# Unusual things that Turn You On **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524 "2000-05-25T17:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/101 "2000-06-08T17:27:48Z")
Hey Michi… You still turn me on baby! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/102 "2000-06-08T21:04:33Z")
I have a thing for guys who sing. Guys who I do NOT find attractive while they are standing, sitting, walking, talking, eating, driving, whatever…suddenly become _really_ sexy when they start singing. The downside is that the _second_ they stop singing it’s all over. Some examples of men who I think are actually quite unattractive when NOT singing but quite yummy while, are: Bono, Gavin Rosdale and (I can’t believe I’m admitting this) the lead singer of Smashmouth. I also have a big thing for yellow fireman pants (and the fireman) and men in kilts. (Obviously, _Braveheart_ is my all-time favorite movie.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/103 "2000-06-08T21:48:08Z")
Sunshine - Have you seen Rob Roy? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/104 "2000-06-09T19:16:01Z")
I love fingers. Long, lean fingers. My BF has the longest fingers I’ve ever seen…_sigh_…too bad he is at work… Anyway, I also love shoulders. When a guy is wearing a very tight WHITE shirt, and he’s got fairly broad shoulders, I melt. For some reason the shirt has got to be white. I love white shirts. My arms, from my finger tips to my shoulders are particularly sensitive. All someone has to do is touch me there casually and I’ll be in heaven. I also love it when my BF touches my hair. I make him brush and dry my hair after I shower, claiming that nobody could make my hair look as nice as he does. That’s a lie, it’s just an excuse so he’ll stroke my hair. ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/105 "2000-06-09T20:07:31Z")
mayonaise and rakes 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/106 "2000-06-09T21:35:54Z")
I kinda have a thing for scars, even if the story behind the scar is “A cow on my uncle’s farm bit me when I was seven,” I still they’re pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![GreenEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f9ae1b/32.png) [@GreenEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/107 "2000-06-09T22:00:22Z")
Ok, gotta say I have something for cars. Inparticular- long car drives. Anything more than a 30 minute ride and my hands start wandering 😉 Had my share of near accidents along the way too 😛 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/108 "2000-06-10T13:13:16Z")
Ladies whose speech is perfect and intelligent (English perfect not US) Mind you that Southern States “Oh mah gowsh” accent spoken well is so cool. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/109 "2000-06-10T17:46:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, of course, there is Esprix. (I can say that, and half the people will think it’s a joke and half won’t…tee hee.) :mad: _Hands off, bitch! He’s mine!_ (pounce) (catfight) Look, it says so right in my sig! 🙂 My turn-ons (in no particular order): -Tall, gangly, shy, sensitive nerds. -Short, skinny, shy, sensitive nerds. -Certain goths. -Short, androgynous guys who you can’t tell if they’re guys or butch lesbians until you see them up close. -Glasses. -Ears. -I like having my scalp massaged like everyone else, but it’s not a major thing… -Getting tied up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EquiPro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e95f7d/32.png) [@EquiPro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EquiPro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/110 "2000-06-11T02:52:21Z")
Though there are lot of things that turn me on individually (ie - large full lips on a man is #1), universally, it is any Luther Vandross song. I went to one of his concerts and had 2nd row seats. I can’t even begin to describe where I was by the end of that concert. I am not attracted to Luther physically, but, oh man! that amazing voice. It hard to ever write about it… ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/111 "2000-06-11T05:31:09Z")
Mr. Cynical wrote > [@](#): > > \*\* > And WHO is Sela Ward? > \*\* [Read all about her.](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Ward,+Sela) Most noted lately for appearances in Sprint’s commercials for nickel-nights or whatever damn long-distance charlatanism they’re hawking this week. Got the most incredible husky, sexy voice - another thing I could have put in my list. After her appearances in NBC’s “Sisters” and as the late Mrs. Dr. Richard Kimble from The Fugitive movie, I can’t walk past evening gowns in the mall without seeing her in them. She should be required by law to always be dressed to the nines. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/112 "2000-06-13T19:29:06Z")
**matt\_mcl** wrote: > [@](#): > > :mad: _Hands off, bitch! He’s mine!_ (pounce) (catfight) Look, it says so right in my sig! 🙂 I love it when a man gets all riled up for me. 😛 > [@](#): > > My turn-ons (in no particular order): > > -Tall, gangly, shy, sensitive nerds. > -Short, skinny, shy, sensitive nerds. > -Certain goths. > -Short, androgynous guys who you can’t tell if they’re guys or butch lesbians until you see them up close. > -Glasses. > -Ears. > -I like having my scalp massaged like everyone else, but it’s not a major thing… > -Getting tied up. 🙂 Are you saying I’m an androgynous near-sighted eared shy sensitive nerd who wants to tie you up and rub your head? Weirdo! 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/113 "2000-06-13T20:27:53Z")
I am a freak in this regard, and I’m not about to tell tales out of school, so let me keep it on the level: Thunder and lightning storms, the bigger the better Torential downpours Any kind of over the top weather condition, the more disruptive of one’s daily routine, the hotter it makes me . . . There are other things, of course, but I’m blushing as it is . . . ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/114 "2000-06-13T20:48:05Z")
Oh, are you? Please say yes, please please please… Anyway, I’ve seen your picture, and I may have to specifically mention you in a list of what turns me on. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/115 "2000-07-15T01:42:42Z")
Crime. I’m serious. I now know why my mom hates all of my favorite guys. Leather is a good start, bikers are nice. But the real bad boys who have just done incredible things… Not when they are in the middle of doing them, usually. (unless its that silly underage sex rule. I always hated that.) Just the knowledge that ‘this man makes his own thoughts and actions regardless of society’. Goodness I can be so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/116 "2000-07-15T02:29:18Z")
Well, I this is not really a foot fetish as much as “Those calves drive me crazy”. It’s the shoes! I really get zigged, and zagged, when I see the shapely swell of a woman’s calf when wearing pumps. Not the big 3 inch heels, but something around 1 ½ to 2 in. It gives that lower part of the leg just the right…ummmmmmm. My wife has several pairs of (her words) F\*\*\* Me pumps. Don’t even think about reaching over a counter wearing them if your not ready to go all the way, right now!! ---
**Author:** ![sheerah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@sheerah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sheerah)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/117 "2000-07-15T05:20:38Z")
I’m not a ticklish person and my BF knows this, so he kisses this area directly above the top of my hipbone --east or west of the naval region. It drives me wild. I also have a thing for bald men. I don’t know why. Men in uniform (military only) also affect me. Men with large biceps. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/118 "2000-07-15T05:58:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Crime. I’m serious. I now know why my mom hates all of my favorite guys. Leather is a good start, bikers are nice. But the real bad boys who have just done incredible things… > > Not when they are in the middle of doing them, usually. (unless its that silly underage sex rule. I always hated that.) Just the knowledge that ‘this man makes his own thoughts and actions regardless of society’. > > Goodness I can be so stupid. \*\* Great, you make me fall completely for you, and THEN you tell me this? Hey, I may be a flirt, but I’m no CRIMINAL! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![PRISM02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@PRISM02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRISM02)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/119 "2000-07-15T17:07:28Z")
Well, **almost** everyone here seems about normal. Nothing gross, which is refreshing. Myself, I can be stopped cold in my tracks by a beautiful face – my standards of beauty. I also get steamed up by the powerful and narrow waste of a woman when viewed from the back. You know, how it narrows gracefully from the ribs, flattens along the spine then beautifully and gracefully starts the gentle swell of the hips followed by the pronounced arch of the buttocks. I just want to put my hands on both sides of her waist and look up at her!! ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524/120 "2000-07-15T18:44:11Z")
Women with glasses Mmmmmmmm. I can’t keep a train of thought going if a woman has that sexy librariean look about her. Osip [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-things-that-turn-you-on/20524.md?page=7)