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[DiveWrite]

Thanks for the link re sock puppets! I had no knowledge of that particular piece of slang, even though I've seen the situation numerous times. It reminds me of a recent article about cellphone users who are often talking to nobody but yap away anyway in public spaces to look more important. When I'm done being annoyed, I usually pity these people. How small does your world-look need to be for that?

Nice response, Walter. Since I know where you store your dive computer, I think I know how to take your posts.

[Walter]

Stop staring at my computer!

[ryvor]

This thread reminds me a story.

Once upon a time there lived a troll under a bridge. One day while doing what trolls do under bridges, a man surfaces from beneath the water and begins swimming to shore. As he begins to doff his equipment at the shore, the troll approaches him and starts telling him how he's 'such a nit picker' and 'know it all'. Well the man is taken aback by these comments but says nothing and goes on his way. He was a little disturbed by the comments so he goes and visits a friend and tells him what happened. His friend offers to help by mediating between the two. So the man and his friend return to the bridge and find the troll there again. Trolling as usual. The friend tells the troll that he's here to help and mediate between the two. So the troll starts ranting and raving about nit picking and know-it-all-ism's. The friend asks 'does anyone else feel the same?' The troll says 'YES!' and starts pulling out sock puppets and says 'my friend Foofy here thinks the exact same thing, isn't that right Foofy?' Foofy responds 'of course i do'. The man's friend says 'i think i have a solution to this problem.' CRUNCH! The man's friend says 'that was tasty' let's go have a beer. So the Man and the Dragon go off and get a beer.

Moral of the story: Don't meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and quite tasty.

[RichardB]

This thread reminds me a story.

Once upon a time there lived a troll under a bridge. One day while doing what trolls do under bridges, a man surfaces from beneath the water and begins swimming to shore. As he begins to doff his equipment at the shore, the troll approaches him and starts telling him how he's 'such a nit picker' and 'know it all'. Well the man is taken aback by these comments but says nothing and goes on his way. He was a little disturbed by the comments so he goes and visits a friend and tells him what happened. His friend offers to help by mediating between the two. So the man and his friend return to the bridge and find the troll there again. Trolling as usual. The friend tells the troll that he's here to help and mediate between the two. So the troll starts ranting and raving about nit picking and know-it-all-ism's. The friend asks 'does anyone else feel the same?' The troll says 'YES!' and starts pulling out sock puppets and says 'my friend Foofy here thinks the exact same thing, isn't that right Foofy?' Foofy responds 'of course i do'. The man's friend says 'i think i have a solution to this problem.' CRUNCH! The man's friend says 'that was tasty' let's go have a beer. So the Man and the Dragon go off and get a beer.

Moral of the story: Don't meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and quite tasty.

LOLOLOLOL!

EXCEPTIONAL! Love the story! Thanks!

[Walter]

LOL! I shoulda seen it coming, but you caught me off guard. I love the moral, I think I've seen it somewhere before........hmmmmm.....

[Kriterian]

I just got to get my opinions of Walter off my chest.

Sure he's a fount of diving wisdom, you can see it all over scubaboard and here on SingleDivers. But there are two things that bug me:

1) He calls all the ladies "Darlin' without getting slapped or sued. I just don't understand how one man can be so charmin' as to get away with it, except maybe Bogey or Bond.

B) In his handsome forum avatar, the one with the mischievous grin and pirate doo-rag, there is a mysterious arm. Who does the arm belong too? Is he/she slapping him on the back for another day of good diving or something more sinister? Maybe it's the one person that didn't like being called "darlin" and he had her "cropped" out of the picture.

Anyways, glad to know the troll was taken care of. They burn my grits as my grandmother likes to say when she's not cursing my grandfather.

[Cold_H2O]

1) He calls all the ladies "Darlin' without getting slapped or sued. I just don't understand how one man can be so charmin' as to get away with it, except maybe Bogey or Bond.

B) In his handsome forum avatar

To answer your comments:
#1 - Well he can get away with it beacause he is that charming and handsome, much like Mr. Bond. (Girl Secret - We let the charming ones call us things that a lesser man would be killed over). :anna:

#2 - Yes, we just love his avetar. That mischievous grin and pirate doo-rag holds extra appeal. It is a bad boy/gentleman mix that drives us gals wild..


Sorry gals for giving away some of our secrets.. But I couldn't let him just keep wondering. That would'nt be lady like....

[steelemagnolia6]

Dang it Colleen I am going to have to turn you in for telling our secrets....

I'm form the South I don't mind being called Darlin.... that Hello Darlin' just turns me to mush

[WreckWench]

1) He calls all the ladies "Darlin' without getting slapped or sued. I just don't understand how one man can be so charmin' as to get away with it, except maybe Bogey or Bond.

In the south EVERY lady's second name is 'darlin' or 'darling'. And I've seen quite a few men from other places also do well by extending the courtesy. Usually by the time you are a young man you know if you are 'qualified' to call women 'darlin' and as Gis_gals says...get away with it!

p.s. 'darlin' or 'darling' is not just for women...most men in my life are also called 'darling'!

[RICHinNC]

Now the other side of the story........

Yes, I was born in the South and have lived all over the world....but my major relatives (those I know) were from the NC area....as was my mother....born in VA.

When I last lived in PA.....I was working at a tech school as a recruiter and had two incidences occur that just floored me.

One was where one day the big boss walks in my office. He closes the door and sits down and I can tell it isnt good. Apparently, his secretary....a lady my senior in age.....had filed a formal SEXUAL HARRASSMENT complaint against me for calling her MA'ME. He said he knew I was from the South and that is what we do and he had calmed her down but from now on.....call her MS. ******* and I did.

The second incident....was at the same school. Every morning I came in the school I would pass an office where there were 3 young ladies (age range 26) working and I would say.....Good morning ladies.

One of them came in my office one day, closed the door and sat down. AGAIN I knew this wasnt going to be good. She said she too knew I was from the South and was being polite in my book, but her and the others wished that I would no longer call them ladies. I thanked her for coming to me directly (she knew why) and after that I just came in and walked straight to my office and said hello to no one.

If being called a lady, darlin, sweetie....yada yada...bugs you. My advice would be to stay out of the South.

rich

[DiveWrite]

You know, I may complain about my job, but every day I'm glad I work in a place where nobody gets wound up about things like this. Rich, you can lump me in with the ladies any day you please. I know who I am. ;-) Then again, I live in the south. It may be the freaky Florida version of the south, but it's still the south.

But you can't make me drink sweet tea. Yick!

[Walter]

In his handsome forum avatar, the one with the mischievous grin and pirate doo-rag, there is a mysterious arm. Who does the arm belong too? Is he/she slapping him on the back for another day of good diving or something more sinister?

That's Augie's hand. Augie is 6' 3" tall and 280 lbs of muscle. When Augie puts his hand on your shoulder, you assume that's where it belongs. The avatar is from an after dive photo with Augie, Joe and possibly Moo (I haven't looked at the photo in some time). If anyone is interested, I can post the uncropped photo after I get internet service at my new house, probably Wednesday.

Anytime anyone makes their preference clear on what they like to be called, I honor it. You don't like "darlin'," let me know and you won't hear it from me. I cringe when folks drop 2 letters from my name. There's too much misery in life to compound it for anyone intentionally.

[drdiver]

nytime anyone makes their preference clear on what they like to be called, I honor it. You don't like "darlin'," let me know and you won't hear it from me. I cringe when folks drop 2 letters from my name. There's too much misery in life to compound it for anyone intentionally.

I promise never to call you "Alte"

[Cold_H2O]

Anytime anyone makes their preference clear on what they like to be called, I honor it.    There's too much misery in life to compound it for anyone intentionally.

I agree. Let me know what you prefer to be called and I will honor your request.

Life is hard and it is easy to call some one by the name they prefer.

I have had many people call me Coll and it just drives me nuts..

Edited by gis_gal, 03 June 2005 - 08:16 AM.

[David Evans]

Agreed....

People always ask me if I prefer "Dave" or "David". I tell them it really doesn't matter... most of my friends call me $#ithead anyway.



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