You're a Cold As Ice...

[NoJo]

("...you're willing to sacrifice..." The pitch-shifted, MOP version of the Foreigner song runs through my brain this morning, for at least three reasons).

Hitchcock famously found "Ice maidens" like Tippi Hedren irresistible.

An ugly guy I used to live with was cold and unemotional, and women loved him because of it.

Is this a peculiarly British thing? Being attracted to cold, frigid people?

 

[An Awful Cad]

Michelle Pfeiffer is pretty popular in the US and around the world, and I'd say she's mighty frosty.

 

[shereads]

Is this a peculiarly British thing? Being attracted to cold, frigid people?

As if I cared.

 

[NoJo]

I'm Russian, not British. Cook me a borscht, ice-bitch.

 

[Seattle Zack]

as Cold as Ice, perhaps?

Maybe it's just cold articulate British people.

Who knows?

 

[shereads]

Cook me a borscht, ice-bitch.

Now we're talking.

 

[shereads]

My American idea of the ultimate Brit is the emotionally unavailable Mr. Stevens in Remains of the Day, whose upper lip is so stiff you could iron slacks on it. It took a Japanese author to get it right.

 

[shereads]

Is this a peculiarly British thing? Being attracted to cold, frigid people?

May I borrow your serious hat? The propellor beanie?

Thanks.

Seriously, no it's not peculiarly British. It's a common theme in BDSM stories. The submissive trying to earn some feeling from the cold, unemotional Dom. I see it as an extreme version of the most basic male/female dynamic. One person is always trying to win something from the other: a sexual response, an emotional response. What's easily available seems to have less value.

 

[sincerely_helene]

May I borrow your serious hat? The propellor beanie?

Thanks.

Seriously, no it's not peculiarly British. It's a common theme in BDSM stories. The submissive trying to earn some feeling from the cold, unemotional Dom. I see it as an extreme version of the most basic male/female dynamic. One person is always trying to win something from the other: a sexual response, an emotional response. What's easily available seems to have less value.

Shhh... Don't give away all our secrets!

Now I'll never know if they are genuinely cold or just trying to get inside my panties.

 

[NoJo]

I don't think I'm typically British. I'm loud, arrogant, and talk fast, cracking jokes like Robin Williams. I find different kinds of people attractive. Sometimes they're quiet types. But I've known enough so-called "ice-maidens" to realize that it's often a cover for being dull. It's so much easier, if you're at a loss for anything interesting to say, to remain silent and give the illusion that you have depth. Particularly if you're sexy looking. I guess I am sort of attracted to cold people, because I see them as a challenge for my humour. But I much prefer people who can laugh and show their emotions. And if they make me laugh, I go boinggg. Pop_54 does that to me, and he's an ugly old bastard with a tiny cock.

 

[Guest]

Shhh... Don't give away all our secrets!

Now I'll never know if they are genuinely cold or just trying to get inside my panties.

sweetie...
they want inside your panties.

i love brits specially when they're cold, i can keep my beer chilled that way. kidding. arent we being a bit stereotypical here? not all brits can be cold. if we delve into this possibility wont we have to then go into caste and social climb?
i just use them for their accent...god the way they type...*squirm*

p.s. joe.. i HATE that song. thanks for making it play over and over in my head.

 

[carsonshepherd]

("...you're willing to sacrifice..." The pitch-shifted, MOP version of the Foreigner song runs through my brain this morning, for at least three reasons).

You're so cute when you get all retro.

I used to be attracted to unemotional people and work hard to get their approval. *shudder* So glad I learned to stop that. But yeah, they have their charms... the mystery and all, getting behind their mask... And then finding out they're either boring or psycho.

 

[scheherazade_79]

I don't think I'm typically British. I'm loud, arrogant, and talk fast, cracking jokes like Robin Williams. I find different kinds of people attractive. Sometimes they're quiet types. But I've known enough so-called "ice-maidens" to realize that it's often a cover for being dull. It's so much easier, if you're at a loss for anything interesting to say, to remain silent and give the illusion that you have depth. Particularly if you're sexy looking. I guess I am sort of attracted to cold people, because I see them as a challenge for my humour. But I much prefer people who can laugh and show their emotions. And if they make me laugh, I go boinggg. Pop_54 does that to me, and he's an ugly old bastard with a tiny cock.

I don't think I'm a typical Brit either. In fact, I'm probably just the opposite of the cold bitch stereotype. I have a tendency to say exactly what's on my mind and I find farts (mine and other people's) funny. I'm fairly quiet until I know someone well enough, and I'm the kind of person who lets dogs on the furniture without worrying about the mess.

Saying that, I totally lust after the ice-maiden type. Either high-flying female executives, or cold aristocrats - not that I come into contact with them all that often. I see them as a challenge. How creative do I have to be before the ice starts to melt and I'm left with the vulnerable woman inside

 

[NoJo]

I don't think I'm a typical Brit either. In fact, I'm probably just the opposite of the cold bitch stereotype. I have a tendency to say exactly what's on my mind and I find farts (mine and other people's) funny. I'm fairly quiet until I know someone well enough, and I'm the kind of person who lets dogs on the furniture without worrying about the mess.

Saying that, I totally lust after the ice-maiden type. Either high-flying female executives, or cold aristocrats - not that I come into contact with them all that often. I see them as a challenge. How creative do I have to be before the ice starts to melt and I'm left with the vulnerable woman inside

You probably wouldn't need to turn your blowtorch up high, scheherazade. But my experience is that still waters tend to run shallow. Exception/Generalization: Japanese people. They always take a bit more getting to know. With us Brits, as you know, all it takes is a couple of beers.

I used to work in an environment with lots of power-dressing female executives. I found their power sexy. They weren't particularly cold, though. But they used to treat male colleagues the way men treat women. A lot of men found the table-turning irresistible.

 

[scheherazade_79]

I used to work in an environment with lots of power-dressing female executives. I found their power sexy. They weren't particularly cold, though. But they used to treat male colleagues the way men treat women. A lot of men found the table-turning irresistible.

Wow! Are there any jobs still going in that place?

 

[LadyJeanne]

Some of us are shy and reserved until we get to know you. Doesn't mean we're cold. On the contrary. We just save our hotness for the ones we trust.

 

[NoJo]

Some of us are shy and reserved until we get to know you. Doesn't mean we're cold. On the contrary. We just save our hotness for the ones we trust.

We've all met shy and reserved people who we would nver describe as cold.

I know it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between a reserved or shy person and someone who's actually cold and emotionless, because at the bottom is the same thing -- an unwillingness to show weakness. But some people turn a necessity into a virtue, which is more what I'm getting at.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

The Brits aren't cold maybe cool...and they have a great sense of humor which goes over many peoples heads.

Now, you wanna talk cold? Come from a family of some German decent. Stern faced and cold. Don't piss these people off what ever you do, the grudges go on for generations.

 

[Guest]

Stereotypical cold and frigid Brit signing in.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Stereotypical cold and frigid Brit signing in.

I can appreciate that.

 

[pop_54]

I don't think I'm typically British. I'm loud, arrogant, and talk fast, cracking jokes like Robin Williams. I find different kinds of people attractive. Sometimes they're quiet types. But I've known enough so-called "ice-maidens" to realize that it's often a cover for being dull. It's so much easier, if you're at a loss for anything interesting to say, to remain silent and give the illusion that you have depth. Particularly if you're sexy looking. I guess I am sort of attracted to cold people, because I see them as a challenge for my humour. But I much prefer people who can laugh and show their emotions. And if they make me laugh, I go boinggg. Pop_54 does that to me, and he's an ugly old bastard with a tiny cock.

Damn you Joe, I asked you not to tell them about the ugly.

 

[pop_54]

Some of us are shy and reserved until we get to know you. Doesn't mean we're cold. On the contrary. We just save our hotness for the ones we trust.

Trust me I'm a Pirate

 

[pop_54]

Shhh... Don't give away all our secrets!

Now I'll never know if they are genuinely cold or just trying to get inside my panties.

I can do pretend cold beautiful

 

[NoJo]

Stereotypical cold and frigid Brit signing in.

Cold enough to toast marshmallows at 50 yards.

 

[NoJo]

Damn you Joe, I asked you not to tell them about the ugly.

At least I didn't tell them about your job in the zoo.