# WiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngMan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369 "2003-06-17T02:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/61 "2003-06-18T22:03:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Not the commercial I saw. First the one guy was in the fountain with the model, and then the ladies got this knowing look (i.e., “let’s try it our way!”), and the model was changed into a guy. In the fountain. Yes, but the supermodel changed into a morbidly obese man. It was obvious (at least to me), that the change was punishment. And, as a male, I think I can speak for all of womandom when I say that no one wanted to see that large man take off any more clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/62 "2003-06-18T22:08:40Z")
**Munch,** You crack me up!! **White Lightning** , I’m not trying to turn it into a battle of the sexes. I am merely pointing out there are more ads that feature women as objects than men as boobs. Justify all you want, it’s still the truth. **Dantheman** I LOVE those spots…especially when it’s the guy in the pool, and he comes up for air…right between the legs of a VERY LARGE, VERY NASTY looking dude… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/63 "2003-06-18T22:12:33Z")
Now, now. I don’t think he was _morbidly_ obese, the poor chap. He was just a big fan of gravity. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/64 "2003-06-18T22:27:58Z")
Yes, well, the operative word being “BIG”… As far as beer commercials, I’m kind of partial to the one in which the guy holds the conch shell to his ear and has a close encounter with a crab… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/65 "2003-06-19T00:16:07Z")
**Maureen** I’ve been wanting to add my 2cents to this all day. But I’ve been wrapped up with **Auntie Em’s** thread(Me and Skip are having differences of opinion in the direction of my development as a character and relevance to the overall plot, as well as who gets the domestic audio book rights) I hope you can understand. Anyway, I think you are (in the case of the _Wingman_ Spot) way off base. Both women in this spot are attractive, but the one who won’t shut up is the object of ridicule (and not the rhythmless white people for some reason, but I digress). Lesson here: Obnoxious people are not well liked, no matter how hot you are. However I have to agree with that the media (as a whole) does do allot to screw with the heads of women. But the best way I can think to combat it is to make sure your kids have a strong idea of who they are from within, and don’t depend on the world to tell them if they are smart or pretty or in need of serious counseling (Cause I’m fine damn it, and if you say otherwise I’ll bite your ears off and spit them in your eyes) ::grabs soap box and swings away while munching hay:: ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/66 "2003-06-19T00:42:59Z")
MonkeyMule, I’ve been as caught up in the case of the MC as you… I SAID (shouting this time) I L I K E THE BLOODY COMMERCIAL!!! From the very beginning, if you’d care to go back and look at my op. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/67 "2003-06-19T00:50:24Z")
Well hush my mouth, I thought you liked it in spite of yourself. But still the rest of mmy post you didn’t comment on (the none Wing man portion) ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/68 "2003-06-19T00:56:46Z")
Oh. Well, yeah. Just so. I do try to inject as much healthy “be who you are, not who someone else wants you to be” type stuff in her ears as I can. But, ya know… We did that with Tasha, too (Mr. Maureen’s daughter.) I honestly don’t know, MM. It’s a hard line to walk. OK, this is TV. It isn’t real. Except, in some cases, it is. Ok. that’s a commercial. Not real. Except everyone in the real world applies those principals, too. Flippin A, nobody told me being mom was so hard… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/69 "2003-06-19T01:00:27Z")
PRINCIPLES. Not stuffy guys with comb-overs in bad suits. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/70 "2003-06-19T01:16:25Z")
Being a mom is hard. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/71 "2003-06-19T01:28:12Z")
Way hard ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/72 "2003-06-19T04:39:22Z")
And here I thought this was going to be funny (and cringe-inducing) wingman stories. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/73 "2003-06-19T13:44:50Z")
I just don’t understand why Maureen doesn’t like the commericial. I mean, she’s said that it’s funny and everything, but her obvious and abject hate for it is a little over-the-top. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/74 "2003-06-19T14:47:26Z")
Munch, I’m with you on that. I mean when she called the wingman himself a “Pathetic Loser with obvious misogynistic tendencies brought on my his minuscule phallus” I was shocked ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/75 "2003-06-19T17:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Sue Duhnym \*\*\* > And here I thought this was going to be funny (and cringe-inducing) wingman stories. Sheesh. That sounds fun. Anybody got any? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/76 "2003-06-19T18:10:44Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/77 "2003-06-19T18:26:38Z")
Well in my group of friends There is this one guy who we all agree is the perfect wing man. He’s not bad looking, and as long as he gets laid he doesn’t care what the woman looks like. One eye, no legs, 300 pounds, NO TEETH it’s all gravy baby. And no, I am not making any of this up. So if you are a hot chick with a cruddy NASTY UGLY anchor, give me a ring and all four of us can chill. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/78 "2003-06-19T18:34:26Z")
To **Munch** & **MonkeyMule** : Cheers!! 😃 Seriously, **Monkey Mule** , a “hole and a heartbeat” guy? I wasn’t sure there were any left! Maybe I can set him up with my sister in law…she’s been without for about 3 years, mainly due to attitude (not that I would know ANYTHING about that!). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/79 "2003-06-19T18:50:47Z")
Ooh! I just remembered one! So a few years back, I’m in the regular watering hole with my roommates. We run into an old female friend of mine I hadn’t talked to in about 8 months. We had had a little falling out due to unforseen circumstances (I was falling for her, she was not, I wanted to date, she did not, I couldn’t take it, so I cut off the relationship, yadda yadda yadda). She was there with a couple of friends, and we were having a great conversation - everything was back to normal. Well, one of my roommates didn’t recognize her, and thought that I was making some great move on “Sally”. So he takes her friend to the dance floor. Her friend was not someone my roommate would normally be attracted to, especially considering the fact he had a girlfriend at the time. He also seemed to have forgotten that I had a girlfriend at the time as well. So he’s out on the dance floor, just dancing up a _storm_ with Sally’s friend. Sally asks me, “what is Joe doing?” “Apparently, he’s running interference for me,” I responded. Later that night, I asked Joe what the deal was, and it seems that he had completely forgotten about my GF, and that Sally was an old friend, _and_ that Sally’s friend wasn’t talking to us at the time. I think that Joe just wanted to dance, but didn’t want to admit it. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369/80 "2003-06-19T19:04:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*I remember a commercial for HBO (I think it was them) wherein a busty bottle blonde would say “I don’t eat meat, I’m a veterinarian.” That one jumps to mind for “dumb women” commercials. \*\* I remember the commercials (and it was for HBO). They weren’t strictly “dumb women” ads. The message was “Don’t risk dating a loser; stay home and watch HBO”. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngman/182369.md?page=5)