I've always wondered...

[Lynx]

"You don't like sports? Well, when you meet the other guy in that minority, let me know."

Wowsers, I finally met the other guy! Lol

Add me to the list. I never have been big on sports.

And Shouryu, the upside of real chess is you don't have to repair the game pieces after the game - unless someone is a VERY sore loser. In football there are a lot of sore losers and sore winners.

I can top your chess game every ten seconds though. Once I dumped a bag of skittles in the toilet, pulled the handle and watched a NASCAR race in eight seconds flat. A purple skittle won. Not sure what the purple car is in NASCAR... Prilosec maybe?

 

[psychomom]

I like to open doors for the ladies, especially for the grandmothers, they get almost giggly with delight when I open a door for them.
Car doors on the other hand… …well…I entirely forget that they are doors. Maybe I need to get an old jeep that doesn’t have doors.


This question is not an insult, it is simply an “I have always wondered”
I have always wondered why women spend significant amounts of time doing things like getting their hair just right for the dance.
Is it for themselves, or is it because they want to look good for the gentlemen, or is it because it’s the new style, or is it because they don’t want the other women to make fun of them for not having perfect hair? I’m just shooting in the dark here. I expect there is another reason that is totally obvious which I am missing.
At a dance I always feel bad when I accidently bump a gals head and mess up her hair.

i thought ladies got dolled up to impress other ladies?

(to avoid the judgment )

 

[GaryA]

Wow... that's insane. What is this world coming to? Everyone needs to move to Texas where doors are held open and people smile at you when they walk past, like you are a human being.

Not only that -- in Texas, people you have never seen in your life will wave at you ( from a distance ) or give you a nice greeting ( verbally - at a close distance ) as you pass by them...

Sometimes, people may strike up a conversation with you while waiting in a line [ somewhere ].

This is called . . . "being friendly"...

( It is 'normal' in the south, especially in small towns. )

 

[rachelsedge]

I once read American football described as "an entire game of chess every 10 seconds." That, is why I personally like it. When basketball is played similarly (watch the San Antonio Spurs play), it's like a game of checkers very 10 seconds, which is still pretty exciting.

I understand chess. I don't understand football. I don't know all the rules or terms or player...names? (Like quarterback and...that's the only one I know but I know there's more). So to me, 10 seconds on the timer for football ends up actually taking 18 minutes and I lose all interest.

I think I heard somewhere that the actual playing time in a game of football is less than 20 minutes.

 

[GaryA]

Why don't most men open the doors for women anymore? Now, I realize some do and it is very well appreciated and Thank You. I was right behind a guy walking in the store and he shut the door on me. I don't understand why they don't think it isn't necessary or at least polite.

It isn't necessary. Because it isn't required. It is "a personal gesture of kind regard", rendered by way of "being a gentleman" -- polite, yes - but, not required. The moment it becomes 'required', it looses its true meaning. The "requirement" only exists within the man's point-of-view. It can never be "required" from within the woman's point-of-view, or the meaning is destroyed.

I open doors for woman, and always have. I will even open a door for a man, if the situation "calls for it"...

I was raised with the idea that there are certain things a man "should do" for women ( any and all women ) -- "just because" -- "because she is a woman" ( more particularly, "because she is a lady" ).

Why?

It is "a personal gesture of kind regard" that a man makes to a woman to illustrate, in effect, that he believes men should show kindness toward women -- to show them that they are valued by men.

The very moment such a gesture is "demanded" ( in the mind of a woman ) -- the gesture [ itself ] is "robbed" of its core meaning. And, the woman has "robbed" herself of the "specialness" of it.

Why?

Because --- it is not about the woman [ herself ] --- it is about the man's regard for the woman...

If a woman "expects" ( in the "demand" sense ) a man to do such things as this, it becomes "all about" the woman's regard for herself. And the "kind consideration" of the man is lost.

A woman should feel sincerely secure in her own ability to open a door for herself; however, if a man should happen to open a door for her, she should take pleasure in the "kind consideration" of the man who opened the door for her.

She must allow ( in her own mind ) the man to make that gesture without having any unjustifiable expectation -- or, otherwise, she "breaks" the meaning of it that she desires to draw from it in the first place.

Food for thought?

 

[GaryA]

I never expect a man to open a door for me, but it sure is nice when it happens.

"This is the idea..."

 

[GaryA]

fixed it for you. : )

"Nice to know there are friendly folks in Montana..."

 

[maxwel]

I've always wondered why there are absolutely NO INSECTS involved in the sport of Cricket.

And hockey... don't even get me started.
"Hey, look at this incredibly dangerous, bone shattering, patch of glass-slick ice, where nobody could possibly walk without killing themselves. Wow, this would make an excellent place for our kids to play a game!!!"

: )

 

[ardchoille]

Once I dumped a bag of skittles in the toilet, pulled the handle and watched a NASCAR race in eight seconds flat.

Can't. Stop. Laughing!!!

Oh, thank you for that

 

[PopClick]

I've always wondered, why do guys lean on things? Like they lean in doorways, on tables, shelves, etc etc... and I rarely see women doing it.

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

I've always wondered, why do guys lean on things? Like they lean in doorways, on tables, shelves, etc etc... and I rarely see women doing it.

No definitive answer for you, but my best guess is that it's a bravado thing (or a display of swag, like when male peacocks flaunt their tail feathers when they're ready to mate). Perhaps women are found leaning against things less because they're, seemingly, less egotistical than men in general.

 

[kenthomas27]

I've always wondered, why do guys lean on things? Like they lean in doorways, on tables, shelves, etc etc... and I rarely see women doing it.

It's quite simple Pop. We're not leaning at all. It's an illusion to females. Case in point - take a look at this picture of the Leaning Tower of Pizza and ask yourself which tower is leaning more....



If you said the one on the right, you are probably a female. In fact - if you transposed the left picture to the right you would find they are both the same picture.

This is why women are often referred to as "plumb crazy".

 

[Roh_Chris]

The answer to Pop's question is what kent wrote. It's all in your head. Your mind is playing tricks with you, ladies.

 

[Tintin]

I've always wondered, why do guys lean on things? Like they lean in doorways, on tables, shelves, etc etc... and I rarely see women doing it.

I lean on tables and sometimes against walls when I'm talking to people and there's not much room to move, but that's for comfort. It's not an ego or a bravado thing.

 

[Lynx]

How to live a long life:
Never stand when you can lean.
Never lean when you can sit.
Never sit when you can lie down.
And as long as you're lying down, might as well take a nap.

 

[cmarieh]

I figured to bring this thread back. I have always wondered why do guys refuse to ask for directions?

 

[Lynx]

Beats me. I always know where I'm going before I start out. On rare occasions when I do need directions I'll stop and ask someone. Have before, probably will again.

What I want to know is why do people believe men never ask for directions? All the men I know will ask if they need them.

 

[cmarieh]

Beats me. I always know where I'm going before I start out. On rare occasions when I do need directions I'll stop and ask someone. Have before, probably will again.

What I want to know is why do people believe men never ask for directions? All the men I know will ask if they need them.

I honestly have no idea why people believe that, I just asked it because it seems as though a lot of women believe it to be true, I figured I would ask. My dad will ask for directions if we need them. Matter of fact we went to a big city for my cousins 2nd Birthday and we got lost. We stopped at a convenient store and asked a cop, he gave the wrong directions. We ended up asking about 5 or 6 people for directions to the interstate all it did was take us in a circle. It was frustrating. We asked an older couple and we finally found it.

 

[cmarieh]

The one thing about directions that I have always been puzzled about is it seems that women in general, me included use buildings or objects in explaining how to get somewhere and men are more into the streets. Why is that?

 

[kodiak]

I use whatever is noticeable. I tend to tell people who ask me for directions about the court house or traffic lights...
I am not afraid to ask for directions, but I do know many guys who wont.