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April 23, 2004 : Wrapped Around Your Finger


What sincere advice would women give men - and men, women - about the best way to get a member of the opposite sex to eat out of your hand? Considering we all live so far away from eachother, surely a little treachery regarding our own gender's secret vulnerabilities wouldn't be fatal?

Posted by Miguel at April 23, 2004 02:10 PM


People have said these things about that :

Why do you ask, Migs?

Posted by: Vidiot on April 23, 2004 03:48 PM

Women, if you dig us, just tell us. There's nothing more nerve-wracking for a dude than wondering.

Posted by: jonmc on April 23, 2004 03:51 PM

The best way to get a member of the opposite sex to eat out of your hand is to give them your undivided attention.

It's simple, but it's not easy.

When a man is attentive to my conversation, actively listens, and keeps good eye contact, he makes me feel that I am the most fascinating woman in the room. I love that.

The other direct route, of course, is baby animal photos. *blows kisses to Miguel*


Posted by: tizzie on April 23, 2004 04:42 PM

Hmmm. A friend of a friend once told me his first wife had told me, after a glass of champagne too many: "I love you because you make me feel I'm the only person in the world".

I'm still trying to figure that one out. :)

Posted by: Miguel on April 23, 2004 11:04 PM

I wouldn't presume to guess what does it for the distaff side, but for me? There is nothing sexier than watching a woman dance. Makes my knees shaky and my brain stupid.

If a woman will come sit at the bar with me after she's done dancing, laugh musically at my little idiot wisecracks, and perhaps take her hand and gently brush my forearm back and forth while we talk? I can't imagine there isn't any request she'd make that I wouldn't die trying to fulfill.

I do also like feeling a woman take my arm as we walk into or out of somewhere.

There's also something to be said for looking up, meeting her eyes, realizing she's been watching me from across the room, watching her watch me stumble upon that realization, and seeing a bemused smile light up her face.

And the sight of a dark-haired, dark-eyed girl full of sass and smart walking away, wearing those tight black slacks all the businesswomen wear today, jacked up on a pair of strappy-pointy heels, edge of suicide-girl tattoo peeking out from under the edge of a silk blouse, hips popping at the corners like six-guns? Like standing in front of a blast furnace, man.

Posted by: Fes on April 24, 2004 01:26 AM

Oral sex. Lots and lots of oral sex.

Posted by: romakimmy on April 24, 2004 08:41 AM

Jokes aside, I'm rather fond of the unexpected in the midst of the mundane. Exhibit A:

As I'm hanging over the handle of a shopping trolley in that semi-oblivious thinking daze, frowning over a carton of milk in an effort to further my pidgeon Italian during the weekly grocery run, get my attention from the other end of the shopping trolley, root me to the spot with those bedroom eyes and tell me you love me in a voice that's a hand running up my thigh.

I think I dropped the milk. Don't quite remember as I was too busy simulataneously blushing and trying to refrain from jumping across the cart and engaging in activities that would make a hooker blush.

Posted by: romakimmy on April 24, 2004 08:48 AM

I'm still trying to figure that one out. :)

No, you're not, you smoothie. You know perfectly well ...

Posted by: tizzie on April 24, 2004 09:47 AM

guys , pretend you're a car mechanic.

that is all.

Posted by: sgt.serenity on April 24, 2004 02:36 PM

I like it when a woman picks a stray bit of wool from the shoulders of my sweater or, after the standard greeting with cheek-kissing, picks a strand of her hair that fell on my shirt or blazer, with that charming, smiling fake-embarrassed look.

Posted by: Miguel on April 24, 2004 11:00 PM

I like it when they leave the blinds open. Not getting the restraining order is nice, too.

Posted by: jonmc on April 24, 2004 11:52 PM

I just like it when a girl's eyes line up.
Are you looking at me, or behind me? Gah.
Too much to figure out in the morning.

Posted by: dong resin on April 25, 2004 08:26 AM

Those gestures like lint picking or straightening a man's tie are the female equivalent of lifting a leg and peeing on you.

It's all a way of saying "This is my territory, and the rest of you bitches better back off."

Pack dynamics, slightly refined.

Posted by: tizzie on April 25, 2004 10:29 AM

Second Fes on the taking-my-arm thing. And suggestive talk at unexpected times. And I like women that do any of the following:
--drink beer;
--play bass;
--read a lot;
--can cook (and will let me cook alongside them);
--travel;
--speak their mind, and say interesting things.

Posted by: Vidiot on April 25, 2004 08:10 PM

Let's be honest guys: we like any living woman who will have us. and "living" is negotiable.

Posted by: jonmc on April 25, 2004 09:29 PM

we like any living woman who will have us.

And most likely several that won't :D

Oral sex. Lots and lots of oral sex.

Just when I think I can forget all about you and get on with my life, romakimmy...

Posted by: Fes on April 26, 2004 12:54 AM

Still, Fes, her elegant Audrey Hepburn, completely "Breakfast at Tiffany's" reference to "oral sex", as opposed to "acceptable" or, God forbid, "good" oral sex was so cosmopolitan and sympathetic and so friendly (she is one of us, definitely!) that I think we scholars should acknowledge the hint and, as it were, in the full sense of the verb, move on. ;)

Posted by: Miguel on April 26, 2004 01:56 AM

Men! Initiate Operation Romeo Drop!

Posted by: Vidiot on April 26, 2004 10:40 AM

This all sounds like way to much work. Won't women flock to me if I just sit around on the couch for days drinking beer and playing video games?

Posted by: eyeballkid on April 26, 2004 03:34 PM

How's that working so far, EBK?

Posted by: Chico on April 26, 2004 06:13 PM

Who needs women when you've got beer and video games?

Posted by: towerbrave on April 26, 2004 06:58 PM

you know, if I thought that way towerbrave, my life would probably be much happier and less complicated.

Posted by: tj on April 26, 2004 11:47 PM

Unfortunately it's all in the Back!: yours doing the work; hers being messaged.

Posted by: thomcatspike on April 27, 2004 01:11 PM

Messaged?

Off topic, have any of you monkeys even been treated by an acupuncturist? Was it helpful or is it a bunch of bollocks?

Posted by: tizzie on April 27, 2004 02:09 PM

I tried it once, for a really persistent sore neck. It felt funny, and it makes you tingle in special places, but honestly, the beer and video games did more good. Actually, the video games weren't much help either. So the beer, then.

I vote bollocks.

I do have a few friends who swear by it, though, and I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

Posted by: Chico on April 27, 2004 02:23 PM

Messaged?
Yes, your fingers lovingly spelling out relaxation on her back.

Posted by: thomcatspike on April 27, 2004 02:43 PM

Tingling in special places sounds like a definite plus, but beer is probably cheaper.

Thanks, chico!

Posted by: tizzie on April 27, 2004 04:32 PM

Any time, babe. If you need any messages, and thomcat (or whoever else is in front of me in line) can't message you, then let me know.

I can hook you up.

(*sings "I've Just Gotta Get A Massage To You*)

Posted by: Chico on April 27, 2004 05:24 PM

I vote bollocks.

Bollocks '04! For a rounder, bouncier tommorrow!

this message paid for by the campaign to elect Bollocks

Posted by: arto on April 28, 2004 04:45 AM

Sadly enough, arto, that appears to be how the campaign's shaping up this year...

Posted by: Vidiot on April 28, 2004 09:06 AM

Call the boobie repo man!

Posted by: jonmc on April 28, 2004 01:43 PM

Does that mean they'll need to do a breast reduction on her now?

Posted by: Vidiot on April 28, 2004 03:39 PM

Which is more bouncy, her boobs or her checks?

Posted by: tizzie on April 28, 2004 04:16 PM

Won't women flock to me if I just sit around on the couch for days drinking beer and playing video games?

ebk: That depends. Is there enough beer for two and a second controller?

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