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bemildred

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5. I look at the girls first.

Reply to Taverner (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:07 AM

Dec 2011

Mostly, with the guys, I would be checking whether any of them look like the sort that would be thinking about whether they could take me, with the idea of staying way the hell away from them. Long ago, I might have considered such questions as you propose, but I would have still been checking the women out first.

However, you are right, lots of guys do seem to think that way.

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Guys - when you enter a room, is your first thought ever who you could take in the room? [View all] Taverner Dec 2011 OP

Nope. I tend to look for attractive women in the room. DavidDvorkin Dec 2011 #1

No Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #2

"...maybe some of what I was saying got through to the guy." Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #8

Nope. stevedeshazer Dec 2011 #3

uh-uh. That just sounds, well, odd. Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #4

I look at the girls first. bemildred Dec 2011 #5

I look for the women..and who has the pot.. Upton Dec 2011 #6

If I did, it would cause me to question my choice of rooms. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #7

lol fishwax Dec 2011 #12

The last time I was in a fight I was 16 and Dick Nixon was a first term president.... Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #9

nope Broken_Hero Dec 2011 #10

Only when I drop my kids off at school. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #11

Nope. That is a juvenile mindset. Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #13

Agreed, but Fight Club was right when they said Taverner Dec 2011 #14

Sorry, but that was one of the Matrix sequels ZenLefty Feb 2012 #19

I don't know anyone who thinks like this itsrobert Jan 2012 #15

If I find myself in a room where I'd need to do that, MineralMan Jan 2012 #16

No,this is childish behavior leenick1 Jan 2012 #17

...and that is the kind of mind set we men have to work to stamp out tech_smythe Feb 2012 #18

My first thought is to locate all the fire exits ZenLefty Feb 2012 #20

When I enter a room, my first thought is to make sure I don't step on something painful, like a lego Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #21

No, I think "Who will I take first?" bluedigger Mar 2012 #22

Only when I know they're thinking it about me WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #23

Depends on the room, now, don't it? saras Apr 2012 #24

What about at a dry ice factory? Taverner Apr 2012 #25

And when i do take 'em, every time i land a punch there's a big bubble that says "wham!" or "splat!" Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #31

Nope Dokkie Apr 2012 #26

It's rarely my first thought. MrSlayer May 2012 #27

Had those thoughts 30 some years ago when my friends & I went looking for fights Kaleva May 2012 #28

I just look for an opening at the bar so I can order. Glassunion May 2012 #29

Only when I go into Meta. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #30