Where are all the women?

[ZRT]

And cussing "like a sailor" is overrated. Sailors just curse often. There's nothing particularly creative about it.

I'd imagine that the phrase had more meaning when sailors were the most widely traveled and experienced people around compared to the majority of everyone else. Between the multi-ethnic crews from the age of sail and the chance to pick up choice new oaths at every port, they could curse everyone else under the table.

 

[Keroin]

ohboy ohboy ohboy

I'll be back!

OK! I'll get Chuck to bake us some cookies. (He's a master in the kitchen).

 

[Harmony_1985]

In my little bubble..women do the majority of the housework. Women do the majority of the cooking. We should be strong and capable though. I don't go as far as the weak defenseless thing. Like I said in the other thread this is just how I was raised, my opinion of how I should be.

I do curse, I also will discuss sex in public, but burping and farting in public.
I was raised not to do things like that, and honestly I find it disgusting. I used to work in a facility with a bunch of other women. They were always burping and farting and laughing about it. In front of the men, in front of anyone, they didn't care. Honestly it made me sick to my stomach.

I rarely wear skirts..

See, I don't laugh about it or stuff like that and I always pardon myself and apologise, but at the end of the day, its a natural bodily function and it's going to happen whether you like it or not.

 

[Keroin]

I'd imagine that the phrase had more meaning when sailors were the most widely traveled and experienced people around compared to the majority of everyone else. Between the multi-ethnic crews from the age of sail and the chance to pick up choice new oaths at every port, they could curse everyone else under the table.

The sailors I know are quite genteel.

Now the cowboys I know...boy howdy, those boys can spew some filth.

 

[nh23]

See, I don't laugh about it or stuff like that and I always pardon myself and apologise, but at the end of the day, its a natural bodily function and it's going to happen whether you like it or not.

Yeah they did it more for sport I think. Just not my idea of how a woman should act in public.

 

[Keroin]

Hey now, I do love my heels.

PURPLE SEQUIEN HEELS <3

See, it's women like you who make me feel inadequate as a masochist.

 

[Homburg]

I'd imagine that the phrase had more meaning when sailors were the most widely traveled and experienced people around compared to the majority of everyone else. Between the multi-ethnic crews from the age of sail and the chance to pick up choice new oaths at every port, they could curse everyone else under the table.

Well aware of the history of the phrase. It's just badly out of date. There are untold thousands of sailors around here. Not a one of them is likely to be all that creative with the cursing.

Now, ask them about ways to goof off, and the creativity floooows.

 

[Shankara20]

So I'm a lady?

I knew it
I knew it
I knew it

 

[Keroin]

See, I don't laugh about it or stuff like that and I always pardon myself and apologise, but at the end of the day, its a natural bodily function and it's going to happen whether you like it or not.

Depends on time and place.

If I'm around friends, then I'll usually use the old, "Hey, did you hear that? A Mexican Barking Spider!"

Or, if I'm in a hurry, just, "Ducks".

I'm a bit more demur in other locales.

 

[ZRT]

Now, ask them about ways to goof off, and the creativity floooows.

I come from a Navy family, and this trait is quite hereditary.

Mind, they also cuss with cheerful regularity and audacity, but you are right that it's nothing particularly creative.

 

[Homburg]

I come from a Navy family, and this trait is quite hereditary.

I figured as much. I've known some second generation sailors, and they were naturals.

 

[Shankara20]

In my little bubble..women do the majority of the housework. Women do the majority of the cooking.....

but can you make a fresh peach pie from scratch or chicken gravy without lumps?

 

[nh23]

but can you make a fresh peach pie from scratch or chicken gravy without lumps?

As a matter of fact I can.. Can't everyone?

 

[Keroin]

Wow. I'm getting a really strong feeling that hardly anyone gives a flying frack about how women behave, dress, etc and yet most everyone has very strong opinions about what constitutes manliness.

Why is this?

Seriously, I'm blown away.

 

[Keroin]

As a matter of fact I can.. Can't everyone?

As long as it comes from a can or fits in a toaster, I'm your girl!

 

[Shankara20]

Seriously, I'm blown away.

I can do that as well

 

[nh23]

Wow. I'm getting a really strong feeling that hardly anyone gives a flying frack about how women behave, dress, etc and yet most everyone has very strong opinions about what constitutes manliness.

Why is this?

Seriously, I'm blown away.

I have strong feelings about how women should act also. My step-mom is a very masculine person. She has a deep voice, she's very loud mouthed. She burps and farts no matter where she is. She punches guys in the bar. She is very far from what I find feminine and I can hardly stand to be around her.

 

[Shankara20]

As a matter of fact I can.. Can't everyone?

Good for you. I can as well.

When I was growing up all the "old" women could. I just love peach pie and cream gravy. Those women were all heartless bitches and I to this day hate their dark souls. So I set out to learn how to cook, and I did learn. And became quite good at it. I became a professional chef and opened my own restaurant. All because I wanted to not be beholding to any women for my dinning pleasure...

I may have continued that into my sexual pleasure as well, but that is another story for later.

 

[midwestyankee]

I knew it
I knew it
I knew it

Ah, you're an observant one, you are, Shanks.

 

[nh23]

Good for you. I can as well.

When I was growing up all the "old" women could. I just love peach pie and cream gravy. Those women were all heartless bitches and I to this day hate their dark souls. So I set out to learn how to cook, and I did learn. And became quite good at it. I became a professional chef and opened my own restaurant. All because I wanted to not be beholding to any women for my dinning pleasure...

I may have continued that into my sexual pleasure as well, but that is another story for later.

You know I noticed this the other day. Master and I were watching Food Network and the majority of chef's on there are male. Now in my neck of the woods the majority of the men can't cook. It's really odd to me that there are so many male chef's. Not that I find anything wrong with it. If Alton Brown was close I'd let him cook for me anytime.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

And cussing "like a sailor" is overrated. Sailors just curse often. There's nothing particularly creative about it.

I'd imagine that the phrase had more meaning when sailors were the most widely traveled and experienced people around compared to the majority of everyone else. Between the multi-ethnic crews from the age of sail and the chance to pick up choice new oaths at every port, they could curse everyone else under the table.

The only "modern-day" sailor (okay, late 1960s, so shoot me!) I know of who was at all creative with his cussing was a chief in Radio school. Anything that went wrong while he was working on our ancient equipment (and a LOT went wrong with that stuff!) brought out his standard spiel: "Dirty goddamned motherfuckin', son-of-a-bitchin', shit-eatin', piss-drinkin', cock-suckin', duck-fuckin' pile of moldy dog shit!" Depending on how loudly it was voiced, the speed of delivery, and which adjectival phrases were emphasized, we soon learned to figure out how pissed he really was.

Funny thing, though - he never, ever cussed at one of us, no matter how badly we'd screwed up, and that was well before they made (enforced?) the rules that say you can't yell and swear at young soldiers/sailors/marines... but he could freeze one or more of us and have us shaking in our boots with a glare and a few softly-spoken words. "Your family is going to be very proud of you, boy..." was one of the phrases that told the miscreant that he was in the deep deep shit.

We youngsters (all 18 and 19 at the time, and few from military families) were all so in awe of both his abilities and that particular spew that we memorized it... and I can remember it word for word forty years later. Okay, so he never varied, and wasn't creative in that way, but at least he had come up with something that most people (civilians, anyhoo) would blanch at... and at some point, he had to create it - or maybe it was handed down to him when he was a young seaman from one of his chiefs?

 

[Keroin]

Good for you. I can as well.

When I was growing up all the "old" women could. I just love peach pie and cream gravy. Those women were all heartless bitches and I to this day hate their dark souls. So I set out to learn how to cook, and I did learn. And became quite good at it. I became a professional chef and opened my own restaurant. All because I wanted to not be beholding to any women for my dinning pleasure...

I may have continued that into my sexual pleasure as well, but that is another story for later.

I LOVE a man who cooks, (for obvious reasons), so hooray for you!

Growing up, my dad did the majority of the cooking in the family. He was a steelworker, very blue collar, very manly, but he was a natural in the kitchen. I grew up thinking that it was normal for a man to cook and I always, for reasons of survival, sought out mates who were handy in that department. It wasn't until several girlfriends started commenting to me on how lucky I was that my men cooked that I realized I was existing in a lovely dream land.

I'll clean until the proverbial cows come come, though, (and they better wipe their hooves before they come in!) Cleaning I enjoy. Cleaning is therapy. You won't find a speck of dust behind my fridge.

I have a problem.

 

[Shankara20]

real woman =

look and dress like Barbie
have money and sing like Dolly Parton
keep house like Martha Stewart
raise kids like June Cleaver
not be smarter then me​

I'll post more

should I survive this post....

 

[CutieMouse]

Wow. I'm getting a really strong feeling that hardly anyone gives a flying frack about how women behave, dress, etc and yet most everyone has very strong opinions about what constitutes manliness.

Why is this?

Seriously, I'm blown away.

I want my kids to be happy, excel at what they are good at, communicate well, and be successful - however they define success.

All of them [boys and girls] are held to the same standard re: good manners; I don't put them in smocked dresses and shirt/tie, but I refuse to go out in public with ragamuffins. By 18 I expect them to know how to cook, do laundry, set a budget, sew a button, pay bills, impress a boss [or work hard enough to be their own], remember that cars need things like oil (I don't care how the oil thing happens, as long as they remember), be a good and kind influence on the world, and not take undeserved **** from anyone.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

real woman =

look and dress like Barbie
have money and sing like Dolly Parton
keep house like Martha Stewart
raise kids like June Cleaver
not be smarter then me​

I'll post more

should I survive this post....

:: Sees all the stones formerly headed toward K abruptly shifting trajectory toward Shank ::