Chicks are Cool

[papayahed]

Well, ladies in the past week we've been called slobs and gold diggers. This thread is for discussing the good parts about being a women.


1. We smell good.

2. We don't have to worry about nose, ear, or back hair.

3. We can have babies.

4. We don't have to sit on our wallets.

5. We don't have two brains fighting for supremacy.

[papayahed]

'Phenomenal Woman' by Maya Angelou


Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It’s the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can’t touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can’t see.
I say,
It’s in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I’m a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
‘Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

[Shalot]

hear hear!

[NickAdams]

2. We don't have to worry about nose, ear, or back hair.

Now that doesn't go for all.;)

[Mortis Anarchy]

Now that doesn't go for all.;)

eww...

oh, and us girls...we don't sweat. We GLISTEN!!! Doesn't that look like a weird word??

Uhh, the whole baby thing...wow, I'll pass that off to the men thank you very much. PAIN!

Plus, we get so many cute shoes...power shoes. YES!

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb170/Victor_yAna/shoes_iaec1052860.jpg

I love being a girl.

GIRL POWER!:D :banana:

[Virgil]

Oh oh, women on the warpath. I better keep my mouth shut or some male is going to get sacrificed and it just might be me. ;) :lol:


http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/10/sacrifice.jpg

[Mortis Anarchy]

Oh oh, women on the warpath. I better keep my mouth shut or some male is going to get sacrificed and it just might be me. ;) :lol:


http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/10/sacrifice.jpg

I KNOW! I dunno, but this site is doing some bad things to me...;) or are they good...I used to be a really hardcore feminist, but then my friends told me I needed to calm down. I think all of these threads have awaken the She-BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol:

:banana: Its gonna be a party.

Don't worry, I haven't sacrificed anyone since my aztecian ancestors:D

[jon1jt]

Oh oh, women on the warpath. I better keep my mouth shut or some male is going to get sacrificed and it just might be me. ;) :lol:


http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/10/sacrifice.jpg



Run Forrest Run! :lol:

[Zippy]

That's probably the single most Freudian picture I've ever seen!

[Lote-Tree]

Well, ladies in the past week we've been called slobs and gold diggers. This thread is for discussing the good parts about being a women.


OK lets see.



1. We smell good.


Yes. Except certain times in the month :D



2. We don't have to worry about nose, ear, or back hair.


No. Way! Women now regualary shave their moustaches!!! :D



3. We can have babies.


And I am very glad that you are capable of such momentus things.
We don't envy you. The pain of it all it - we don't think we can endure it :D
We feel like dying when we get a minor flu :D



4. We don't have to sit on our wallets.


No. There is handbags for that :D



5. We don't have two brains fighting for supremacy.

But make no mistake. HELL HATH NO FURY WHEN A WOMEN IS REJECTED :D

[amanda_isabel]

why i love being a girl:

1. i have a wide range of choices as to what i will wear!

2. i get to have babies. my significant other can't have babies without me! (that is, without any one of us from the female population)

3. i love defying the stereotypes regarding the limitations of women.

4. there are lots of interesting men out there!!

stereotypes aren't just against women, but they are against many other kinds of things.. it's just up to you if it has any effect on how you see people. as far as anything goes, though, stereotyypes should just be thrown out the window. everyone is equal. :)

[Themis]

everyone is equal. :)

Are they? I rather like men opening the door for me and being galant. I wouldn't want to give such comforts up, only to be equal.

[SleepyWitch]

we don't normally die of a cold :)

my dad is the most macho man in the whole world, but when he has a cold, he lies down on the sofa in the living room and whines all day. if someone so much as stirs in the house (even if they're on the second floor or even in the attic) he hollers "Ooooohooooohoooo, I'm going to die! Shut up, you *****! I'm going to kick the bucket! I'm going to die!" :)

[Niamh]

best things about being a woman.
we dont react to pain as much as men.
babies
beautiful jewelry we get to wear.
We can multi task
we can hold seats of power and keep the peace (maggie thatcher is really a man)
We get to relax and soak in baths for hours if we want to.
Shoes!
Bags!
lots of clothes.
We smell good because of the wide range of beautiful perfumes available to us!( i just recently bought paco rabannes new fragrence Black XS. Nice!)

[papayahed]

I just thought of another one:

Women can go to the restroom and have deeply emotional and personnal conversations with complete strangers.

[Niamh]

not just restrooms, we can go into any shop and have a conversation with any random person. I've even had random conversations on the bus and train.

[Lote-Tree]

I just thought of another one:

Women can go to the restroom and have deeply emotional and personnal conversations with complete strangers.

Urinals are not living things :D

[Virgil]

we don't normally die of a cold :)

my dad is the most macho man in the whole world, but when he has a cold, he lies down on the sofa in the living room and whines all day. if someone so much as stirs in the house (even if they're on the second floor or even in the attic) he hollers "Ooooohooooohoooo, I'm going to die! Shut up, you *****! I'm going to kick the bucket! I'm going to die!" :)

Hey that sounds like me!!! :lol:

[papayahed]

It makes me wonder, after reading the title and the first post do men feel the need to try to insinuate themselves into this thread? Feeling threatened that women can have an actual conversation that doesn't revolve around men?:D

You should also ask yourselves the motives for trying challenging some of these posts?:lol:

[papayahed]

We get to change our hair color/style as often as we like (or as chemically possible)

[papayahed]

We can cry in movie theaters.


We can get out of traffic tickets

[dramasnot6]

What I love is that women can almost always be secure in their femininity! Men are in a constant state of worrying and having to prove their masculinity and right to claiming their "status" as male.
Far less pressure is put on women to prove that they are women, it's nice!
Babies are great.

Oh, expanding on Niamhs point, women can talk! Some men have trouble just chatting, and it is sad! Most women are comfortable in expressing themselves(or perhaps society allows it more).

[Nightshade]

We can play the Im too short and need help card and generally get help when the laughing has stopped.

( Especially useful when Your too tierd to drag a massive chair and some annoying person has put the tea and mugs out of reach)

And you can get nice clothes cheaper.
( I saw a sign the other week that said get a free pair of mens shoes when you spend £199 or more on mens buisness suits--How can you spend that much on things that all look the same?!:eek2: )

[Niamh]

the short thing really comes in handy! So does getting men to open jars proclaiming your only a weak woman after all!;)

[Lote-Tree]

It makes me wonder, after reading the title and the first post do men feel the need to try to insinuate themselves into this thread? Feeling threatened that women can have an actual conversation that doesn't revolve around men?:D


And men can talk about football....without ever mentioning a women :D

[Nightshade]

the short thing really comes in handy! So does getting men to open jars proclaiming your only a weak woman after all!;)

Ha... last year several flats got together to have party thing and guess who usually got the jars open when the men couldnt !

[Niamh]

And men can talk about football....without ever mentioning a women :D
unless someone mentions that a player kicks like a woman!:p

Ha... last year several flats got together to have party thing and guess who usually got the jars open when the men couldnt !

:lol:
My boss asks me to do all the diy in work!:rolleyes: some men are usless!:p

[Virgil]

Nice to see you back Night. :) I bet you didn't expect the war of the sexes when you got back. :p

[papayahed]

We get to wear makeup. Any little blemish, dark circles we can cover up. Men just have to walk around "as is".

[Virgil]

We get to wear makeup. Any little blemish, dark circles we can cover up. Men just have to walk around "as is".

I thought Shalot was complaining (and didn't you agree?) about the extra stuff women have to do to get ready. Now you're embracing it?

[Lote-Tree]

We get to wear makeup. Any little blemish, dark circles we can cover up. Men just have to walk around "as is".

Men do not have to do this DECEPTIVE game. You take us AS IS - WARTS AND ALL :D at least honesty is best :D

[Bakiryu]

We get to act like we want and everybody just assumes it's because you're a girl! (wait, is that good?!)

[andave_ya]

we can attribute random acts of nuttiness to hormones. :D

[papayahed]

We aren't worried about looking stupid when we dance..

[Mortis Anarchy]

I think I made my point that I love being a girl because of Shoes:D Seriously, whats not to love about them?!

But my friend makes fun of me because I talk in the restroom...she's a girl by the way. Everytime I try to ask her something or make a small comment she ignores me until we are out of there!


I thought Shalot was complaining (and didn't you agree?) about the extra stuff women have to do to get ready. Now you're embracing it?

Well, I don't use makeup...I take long to get ready only because I find other entertaining things to do...then I have to think about my choice of clothing, etc. Unless its school days...I just grab the first pair of pants I can find and a t-shirt.

Random guys though do such nice things. I was in Barnes and Noble, and my sunglasses fell and skipped across the ground. This guy picked them up for me, wiped them off with his sleeve and handed them back to me when I could have easily just picked them up. They were like a step away from me and out of his way. My male friends open doors for me...:p

PLUS!

Us Chicas, well we are all princesses. Nobody calls boys when they are little princes.

Women are royalty...so treat us nicely:D

[Bakiryu]

We aren't worried about looking stupid when we dance..

:lol: Speak for yourself!

We can do 7 things at the same time and do them well!

[Lote-Tree]

:lol: Speak for yourself!

We can do 7 things at the same time and do them well!

We can do one thing and we do it EXTREMELY well...like bringing down a woolly mammoth with a spear :D

[Bakiryu]

We can do one thing and we do it EXTREMELY well...like bringing down a woolly mammoth with a spear :D

Well, let me you say good luck finding one, luv! :lol:

[Mortis Anarchy]

We can do one thing and we do it EXTREMELY well...like bringing down a woolly mammoth with a spear :D

Uh-huh...

I can't multi-task...but I think that at this point of time, men would be running from a woolly mammoth. Sorry, not valid!

[Nightshade]

Nice to see you back Night. :) I bet you didn't expect the war of the sexes when you got back. :p

Actually its hardly a new thing is it seems we always have one about every 6 months.


PLUS!

Us Chicas, well we are all princesses. Nobody calls boys when they are little princes.

Here! here!

:lol: Speak for yourself!

We can do 7 things at the same time and do them well!

You I think Ive decided this weeks shelving song, thanks for the insperation
hums* coz Im a woman W-O-M-A-N*

[Niamh]

We can do one thing and we do it EXTREMELY well...like bringing down a woolly mammoth with a spear :D

it would have taken more than one man with one spear to take down a mammoth, and you can guarantee that at least one member of the group had been trampled by the mammoth before the rest succeeded.:p
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Women can see through mens ideas of self importance and greatness in ability.:p

[papayahed]

it would have taken more than one man with one spear to take down a mammoth, and you can guarantee that at least one member of the group had been trampled by the mammoth before the rest succeeded.:p
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Women can see through mens ideas of self importance and greatness in ability.:p


AND we don't feel the need to tell them otherwise.

[Lote-Tree]

it would have taken more than one man with one spear to take down a mammoth, and you can guarantee that at least one member of the group had been trampled by the mammoth before the rest succeeded.:p
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Women can see through mens ideas of self importance and greatness in ability.:p

It is hard for you to see our greatness isn't it? :D

We made the woolly mamoth extinct didn't we? :D

[Niamh]

It is hard for you to see our greatness isn't it? :D

We made the woolly mamoth extinct didn't we? :D

nope. Glaciation did.:p

[barbara0207]

Good answer, Niamh! Lote won't recover from that blow for a long time. :p
Should we help him get to his feet again? :D

[Lote-Tree]

nope. Glaciation did.:p

Can gives any credit can you? We gave you bras from woolly mamoth skins :D

[papayahed]

Can gives any credit can you? We gave you bras from woolly mamoth skins :D


You get what you give.:D ;)

[Niamh]

Can gives any credit can you? We gave you bras from woolly mamoth skins :D

that is a lame comeback Lote!:lol: next you'll be telling me you made us shoes out of brontasaurus skin.:p ;) :D

[Lote-Tree]

You get what you give.:D ;)

We gave more than we recieved. And we asked for so little :D

[applepie]

Well, ladies in the past week we've been called slobs and gold diggers. This thread is for discussing the good parts about being a women.


1. We smell good.

2. We don't have to worry about nose, ear, or back hair.

3. We can have babies.

4. We don't have to sit on our wallets.

5. We don't have two brains fighting for supremacy.


Number 1 is subject to the person, 2 is debatable. Wait until menopause:lol: I've seen women with full beards:D And I do number 4. I can't stand to carry a purse. Oh well, I still like being a girl.

[papayahed]

Please feel free add to the list...

[papayahed]

I thought Shalot was complaining (and didn't you agree?) about the extra stuff women have to do to get ready. Now you're embracing it?


Don't think it was me...

And I'm going to invoke a saying I just learned:

If you think I said it, I don't remember it. But if you heard me say it, I didn't mean it.

[Niamh]

when we start something we generally finish it.

[Granny5]

Women fall in love with our hearts, not with our.........eyes?

[BlueSkyGB]

Don't think it was me...

And I'm going to invoke a saying I just learned:

If you think I said it, I don't remember it. But if you heard me say it, I didn't mean it.

LOL...:lol:
Reminds me of a saying that my family would quote from my grandmother..
Never expect others to do as you would do yourself....
upon hearing this quoted one time...she responded, I don't remember saying that.:lol:

[Bakiryu]

We can remember faces and names, anniversaries, birthdays ALL AT THE SAME TIME gasp!

[Lote-Tree]

We can remember faces and names, anniversaries, birthdays ALL AT THE SAME TIME gasp!

But you get lost in a car park :D

[Riesa]

We can do one thing and we do it EXTREMELY well...like bringing down a woolly mammoth with a spear :D

we can bring down a man with a wink.

[papayahed]

But you get lost in a car park :D

So do men, but we have the ability to ask directions, so it takes us way shorter to get out.;)

[Lote-Tree]

we can bring down a man with a wink.

Riesa that was great!!! :D

[Riesa]

*curtsies* ;)

[Nightshade]

We can remember faces and names, anniversaries, birthdays ALL AT THE SAME TIME gasp!

Speak for yourself I cant rember faces and I knew a girl for 2 years and every week I had to ask her name I know it began with an N. in the end every week it was hello Yes my name IS -----. I just couldnt get her name to stick. But birthdays Im good with.

[Bakiryu]

we can bring down a man with a wink.

yeah right.......



Speak for yourself I cant rember faces and I knew a girl for 2 years and every week I had to ask her name I know it began with an N. in the end every week it was hello Yes my name IS -----. I just couldnt get her name to stick. But birthdays Im good with.

Well not really I'm bad with those two and tend to confuse right with left :blush: I've been in school for ten days now and still get lost in my way to class :lol:

[Mortis Anarchy]

But you get lost in a car park :D

I don't!

Guys act like they know everything...Girls actually do.;)

(Ok, I'm actually just speaking about a select few of the male pop.)

Girls RULE and BOYS DROOL!:lol: :lol: :lol: :banana: :banana: :banana: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey, did any of you girls used to get the coodie shot? I used to be a hardcore tomboy in the 1st grade and kindergarten...and the boys I hung out with used to give me my coodie shot before we would play. I just figured out what that circle circle dot dot thing was...

[Nightshade]

yeah right.......




Well not really I'm bad with those two and tend to confuse right with left :blush: I've been in school for ten days now and still get lost in my way to class :lol:

Are you dyspraxic or dyslexic? That what I tend to blame.

[Bakiryu]

Are you dyspraxic or dyslexic? That what I tend to blame.

No. I'm just silly. I can understand words written backwards thought and flipped. I don't think I'm dispraxic thought i also have really, really, messy writing, trip over my own feet and usually tend to hit things for not looking were i'm going :lol:



I don't!

the coodie shot

What is a "coodie?"

[papayahed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooties :

Cooties is a slang word in American English, used by children, referring to a fictional disease. Cooties are believed to be a highly contagious disease or condition, generally carried by members of the opposite gender. One supposedly catches cooties through any form of bodily contact, close proximity, contact with an "infected" person's possessions, or third-party transmission.


HaHa, I used to be a tomboy as well. They never gave me cootie shots though.

[Bakiryu]

I've read that! American Chidlren are so funny and different from Cuba children. I still remember in kindergarten when somebody asked me if i wanted to have sex :lol: We knew that at that age.

americans! *chockes with laguther*

[Nightshade]

No. I'm just silly. I can understand words written backwards thought and flipped. I don't think I'm dispraxic thought i also have really, really, messy writing, trip over my own feet and usually tend to hit things for not looking were i'm going :lol:


Dyspraxia messy handwriting bad coordination cluminess can be hearing related as well -- like me I always loosing control of my voice pitch. I an talk in monotone all day or be screaming and not even realise it :rolleyes:.

[Bakiryu]

You have it? I'm loud too and very random but then I've never been diagnosed as having it.

[Nightshade]

Ahh well you really only get diagnossed if the spectrum is wide enough for it to cause an actual real difficulties. I was diagnosed with dyslexia first then my latest assesment pulled up the dyspraxia too. But its good for school things because it means I get extra time ( well that was the dyslexia but Im allowed to do everything on computer so people can read my handwritting.

[Bakiryu]

I didn't even know about but then, back home most mental stuff like that or stuff like aspergers, bulimia, depression and such are not really diagnosed.

I supposed I'll soon have to get a medical checkup anyway.....

[Nightshade]

Its not really a medical thing its a 'learning difficulty' or dissibility or whatever it is called these days. like Dyslexia a bit. It educational psycologist who does the assesment on under 16s in this country ( over 16s the tests are differant).

[Shalot]

I thought Shalot was complaining (and didn't you agree?) about the extra stuff women have to do to get ready. Now you're embracing it?

Silly Virgil - always stirring up trouble :p . it's not about that I always want to go around in comfortable clothes and no make-up. It's the idea that women are expected to wear hose and make-up jus because. I am thinking of that professor who told her class that women should wear skirts to an interview and hose. I guess not everyone EXPECTS women to do all that ~ it's a stereotype I suppose.

But yeah, chicks are cool.

[Granny5]

Dressing for an interview requires research. Showing up overdressed is almost as bad as being too casual. Dressing for a job or interview is different for me.
Now, dressing up to go out? That's part of the fun. I love to dress to go out and try to look better than I normally do...it's a tough job, though!

[papayahed]

I know, right? Interviews are the worst....I never know what to wear. Suit? nice top and slacks? casual? I usually ask when setting up the interview but most of the time it's too vague to really tell.

[Nightshade]

Im rubbish at interviews the last one I had was to move up a job and the problem was my bosses did it while we were all on a break and I ended up getting the giggles... I got the job though because we all knoew I was more the able to shelve and help people on permenant basis.

[papayahed]

I think my worst interview was at a car company. It was a group interview, 9 people interviewing me. One guy, and I'm assuming he was a senior member, fell asleep during the interview.

[Niamh]

I always just wear a suit to an interview, or a nice pair of trousers and a white shirt/blouse. Have a interview coming up soon. Theres a couple of promotions going in work at the moment. Today is last day for internal applications so i have to get mine in.
I had a really bad interview over two years ago. My friend had gotten me a interview for a job going in her place but miss informed me of what the job was for. I had rushed straight in from work for the interview, and was bogged down with bags. The Interviewers were late ( i wasnt impressed) and they werent impressed with my C.V. They werent impressed with the fact i'd been chopping and changing from one company to another in a short space of time. Wouldnt listen when i tried to explain how working in archaeology works, when a contract ends you might not end up with a new site and have to go to a different company; that you might end up back with a company you worked for before. I felt like a prat because i was being interviewed for a job i wouldnt want, and wouldnt have bothered to apply for if my friend had only told me the full details of the position.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooties :

Cooties is a slang word in American English, used by children, referring to a fictional disease. Cooties are believed to be a highly contagious disease or condition, generally carried by members of the opposite gender. One supposedly catches cooties through any form of bodily contact, close proximity, contact with an "infected" person's possessions, or third-party transmission.


HaHa, I used to be a tomboy as well. They never gave me cootie shots though.

so thats what cooties are! I always wondered......

[Virgil]

I think my worst interview was at a car company. It was a group interview, 9 people interviewing me. One guy, and I'm assuming he was a senior member, fell asleep during the interview.

:lol: Well, you know not only do people hate to take interviews but most hate to gve them too.

[papayahed]

:lol: Well, you know not only do people hate to take interviews but most hate to gve them too.


Doh! That reminds me of the time I was 2 weeks in on a new job and I was just going along as a bystander to interview a guy. The main interviewer had to leave and I was stuck interviewing the guy. I asked the standard lame interview questions then he kept asking questions about the job - which I had no answers for...that was bad.




Another one:


Ladies drink free......

[Nightshade]

There was some trouble last year with racist inscedent near where I lived at uni and this guy I know offered to 'sort out' anyone who gave me any trouble or tried to hurt me.

Id never take him up on it especially as hes now gone back to france, but its nice to know that sometimes being a girl is enough to pretty mach garntee a rescue party.

mind you Id probably have asked for help from a girl friend of mine now she can really be scarry! Actually when I had trouble last year it was the girls who were all set to make a scene and a fuss and stand up for me and Im standing there going "no please dont make a scene" course that was the good thing about being the youngest by at least 4 years in my group of friends everyone wanted to rescue me! :D