Idril drinks beer; I prefer Zima.
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Idril drinks beer; I prefer Zima.
Does Zima still exist? I thought it was gone. That was tasty stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
White Russians for me. (the thread is even more off-topic now :thumbs_up)
No, I just realized that if you want to do it my way you've got to have a link to a thumnail and a large-scale photo and that's still a bit of work. But, say you've got both thumbnail and large-scale link, the first thing you'd do is copy and paste the thumbnail .jpg into the box that pops up when you click the images icon in 'advanced post,' (the tiny little picture of a mountain range), then you'd highlight the whole resulting code that comes up. Now you click the little hyperlink icon (the globe with the chain) with the code still highlighted and post the .jpg of the large version into the window that pops up. Basically, you're wrapping the URL tags around the IMG tags. It'll look like this, but without the spaces (and with your own .jpg instead of this one, obviously):Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
[ URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Bruegel,_Pieter_de_Oude_-_De_val_van_icarus_-_hi_res.jpg/370px-Bruegel,_Pieter_de_Oude_-_De_val_van_icarus_-_hi_res.jpg" ][ IMG ]http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/image_thumb/en/landscape_with_the_fall_of_icarus?pad=1&errorid=%2 Ffreebase%2Fno_image_png&maxheight=64&mode=fillcro pmid&maxwidth=64[ /IMG ][ /URL ]
Resulting in this:
http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/im...id&maxwidth=64
Someone once developed a crush on me because they saw me reading Dante in a country bar. I was drinking a strawberry shortcake smoothie, though. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
Oh I always assumed it was:Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
Beer with lunch, or white wine with summer luncheon
Red wine with dinner, or white wine in summer and eating fish
and in the evenings mixers/cocktails
Most Americans it's just soda all day and then beer. Or no beer and just stick with soda. Or beer all day. Of course, most Americans are stuffing their faces with fast food, which doesn't lend itself to wine, or little estates.
I like it all. However what i drink depends on my mood/taste/and surroundings.
I'm sure not going to have a Chardonnay with my dog and nachos at the ball game but it sure as heck is an option on a date at a nice restaurant. ya know.
Drinking beer, or indeed anything, with a female should be a normal part of social intercourse but there are few places where civilised conversation can take place because of pointless noise from loudspeakers.
In this connection, Wetherspoons music free public houses were supposed to be the answer but it didn't turn out that way as is seen from this item purloined from a website informing visitors to Britain what to expect.
WETHERSPOON'S PUBS
Pubs have long been central to the British way of life, providing a focal point for socialising in the UK. And while many individual public houses have their own parochial charms, only Wetherspoon’s pubs are zeitgeist - being both representative and symptomatic of the credit-crunched UK today.
Wetherspoon pubs are famed for their cheap booze and food, and eclectic clientele. Targeting the lower income brackets of society, it is hardly surprising, though morally questionable, that Wetherspoon’s pubs are often situated somewhere amidst clutches of social security offices, job centres and betting shops.
Although the frontages of these pubs are bland and indistinct, much like the atmosphere inside, they are generally easily found by simply looking out for the collection of derelicts that stand outside in all weathers to smoke cheap cigarettes before heading back inside to neck more cut price beer and pick the day’s losers from the racing pages of tabloids.
The same moribund people can often be seen asking passers-by how to use matches or grappling with pens stolen from turf accountants, trying to fill out ‘Happy 6th Birthday Son’ cards for daughters they had over fifteen years ago before they discovered the joys of cheap alcohol and self-destruction courtesy of J.D. Wetherspoons plc.
The pub chain has come under a lot of criticism in recent years, being partly blamed by the press for the culture of binge drinking the tabloids say the UK is in the grip of. However, Wetherspoon has defended itself by saying that its aggressive pricing policy and two for one offers on strong liquor in no way encourage people to drink excessively and subsequently vomit, fall over, fight and urinate over war memorials.
Whether you walk in or walk on by, Wetherspoons pubs are a British icon for many Brits who like to meet in them on Friday and Saturday nights to fill up with cheap booze before staggering on to more upmarket establishments where they hope to spend as little as possible while pretending to be high-rollers with the latest last year’s apparel from TK Maxx. Wetherspoon pubs are a UK institution and British icon.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7...cfcef426_t.jpg
OK, Juniper... your approach works for Flickr which will allow me to post images that fail to meet the rules of the Disney/Sunday School Teacher censors over at Photobucket who actually deleted this image as "inappropriate":
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7258/7...f8c8ef73_t.jpg
It's a print by Edward Calvert, one of the members of "The Ancients"... a group of followers of William Blake... a a clear precursor to porno.:ack2:
Photobucket... however... is a hell of a lot faster for posting any imagine that involves nothing that might send a red light to the censors. Looks like I'll be keeping both accounts.
Drinking beer, or indeed anything, with a female should be a normal part of social intercourse but there are few places where civilised conversation can take place because of pointless noise from loudspeakers.
I'll certainly agree with you here. eating out costs pretty much twice (if not more) what it would cost to fix your own meal. I eat out either because it's been a long-tiring day and neither I nor the wife is in the mood to cook and clean dishes... or I eat out simply for the social intercourse. To relax and enjoy conversation with the wife... family... friends. Too many restaurants and bars, however, have jumped to the conclusion that people cannot think for themselves or talk among themselves without the need for continual external stimuli. The majority of bars I know have the stereo blasting "classic rock" while banks of television sets are tuned in to every possible sport you can imagine. Even too many of the finer restaurants where one goes for an intimate evening of conversation and relaxation assume that you need the constant din of pop music playing in the background.
I stopped going to this one doctor's office where they had two TV sets playing two different channels at once. If I'm at the doctor, I probably don't feel well already. The last thing I want is Oprah blaring in one ear and the Weather Channel in the other.
Of course these business are only giving the moronic public what they want. The most comic example of this that I experienced was at a strip club that I was at some years ago for a friend's bachelor party. On the stage before us were a number of stunning beautiful young women... dancing sans any clothing. In the back of the room the TV set was showing the playoffs game in which our local team was involved. The majority of the patrons sat hovered around this TV... beers in hand... and shouting nearly oblivious to the girls on the stage.
Priorities of the Neanderthals?:ack2:
Thr British and their Northern European cousins have a culture of binge drinking? Shocking news! When did this start? I blame the Vikings, Angles, Saxons, and last but not least the quiet but spikey Jutes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Happy Friday.
I wouldn't fancy any of their chances today, one guy was actually stabbed to death in a Wetherspoon's pub in an argument over a game of dominos.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
Well, I for one want to thank you for going through all the trouble to keep your art postings alive, despite all these new obstacles. The site would be much lamer without them. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
I don't want to sound obvious and cliché but I really do have to be attracted to the face and more specifically the eyes first. I may notice a girl's legs or behind first (especially in the summer months ;) ) but I will always fall for her based on her facial features.
No one's mentioned clothes yet. There are a lot of people around with attractive faces and hair, that's all about luck - but attractive clothes, and the way you move, that's conscious and reflective of your actual self. If I had to list one single thing that attracts my attention, it would be clothes.
Grace and elegance of movement are even more important than clothes, or rather being able to wear the clothes.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Anyone can have beautiful clothes, but the mark of distinction is in knowing how to wear them, and that only a few are able to do.
No one's mentioned clothes yet.
Go back through the post. Actually there was a lot of mention of clothing... which degenerated into accusations of "elitism": individuals admitting that something as "shallow" as fashion (or perhaps visual appearances at all) has a definite bearing upon who we are attracted to clearly being elitist snobs...
Or perhaps they're simply honest.
Someone should go through the posts to make a list...
I still think general cleanliness and tidiness go a long way, regardless of one's clothes or appearance.
I'll volunteer for that. I think it's time for a poll anyway. Is there a way to do a "check all that apply" poll rather than a "pick one"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
no one mentioned first impression either.
Good point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander III
I envy those guys who can style up a t-shirt and jeans, as I am among the opposite class of men who can look frumpy in a nice suit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander III
Nobody ever looked stylish in a t-shirt and jeans except to someone else wearing a t-shirt and jeans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
Okay, I have a list. I've left out a couple of entries that won't be part of an initial impression, such as
...and renamed a couple others to be more inclusive, thus trimming it a bit more. As it turns out, I've ended up with 16 each of tangibles (physical stuff) and intangibles (mental/psychological stuff).Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
I'll post the list here first, in case anyone want to make additions or clean-up suggestions. And remember, it was a woman who first mentioned breasts.
TANGIBLES
Build (slim/petite/burly/zaftig/etc.)
Breasts
Butt
Height
Body in general
Lips
Eyes
Face in general
Hair
Voice
Complexion (light/dark skin tone)
Hygiene
Grooming
Graceful movement
Clothing
Scent
INTANGIBLES
Confidence
Arrogance/conceit
Aura of untouchability
Intelligence
Kindness
Humor
Quiet
Innocence
Nerdiness
Easygoing
Crazy
Cutesy
Similar interests
Chemistry
Tolerance of others' quirks
Enjoys alcohol
So, anything goes...
It's cool how you can read the minds of everybody. I wish I could do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Nobody ever looked stylish in a t-shirt and jeans except to someone else wearing a t-shirt and jeans.
http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/...7110941_00.jpg
http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/...ilynMonroe.jpg
Sometimes the jeans are even "optional".
http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/...an-347x520.jpg
:goof::blush:
^Paul Newman and James Dean are the two that popped into my head as well, they looked their best in jeans and a t-shirt (well, if we exclude wearing nothing at all from the list).
Yes there is, I don't make threads very often and when I do I usually screw up on the polls, but I've seen it before so it can be done. Must be an option somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
Not part of the initial impression? There are places where that particular feature will be ascertained before, if ever, names are even exchanged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
haha I agree, unless your name is James Dean of course...Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Edit: just noticed St.lukes and Juniper said the same thing, funny how we all thought of James Dean there.
Pay attention to what others do and say and in due course you too will be able to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandis
I think the point Emil was making is that unless you have a beautiful body, you will look bad in a t-shirt and jeans, for people who don't look like james Dean or Paul Newman suits are more forgiving because if they are well cut, they enhance one's physique - the artificial physic created by a well cut sport coat or suit or blazer is often more beautiful in my opinion than a natural beautiful physic.
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It's Marlon Brando not Paul Newman but yes when I think of 'cool' and jeans and t-shirt I think of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
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Originally Posted by Alexander III
Point taken.
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Oh. Damn thumbnails. Well, add Paul Newman to the list of people who look good in jeans and a t-shirt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick_Bateman
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/PAUL-NEWMAN-H...Ocw~~60_39.JPG
Good list, Calidore.
But why is it important to look stylish? I guess I'd like to look good and well-dressed, but I don't have the stylish gene, nor the money to hire a stylist. I also wouldn't mind looking cool, quirky, or , uhm, bohemian, which is how I think of myself. Alas, I just usually look kind of geeky. I'm a girl geek. Not happy about it, but there it is.
So, again, why? It all seems rather shallow to me, all this emphasis on style.
Yep, Scher pointed me to it, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Well, yeah, but those are different places and people and (and impressions) than we've been talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
As far as the poll goes, I'll put it up tonight to allow 24 hours for input on the lists.
Well, style is a reflection of what you are inside, it's your choice. You don't consciously decide to have a strong jaw line or dimples, but you choose to wear faded jeans, or a cowboy hat, or some horn rimmed glasses, or a blazer with some casual layers underneath (I love that look, like this), all depending on the way you evaluate your own personality.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
So, really, style is a less shallow thing to base immediate attraction on than their physical traits.
Bah. Strength of character lies in your thoughts and deeds, not your clothing – that’s fashion sense; or the cut of your jaw - that's the luck of the sperm lottery.
And James Dean was a spoiled brat who couldn’t drive*
When I was in High School, one of our teachers was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For the most part, it was the poor kids and the misfits who visited her in the hospital, and then attended her funeral. The dandies couldn’t be bothered with either.
Whoa, enough of the preachy stuff, back on topic: What attracts me first? If a woman smiles at me, I am smitten.
*Hunter S. Thompson
That or careless shaving in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho