What DO men want? - Page 7

**crickhollow** · 03-20-2002, 09:23 PM

Pailan: No hard feelings whatsoever.

Noldo: I laughed really hard when I read your post. I've never been scolded for being a backwards and insensitive male before

You must not have read the bottom of my post where I said that I live in a building with 300 other girls *LOL*! I'm trying to stop laughing even now, but this is such a novel experience! My roommate cracked up too

And so, despite the fact that most of your friends are girls, I hold to my earlier claim of having superior knowledge about the workings of the female mind on the grounds that I myself have a female mind. Having said that, I wish to make it known that I hold to everything I said about the shallowness of women.

I hope that this time I have been perfectly clear.

Nibs · 03-20-2002, 09:37 PM

What DO men want?

How droll. Well, I can only speak for myself, and this thread seems to have gone a little off-topic. I mean, crickhollow used the word "novel". How weird is that?

Anyway, I want a private island adjacent to my very own isthmus (just because), a trampoline the size of Rhode Island, and a castle with minions (inspired by Wayfarer) and a "lazy river". That's what I want and I am... [flexes] a man. At least, I like to think so.

Darth Tater · 03-20-2002, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nibs
I mean, crickhollow used the word "novel". How weird is that?

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**crickhollow** · 03-20-2002, 09:56 PM

Novel--
Pronunciation: 'nä-v&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, new, from Latin novellus, from diminutive of novus new
Date: 15th century
1 : new and not resembling something formerly known or used
2 : original or striking especially in conception or style

Nibs · 03-20-2002, 10:00 PM

I knew precisely what it meant, crickhollow... if that's what you were implying.

I used the word "droll" previously. How weird is that?

**crickhollow** · 03-20-2002, 10:28 PM

Alright then. *sighs and lowers fists* I was getting ready for a good fight. I just learned how to do a blood choke in self-defense today, and was hoping to get a chance to practice it. *grins* another time, then.

I just didn't get it, because I talk like that all the time. I got laughed at a couple days ago for using the word, "albeit" in casual conversation.

Nibs · 03-20-2002, 11:28 PM

Hmm... odd. I use that term as well, but no funny looks in return. I guess people are used to it from me.

Oh, I like large vocabularies and superfluous verbiage *wink*.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-20-2002, 11:31 PM

Using big words is fun, especially if people give you wierd looks!

Nibs · 03-20-2002, 11:51 PM

Actually, I'm not cognizant of what your dialague implies. Eruviel

.

Oh, and why were you going to pull a "blood choke" on me, crickhollow? Not cool. Not nice. Not becoming.

**crickhollow** · 03-21-2002, 12:15 AM

My deepest apologies. It was merely an empty threat meant to show my defensiveness at being laughed at.

In reality, I hated to try the blood choke even in class, and my instructor had to do a lot of persuading to get me to try it.

For those who don't have any martial arts background whatsoever, a blood choke is a headlock where you cut off circulation of the main arteries to the brain. Your opponent will lose consciousness in under ten seconds. If not released, death will follow in well under a minute.
*DON'T TRY AT HOME!!!!*

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-21-2002, 12:17 AM

What was implied by my prior statement is that I enjoy the employment of words that are not commonly known by certain others, because they give me wierd looks.

That sentence did deteriorate a bit at the end, didn't it?

Nibs · 03-21-2002, 12:20 AM

Sweet! Something to help with my insomnia! Thanks, crickhollow!

"Remember, only do it until I pass out, okay?"

**crickhollow** · 03-21-2002, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Sweet! Something to help with my insomnia! Thanks, crickhollow!

Alright, just let me know when to let go!

I'll warn you, though, it's not the most comfortable feeling in the world, but quicker than the sleeper hold, which is just basically cutting off the breathing.

wow, these last couple of posts make me seem like an incredibly violent person. Oh well, I will have scared off any potential stalkers, right?

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-21-2002, 12:31 AM

Wow, self-defense classes! I took Aikido once, but that was a long time ago. Maybe I'll get to take a self-defense class next year

**crickhollow** · 03-21-2002, 12:41 AM

Wanna hear the best part? I'm getting college credit for it. Since the school is forcing me to have a certain amount of Human Kinetics (ie PE) credits to graduate, I might as well get to spend that time punching, kicking, wrestling, and relieving stress. I mean, who wouldn't pick self-defense over, say, badminton?

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-21-2002, 01:19 AM

Lucky, lucky you. Well, I'd pick fencing any time, if the school had it! But in lieu of that, I would go for self defense.

My, did we stray off topic again!

Yay, more smilies!

I'm in cheerful mood, can you tell?

**crickhollow** · 03-21-2002, 03:23 AM

Well, I'll leave it to the gentlemen of the forum to get us back on topic, because, as I have stressed twice now, I have not the workings of the male mind. I'll wait til they lead us back on topic.

Darth, why was Nibs's comment on me using the word, "novel" so amusing to you? Or maybe I don't want to know...*voice trails off; looks hesitant*

Arathorn · 03-21-2002, 03:24 AM

As a man, I find it very reassuring if my significant other can defend herself. But that's just me.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-21-2002, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Arathorn
As a man, I find it very reassuring if my significant other can defend herself. But that's just me.

That's good

I know of a few men who would not find that reassuring. But anyway. . .

Xivigg · 03-21-2002, 04:04 AM

A fight, just for fun, with a girl is sooo cool

03-20-2002, 09:23 PM	#121
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Pailan: No hard feelings whatsoever. Noldo: I laughed really hard when I read your post. I've never been scolded for being a backwards and insensitive male before You must not have read the bottom of my post where I said that I live in a building with 300 other girls LOL! I'm trying to stop laughing even now, but this is such a novel experience! My roommate cracked up too And so, despite the fact that most of your friends are girls, I hold to my earlier claim of having superior knowledge about the workings of the female mind on the grounds that I myself have a female mind. Having said that, I wish to make it known that I hold to everything I said about the shallowness of women. I hope that this time I have been perfectly clear. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-20-2002, 09:37 PM	#122
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	What DO men want? How droll. Well, I can only speak for myself, and this thread seems to have gone a little off-topic. I mean, crickhollow used the word "novel". How weird is that? Anyway, I want a private island adjacent to my very own isthmus (just because), a trampoline the size of Rhode Island, and a castle with minions (inspired by Wayfarer) and a "lazy river". That's what I want and I am... [flexes] a man. At least, I like to think so. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-20-2002, 09:56 PM	#124
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Novel-- Pronunciation: 'nä-v&l Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, new, from Latin novellus, from diminutive of novus new Date: 15th century 1 : new and not resembling something formerly known or used 2 : original or striking especially in conception or style __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-20-2002, 10:00 PM	#125
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	I knew precisely what it meant, crickhollow... if that's what you were implying. I used the word "droll" previously. How weird is that? __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-20-2002, 10:28 PM	#126
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Alright then. sighs and lowers fists I was getting ready for a good fight. I just learned how to do a blood choke in self-defense today, and was hoping to get a chance to practice it. grins another time, then. I just didn't get it, because I talk like that all the time. I got laughed at a couple days ago for using the word, "albeit" in casual conversation. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-20-2002, 11:28 PM	#127
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	Hmm... odd. I use that term as well, but no funny looks in return. I guess people are used to it from me. Oh, I like large vocabularies and superfluous verbiage wink. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-20-2002, 11:31 PM	#128
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Using big words is fun, especially if people give you wierd looks! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-20-2002, 11:51 PM	#129
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	Actually, I'm not cognizant of what your dialague implies. Eruviel . Oh, and why were you going to pull a "blood choke" on me, crickhollow? Not cool. Not nice. Not becoming. __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-21-2002, 12:15 AM	#130
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	My deepest apologies. It was merely an empty threat meant to show my defensiveness at being laughed at. In reality, I hated to try the blood choke even in class, and my instructor had to do a lot of persuading to get me to try it. For those who don't have any martial arts background whatsoever, a blood choke is a headlock where you cut off circulation of the main arteries to the brain. Your opponent will lose consciousness in under ten seconds. If not released, death will follow in well under a minute. DON'T TRY AT HOME!!!! __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun. Last edited by crickhollow : 03-21-2002 at 12:20 AM.

03-21-2002, 12:17 AM	#131
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	What was implied by my prior statement is that I enjoy the employment of words that are not commonly known by certain others, because they give me wierd looks. That sentence did deteriorate a bit at the end, didn't it? __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-21-2002, 12:20 AM	#132
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	Sweet! Something to help with my insomnia! Thanks, crickhollow! "Remember, only do it until I pass out, okay?" __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

03-21-2002, 12:31 AM	#134
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Wow, self-defense classes! I took Aikido once, but that was a long time ago. Maybe I'll get to take a self-defense class next year __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-21-2002, 12:41 AM	#135
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Wanna hear the best part? I'm getting college credit for it. Since the school is forcing me to have a certain amount of Human Kinetics (ie PE) credits to graduate, I might as well get to spend that time punching, kicking, wrestling, and relieving stress. I mean, who wouldn't pick self-defense over, say, badminton? __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-21-2002, 01:19 AM	#136
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Lucky, lucky you. Well, I'd pick fencing any time, if the school had it! But in lieu of that, I would go for self defense. My, did we stray off topic again! Yay, more smilies! I'm in cheerful mood, can you tell? __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-21-2002, 03:23 AM	#137
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Well, I'll leave it to the gentlemen of the forum to get us back on topic, because, as I have stressed twice now, I have not the workings of the male mind. I'll wait til they lead us back on topic. Darth, why was Nibs's comment on me using the word, "novel" so amusing to you? Or maybe I don't want to know...voice trails off; looks hesitant __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-21-2002, 03:24 AM	#138
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	As a man, I find it very reassuring if my significant other can defend herself. But that's just me. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

03-21-2002, 04:04 AM	#140
Xivigg Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Earth Posts: 495	A fight, just for fun, with a girl is sooo cool __________________ Thinking before acting is alway's a good idea.