OK, I went out for a bike ride today. Just a short twenty-miler up to Antietam Creek and back. Nothing really noteworthy except that it was a nice day and lots of deer were on the tow path. However I did ride past a couple of hikers on the path, one of whom was an early-twenties hippie-chick type who yelled "Cool leg!" at me as I rode past.
My question is this: Would it have been appropriate for me to have responded in kind with a compliment of my own? Something like "Thank you, and you have a nice ass!"
Not that I did or anything, because that might be rude, right?
Perhaps, "If you like the leg, you should see ........" Maybe not.
ReplyDeletePerhaps just an over-the-shoulder "thanks!" as you go by, to avoid getting pulled into the inevitable black hole of liberalism.
ReplyDeleteLOL! A true moral dilemma. Maybe she was talking about the other one? Remember the hottie at the convenience store we blew into when I was there? I don't think she said anything to us! Must have been the shirts and no view of your legs =)
ReplyDelete"Yeah, I work it out. Too bad I lost the other one..."
ReplyDeleteIf she was commenting on things artificial then maybe...
ReplyDeleteNope, not gonna go there!
Aw man... YOU MISSED YOUR CHANCE!
ReplyDelete'Cool leg". Hey lots of guys try all kinds of gimmicks to get a conversation with a chick going and here all you do is worry about a put down?
You should have stopped and talked to her about how you cut your leg off with a samurai sword while drunk (and then tell her it's a joke.)
I mean you have a good way to meet chicks now. USE IT! Next time say, "oh, cut myself shaving" or some other witty statement that will allow you to keep talking to them.
How about calling back, "You should see the other prosthesis!"
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Depends on if she's a feminist, I suppose.
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ReplyDeleteIf she really does have a nice one, then by all means, let her know.
[And speaking of "all means," here is a quote from American Indian militant Russell Means:
“When a woman grabs my braids and says 'How cute!' I crab her breast and say 'How cute!' She never touches me again!”
― Russell Means, Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means
Did you mention it was battery operated and has 6 vibrating options?
ReplyDeleteI'm certain she was trying to be complimentary.
ReplyDeleteIn that vein, a compliment back wouldn't be out of place.
Whatever your moral compass says is okay.
My brain said, "You should see the other two!"
I would have actually said, "Thank you!"
That would just be a polite response. If she in fact did have an admirable posterior who wouldn't want that acknowledged? Of course I have been married for a very long time and am kinda old so maybe I shouldn't be considered the Miss Manners of the body part compliment set. Still, what if she smiled?
ReplyDeleteA brief hand wave will suffice. A grin followed by a hand wave is over kill.
ReplyDeleteI think a "Thanks! Great tits!" would have been appropriate.
ReplyDeleteHeh... One wonders what you DID say... :-)
ReplyDeleteDangit, Toejam now owes me a new keyboard and monitor. Do you have any idea how much tea-out-the-nose hurts?!?
ReplyDeleteShe was showing interest. Respond in kind if you had any interest back.
ReplyDelete@ 45ACP: She was with a guy and they were obviously a couple. Believe me, had she been alone, I'd have read it that was and stopped to get her number.
ReplyDeleteIf somebody told me I had a nice ass, it'd make my day. Go for it next time!
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