HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Can we can the suck-up bit?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:09:03 GMT

In article <14584@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <72268@apple.Apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>>>>Tits are the less-than-a-handful kind, and gazongas are the kind that 
>>>>qualify as a blunt instrument if wielded properly.
>>
>>>S'ok Stef - Size doesn't matter.
>>>             I can't believe nobody else jumped on that one...
>>
>>Probably because they were afraid that a classificiation scheme of penis 
>>sizes would be next. 
> 
>What's there to be afraid of?
>

The girly men were frightened.
james (Donkey) dutton.
 
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 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max)
Subject: Re: Believe in youself, dammit! (was: Re: Singles Bar)
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:07:59 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.190025.25454@nntp.hut.fi> jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes:
>In article <1992Sep15.020315.684@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
>>In article <kiran.716377022@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
>>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>>>kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
>>>>Next time I'm giving them my phone number if I find them interesting
>>>>enough.  Then they can call me, or not.  Their choice, but at least
>>>
>>>Ya shoulda done it this time.  Or asked for hers.  (Giving a woman
>>>your phone number is only effective if you live on a street where
>>>women call men and *gasp* even ask men out sometimes.)
>>
>>You should ask for hers.  Women are very unlikely to call men (that's
>>my experience; Trygve's may differ).
>
>Sad, but true. I just met a very nice girl while waiting at a pet clinic.
>We talked for about two hours. We agreed that it might be nice to take
>our dogs for a walk sometime, so I gave her my business card. I now regret
>that I didn't feel like it was necessary for me to ask for her name or
>number. Even worse, I don't know her name.

Try telling the receptionist your story, maybe he/she will have a record of
who the woman was that had the type of dog she had with an appointment at
about the same time as you. Might not give you the name for security
reasons but on the other hand might be willing to pass on a message like
what time you will be walking your dog and where.

Max
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Tallllll women....
From: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:19:17 GMT
Reply-To: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ

In article <tvkn3!c@lynx.unm.edu>, blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>Ahh, sigh.
>Was watching one of the syndicated talk shows (Montel Williams). They was
>talking to, sigh, tall women. There was one 6'9", one 6'3", and 2 6'2" women.
>They was complaining they can't find good tall men. 

It's a worry.  I don't mind being taller than a guy, but I hate to feel
intimidating, which tends to happen.




>Me? I was screaming here on the other side of the screen 'YO! Over here!'
>
>sigh.
>r. (6'4", btw :)




Rachel
(6' btw)
From: lana@magenta.corp.sgi.com (Lana Mountford)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: nice headlights. vroom. (was Re: What knockers!  Crreak.)
Date: 11 Sep 92 00:17:13 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <86@cnmhnet.UUCP>, keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
|> One cannot be a gentleman in today's
|> working environment.  A gentleman compliments a lady on her perfume
|> or her appearance.  NO WAY!  NOT TODAY!  Today, a simple compliment
|> such as "...that's a nice dress..." depending on the flex in the 
|> voice, and interpretation, can land you in court for sexual 
|> harrassment.  Even a simple "..Good Morning" can be misinterpreted,
|> depending on voice flex.

You won't land in court unless s/he asks you to stop and you refuse
to do so.  Most organizations (enlightened ones, at least) have
specific avenues for dealing with alleged harassment.  A simple 
"good morning" is unlikly to cause a court case.
   
|> 	I have to say it, let's bring back the days of Good Ole
|> Fred MacMurray, and My Three Sons; when the women stayed at home
|> and took care of the house.  Not only would this eliminate these
|> conflicts in the workplace, it would help with such problems as 
|> massive unemployment in the US today, as qualified men could assume
|> the positions enjoyed by women today.  
|> 	Fred MacMurray, we need you more than ever.  May you rest
|> in peace.
|> 			8-)

OK, I see a smiley, and I *DO* hope you're joking here.  

By the way, Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons was a single father,
who had a MALE housekeeper.  How does your proposal, that all
gainfully employed women leave their jobs to make room for all
the unemployed men, relate to Fred MacMurray, with the possible
exception of employing the unemployed men as housekeepers?  I'm
sure there are a lot of unemployed engineers in southern CA who
would like nothing more than to make beds and clean toilets for
a living.  :-)

-- 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|    /)                      | Lana Mountford    
|   / /  __    ___    __     | Silicon Graphics  
|__(_/__(__)\__/  )__(__)\__ | Mountain View, CA 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle)
Subject: Re: Las Vegas Revisited
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 01:03:52 GMT
Organization:  MOOOOOOOOOON RIIIIIIIIIIVER!
Distribution: na
Keywords: Ick, yuk, ptooie

In article <1992Sep11.190637.2284@u.washington.edu> intrigue@milton.u.washington.edu (Angelwing) writes:
>He's at it again!  Anybody else get another email from Veeeeegas?

Nope...that guy is no longer interested in me...he must have decided to move
on to bigger and better things...;)

>Angelwing - why me?

Because of your innate charm?

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: troyer@ips.id.ethz.ch ( Matthias Troyer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: "try becoming obsessed with..."
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:50:35 GMT
Organization: ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

In article <1992Sep13.200007.4925@csi.uottawa.ca>, misrael@csi.uottawa.ca (Mark Israel) writes:
|>    Dancing, for example.  In Septembers of 3 years, I joined a ballroom
|> dance club.  (I've also taken a few lessons in ballet, renaissance,
|> and jazz dancing.)  I never got obsessed with it.
|> 
|>    The result?  I never got good at it.
|> 
|>    It took all my concentration even to *approximate* the correct
|> footwork.  I couldn't hold a decent conversation with my dance partner.
|> And I tripped over her feet so much that I hardly made a favourable
|> impression on her.
|> 
|>    I had a friend who *was* good at dancing, and he got *lots* of
|> dates at the dance club.
|> 

Beware of getting too good at dancing! I'm a competitive ballroom dancer at
championship level and that causes problems at dances. Not that I can't
adapt to the level of a partner, but they realize that I'm very good at
dancing. The usual reaction then is: "You are a good dancer. It must be  
boring for you to dance with me. I'm not good enough to dance with you."
It does not help to tell them to relax, to take it easy and enjoy. They
apologize for every mistake they make, although I tell them that it does not
matter and that I can adapt my dancing to their steps. They then become
obsessed with the idea that I can't enjoy dancing with them. It is nearly
impossible to hold a conversation then.

Fortunately there are some girls who enjoy dancing and don't mind making
mistakes. No one is perfect, not even the world champions. I met a few good
friends through dancing, although I did not find an SO yet :-(.

IMHO it is NOT important that you dance well or not. Everybody CAN dance. Just
watch little children dancing when they hear music. Don't let your idea of not
being able to dance interfere with dancing. Try to relax and enjoy the music.
Mistakes are no problem. Take it easy and try again. A bad dancer who enjoys
dancing nevertheless and does not mind his/her mistakes makes a much better
impression than a good dancer who becomes upset at every mistake that 
he/she makes.

So, enjoy dancing, enjoy life. Go with Richard Feynman (the physics Nobel Prize
winner) when he says "What do _you_ care what other people think". Or what about
tzf@cs.arizona.edu (Theron Friedman)'s quote in message <16741@optima.cs.arizona.edu> on rec.arts.dance

|> Freud didn't go deep enough. Sex is a sublimation of the dance instinct!

-- 
Matthias Troyer - troyer@ips.id.ethz.ch
Xref: sparky soc.singles:25120 soc.women:16519 alt.sex:29119 alt.sex.bondage:17317 alt.personals.ads:1579
From: jello@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey Ello)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women,alt.sex,alt.sex.bondage,alt.personals.ads
Subject: Em-mail
Keywords: e-mial
Date: 12 Sep 92 19:32:08 GMT
Followup-To: s
Organization: Purdue University

Nice guy at Purdue wants to talk to EVERYONE IN THE WORLD...
 
So please...please...PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE...send email
 
jello@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
 
Besides...I'm kinda cute too (they say)
 
Jello...Just one more reason why police are necessary...
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: The earth isn't hollow :-( was Re: Courtship Generic Algorithms
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:31:38 GMT

fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes:
>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Me) writes:
>>I don't believe that the earth is hollow or that the moon is made of ice

>It's not, eh ? Darn. So much for the "Journey to the Center of the Earth" that
>I was planning for my vacation. (Of course the moon isn't made of ice, it's 
>made of green cheese. Get your facts straight :-)

*laugh*  Guess I shouldn't expect everyone to catch these obscure
references.  The above is from a very interesting alternate history,
_Moon of Ice_ by Brad Linaweaver.  It's a tale of Hilda Goebbels'
diaries, and Nazi occultism, in a world where the US did not enter the
war.  Some Nazi cults apparently believed the earth was hollow and the
moon was made of ice.

(For another look at Nazi occultism, try Barbara Hambly's _The Rainblw
Abyss_ and _The Magicians of Night_.)

-- 
Kiran Wagle <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de ( David N)
Subject: Re: Appeal to Net.Wisdom
Reply-To: c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 16:39:14 GMT


In article lb25hfINNmus@news.bbn.com, ahsiung@bbn.com (Anita Hsiung) writes:
>What can I say to a man to make him stop bothering me?  Let me define
>"bother".  I met him for a total of two days last year.  Two lousy
>days!  No romantic encounter.  Just him and his friends and I'm
>showing them around town.  He goes home, starts calling me weekly.  I
>disappear for a week, he starts calling me daily.  I get upset at him,
>he stops calling.  That was five months ago.
>
>He just called again.  He's going to be in town next month.  Ugh.  He
>hasn't made any romantic overtures (he's very good about that, I'm not
>sure I could bring a case against him!) and has only said friendly
>things.  He wants to hang out for a few days after business.  Double
>UGH!  A woman _knows_...
>
>I'm not going batty over this.  He's not worth the time.  It's like an
>itch in the back of your knee when you're wearing jeans.  Bothersome.
>What do I say to him??
>
>	-- Anita --

Tell him what you just told us. That gives him a fair chance to answer, as well.  If I were the guy I would prefer an honest 'piss off' to fake politeness. I'd respect you more for that.

David


Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Subject: Re: Believe in youself, dammit! (was: Re: Singles Bar)
Reply-To: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:00:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.020315.684@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
>In article <kiran.716377022@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>>kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
>>>Next time I'm giving them my phone number if I find them interesting
>>>enough.  Then they can call me, or not.  Their choice, but at least
>>
>>Ya shoulda done it this time.  Or asked for hers.  (Giving a woman
>>your phone number is only effective if you live on a street where
>>women call men and *gasp* even ask men out sometimes.)
>
>You should ask for hers.  Women are very unlikely to call men (that's
>my experience; Trygve's may differ).

Sad, but true. I just met a very nice girl while waiting at a pet clinic.
We talked for about two hours. We agreed that it might be nice to take
our dogs for a walk sometime, so I gave her my business card. I now regret
that I didn't feel like it was necessary for me to ask for her name or
number. Even worse, I don't know her name.

At the time I just thought it would be less threatening if I gave my
phone number. I didn't consider the amount of courage that is needed
to call a virtually unknown person in a situation like this.

Fortunately this is a small country and we talked long enough so that
I know approximately where she walks her dog, so I still have a chance
of meeting her some day.

Things would be much easier if women would call men more often. (Actually,
I haven't lost all hope yet...I still check my answering machine as soon
as I come home and my hopes go up every time the phone rings.)

-- 
  Juri Munkki					       Windsurf: fast sailing
 jmunkki@hut.fi					      Macintosh: fast software
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: liz@prc.unisys.com (Liz Loquacious)
Subject: Re: A lurker goes to California
Followup-To: soc.singles
Keywords: Good luck !!
Organization: Paramax Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:23:23 GMT

In article <6305@transfer.stratus.com>, dennist@sw.stratus.com (Dennis Tetreault) writes:
|> 
|> I was a lurker, now I'm a poster. Have been reading letters for a while
|> and want to say hello to Tyger and Liz Loquacious, who are among my favorite
|> posters.

Well I like your post too!  Keep posting!

Liz Loquacious
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Subject: Re: Where the best posts come from
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 05:49:00 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na


Actually- going back a ways on this, I always thought really good posts came
from 'griz'.
They always annoyed the hell out of me- until I realized why- they all usually
contained some grain of really annoying truth :)
r.
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Fall classes have started
Keywords: satire
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:15:48 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Sep15.115413.16611@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:
>Hi.  My name is Ron, and I have a question for this board.  Why is it that
>women always prefer jerks to us nice guys?  Every time I've gotten involved
>with someone, she always leaves me for some other guy who treats her really
>rotten.  Why is that?
>
 
Cause her sister set us up.
 
>And they always seem to be older guys, too.  I don't understand that.
>Everyone knows us younger guys have more stamina than those old fogeys.
>They're well past their prime and are going senile.
 
But we're more mature. Indubidably.
 
>
>So anyway, does anyone have any idea where I can meet women?  Do singles
 
Go to the room the say's "WOMAN".
 
>bars work?  I don't seem to be meeting any new people.  Anyone have any
>suggestions?
>
 
Meet new people. 
 
>And once I meet someone, what should I say?  What sort of opening lines
>work well?  Guys, what lines have worked for you?  And how about you
>girls ... what lines worked well on you?
 
"Gawd aren't these JERKS something?".
 
>
>Anyway, I'm a SWM 32 ISO SWF for companionship and possible relationship.
>Email me if you're interested.  Thanks.
>
>
>[ Feeling particularly fecal agitative today ].
 
Thats a good opener also.
 

 
================================================================================
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
From: wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: soc.singles #64637 - Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:45:04 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corp., Pittsford, NY
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Marcia Bednarcyk (mlb@CISCO.COM) wrote:
: In article <kiran.715453016@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
: |> Do you think there's something wrong with people who feel that they
: |> (or their lives) are not complete without a (happy) relationship?
: 
: Do you think there's something right with this?

Well, everyone has some thing or combination of things which they feel are
necessary to make their life complete (I tend towards it almost always being
a combination, but there's probably an exception out there somewhere).  So,
the question becomes, "Is it 'right' or 'wrong' to include a happy relationship
in this list?".  I, for one, can't see how it can be wrong to include it, or 
to exclude it.  It all comes down to whatever makes you complete.

On the other hand, I think it's unhealthy for the lack of a relationship to 
destroy what happiness you attain from other things;  It's also a mistake to
try to force a relationship to exist just for the sake of the existance of 
the relationship.  

On the third hand, my laundry just finished up.  Yay rah.  In any case, all
of the above, is of course, IMHO.  Your mileage may vary, contents may 
settle in transit.

Bill
-- 
"Bless me, Father; I ate a lizard."
"Was it an abstinence day, and was it artificially prepared?"
-------------------------------------------------------------
Bill de Beaubien / wjb@moscom.com
From: drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Wolf Park? (was Re: Desperation)
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:44:20 GMT
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.

In article <kiran.716525749@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) writes:
>
>>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) claims:
>>>(One of the many nice things about wolves is that they don't bark.)
>
>>Well mostly they don't I guess but try to tell that to the red wolf
>>pups I helped raise. 
>
>Oh neato keen.  Was this part of the reintroduction project?
>
Actually it was kinda sad. This was before the effort to save the Red Wolf
had really gotten started and these pups were born at World Wildlife
Safarai in OR. Their mom died in pupbirth and they weren't doing well so my
advisor agreed to take them (at UoO, John Fentress). We got them so we
could study the development of some of the social behaviors (watching and
scoring behavior was one of the things I did). We purposely tried to not
imprint them on us so after the initial weaning we pretty much stayed out
of sight as much as possible. (They got out on Xmas eve once but that is
another story). Anyway we had Timber Wolves too and eventually John moved
the them to Nova Scotia where the University provided him with an
Island to continue the work. The red wolves were judged to not be
genetically pure enough to go into the breeding program (they couldn't
document where they were from and were worried about crosses with coyote
stock). Anyway someone in the midwest took them with the promise that they
wouldn't be bred and took care of them till they died.

>>The big timber wolves didn't seem to bark much 
>
>Generally they only bark to alert the pack to something.  
>
>>but it sure was noisy around there (this was in OR) whenever they
>>heard a train whistle. 
>
>Yeah, the wolves at Wolf Park howl when they hear the trains.  
>Did the red wolves howl or only bark?
>
Everyone howled at the trains, sometimes even me :-). Its interesting
sitting in an open tower at midnight overlooking a couple of acres of
fenced wolf yard and getting to join in a howling session. Actually they
were real easy to set off, just howling myself would sometimes get them going.
From: aahz@netcom.com (Aahzmandius)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Tallllll women....
Date: 7 Sep 92 17:01:25 GMT
Organization: Bill 'n' Opus for Prez

In article <1992Sep7.104529.5451@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes:
>
>Well.  How is 6'2" from your perspective?
>
>Personally, I'd love to be intimidated by a woman who towers over me in
>height (without her heels on), wearing heels to furher the disparity.

How 'bout a 5' woman on stilts?
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

IRWTFM -- and that ain't fun
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: 14 Sep 92 08:36:56 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

dy@depsych.Gwinnett.COM (Dr. Yes) writes:

>aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:

>> In article <1992Sep12.123111.948@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (H
>> >
>> >Humans, being mildly polygynous as evidenced by sexual dimorphism, are
>> >going to exhibit male competition for females.  This does not have to
>> >mean that males will fight.  Competition can take the form of elaborate
>> >displays to attract the interest of females.  This is what keeps Porsche
>> >dealers in business.
>> 
>> Hmmmm.....what about the females who buy Porsches?

>Alfred Adler called it "the Masculine Protest."  They want some of
>the perks males have, which is one of the motivations for the
>women's movement.

So you're saying these women want to be like men, so they buy Porsches in
order to compete for females?

--
Stef                 In the force if Yoda's so strong, construct a 
stef@apple.com       sentence with words in the proper order then 
                     why can't he?                         /fortune