Most women and I don't speak for all of them, because their is certainly nice ladies out there. The point is it's all a big money game and I have retired myself from it. With the economy red hot I have noticed in the last couple years it gets harder and more difficult to please them. Their eyes are always wondering to see whats better and the bigger bill fold. SO TO ALL THOSE BITCHES OUT THERE: KISS MY BOOTIE AND you can't have my money either.

-- DANNY (danny@aol.com), April 17, 2000

Answers

Been hitting that pipe hard again, huh?

-- (Looney @ tunes are. us), April 17, 2000.

Ah, Danny, it's so sad. I've been married for 33 years to the most wonderful women I could have ever hoped to meet. She cheers me up when I'm down, listens to me when I rant, has the best head on her shoulders of anyone I've ever met, and is still a pretty good roll in the hay. We have a great son who's an engineer and getting married to a wonderful woman next month.

Never finding the love of your life is really tragic and your attitude towards women in general won't help. I hope you're able to overcome your anger and find someone that can give you even a small part of the happiness I've been so lucky to share with my wife.

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), April 17, 2000.

Danny...girls only care about one thing; and it's not the size of your billfold (wink wink).

ok I was kidding (sorta)

-- cin (cinloo@aol.com), April 17, 2000.

Danny, Cin said,

"Danny...girls only care about one thing; and it's not the size of your billfold (wink wink).

ok I was kidding (sorta)"

Actually, girls really care about spelling and grammar more than anything.

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), April 17, 2000.

Oh Danny boy, the pipes . . . the pipes are calling . . . .

Dummy.

-- tootsie (poordanny@nutty.you), April 17, 2000.

There once was a dummy named Danny,

Poor chump couldnt score any fanny,

He was too cheap to ball,

And his weenie so small,

He decided to move in with Manny.

-- Ra (tion@l.1), April 17, 2000.

Yea Frank, that's exactly what I meant, uh huh. =)

Ra...LOL =D

-- cin (cinloo@aol.com), April 17, 2000.

Danny, I agree with you! My son's first wife dumped him after running up thousands of dollars in bills. My son started dating again and more of the same is out there. He's resolved in his mind that it's better to stay single and have all your money and freedom, than to be hooked up with a loser with looks.

-- your right! (yourrightt@yourrighttt.com), April 17, 2000.

RA, RA, RA!!!!

ROTFLMAO>>>

rollin' on the floor...

The Dog

-- The Dog (dogdesert@hotmail.com), April 17, 2000.

"You're right", you're wrong.

When are you ever going to realize the problem is your SON?

-- (Burt @nd .Ernie), April 17, 2000.

You're right:

I think Danny's right in retiring himself from the money game, but this is HARDLY a game that moves in one direction. I oftentimes look back and laugh at how I worked full-time, kept a house and 3 kids and had a husband who encouraged me to get a second job. My current SO's daughter linked up with a guy who ran up her bills while keeping other women on the side. Another relative on that side had a nice house, good job, etc. until she married a guy that took the house payments and spent the money on something else, in addition to running up her credit cards. SHE lost it all...her house, her car, her good job. She moved to another state and is now doing fine without him. Heck, my own cousin took my mom's money to pay mom's bills and never paid them.

In another thread, I mentioned that I thought money should never cross paths in a relationship. I HOLD to that theory. Married or living together, more relationships end due to money problems than ANY other reason. [I'm SURE I can find a statistic somewhere to back that up.]

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 17, 2000.

What did Kermit say? Women, you can't live with them; you can't live without them. I hope that something better comes along.

Please, someone who lives somewhere sunny, send some high pressure out towards Ohio. It's been raining for two days, which means there aren't any women lying around in their yards, working on their tans.

Besides spelling and grammar, women seem to care about having their feet rubbed. I've also found that showing up with sandwiches and coffee occasionally wins points.

Danny (or Manny), if you hang out with shallow women, you shall reap shallow rewards.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), April 17, 2000.

of course, I don't consider spying on those engaged in tan maintenance as "hanging out," although maybe I will start offering more of my neighbors some iced tea ... Gotta get out more ... I live on the Internet.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), April 17, 2000.

The bottom line is:Theres a whole bunch of fucked up people out there,male and female.So ya gotta weed through the bad to find the good,kinda like an internet forum at times.

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), April 17, 2000.

Oh my what a sad little wimp,

The ladies all call him a shrimp,

No money has he,

To go and partee,

No wonder hes always so limp.

-- Sifting (through@the.rubble), April 17, 2000.

Way way back when I was in the market, I observed that very pretty girls play by a different set of rules than the rest of us. There's no quid pro quo. They've learned they can get whatever they want from one or another of the constant crowd of guys hanging around competing with one another to give it to them.

And no matter how much you have to offer, you're sure to have a very limited amount of the most important commodity of all -- novelty value. Best to watch for the signs, and steer clear if you see them.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), April 17, 2000.

that very pretty girls play by a different set of rules than the rest of us.

and steer clear if you see them.

That's a blanket indictment, and the first time I've ever taken exception to something you've said.

I guess this just goes to prove, no one's perfect ;o)

Danny/Manny/Mark, quit making a fool of yourself.

~*~

-- (Ladylogic@...), April 17, 2000.

I notice you carefully leave out the part about watching for the signs, *without* which it becomes a blanket statement. And then, having left it out, you call it blanket. Neat trick, not honest.

There really are very pretty girls who are wonderfully loyal. I married one. But you have to watch for the signs!

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), April 17, 2000.

Flint, I was being honest there...and I'm being honest here. Just because someone disagrees with you, doesn't mean they have any less integrity. Somehow, I think you flipped that comment off quickly?

Now, I need to ask you:

Why would signs be any different or any more heinious, with a pretty girl than with an ugly girl?

I really get the feeling you're categorizing pretty girls, and that's just not fair.

~*~

-- (Ladylogic@...), April 17, 2000.

>Why would signs be any different or any more heinious, with a pretty girl than with an ugly girl?

There are no ugly females. Females and cats are beautiful by definition, especially when they lie around in patches of sunlight.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), April 17, 2000.

Females and cats are beautiful by definition

Damn straight, kb8um8. Thank you.

Hey, gilda! This guy has my vote for man of the hour! I'll bet he has yours too! (We both love cats, kb8um8.)

~*~

-- (Ladylogic@...), April 17, 2000.

Kb8, you obviously have not seen the Jerry Springer show of late.

-- keepthehogs (in@the.dark), April 17, 2000.

***There are no ugly females. Females and cats are beautiful by definition, especially when they lie around in patches of sunlight.***

I think I love him! =ox

-- cin (cinloo@aol.com), April 17, 2000.

Ah... Thanks, Ladies. Too bad that none of you live in Ohio. Then again, I'm sure there's lot's more sunlight around where you live. Back to my cubby. Another project awaits. No sunlight for me this week.

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), April 18, 2000.

LL:

Yes, I'm categorizing pretty girls. I'm not trying to be fair, I'm trying to be accurate. Life isn't fair sometimes. People learn behavior patterns through feedback. Change the feedback, change the behavior that gets learned. Pretty girls get very different feedback. Whether it's fair or not. You can recognize this and be very watchful, or you can get burned because the girl's so pretty you'd prefer not to believe me.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), April 18, 2000.

Flint:

Just my observations here, but I think TIMING plays an important role in self-perception. During adolescence, girls who are both pretty and shapely are showered with attention by adolescent males. This reinforces their image of themselves and may even develop into conceit. Girls who are just as pretty, or even prettier, yet haven't "blossomed" tend to be ignored and may concentrate on education or other pursuits. Of course influences outside male peers have a role in self-perception as well. Perceptions developed in the formative years are hard to erase, not only in the eyes of the owner, but in the eyes of those around them. I'm reminded of female twins on my first job. These young women were quite unattractive, yet carried themselves as though they were God's gift to mankind. I'm reminded of my brother, who still calls me "Bones."

I was a tall, skinny teen. My best friends were tall, skinny teens. After high-school, my friends and I went to the beach and one of the tall, skinny teens said, "Girls...It seems that you haven't noticed, but we're NOT skinny anymore." By golly, we weren't. We had breasts and hips, calves on our legs, and thighs that could have been the envy of all those girls we envied during the high-school years that had since gained the same 20 pounds WE gained.

The metamorphosis didn't change anyone, however. We'd already established lifelong patterns that put physical attributes somewhere at the bottom of the pile. The same could be said for boys who spent their high-school years short and skinny. Who knew that someday they'd be tall and muscular? THEY sure didn't.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 18, 2000.

Anita:

You may be right. My wife was a late bloomer too. And I knew a 90- year-old man (who died recently) who was a football All-American in high school and that was who he was all his life.

Ah well, my wife and my mother think I'm handsome, and who else counts now? But as I recall, life was really tough when only my mother held this opinion.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), April 18, 2000.

Flint:

Heh...reminds me of Al Bundy. There seems to be an inverse correlation between popularity/beauty in youth and future successes. I won't use a broad brush in that generalization, but I've seen countless instances that led me to believe there was an association for SOME people. Have you attended any of your high-school reunions?

I have a cousin in Norway. He's a very successful psychiatrist there. He MUST be the UGLIEST man I've ever seen. When I last visited him, he had a young daughter...absolutely BEAUTIFUL. My father was with me on that visit and remarked to my cousin's aunt on the beauty of the child. He envisioned a LOVELY woman on adulthood. She shook her head in a negative manner. Marianne then told us the story of Erik's youth. He was SO beautiful as a child that folks offered to BUY him. Then, in her honesty, she said, "And look at him NOW!"

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 18, 2000.

Poor Danny has no love or luck,

He cannot buy much sex for a buck,

How sad he must be,

When he whacks his pee pee,

To know that he'll never have sex.

-- (@ .), April 18, 2000.

There once was a crazy named Dan,

Who was confused about being a man.

You see he needs no one else,

Dan just does himself,

As he's equipped with both sexes glands.

-- capnfun (capnfun1@excite.com), April 18, 2000.

Dumb Dan could not hook him a honey,

Cheap fuck wouldnt part with no money,

So he dissed every good lookin chick,

While shakin his miniature dick,

And the rest of us thought it soooo funny!

-- Ra (tion@l.1), April 18, 2000.

Ra,

Too funny... Kb8 (or opps i 4got the entire handle) sweet comment. I am a 'ugly' chick w/big but who lives in ohio, has a pool....(quit shaking your head and laughing now Capn!!!) love to bask in sunshine, and NO there isnt any.....Although this past Saturday was pretty warm...Went to Sandusky...

Ahhhhh, love that sun.

---as I look out window at cold grey day.

waiting for the pool to be oppen once more.

-- consumer (shh@aol.com), April 19, 2000.

Oh my. Are we all hideous and disfigured?

Just call ME quasimoda. =P {giggle}

-- cin (cinloo@aol.com), April 19, 2000.

Hideous AND kinky here.

-- x (x@x.x), April 21, 2000.

Anita, loved your post about beauty iin youth and *not* later on. My story is just the reverse. When my son was about three months old, I babysat for a close friend's baby who was the same age. My son was the cutest little baby--dimples, big brown eyes, etc and her baby was so homely, he looked like a little, old, bald headed man. One day my friend was lamenting that he wasn't a cute baby like mine. My mother was there, and she told her not to worry, because he would grow up to be a very handsome man. She said, "He has good bones which makes him lack the soft, rounded, baby face, but he'll probably be a lot better looking man than my grandson." It was true. While my son looks nice, her son is one of the most handsome men I've ever seen.

-- gilda (jess@listbot.com), April 21, 2000.

Very pretty girls often sit home alone on saturday nights 'cuz guys are just too afraid to ask.

kb8:

I think you're onto something with the foot rubs.

Your platonic friends of the opposite sex are probably a real good bet for turning up someone who'll suit you.

-- flora (***@__._), April 24, 2000.

Danny Boy,

If you'd learn some new tricks to do with your tongue, you might make a lot of new female friends real fast. Some of them might even take YOU out on dates! Or is your problem getting to first base? In that case get a bumper sticker made that says "I may look average, but I've got a 7-inch Tongue".

-- One Who Knows (one@who.knows), April 24, 2000.