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| 11 FEB 2006 at 12:34pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | "Nothing" should be an option. Therefore - I withheld my vote.
Time to "think outside the box", Miss Goddess Caroline.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 3:38pm |
AvatarPrivate Detective
Posts : 661
Joined: 3 JAN 2004
Status : Online | Apparently I'm far more superficial than Mark. I checked four things, including "height".... sorry, but if I'm just scanning a room for potential dates and can't approach the person, these are the things that (at first glance) make me keep looking. If he wants to try to change my mind, then I say GO FOR IT.
P.S. Are "What would turn you off" and "What would stop you chatting up a stranger at a party?" the same questions? I am guessing we could get into a debate about the meaning of those... after all, a loud voice may very well turn me off in *certain* situations (ahem), but possibly not at a party...
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.&&&&The measure of civility in a society is not how it treats those that are loved, but how it treats those that are hated.
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 4:13pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | I checked off 4 things, 3 of which could be changed easily - smoking, bad/poor language, and body odor.
Interesting that some of the thing on your list, I actually find attracive - baldness, long hair (I know, two opposite ends of the spectrum), and beards or mustaches. I also find chest hair on guys very attractive. I attribute my appreciation of male hirsuteness to having grown up in an Italian neighborhood during my formative teenage years .
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 6:13pm |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | I get intimidated by someone who has loads of tattoos on their bodies, I'd stay away from people with terrible body odours and terrible perfumes , I'd check the height and also crooked teeth. I don't mind weight because lose weight/gain weight...etc. Oh well, I'm not single now. : But one thing I got used to when I got married is the change of hair. My hubby had his hair long, short, bald, spikey and every haircut he used to fancy. :
Also from the poll list: smoke and drunkness. But usually, at a party meeting a guy that I like would be by luck. Don't really have the time to think about all the things that I want to cross out. I'd just talk here and there and BAM! found one.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 6:26pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | The biggest turn off on that list is body oder!!!! YUCK!!! Reminds of that Episode in Seinfeld when the valet had bad B.O. and then it attched itself to Jerry and Elaine!
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 7:26pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | To Mark, resident forum grumble-bum......
It's a) just a bit of fun, and b) everyone and I mean EVERYONE, has something that they are not attracted to. We all have triggers that make us reject someone - and I'm talking about things that do that before we've met and spoken to the person. It's not superficial - it's normal.
Now, are you trying to tell me that you're at a party and you'd really like to find a partner and you simply start at the first female on the left and work your way clockwise? There isn't someone who'd take your fancy across the room and send you scurrying off in her direction first? Cos I don't believe you.
Colpet
At last - a fellow lover of male chest hair. The list isn't my list of pet hates - it's simply all the things I could think of that can be spotted across the room without actually meeting the person first.
Dreadlocks would put me off right away. Ditto bad language. Smoking - well, if we're talking about dating, no, I'd never kiss a smoker - serious bad breath. And I wouldn't consider a smoker as a life partner either - simply a stroke waiting to happen, shortened life span, poor health not to mention poisoning me and stinking the house out. I could never stand next to him and put up with the smoke.
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 7:40pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | I chose:
crooked teeth...I'd be put off by Austin Powers teeth. Even more so if there's any missing... [smiley=eww.gif]
a lot of excess weight...If they struggle to get out of a chair, they've got no chance!
facial hair } ...on girls I know a women who's very pretty except...well, she's got a moustache. But
baldness } I guess she can't do anything about it, cos stubble would be even worse!
body odour and/or horrible scent...BO= self-explantory really. I don't think I'd be put off by perfume though
swearing or poor language...I don't like pointless swearing. If you just stood on a rusty nail, fair enough...
their laugh / voice volume...Hate loud people. Guess I won't be going out with any Americans...
I didn't choose:
dreadlocks...whatever. As long as they suit the person. I don't think they're dirty or anything.
long hair on a man/ short on a woman...again, whatever suits them.
tattoos...despite what I said before, I don't think they'd actually "turn me off" someone...
glasses...I'm kind of an evangelical contact lens wearer, but I like a sort of "geeky" look...
a little excess weight...now that would just be hypacritacical! (sorry, got lost spelling that word...)
scruffy or ugly clothing...as long as it isn't a tracksuit, baseball cap and fake gold, I don't care...
smoking or other drug use or drunkeness...I don't want a heroin addict, but I don't run in those circles anyway...
person being taller or shorter than you...I'd be freaked out by a girl taller than me. Not likely, though.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 7:52pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Chris
I don't know how you get away with the outrageous stereotyping that you do.... oh wait, yes I do...... it's because you're a charming young man. Where's your [s]garlic[/s]... gallic buddy these days?
And why didn't you mention tattoos.... you said in the other thread that you hated them on women. Are you now prepared to accept them? You see a gorgeous girl with a butterfly on her chest and you decide it gives you the perfect excuse to stare.... [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 7:55pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | At last - a fellow lover of male chest hair.
Yes, I find it kind of sad that the media seems to be making this a negative thing. Now there's even commercials advertising chest epilation for men .
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 8:07pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Caroline (11 FEB 2006 7:52pm)
Chris
I don't know how you get away with the outrageous stereotyping that you do....
So what did you steal that made them exile you to the colonies?
oh wait, yes I do...... it's because you're a charming young man.
So I'm told--if only I could work out a way to profit from that...
Where's your [s]garlic[/s]... gallic buddy these days?
I was wondering what happened to Alneyan, or whatever his name is these days... You think they took him to the guillotine for being to English?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 9:48pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Chris. (11 FEB 2006 8:07pm)
Originally Posted By Caroline (11 FEB 2006 7:52pm)
Chris
I don't know how you get away with the outrageous stereotyping that you do....
So what did you steal that made them exile you to the colonies?
a piece of chocolate
oh wait, yes I do...... it's because you're a charming young man.
So I'm told--if only I could work out a way to profit from that...
You'll get your [s]comeuppance[/s] just reward one day. [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
Where's your [s]garlic[/s]... gallic buddy these days?
I was wondering what happened to Alneyan, or whatever his name is these days... You think they took him to the guillotine for being to English?
Erato must have made a mistake somewhere you reckon? Perhaps he put vinegar on his french fries?
[smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 11:06pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Woops! I ticked all of them..... [smiley=laughing.gif] not very tolerant am I!!
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 11:18pm |
Alan ThornSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 240
Joined: 8 JUN 2005
Status : Online | Single? Try online speed dating and meet locals in your area now at 0%APR!
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Hey...
I don't like that spec on your shoulder. That spec that's been growing lately.
I know it's there but does it exist when I'm not looking?
That spec which grows with your ambition.
You know,
I wrote your address on the back of that spec.
And now people say you look like Rapunzel
Single, eh? Well I see can why, Rapunzel.
I can see you; Naked in your red, red hair.
So get rid of it like the Trichotillomaniac that you are.
Then come back to me when you're done.
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| 11 FEB 2006 at 11:38pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | That's rubbish. It doesn't even rhyme.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 12:28am |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Caroline,
Could you possibly add "communicates in odd rhymes and semi-poetry that reflect an emotionally inaccessible online spammer", cause that totally turns me off.
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 12:58am |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I can deal with almost anything except body odor! If you are feeling brave, keep reading and find out why. It's gross and you've been warned! [smiley=eww.gif]
Once upon a time, my daughter's father decided that since he effectively had me trapped by both marriage and pregnancy, that he no longer needed to wash his ass (or really any of himself on a regular basis). It was disgusting. There were skid marks on my brand new sheets and I probably needed a shot of penicillin after I washed his clothes.
I tried, folks. I really and truly tried to make that marriage work, especially for the sake of my daughter.
But one fine day, while transferring a pair of his tighty-whities from the laundry basket to the washing machine, I was given cause to think "Corn? When did we have corn?"
That day, the love died. And so did my tolerance for anyone with body odor.
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 1:33am |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
Posts : 2391
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Ego.
There's nothing that turns me off quite as much as someone who's unbearably arrogant and full of themselves. It just makes me want to vomit kittens.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 1:59am |
MarkGuild Master
Posts : 3803
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Michelle (12 FEB 2006 12:57am)
...Once upon a time, my daughter's father decided that he no longer needed to wash his ass (or really any of himself on a regular basis)...
Michelle: he was depressed or just didn't care, or both.
In that case, I would have went to a pizza supply fixtures store, bought the largest wooden pizza paddle I could find, stripped his ass bare-naked, flipped him over with the paddle, and scooted his ass-crack with a cold-water hose with a high-pressure nozzle - and then left.
A [s]turd[/s] word to the wise is sufficient. Methinks he would have got the idea.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 2:05am |
MarkGuild Master
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Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (11 FEB 2006 7:26pm)
...Cos I don't believe you.
I don't care, because I am not that judgemental of others (unless I dislike them after talking with them for awhile). I'd be in sorry shape if I were - stuck at home.
Blah, blah: "I like this!" Blah, blah: "I hate that!"
For the people on your list, Caroline, no one would qualify for "dating" (or whatever you had in mind for pairing up that evening).
How about making a list of positives for a change...and then we can go from there. Otherwise, there is no one perfect enough for anyone here.
"Oh, she's a doll - but her back molar needs a cap."
"EEWWW!" "HORRORS!"
"He's a real hunk, but I happened to see him take a puff of ciggie on the veranda earlier."
"EEWWW!" "Won't take *him* home to Mommy!"
I hate this Poll. It's exclusionistic, biased, clique-ish - and simply backwoods redneck.
God, I'll be glad when you return to University. You will surrounded by all of the above on your list.
Every day. Whee!
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 2:16am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | climb down off your step ladder grumbley-one before someone pushes you. and stop making a mountain out of a molehill. lighten up. :
We're not talking about people - just the little things that say 'no, not my type'. Eveyone has them. You have them although maybe it's been so long since you partied you've forgotten. Maybe after a while desperation sets in.... and anything with a pulse is in the race.... (or always was?) [smiley=shrug.gif]
Meanwhile, there's a few of us honest enough to admit to having no-go areas. Nothing elitist about that, but mating and selecting a mate are exclusive activities. Everyone searches with certain criteria in mind. If we didn't, we simply bonk the first person that walked past us on the pavement. Hell, even birds judge each others feathers and nest building ability.
Now, your suggestion about the positives, well that's more difficult because you're talking about emotions and falling in love and getting to know a personality. Once liking sets in all sorts of rules and standards get bent because the criteria changes.
This fun poll was concerned primarily with visual triggers - not the personality.
Now, grumble warts, stop being the bad fairy at the party and and smile. Or are your teeth too crooked to stand the scrutiny? [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
PS. I love you too... :-* (sometimes)
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 2:40am |
MarkGuild Master
Posts : 3803
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | This isn't a "Fun" Poll, and my somewhat non-crooked teeth and I are going out (and not looking for "dates', "soul-mates', "bed-mates-for-an-evening", or any of the above).
Just steppin' out to be with others.. the fat ones, skinny ones, hairless ones, hairy ones, the tattooed ones, the smelly ones, the smokers, the drinkers, the druggies, the toothy ones...you name it.
I might not even wear any underwear, deodorant, and may have a cigar puff or two.
But it doesn't mean I have to stay very long - as not to offend anyone's sensibilities.
So...ta!
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 3:46am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | A stinky drunk or druggie with a vocabulary limited to variations of the "f" word would not be attractive to me.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 5:00am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | I'm looking for a woman entranced by the idea of playing through a game like Myst or Obsidian, whose eyes light up at the thought of learning Quenya or Sindarin, and loves to settle down to a Henry Hook word puzzle. In other words, if I find a woman whose mind works like that, what she looks like is mostly secondary. Too bad you can't tell that by looking at someone. Maybe if we all wore signs?
However, swearing, drugs, and drunkness would be unacceptable to me. People who are loud, keeping talking all the time (without really having anything to say) are a real pet peeve of mine as well.
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| 12 FEB 2006 at 6:12am |
AllanonJourneyman
Posts : 1322
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (11 FEB 2006 11:10am)
Okay, you're single. You're looking for a date at a party. All these options can be observed without approaching the person. You scan the room. What makes you keep decide against that person and keep looking?
What ??!!
You only live once , but , if you live right , once is enough . Being happy takes work ...
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