naked pillow fight.

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**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/4 "2000-06-05T13:10:39Z")

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Hey girls!! Shoes this way. Come on Purplebear, your hair is ok… Diane, yes, your dress is short enough. Hey and after the shoes, lets do lunch. Hell the guys can wait!!

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/5 "2000-06-05T13:14:47Z")

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Q: Why do women wear make-up and perfume?

A: Because they’re ugly and they smell.  
:: ducks and runs ::

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/6 "2000-06-05T16:21:10Z")

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Is somebody pitching this idea to _Playboy_?

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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/7 "2000-06-05T16:29:28Z")

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> I thought they were all at a shoe sale. Although, I could always hope for a naked pillow fight.  
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Me too! Theres always a chance they will start kissing. I know. Ive seen several movies where that happens! Its a fact, wimmin pillow fights always end in lesbianism.

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**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/8 "2000-06-05T16:33:45Z")

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Patience patience… oh yeah… you are men, sorry, my mistake 😉

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/9 "2000-06-05T16:44:35Z")

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If I have to.

In the meantime, I’ll just fantasize about you wimmens, in various stages of undress.

::thinking really hard::

YOW!

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**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/10 "2000-06-06T05:43:25Z")

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Mullinator and B\_Line12 you are forgetting about the hot oil rassilin.  
BTW did you ever think that maybe the shoes would be for the pillow fight? No good movie is ever made without the chick in the shoes! Ya’ gotta leave em’ on or it’s just no good.

Let em’ all ponder that one a while girls! 😉

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/11 "2000-06-06T05:48:57Z")

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WHOMP! (feahters fly everywhere) peaches decides to Start the pillow fight, but with a twist: Wally instead of the girls are naked!

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**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/12 "2000-06-06T05:49:57Z")

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Well, you will be able to tell they are finished “Freshing Up” when the giggling stops…

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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/13 "2000-06-06T12:39:17Z")

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::pokes head in:: Hey guys! What’s going…::looks around to see a naked Wally and feathers everywhere. Silently backs out the door.::

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/14 "2000-06-06T14:00:22Z")

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_comes up behind Swimming and shoves him in the door fully and twaps him with a feather pillow and feathers go flying everywhere_ Ha HA!

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**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/15 "2000-06-06T14:45:02Z")

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Sorry. My emerald dress is at the cleaners, and I didn’t bring a pillow.

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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/16 "2000-06-06T16:00:10Z")

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HIM, Topaz? I assure you, my friend, that there is nary a Y chromosome in body.

Besides which, I am trying very hard to look Aristocratic. I got my postcard from the Eurodopers yesterday, and it has given me a whole new reason to go to Denmark. 😃

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**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/17 "2000-06-06T16:15:49Z")

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**Topaz** , you blind, you just pushed a princess, now apologize.  
and then lets continue to sit back and enjoy the ladies and feathers.

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**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/18 "2000-06-06T17:04:49Z")

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HOT DIGGETY DAMN! ANOTHER PILLOW FIGHT!

\< VB slips out of his flight suit, pulls a bottle of cinnamon oil out of the leg pocket, and grabs a pillow \>  
C’mere, Swimming, I durn well _know_ you’re female! Boy howdy!

Here, let me help you out of those uncomfortable things…

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**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/19 "2000-06-06T17:21:25Z")

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While VB’s distracted by Swiddles’ beauty, purplebear sneaks up behind him and hits him squarely across his backside! _ **THWOMP** _ Take _that_! She turns around, only to be hit by…

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-women-of-the-straight-dope/21428/20 "2000-06-06T17:52:35Z")

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SPLAT!!! A giant banana cream pie. Take That!!!

What? PILLOW fight?

Oh geez, I’m really, really sorry.

(Hangs head in shame and walks away.)

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