# Top 5 Sexiest Skills, Top 5 Reasons You Annoy Me **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 30, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449 "2013-12-30T01:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/1 "2013-12-30T01:06:25Z")
1. Kable, nobody poll dances. It’s a pole. 2. The thread premise is stupid, which makes me stupid for opening it. 3. MikeG, you were lazy to get a warning there. Really not hard to make a Pit thread. You had a good point. Make the bloody thread as suggested, instead of circling back and handing out ammunition. 4. Alice the Goon, not only was MikeG right about your bullshit claim, there’s a clear double standard in your list: If you expect your partner to learn to cook and clean, you should be expected to learn to do car maintenance. You sound even lazier than Mike. 5. For the love of language, half of you don’t know what a skill is, let alone a sexy skill. A reputation for being good is bed is not a skill, it’s a reputation. It says so. “Be happy”? “Open to new experiences”? “Hard worker”? “Brainy”? These are traits, not skills. They certainly aren’t sexy skills. Mastery of the reverse cow girl is a sexy skill. Dusting, cooking bacon, believably pretending not to notice your failings, and learning to faking a laugh at your horrible “jokes” are just skills. > **[Top 5 Sexiest Skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711330)** > > Inspired by the discussion in this thread, I was wondering what five skills you find most attractive in prospective partners. If possible I’d like to keep this thread about practical skills (such as cooking or DIY, for instance) rather than... ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/2 "2013-12-30T01:08:49Z")
Pitting’s a skill, right? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/3 "2013-12-30T01:09:59Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Pitting’s a skill, right? But is it sexy? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/4 "2013-12-30T03:34:34Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > … Mastery of the reverse cow girl is a sexy skill. … This is completely wrong. Mastery of reverse cowgirl is a SEX skill, not a sex **Y** one. A sexy skill is anything you do well that your partner or potential partner finds attractive. Donald Trump’s skill at making money is apparently quite sexy to some women. I knew a woman who got turned on by me changing the tire of her car. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/5 "2013-12-30T05:21:24Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > 1. Kable, nobody poll dances. It’s a pole… What about Kandy Gallup, the world’s most boring stripper? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/6 "2013-12-30T05:29:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is completely wrong. Mastery of reverse cowgirl is a SEX skill, not a sex **Y** one. A sexy skill is anything you do well that your partner or potential partner finds attractive. Donald Trump’s skill at making money is apparently quite sexy to some women. As is his skill at reverse cowgirl to some men. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/7 "2013-12-30T05:43:54Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is completely wrong. Mastery of reverse cowgirl is a SEX skill, not a sex **Y** one. Maybe, but mastering a smooth transition from a blowjob to reverse cowgirl is sexy… or so I’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/8 "2013-12-30T06:01:41Z")
We are men, we are not pigs, pigs are complex, our wants are simple. Any transition involving a blowjob is sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/9 "2013-12-30T10:05:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Donald Trump’s skill at making money is apparently quite sexy to some women. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > As is his skill at reverse cowgirl to some men. I will NEVER. SLEEP. AGAIN. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/10 "2013-12-30T16:02:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We are men, we are not pigs, pigs are complex, our wants are simple. Any transition involving a blowjob is sexy. Clearly you’ve never enjoyed a blowjob with a castration finish. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/11 "2013-12-30T16:19:20Z")
Sweating must be skill. Spectator mom down at the rec center found my sweat drenched body a huge turn on. Go figure… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/12 "2013-12-30T16:59:52Z")
> [@sylmar](#): > > Sweating must be skill. Spectator mom down at the rec center found my sweat drenched body a huge turn on. > > Go figure… How did you discover this? Did she start playing DJ in the fourth row? ---
**Author:** ![Jesse\_Pinkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/13 "2013-12-30T17:51:33Z")
Meh, that thread seems innocent enough. And even if it wasn’t, it’s just a thread on a message board. It’s really not worth getting so worked up about. Also, this pitting seems out of left field. You weren’t even involved in the argument/flamefest that briefly went on in there. Are you having a bad day? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/14 "2013-12-30T19:08:09Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > What about Kandy Gallup, the world’s most boring stripper? She may be boring but look at the Quinnipiac on her. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/15 "2013-12-30T19:32:02Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Any transition involving a blowjob is sexy. If Georges Lucas would only understand this… ---
**Author:** ![amorali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@amorali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amorali)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/16 "2013-12-30T19:38:22Z")
Jennifer Anniston in We’re the Millers is the world’s most boring stripper. And this is coming from a straight woman. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/17 "2013-12-31T21:50:45Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > What about Kandy Gallup, the world’s most boring stripper? Meh, watching her is a pretty standard deviation. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449/18 "2014-01-01T01:33:01Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > 1. Kable, nobody poll dances. It’s a pole. > > 2. The thread premise is stupid, which makes me stupid for opening it. > > 3. MikeG, you were lazy to get a warning there. Really not hard to make a Pit thread. You had a good point. Make the bloody thread as suggested, instead of circling back and handing out ammunition. > > 4. Alice the Goon, not only was MikeG right about your bullshit claim, there’s a clear double standard in your list: If you expect your partner to learn to cook and clean, you should be expected to learn to do car maintenance. You sound even lazier than Mike. > > 5. For the love of language, half of you don’t know what a skill is, let alone a sexy skill. A reputation for being good is bed is not a skill, it’s a reputation. It says so. “Be happy”? “Open to new experiences”? “Hard worker”? “Brainy”? These are traits, not skills. They certainly aren’t sexy skills. Mastery of the reverse cow girl is a sexy skill. Dusting, cooking bacon, believably pretending not to notice your failings, and learning to faking a laugh at your horrible “jokes” are just skills. > > [Top 5 Sexiest Skills - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711330) If you put as much time and effort into “maintaining” your car each day as cooking and cleaning perhaps it is time for you to get a new car.