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Wow, I guess I had better no longer comment out loud to anyone if I think someone is attractive!
Yes, but in this case it is Keillor making the statement about himself, a bit of self-deprecating humor. His style includes a lot of dry humor (not exclusively though).I had to look up Garrison Keillor. See his photo below. Now, commenting on someone being homely is a much worse offense than saying he/she is cute, I think.
I guess we should keep the opinion to ourselves. ...
I found the “cute red head” comments offensive. And I don’t mean to derail the thread, but clearly some members don’t understand that those comments and the acceptance by the other members shows it is a problem in our society. Locker room talk is not ok.
It is alright to admire a thing of beauty, but do so in a respectful manner. Not sure what that means? Put yourself, your wife, your daughter on the receiving end of that comment; if you could say it to their face, then it’s probably ok. But if you were saying it to their face you would probably use their name, not refer to them as “hey red head, you sure are pretty”.
And yes, it goes both ways. Any woman (old or not) commenting on the attractiveness of a young man is just as lecherous.
Wow, I guess I had better no longer comment out loud to anyone if I think someone is attractive!
It's a bad sign when I'm the woke-est person in the thread
All this talk about the cute redhead by old FIREd farts tells me you are not keeping up with current events.
Edit: written before I got far enough in the thread to see that Soupcxan got in a better one.
IIRC, there is at least one female in this group who often comments about how good her man looks in 'tight jeans'. Lucky guy, IMHO.
+1"Old farts" is ageist.
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Plus the alliteration in the sentence works much better when you omit the "old".
The fiber is probably what's causing all the flatulence. In addition, I think there's no such thing as "nice-smelling, non-flatulent older people".Bwah-hah!
Yeah, if someone just can't resist calling himself a fart, that's his privilege, but please, leave the rest of us nice-smelling, non-flatulent older people out of it.
And eat more fiber!
Yes. But if someone else points out the obvious, it would be very rude.Yes, but in this case it is Keillor making the statement about himself, a bit of self-deprecating humor. His style includes a lot of dry humor (not exclusively though).
-ERD50
There are so many ways to FIRE, this one focused on the hardest way.
... expressions of (now forbidden) admiration for some pohysical apperances.
I think that we've long ago agreed that original posts are merely a suggestion for the direction a thread should take.Looks like another successful thread hijack form moneyed early retirement to expressions of (now forbidden) admiration for some physical appearances.
In addition, I think there's no such thing as "nice-smelling, non-flatulent older people".
That's really awful! What kind of older people do you hang around with?
And clearly they don't make much money either. Don't believe me? Just look at the women on FOX news. It would seem not many of them can even afford to buy a full length skirt.The problem with good looking people in the media is that they are almost all VERY good looking, thus giving giving rise to the suspicion that good looks are the #1 quality needed to report and comment on the news, and that intelligence and thoughtfulness are not needed. Then they open their mouths and confirm the suspicion.
It is a lot safer if you compliment the look of another female, not a male, particularly in front of your husband. And he would better keep his mouth shut, and not add further comments to enthusiastically agree with you.Wow, I guess I had better no longer comment out loud to anyone if I think someone is attractive!
Oh, lordy!... I think there's no such thing as "nice-smelling, non-flatulent older people".
Now that the secrets out the retirement crisis is solved.
And clearly they don't make much money either. Don't believe me? Just look at the women on FOX news. It would seem not many of them can even afford to buy a full length skirt.
Mmmm. You guess well, Kemosabe.Just a guess, but my interpretation of Michael's post was, present company excepted, there is no such thing as a 'non-flatulent' old person.
Once again, just a guess...
And clearly they don't make much money either. Don't believe me? Just look at the women on FOX news. It would seem not many of them can even afford to buy a full length skirt.
Mmmm. You guess well, Kemosabe.
Not just old folk. There's also no such thing as a "non-flatulent" young person, either. Even those beautiful defenseless babies produce some pretty powerful gaseous discharges. Most animals do as well (see WaPo story here). I would think the absence of these odoriferous emanations would be be the real definition of someone who is "full of it" and "bursting at the seams".
Learning to capture and re-use these digestive byproducts might lead to an entirely new meaning of "clean energy" and provide unlimited energy for planet earth and perhaps the entire universe.