Why do

[porkypie]

some women who wear very short skirts keep pulling the hemline down? If a man wears a shirt open to the navel showing his manly hairy chest and as an optional accessoire, a huge gold chain with a medallion, does he continually close it as he bounces merrily along, the answer is no he doesn't. So then why do women who wear short skirts pull the hemline down. Maybe the fems on board can supply the answer.

gus

[porkypie]

Insecurity I figure. Now the man with the shirt and gold chain is secure.
But it seems incongruous to me that a woman who wears a short skirt and wants to show her charms then trys to hide said charms.
Would she not be better in a flared skirt and every few steps do a pirouette, that way she would have the best of both worlds, modesty and being cheeky, with no pun intended.

gus

[redherring]

Short skirts are often made of materials that easily ride up even shorter than intended. Trust me: I've worked in charity shops selling them.

[eveningall]

Or maybe the poor things couldn't afford a longer skirt.

[eveningall]

Jun 18, 2009 17:11:48 GMT @l said:

Hence the charity shop buys.

Fashion-wise, in recessions and poorer times skirts get longer and in rich times and tiger economies, skirts get shorter.

Technically, this is Bodgett's area of expertise. ;D

Chris's surely?

[Pink Betty]

guys have some firm opinions about women's lips - some certainly prefer them nekkid.

myself,
i say, over a certain age, a woman without a hint of lip colour is equivalent to the 'older' man who imagines his designer stubble looks cool, when in fact it looks like he's just been too befuddled to shave.

[redherring]

Depends what the colour is. It's curious that the particular deep ruby that Edith Piaf used to wear (and Jean Cocteau selected) appears to have been chosen for other stars too, always by homosexual male friends (or so I read). I must admit to a preference for the likes of blue or green or gold if any at all. One thing I do not like at all is the deep aubergine purple that a a lot of older Africans aspire to. I think caramel goes better with dark skin, but on the whole I prefer cosmetics to be used more like a temporary tattoo.

There's the kissability factor too: nobody wants their lips on something warm and greasy.

[Pink Betty]

these days i favour lipgloss - a shade darker than my true lip colour - i find proper lipstick a bit dry. a combination of the two works pretty well.

the kissability factor is not so important for myself - mr bets gets enough before i put my slap on and by the time he comes home it's all worn off anyway.

the real devil is the slight summer breeze that can plaster half a head of hair to your lips in an instant

[redherring]

Jun 18, 2009 19:59:25 GMT Pink Betty said:

the real devil is the slight summer breeze that can plaster half a head of hair to your lips in an instant

Now that's a hazard I'd never thought of! It's hair that I like prettied up though really.Used to know a pair of twins who must have been late teens but looked about 12 who were for ever changing theirs. They had thin pink pink braids against shaved and went into blue for a time, which is startling because it wears out fast to a contrasting straw yellow so they were a bit pathcy. Either they grew out of it after college for work or had to stop because it was drying it up before it all fell out.

[Pink Betty]

Jun 18, 2009 20:08:50 GMT @redherring said:

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Now that's a hazard I'd never thought of!

being a woman can be trying at times - if men aren't gunning for you, the elements surely are

it's a hard life agnes!

[Pink Betty]

let your accusers show themselves

.....do we have any Madrigal stocks?

i have a couple of out of date tomatoes and some eggs....if that would help.

[redherring]

Jun 18, 2009 20:11:37 GMT Pink Betty said:

being a woman can be trying at times - if men aren't gunning for you, the elements surely are

it's a hard life agnes!

I'd be quite happy to feel the other sex gunning for me so I can choose Just all that attention would be an ego-trip in itself. I once had a girlfriend who fancied being a stripper for that reason but ended up as a nurse. These days those are not necessarily incompatible.

[Pink Betty]

agnes, i am a firm believer that we can all find a person to love and who also loves us back.... it might be someone you least expect ....at a time you are least expecting it.

relax, go with the flow, and don't try too hard - was the advice my mother gave to me....

and then i met mr bets and she was effing FURIOUS!

[Pink Betty]

Jun 18, 2009 21:10:00 GMT @l said:

Jun 18, 2009 21:00:02 GMT Pink Betty said:

let your accusers show themselves

.....do we have any Madrigal stocks?

i have a couple of out of date tomatoes and some eggs....if that would help.

That would be ideal. Throw them at yourself, you naughty Betty.

done.













now what?

i'm a all yolky ....with mushy toms in places i wish they weren't

that was a silly silly suggestion LMH.

[Pink Betty]

Jun 18, 2009 21:16:42 GMT @l said:

I'm no Delia.

that is abundantly clear - and also irrelavent in my current state.

i need Kim and Aggie off the telly ....you know ....How Clean is Your House Pink Bets after a night in the Madrigal Stocks.

it's going to be big




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