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    well, gene, we all do that...
    
    

    re .0 No. boring.

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Note 11.598                   Things to Like Today                    598 of 598
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    Saw a Babe on the train this morning, she gets off at the same stop
    and walks into the same building, SCHWING !
    
    I love this place.
    

    Oh thanks very much, sheesh ! :^) - She was though.

    Men think they really do not understand women but they DO! Women
    know this but pretend men don't understand. This keeps things
    mysterious and men wondering "What does she want? What did I do? Did I
    say something wrong? What did she mean I don't understand?"  This is to 
    keep men confused and buying things for women which is the secret plan 
    they all work under. And women conspire against men. This is what they
    do when they all go to the ladies room at the same time. 
    
    
    
    
    

    
    Women crack me up, I think the problem is that they are all confused. 
    One minute they want this, then they want that, then they nag a bit and
    go to bed. 

    
    
    
    P.S. Buy some ear plugs and life get easy.
    

    Best said by Chris Loyd, in Back to the Future.
    
    Loyd: Now that I  have concord the space time continum, I am going to 
    dedicate my lifes studies to the worlds oldest mistery of all times!!
    
    Fox: Whats that?
    
    Loyd:Women!!

    re .9
    
    >Loyd
    
    It's Llyod
    
    >continum
    
    It's continuum
    
    >lifes
    
    It's life's
    
    > concord
    
    It's conquered
    
    >mistery
    
    It's mystery
    
    >whats
    
    It's What's
    
    No, it's ok, don't thank me!! 
    
    Sheesh, I am not in a good mood today !! :^)

     re -1
    
    :-) couldn't have said it better myself.
    
    or is that
    
    cain't sayed t'll beter on my's owns.

    that's about right !!

    >re .9
    
    >>Loyd
    
    >It's Llyod
    
    Actually, it's Lloyd.  No no, don't thank me 8^).
    

    I knew that !! :^) It was an honest typo. It's true. promise.

	Yesterday the reserve qb for philadelphia was talking about the giants.
he was saying they (philly) weren't playing girls. then he went on to say he
meant nothing bad about it and he needed to say that or all the women libbers
would be all over his ass. this coming from a guy named bubbie. 

Women want us to be what they want when they want us to be that, but the 
won't tell us when they want us to be what because...


If we loved them we'd know!

    
    I'll tell you something men don't seem to know about women.
    
    Women want the one they love to tell them they're beautiful.  Guys, if
    you can't remember the last time you told your SO you thought she was
    beautiful, rest assured it seems twice as long to her.  And she's
    probably been hinting around for you to say it until she's blue in the
    face, and you just haven't.
    
    So this is the perfect time.  Either pick up the phone and call her, or
    turn to her and tell her you think she's beautiful.
        

    You might want to warn Jack "I-tell-it-like-it-is" Martin that this is no
    time for honesty.

re .17:

Gee, I'd think you'd be sick of hearing that by now.  :-)

    >> Women want the one they love to tell them they're beautiful.
    
    >> ...probably been hinting around for you to say it until she's blue in
    >> the face. and you just haven't.
    
    What, and have 'em think we LIKE em? 
    
    It's sorta like feeding a stray dog!

    
    .17
    
    One better.  I told my wife that I told my customer "I have more than
    a marriage vow to keep me honest. I have a good-looking wife".
    
    

>    you can't remember the last time you told your SO you thought she was

do girlfriends/fiancees/wives really like to be thought of as a `significant 
other'?  I mean it's a bit, well, it's not very romantic, is it?  Even I can 
tell that!

Chris.

    Quite. It`s a pathetic expression.
    

It's a crap word.

Psychobabble for _anyone_ important in your life.  Anyone with whom it's
important to your psychological well-being for you to have an effective
relationship.

Yer business partner is a significant other.  Maybe even your boss.

/john

    
      Well, I told my wife she was beautiful.  She wiggled her nose,
     cocked her head, and said,
    
      "Uh oh.  What did you do NOW ?"
    
      bb

    
    Crap?  Psychobabble?  Bzzzzt.  Thanks for playing.
    
    It's an accepted abbreviation for one's boyfriend/girlfriend/fiance/
    fiancee/wife/husband/lover/bla bla bla.  If you don't know what the
    relationship is, it's useful.  It's inclusive.  I know how much some
    people hate the idea of being inclusive.  
                                                                   
    You don't have to use it.  I want to, so get off my effing case.
                                            
      

    
      Besides, what are you supposed to say ?  "I'd like you to
     meet so-and-so, my ______ ?"
    
      bb

    
    Well, YOU can say "my wife", cuz you know she is, right?  But not
    everybody is married to the person they love, and not everybody is
    engaged to the person they love, and some people think the term
    "boy/girlfriend" is queer and stupid, and I personally can't keep all 
    these things straight.
    
    I mean, look at Frau Blucher.  Didn't she sound pretty stupid saying
    "He vas my BOYFRIEND!" 8^)?
    
    
    

    neeeeeeeiiiiiiiiigh!

    I'm 35 years old.  I do NOT have a "boyfriend".  I also
    don't have a husband.  I have a partner, a Significant Other,
    a lover I suppose, but I'm not exactly going to introduce
    him that way, ie, "Mom, Dad, this is my lover." No, that just
    does not work.  Significant Other, while not a wildly romantic
    term,  is at least a fairly widely accepted way to refer to
    someone you live with and have a relationship with who is not 
    married to you.
    
    

    pretty sad state ...

Do prize milkers have significant udders?

 Z   So this is the perfect time.  Either pick up the phone and call her,
 Z   or turn to her and tell her you think she's beautiful.
    
    Mz. Debra, you're beautiful and you'd even be more beautiful if you'd
    pleeease get rid of the cats! :-)

    
    Love me, love my cats!
       

     SO seems like a lame term. But our language doesn't have another term
    that doesn't have other connotations.

    [ Domestic ] { Companion | Partner }

POSSLQ.

    main squeeze.

    
    "{name} is my domestic companion"?
    
    Bluuuuurrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhh 8^).
    
    I'd rather say, "{name} is my precious boy, the love of my life,
    my reason for living", but that gets unwieldy.
                              

    
      Do people have "feral companions" ?
    
      bb

    Nope. Just fully wild ones!

    
    	What's wrong with "friend" or "good friend"?
    

    what's wrong with the person's name???

    or how 'bout 'this is my good {wink} friend'?

    > or how 'bout 'this is my good {wink} friend'?
    
    Or:
    
    This is my hood(winked) friend. She thinks I'm going to marry her
    someday.
    

    This is my friend <name>, and yeah, we're doin' it.

    I like main squeeze.
    
    8)

But does your main squeeze like the hint buried therein that there are other,
minor squeezes?

How about "one and only?"

    Well, if I had a "main squeeze" he'd be my "one and only" and he'd
    surely be aware of it.
    
    8)

 I like POSSLQ..I wonder if Charles Osgood's little poem is on line anywhere.




 

Only two s's, Jim.  Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters.

I tried +posslq +"Charles Osgood" on AltaVista and ended up with the
alt.clothing.lingerie FAQ.

Osgood actually wrote a book entitled "There's Nothing That I Wouldn't Do,
If You Would Be My POSSLQ".

I remember the poem ending with something like "we shall live in posslq-ity."

/john

    >I tried +posslq +"Charles Osgood" on AltaVista and ended up with the
    >alt.clothing.lingerie FAQ.
    
    Anything good that we clothes God & Goddesses should know in the FAQ?

 Thanks Gerald...I don't know how I came up with that extra "s".  I'll
 leave one out in a future reply to ensure the correct balance of "s's"
 in this conference. 



 Jim

    
    	Well, you left out a comma in that reply, so if you consider a
    	comma and an "s" to be somewhat comparable, you're even.
    

    I didn't see where a comma was needed in his reply...?

    
>    	Well, you left out a comma in that reply, so if you consider a
>    	comma and an "s" to be somewhat comparable, you're even.
 

   Where, sir, did I leave out a comma?




 Jim   

Between "thanks" and "Gerald."

 I tand corrected.




 Jim

| <<< Note 184.35 by WAHOO::LEVESQUE "memory canyon" >>>

| SO seems like a lame term. 

	Maybe we can change it from SO to, TLOML. :-)

| <<< Note 184.44 by GMASEC::KELLY "Not The Wrong Person" >>>

| or how 'bout 'this is my good {wink} friend'?

	'tine! You have the winning entry!

| <<< Note 184.46 by WAHOO::LEVESQUE "memory canyon" >>>

| This is my friend <name>, and yeah, we're doin' it.

	Mark, this wouldn't work if you got married....

    
   ><<< Note 184.59 by NOTIME::SACKS "Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085" >>>
   >
   >Between "thanks" and "Gerald."
    
    
    	Yup.  Thanks, Gerald.
    
    	8^)
    

| <<< Note 184.52 by NOTIME::SACKS "Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085" >>>

| Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters.

	3 s's would work for me

    
	Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Same Living Quarters.
    
    
    	?
    

Playing the Straight Man takes on new meaning, Shawn.

    Persons who view each other bumbs illegally!

Sweetie Pie!! (as in "this is my ____").

Anything wrong with "sweethart" (and similar)?
                    "beau"?
                    
I have yet to hear anyone utter the words "significant other", and let's hope
it stays that way.

But why SO?  It sounds too clinical.  What's wrong with `partner', <name>, 
`other 'alf', `better 'alf', and numerous other rather more affectionate 
terms?

Anyway, I'm glad that SO hasn't really caught on over here, except for a 
minority of really sad politically correct losers.  (I'm not having a dig at 
anyone in here, it's just that the sort of people in this country who use the 
expression seem to be terminal `Student Grant' types)

Chris.

Beau only works when the SO is male.  "I'd like you to meet my belle" sounds
like she's a real ding-a-ling.

    
    Look, you bunch of numb nuts.
    
    I'm not suggesting that one introduce one's precious_boy by saying
    "This is {name}, my SO".  It is not necessary to define who someone
    is when introducing them, and anyone of any quality will not nosily
    prod into your personal life by asking, "Who's he to you, then?" when
    hearing you say "This is {name}."  You may certainly say, "This is my
    friend, {name}." if you wish.
                                

    Miss Deb:
    
    Don't get all worked up Just on an SO   

    Married  - Spousal Unit
    Lovers   - Conjugal Unit

re .75 "conjugal"

The word means "of the married state".

/john

    Well, I took Mz. Debra's advice and here's how it turned out.
    
    J: Michele, I just wanted to let you know you're beautiful.
    M: Oh...really????  Why??? (Happy to hear it)
    J: Well I haven't said it in a while and thought I should let you know.
    M: Oh...well thank you....
    J: And besides, in the notes conference today, a woman we
       affectionately call Mz. Debra exhorted us to tell out SO that she is
       beautiful...that they've been giving hints until they are blue in the
       face and what may have been a year to us is like an eternity to them.
    M: Oh...so the only reason you're telling me this is because of Mz.
       Debra??
    J: Michele, you have attended women's conferences in the past correct?  
       You also know that these conferences on many occasions have seminars
       on the edifying of one's spouse.  I know we have the same at the
       men's conferences.  There really is no difference between this and 
       what Mz. Debra did.  As humans, we need to be nudged at times lest 
       we forget!
    M: Yeah...that makes sense.  Thank you for telling me I'm beautiful!
    
    
    Phew....got out of that one!!!!

    whaa tish! whaa tish!

    
    Meaty...!
    

  jack gives new meaning to the term "hopeless romantic". ;>

    how about "This is the lifeform with which I engage in sexual congress."?
    
    Covers all the bases, eh?

    Do you need and election to get in?

If'n you call Jack a hopeless romantic, you'd be half right *+]

TTom

>If'n you call Jack a hopeless romantic, you'd be half right *+]

	yes, that's precisely why he gives the term new 
	meaning, my dear. 

    cossacks!

Cassocks!

    
    Ottomen!
    
    

        Turkey!    
    

    re: .72
    
    "I'd like you to meet my belle."
    
    It would sound extremely silly, especially since I'd be 
    introducing my cat! :-) :-)
    
    I have introduced Keith as "SO" or "Significant Other"
    and people seemed to have conprehended that just fine.
    Which is good, since we'll stay that way until the laws
    change such that the bank doesn't think my condo forclosure
    is any of his financial business and the DSS and colleges
    don't think my income is any of his children's business.
    

    Frank and I use SO or life partner, or just "this is Frank(Meg)"
    
    meg

    Frank(Meg)?

    
    Who was it that mentioned "sweetheart" back a bunch??
    
    This sounds like the nicest, most romantic thing a person could say
    about another...
    

    yep.

	How does one introduce someone who is in ()???? I'm trying to get a
visual on it, but can't....

    I don't know...I've never been to ()????.

    I was in ()????? a few years back! It was great!!!!!
    
    I think I was drunk at the time?
    Bill.
    

    
    	From Steven Wright:
    
    	If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses.
    

    Snarf

    
       What about if you introduce your SO like:
    
     I'd like you to meet my woman,____.
    
    Some of my SO's like the possesive sound of that line.
    

    I just say this is _______, my main squeeze!

    
    .101
    
    Excuse me while I vomit.
    

Wot, ya don't like "Bess, you iz mah wuhman nowwwwwwww!"

    
    That's more intimate, between Porgy and Bess (even tho zillions of
    people are listening 8^)).  If someone introduced me to a friend as 
    "his woman", I'd slug him.
    

<---sounds like a job for Shawn!

   .105  Another tough cookie.  Hank coulda used you guys.

    .107  agagagagag

    I think we ought to create a lynch mob, go down to Nashville, and camp
    out in front of Tammy Wynette's home for writing such a sexist song!!!

>                            -< Stand By Your Man!! >-

	i really like that song.  not so much the words, but her
	voice, her pronunciation, and the arrangement.

    Jack, Jack, Jack. When are you going to learn? It's ok for a woman to
    call her beau her man. A man just can't call his belle his woman.

    
    Bess, you is my woman now. 
         You is, you is, 
    And you must laugh 
    And sing and dance 
    For two instead of one.
    
    ...
    
    Porgy, I's your woman now! 
         I's yours forever -- 
    Morning time and evening time 
    And summer time and winter time.
    
    
    

    The Blues Brothers did a great version of "stand by your man".