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From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Mega-stud seeks large woman....
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:49:12
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
	<1993Jan7.104810.26647@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <4hzr=xl@lynx.unm.edu>
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In-reply-to: blowfish@carina.unm.edu's message of Thu, 07 Jan 93 18:35:05 GMT

In article <4hzr=xl@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:

   In article <1993Jan7.104810.26647@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:
   >mhull@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr Mj Hull) dreams:
   >>Hi! I'm a 23 year old engineer who is looking for a casual relationship
   >>with a beefy woman.
   >I am truly cowed by the thought!

   Well, it was a personal ad in the wrong newsgroup, but as they say, 
   To err is human, to forgive, bovine.
   :)
   r.

Don't let'em get your goat, Hull.

(There's anothe line complaining about the tripe on the group.  But I
just can't stomach it.)
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Subject: Re: rON bashing
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 07:47:58 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na

In article <1993Jan4.210239.8936@leland.Stanford.EDU> rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft) writes:
>I suspect that rON would have been no less vehement if this
>woman had been a fundamentalist christian of some flavor looking for
>another such individual.

BINGO! Give that man a ceegar (or a seester, whatever is available :)
Nor was I any less vehement when others have posted narrow restrictive
dating criteria and complained that they couldn't find dates either.

>rON's attack was on exclusivity in all its forms, plus (what he considers as)
>the hypocrisy of using modern technology yet living according to (what he
>considers as) archaic rules.

Give that man >another< ceegar (or another seester, if you can find an extra :)
r.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: gds@york.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner)
Subject: Re: Meeting women in clubs
Originator: gds@york.cs.ucla.edu
Reply-To: gds@cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner)
Organization: in your face!
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 21:32:34 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.144828.10753@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>Different people treat the bar scene in different ways.  Some people see them
>as places to go to get together with friends, and others see them as places
>to hang out looking for that special someone (Ms. Right, Mr. Right Now, etc.).
>I think logic tells us that you're most likely to meet people who are open
>to meeting you.  Why waste time on anyone else?

How should we determine if someone is or is not open to meeting us, if
we do not try to make their acquaintance?

>If you go into a bar hoping to meet someone, I'll bet there is SOMEONE there
>who wants to meet you, and that person is fairly easy to find.  Just look
>around for the one who makes eye contact and smiles.

Speaking personally, I might be engrossed in a conversation with
friends at a bar, but that doesn't mean I'm not open to someone
meeting me.  If someone politely approaches me, and I'm interested in
talking, I'll talk to them.

>What?  You mean those aren't the ones you're attracted to??  Ah, then
>hereinforth might lie the problem.  Anyone who feels that way might do well
>to leave their high horse in the stable.

Are you suggesting that we should try to make the acquaintance of
people we aren't interested in?  Maybe our idea of attractive isn't
on the cover of Vogue, or on a Chippendale's calendar (or maybe it is
-- that's really beside the point).  As long as we are polite in our
approach and acknowledge someone's wishes not to be disturbed I don't
see what the problem is.

--gregbo
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard)
Subject: Re: Meeting women in clubs
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:05:44 GMT

In article <9680161@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> gosch@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bill Gosch) writes:
>
>George Frackas (frackas@momad.li.ny.us) asks:
>>
>> What does one say to a girl in a club, when one wants to meet her?
>> I can never think of a single word to say to them.  
>>
>Well, George, here are some single words that may work for you:
>
>   Hi.
>
>   Hello.
>
>   Howdy.

Try:

"Hey, How ya doin?"
"Fine..." (If ya get a smile, then follow up with this:)
"WanaDance?"
(If ya get a no, too bad, if ya get a yes, be nice.)
(If you don't get a smile, well...)

A friend of mine uses this:

"Do you realise just how fabuliously wealthy I am?"

He just says it for effect, since he's never gotten anything more than
a condacending nod from it-  the funky reality is that he *IS*...

Marcos.
-- 
__
Mark Earhard -      earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca -       05marcus@ac.dal.ca
Reclaimer:  GIVE ME THAT BACK THIS INSTANT!      BRING THE NOISE!
From: R9S@ECL.PSU.EDU (Roberto G Sung)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Meeting women in clubs
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:50:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Penn State Engineering Computer Lab
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1993Jan9.071937.12429@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu writes:
> 
> Awww, gee--don't you like my collection of old medicines and medical
> equipment dating from before there were either truth-in-advertising 
> laws or liability suits?  (I particularly like this bottle of little

you see, i have this problem with honesty. I like people being honest
with me but it sometimes fails to work out. let's just say that it's
not the best policy. :-)

> black pills that are a blend of arsenic and strychnine--it features
> this adorable little note in small print on the side:  "Caution; 
> indiscriminate use may be harmful.") 

Are you sure? i thought it has pill form and with the lable "for best
result, disolve the content of the bottle in chicken broth and serve
it warm to your inlaws. warning: keep away from children"
ever tried silane?

> Ah, but, Roberto, the Curb-A-Life Diet Plan is one of those gifts that
> 'tis better to give than to receive....
> 
> Trygve

nah! i prefer curd-for-life. it's cheap and nutricious. best of all,
it's fat-free. and risk-free too. we have excess of them here in PA.
in fact, the state is nothing but a dairy-farm.

> "As I looked at the body of Jock Haversham, formerly the star
>  quarterback of Hammond Jr. High, lying covered in red and yellow
>  confetti, I knew that there were a couple of pom-pom girls who had some
>  answering to do."
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From: ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels)
Subject: Re: Men buying fhp's (was Re: How Strong ......)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: usa
Date: 5 Jan 93 22:05:39 GMT

krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith) quotes:
>"When _I_ go to buy fhp's, I walk right up to the counter with my head
>held high.  It's just like advertising; I-GOT-A-WOMAAAAN!"

Sorta like the change in attitudes since the 70's.  Nowadays, you walk
into a drug store and ask in a loud voice for a package of condoms, then
drop down to a whisper to ask for a package of cigarettes.

-- 
Ron Wessels		University of Toronto		ron@turing.toronto.edu
Newsgroups: soc.singles


This just in:
(From Robert Feddeler (rjf@dptg.att.com)
>
>Anyway, the heretofore closely guarded secret is that _the_best_line_ever_
>is "So, how do you feel about anal sex?"
>

Hmmmm.  Hmmmmmmmmm.  Ooooooookay.
Gee . . . it sure is hot in here, isn't it?

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:11:27 GMT

In article <lkr7rqINNgva@news.bbn.com> dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>
>I blame this kind of brain damage on the trauma my parents inflicted on
>me by forcing me to be right handed when I was naturally left handed.

Don't you mean "drain bamage"?
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Virtual anniversary: 7 days ago
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas)
Subject: Re: Meeting women in clubs
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 00:54:53 GMT

In article 28853@cs.ucla.edu, gds@york.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner) writes:

>Are you suggesting that we should try to make the acquaintance of
>people we aren't interested in?  Maybe our idea of attractive isn't
>on the cover of Vogue, or on a Chippendale's calendar (or maybe it is
>-- that's really beside the point).  As long as we are polite in our
>approach and acknowledge someone's wishes not to be disturbed I don't
>see what the problem is.

There is no problem. Some people seem to create their own problems.

dreas



Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tedwards@wam.umd.edu (technopagan priest)
Subject: Re: Serotonin and the single male
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:03:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.203729.24791@CERIS.Purdue.EDU> dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler) writes:
>I have read in a few places that males with wives or
>girlfriends have higher levels of the brain chemical
>serotonin. ( i probably have the spelling wrong )
>anyway, it seems to generally improve your social standing
>among females.

I thought this at first, but I realized that many of them were
just hitting on me because they wanted to sleep with my
girlfriend...

Heh, but I've found I still end up going out with more women
when I'm single...

-Thomas
 resident technoshaman


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From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:24:08 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz writes:
> falk@peregrine.Sun.COM (Ed Falk) writes:
> 
> >I hope you invited the physics prof. to the wedding.
> >
> >(His name wasn't Dr. Scott was it?)
> >
> >		-ed falk, sun microsystems
> 
> EDDIEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> I didn't think anyone outside NZ was into RHPS.

are you kidding? it's all over the place. there aren't any theatres in
Toledo that play it regularly, but people from my campus regularly
make road trips to Ann Arbor Michigan to see it. over Christmas
break i saw Rocky twice in Pheonix.

what i'm -really- amazed at is that there's no alt.fan.RHPS on
usenet. "I'm upset!"

A different set of jaws,
jason

--
 "Why was I cursed with a woman like you? You're my misery! A knife in my 
  heart! Come on, we can discuss this later. Let's just get married."
	                   - Adam, from the best episode of Northern Exposure
`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu ,`,`,`
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From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: Mongrel Ethnic Purity (had stopped  be
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:36:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.034452.9038@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
>In article 1ih99pINN5qc@mirror.digex.com, huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
>>
>>Well, each and every one of us is descended from a long line of microscopic
>>tadpoles, all of whom were champion swimmers.  (Apologies to Kurt Vonnegut,
>>Jr.)
>
>Hey? No Losers? In that case, how can we explain some of those who post here?

You wouldn't exactly expect the champion sprinter from your local
elementary school to go up against Carl Lewis, would you?
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Virtual anniversary: 7 days ago
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
Subject: Re: criteria
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 05:43:57 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16f by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: margoli@watson.IBM.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: The Village Waterbed

In <g6wrfwl@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>In article <1993Jan4.185048.7047@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>>I don't think that's necessarilly so--if the person in question refused
>>to recognise his/her role in the lack of acceptable mates, then you might
>>have a good case, but if someone had requirements essential for him or her
>>to prefer a relationship to no relationship and admitted that those
>>requirements were rather restrictive but still complained about it
>>occasionally, I wouldn't see that as being hypocritical.
>
>And that's my problem with Shelley's bemoaning of her fate- nowhere have I
>yet to hear her admit that her requirements for dating material might be
>restrictive. If she has and I missed it, I sure as hell would like to see it.
>I certainly don't fault Shelley for having requirements, we all do. Nor do I
>fault her for trying, that's she seems to have done. But to blame lack of
>success on damn near everything but not admit that the fault >might just<
>be ones own- that I take fault with.

If you were a 20-year-old working in a retirement home, and the only people you
saw were 80-year-olds, would you say that your lack of meeting an acceptable
MOTAS was your own, for having requirements that the person be within a
generation of you?  I tend to think not.
--
Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Temptress...
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:29:14 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

phantasm@iastate.edu writes:

>stef@apple.com writes:

>> Anyone who uses "temptress" gets an automatic 8.5.
>> Well, almost anyone.

>I will have to work harder...
>But thank you...

Don't sweat it. We're hard judges on soc.singles; 8.5 is a very respectable
suck-up score. :-)

Stef
stef@apple.com
--
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because 
it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Date: 10 Jan 1993 20:36:52 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <1993Jan8.223628.20786@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
}In article <ewright.726520300@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
}>If you look at the boxes those telescopes come in, you'll notice
}>that, like all toys, they have a recommended age range.
}
}Hmmmm...I don't recall that there was an upper limit--not that it
}matters, really, since it hasn't stopped me from having fun with my
}Legos.
}
}Trygve   (OK, sometimes I give in and do grown-up kinda things--I've
}          even built a desk set out of Legos.)

If I remember correctly, Legos are recommended for kids from 2 to 92.

}Maturity, as the term is normally used, indicates the extent to which
}someone behaves in a socially expected manner.  Some level of "maturity"
}is necessary to operate within society, but too much tends to eliminate
}the individual as a person.

As neotenous apes, it is quite appropriate for adult humans to exhibit
certain infantile traits that would not be countenanced in adult chimpanzees.
To see the dire consequences of really growing up, read Aldous Huxley's
_After Many A Summer_.

-- Herb Huston
-- huston@access.digex.com
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From: nin15b63@merrimack.edu (The Wolf)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance
Subject: turning the momentum around
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:59:55 GMT
Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA, USA

In article <C0IMqn.JwH@CAM.ORG>, souchay@CAM.ORG (Francois Souchay) writes:
> The common thread being that chasing SOs was possibly the furthest thing from
> my mind when I met these (and other) women. Rather like the Zen injunction
> not to think of a white elephant, finding someone occurs when 
> this is not the goal.
> 
> Perhaps the success of detachment is due to the willfully independant
> nature of North Americans? May we have some comments from Netters from
> other places?

You may, but not from me, unless I move :).  

I think that a lot of people focus more on what want that they don't have than
on what they want that they are moving toward or how great it will be when they 
get it.  A lot of people doubt themselves when they don't see the reality of a
desire in front of them.  In such a case, it would make mre sense to be aware
of the desire, but not pay too much atttention to it, rather than focus on it
and defeat oneself.

-- 
-----
 Andy Harrington                      | nin15b63@merrimack.edu
 Computer Geek                        | aharrington@ldbvax.lotus.com
 Merrimack College, North Andover, MA | I'm too sexy for this network.
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From: larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings)
Subject: Re: Newspaper "personals"
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:24:43 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.114318.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>, quirke_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
> 
Great article deleted to save bandwidth.

> - Tony Q.

That has to be one of the best written flames against totally silly posts
that I've seen in a long time.  Way to go Tony.
-- 
Larry

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From: dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: FLIRTING AS AN OLYMPIC DEMONSTRATION SPORT
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:48:51 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University


The USA would send a bunch of pro's 

and call them the cream team........

d
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith)
Subject: Re: Meeting women in clubs
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:38:55 GMT

In article <0ioswB1w165w@momad.li.ny.us> frackas@Momad.LI.NY.US (George Frackas) writes:
>
>What does one say to a girl in a club, when one wants to meet her?
>I can never think of a single word to say to them.  Sometimes I might 
>make a futile attempt to start a conversation by asking for a light, or 
>for the time, or some stupid crap like that, but after I get the 
>light/time or whatever, it's back to "Duh, I don't know what to say" and 
>I never meet anyone.
>
>Also, how does one approach a girl he's interested in, when she is 
>hanging around her friends?
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Frackas@momad.li.ny..us

Ask yourself the following questions:

	What is it about her that drew my attention in the first place?
	What would I like to know about her?
	What would I like for her to know about me?

The words should come easily, provided that you get "positive feedback"
from her. I also think you have a better chance of success if she is _not_
hanging around her friends when you approach her.  Friends sometimes have
this nasty habit of interrupting you or distracting her, when you are trying
to make her acquaintance.

Keith R
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tyger@netcom.com (Kristen Kohlbecker)
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
Organization:  Funk the Dumb Stuff!
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:09:17 GMT

liz@vfl.paramax.com (Liz Loquacious) writes:
>das@emmapeel.ca.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz) writes:
>>Most of my free time is devoted to ballroom/swing/contra/folkdancing, so I've 
>>tended to meet most SO's that way:
>>At a New Year's Eve dance (he was sitting at the next table alone, I thought
>>he was cute but I was too shy to do anything, so my friend asked him to dance
>>then invited him to join us).
>
>Another vote for the dancing scene.  Things did not turn out so well this
>New Year's Eve for me though.  Actually I was pleasantly surprised to see
>a very attractive MOTOS turn up.  He hadn't been to the dance in months.
>I did a contra with him and found out he'd moved to the Dallas area.  A
>disappointment but he really dropped my jaw later when we were waltzing.
>My previous contact with him was, in my mind, fun flirty stuff in the line
>and not much other conversation.  I asked him what kind of work he did that
>it sent him to Texas and he says, "I hadn't ever told you what I do?", and
>he's looking a little odd.  I searched the memory banks and told him no, that
>I had no idea what he did.  He then managed to stammer out,
>
>"I'm working as a missionary",
>"I work at a mission",
>"I'm a priest".
>
>Yeah, Catholic.  Bummer.
>
>Liz Loquacious

Oh good, I'm not the only one this has happened to....of course, given that I
was attending a Catholic University, the chances were good that this could 
happen. I was at an APSU (Asian-Pacific Student Union) dance, and this *really*
attractive guy came over and asked me if I wanted to dance. 
We danced for a bit, then we retired to the small restaurant next to the dance
hall, and over a beer or two, I asked him what his major was, and he said he 
was working on his D.D. degree. Ugh! I was kinda surprised because he wasn't 
wearing the clerical collar or any of the other trappings that some of his 
fellow Divinity students affected even though they weren't priests yet. 

*sigh* more good men get lost that way...

Tyger
-- 
      Kristen Kohlbecker    And I would choose to be with you
      tyger@netcom.com      That's if the choice were mine to make   
                            But you can make decisions too
      A Tyger and a Lady    And you can have this heart to break
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:18:06
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu's message of 12 Jan 93 00:19:49 GMT

In article <JULIE.93Jan11191949@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:

   .... Your case would be a lot more convincing if you seemed to have
   other things to say about other aspects of life, as both Charlie and
   Trygve do.  They don't exactly strike me as lugs with nothing to talk
   about except how much they can bench press.

Thank you.
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
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