Comments on: Boys and Men Day

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:16:20 +0000

I’m only 5′10″. I know that puts me at medium. I was just wondering if you guys were into the 48″ waist band. I was surprised to hear no 28″ waist on a guy. I’m pretty sure I could lift a 12 year old girl, probably even win in a fight against one.

And I’ll say that I switched to a flip-flop because strapped on sandals become too smelly - ya need the flop to let some air in there…Plus there is too much effort involved in the whole strap thing…

By: annette

annette — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:35:14 +0000

oops–maybe i said too much.

By: robin

robin — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:12:47 +0000

Annette, WHAT??

No, pukas are not okay. And what do you mean “and pedicured toes”? I don’t want to see some some guy’s gnarly, yellow, overgrown nails, but come on–pedicured? How LA are we going to be here?

By: annette

annette — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:02:51 +0000

patrick, curious as to why you were so..umm, curious about giant guys. would you like to send in your vitals and well vote ya a sm. med. lg. or GIANT?
also got to weigh in here on the dude necklace thing–can we agree that pukas are okay??? a nice preferably vintage strand of pukas says relaxed surfer, retro, cool kinda guy. as for flip flops, love ‘em, just love ‘em–not for a wedding for god sakes but guys with nice feet and pedicured toes should definitely show them off and not with lame tevas (hate those–so seattle).

By: robin

robin — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:00:24 +0000

See? I can totally relate. There’s something about a gold necklace on a guy that’s a weird combo of used car salesman and lounge lizard. I’m not sure why I feel this way. I’d be interested in knowing what your daughter doesn’t like about it.

And my thing about flip flops on guys: I just think they look sloppy and low class and strangely feminine. When I was in Colorado a few weeks ago, I read the local newspaper and saw a few wedding announcements and photos. One very rugged looking groom was wearing nice pants, an outdoorsy shirt, and flip flops. Ugh. Totally ruined his rugged good looks for me. I don’t mind Tevas or Chacos or other full sandals on guys, just flip flops.

I recognize I may be totally alone in this. Just sharing.

By: readerdiane

readerdiane — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:21:04 +0000

My daughter could not date this very nice young man because he wore a gold necklace. She just could not get past it. Interesting….

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:49:27 +0000

Patrick,
Many of the guys at our dojo were at least 6 feet tall, between 200-250 lbs. Then there was Big Ed, who was like 6′5″, 350 lbs.
Also keep in mind that as a 12 year-old girl, everyone bigger than me was ‘giant’…especially the guys who had biceps big enough to hang from.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:02:58 +0000

What size is a ‘giant man’? height/weight/chest/whatever other statistic

By: robin

robin — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:28:21 +0000

I feel I should add that men who wear necklaces or flip flops are also out.

By: robin

robin — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:15:29 +0000

Deborah, that sounds like a pretty hot hero for some romance novel. Might have to steal that. Especially the part about sharing a bed with three dogs.