Are you a man?
 

You earlier noted my maleness, sweetums. On politics or something. Or when this board got lost?

f(this makes me lean toward "sock" rather than just "troll")b

Are you a man?
 

I will not be misrepresented! It was one poster -- me -- and I did not say "acutely aware," "at all times" or "absolute proof."

I rarely speak in absolutes, so be careful there, Missy, er, Mister, er, whatever.

And I can't believe that Paigow accused ME of being literal. Sheesh!

Silly girl, I think maybe
 

That is a big difference between men and women. Men don't need subtlety. They just need enough words that cause them to form the image of a breast or a vagina or an ass in their mind and voila! They're turned on. Just read Seb's last post to you about your nips if you don't believe me. He just has to hear the word nipple to get turned-on.

So, let me correct what I said before. If you aren't turned on by my posts, what this means is that you are not a man. If you were a man, you'd be rubbing your crotch. Like Seb, only with him it could be the jock itch or the crabs, too.

Are you a man?
 

It exaggerates.

Silly girl, I think maybe
 

Oh, please, explain to me again how men get turned on. I did not pick that up in my years of turning men on or in any of the multitude of past posts in which you explained it.

My point, and I think I have one, is that even some simple men who don't need subtlety to get a hard on might find your discussions of sex to be distinctly unarousing.

And anyway, Sebby is turned on by my wit. He thinks it was the nips that got him hot, but it really was the sarcasm. He just doesn't understand his own responses.

Visual Aids, My Dear
 

Oh but if they saw me in person, they, like the others, would be quite aroused.

Sebby admits to being turned on when his high-school educated secretary says "Is this what you asked me to fax for you" if she says it with erect nipples. Sebby, afterall, is the man who is going to send his wife to be sliced, diced, and sucked out so that he will remain attracted enough to fuck her.

Yeah, it probably was your wit.

# posts
 

Does the number of posts refer to on a particular thread, or on the board as a whole? It seems like this should be more than my 10th.

Visual Aids, My Dear
 

But you see, this is the inherent flaw in your reasoning. To my knowledge, none of the posters has ever seen you in person. To borrow from you and be just a little obvious, the mere fact that you say you're hot doesn't mean that you are, or, more on point, that posters will think of you that way. And I don't imagine your wit or intelligence has seduced anyone here, as I think the Flower was kidding.

Frankly, I would rather people assume that I must be hot because they like my posts, not because I claim to be so. Consider Paigow's love for Ollie. It is an ideal to which we all should aspire.

I'll give you this: you've got a quick answer for everything. Not necessarily convincing, but quick.

Nevermind, I think that was on the old one that I was actually posting a lot.

Visual Aids, My Dear
 

Jesus fucking christ -- it was a joke. I've read his posts, too. Clue!

R ("Almost always kidding") P

P.S. You have a very condescending view of Seb's secretary. Are you suggestng that her lack of a college education means that she's not clever or witty enough to turn anyone on with anything but her body? Wasn't it you who was urging dtb to expand her horizons and get to know others at her firm?

Visual Aids, My Dear
 

Then you agree that the men find my not subtle "money shot" style of writing erotic, eh?

TITS!!! Perky C-cup TITS with rose-colored nipples, that is.

Because literally ANYTHING would be better than talking about JFF's "nips"
 

In what fucked up universe do we live, that "Ballykissangel" isn't available in DVD, but the execrable "Father Ted" is, in its miserable entirety?

Ditto "Slacker," when [shudder] "Before Sunrise" is widely available?

It's as if some fundamentally damaged studio exec is saying, "Of course we'll put out M*A*S*H -- someday. But first, let's get "After M*A*S*H" on the shelves, pronto." I swear, there are Appalachian dirt farmers with a better sense of market demand.

Feel free to bitch about things you've been waiting for. Please, no "AI -- The First Season."

Ollie & nipples
 

As probably the only person here who's met Ollie, he is just as attractive (though much more clean-cut) as you would think.

And ltl/fb, I'm with you on the nipples thing--I frequently don't know. Sometimes it's not temperature or arousal, but just that I inadvertently brushed one with a file I was picking up or something. NB for the headlamp-obsessed: if only one is beaming at you, 99% sure it's not arousal causing the perk.

tm

Ollie & nipples
 

RP - is tmdiva Yet another man masquerading as a female on these boards?

Because literally ANYTHING would be better than talking about JFF's "nips"
 

We live in a world where none of the pre-1990s Star Wars or any of the Indiana Jones series are available in DVD.

BUT, check out this article in Salon (the horror, the horror) orthis other article in Salon (just walk on by those who hate Salon) for a discussion on the availability of movies lately and how to absorb it all.

I have no idea how I'd begin to educate my putative kids on the essential movies that they'd need to watch in order to be valuable members of society.

edited to add second article