Things that make you shudder....

[publius]

Women in their 70s and 80s are posing nude for a calendar:

http://keyetv.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_162191725.html

[No photos to worry about there, just the story]

As Ron White once said, these are things that make you go, "Brrrrrruhhhh" and shudder.

-Richard

[Noclevername]

:eek::sick::sick::sick:

[Fazor]

I'd rather see that than a man in his 70's on the beach in his ill-fitting speedo. Altho I'd rather rather see neither.

But who am I to judge, I'm sure plenty would shudder at the sight of me posing nude also, and that's before the ravages of time (but after the ravages of McDonald's).

As far as non-nakedness-related disguested shudders go, squished bugs do it for me. I don't know why--I can see just about any other gross thing you can think of and be okay with it. But squishing a bug, or seeing a squished bug, or thinking about squishing a bug...it makes me physically sick. And this is from a guy who spent time studying particularly violent homicide scenes. Can't explaine it, can't help it, that's just the way it is.

[Noclevername]

But who am I to judge, I'm sure plenty would shudder at the sight of me posing nude also, and that's before the ravages of time (but after the ravages of McDonald's).

Ditto, but then we're not trying to sell nude photos of ourselves.

"Be kind, cover your behind."

[Paracelsus]

A former 5th grade teacher, Crisafulli is about to become better known as Miss January, who lounges in a black convertible covered in pearls, holding a champagne glass in one hand and dangling slinky sandals from the other.

Some of the other photos are more risque.

Miss April, Esther Cox, poses in a pasture, nothing but a pink umbrella covering her 75-year-old body. Miss December, Sondra Odelli Bordini, gives a sultry glance from behind a poinsettia centerpiece with two strategically placed red Christmas balls.

Yikes! Hope I have the self-restraint to not do this when I am that age!

Squished bugs do it to me too, Fazor. ;)

[Noclevername]

Aaagh, even reading that description makes me shudder.

[Peter Wilson]

There's no accounting for taste.

BTW, I'm taking orders for the 2008 squashed-bug calender. March features a squished katydid; July, a black-widow smashed with an old shoe...it's very tastefully done :)

[Gillianren]

Personally, I'd far rather see an older naked woman than an older naked man. Then again, women are considered old a lot faster in our society than men are. Remember that Sean Connery has routinely had romantic interests in his films who are half his age. Can you see Lauren Bacall doing that?

[EvilEye]

My wife will be in her 70's in couple decades. I hope I don't shudder. 'Cause I luvver.

[Ilya]

Remember that Sean Connery has routinely had romantic interests in his films who are half his age. Can you see Lauren Bacall doing that?

Actually, I can, easily. But I suspect most people can not.

[Gillianren]

Well, it's true that she's still lovely. The point is, rather, can you see Hollywood making a movie where she does?

[Noclevername]

Well, it's true that she's still lovely. The point is, rather, can you see Hollywood making a movie where she does?

I can't imagine Hollywood making most of the drek they spew out.

[publius]

I don't want to see a man, of any age, nekkid or in tight fitting speedos. :lol: Having to look at my own self in the shower and changing clothes is more than enough.

There's a little mom and pop little store around here that sells hot dogs (and adult beverages) where I hang out from time to time. It's one of those places where the bull is knee deep. Anyway, several years ago, "mom", the wife was topping cotton about one of her neighbors. Her husband is the son of a character who built one of those first golf courses around here, and they live in a little neighborhood around that course.

Anyway some idiot moved in a house right across from her, and she noticed him moving the grass with a pushmower. It was a large lawn for a push mower. She got to watching and noticed he was wearing nothing but a little thong thing. Basically a little fabric "pouch" in front and nothing else.

She was mad as a hornet about that, getting "mooned" and nearly flashed like that. She started raising cane about that one day at lunch, and some others and I (I was the ring leader, really) started having fun. I suggested she really liked what she saw and was getting turned on. We almost, almost, decided to come in the next day and drop our pants to reveal thongs ourselves. :lol: But there was no way, absolutely no way I would could do that even for such a high comic purpose.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun with her about that, and for my trouble I got a hot dog *soaked* in Texas Pete. That started a little round of payback between her and me that's still going on, at least I think. I forget whose turn it is.

Thong Boy, IIRC, got a little talking to as that was getting out of hand and he got several of his neighbors up in arms about it. He claimed he was just trying to get a tan and exercise, I think, and got huffy but they put a stop to it. One of the women made a little comment to his face, that, well "cut him down to size" if you know what I mean which stopped his little display cold in its tracks.

-Richard

[publius]

My wife will be in her 70's in couple decades. I hope I don't shudder. 'Cause I luvver.

There's an old joke that this is the reason your eyesight goes bad as you get old. :)

-Richard

[Noclevername]

BTW, I'm taking orders for the 2008 squashed-bug calender. March features a squished katydid; July, a black-widow smashed with an old shoe...it's very tastefully done :)

I'll place my order now, one desktop and one wall sized.

[Whirlpool]

Well... they see art in those pictures...

Maybe it's beyond the wrinkled body.

:think:

[Ronald Brak]

I think some people seem to have a short circuit between their "Naked Person," category and their "Object of Sexual Desire," category. Life is probably much easier when you have those two categories completely seperate and this should avoid the shuddering and other reactions mentioned in this thread. If you don't freak out when you see an elephant, then you shouldn't really freak out when you see a naked old person if you have your categories in order. I mean, it's all just wrinkled skin, isn't it?

[Michael Noonan]

I don't want to see a man, of any age, nekkid or in tight fitting speedos. :lol: Having to look at my own self in the shower and changing clothes is more than enough.



I am not following you around really but you come out with such great stuff. Reminds me of the seven ages of humanity. Baby, child, adolescent, adult, acts like an adolescent, acts like a child, acts like a baby.

It is great to know at their age they are still just like adolescents, hope for us all :whistle:

[MAPNUT]

I thought there were only four stages in life (western culture): believes in Santa Claus, doesn't believe in Santa Claus, is Santa Claus, looks like Santa Claus.

[NEOWatcher]

I don't want to see a man, of any age, nekkid or in tight fitting speedos. :lol: Having to look at my own self in the shower and changing clothes is more than enough.
Me too. Althouth, for many (women too), it doesn't even take tight fitting speedos, it just takes a pair of shorts and a tank top.

Anyway some idiot moved in a house right across from her, and she noticed him moving the grass with a pushmower.
I would have used a wheelbarrow. :whistle:

[Swift]

I hate to tell this to you young whipper-snappers, but as one gets older, one finds that women that one wouldn't look at 20 years ago, start to look pretty good. There are now grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who all look good to me. :eek:

[Swift]

Personally, I'd far rather see an older naked woman than an older naked man. Then again, women are considered old a lot faster in our society than men are. Remember that Sean Connery has routinely had romantic interests in his films who are half his age. Can you see Lauren Bacall doing that?
I could (http://www.mikkiansin.com/new_film/source/image/lauren_bacall_in_paris.jpg), but then, I'm not a Hollywood producer. And in her youth, WOW (http://worth1000.com/web/media/185173/Bacall,%20Lauren_03.jpg)!
Slim: You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow.

[Ericinho6]

Sushi. I'm not even kidding. I've tried many different kinds of sushi, but not one of them was appealing to me. Not to mention the fact that I hate raw food with a passion. It's even hard for me to type this cause I'm thinking about it! :lol: GROSS!!!

[publius]

Here's another nekkid man story. Years ago when I was a little tyke on up until college, my mother worked as a mail carrier. I got good at repairing brakes during her tenure, I'll tell you that.

Anyway, another woman was a city carrier, those who walked the beat, putting mail in little boxes on the front porch. She ran into a pervert type at one house. She was putting mail in a box on a house with a screened in porch and noticed a man standing on that porch, buck naked, sort of going, "heh......heh......heh". He was also somewhat "excited" to see her, and was, well, doing something with it.

She walked away fast. He did that several times. She mentioned it to the post master, and he got the postal inspectors on the case. Those guys have a lot of power. I would have thought that would've been a local law enforcement thing, but those guys apparently have jurisdiction over anything involving the mail, even remotely. They set up up a little sting, and caught the guy in the act, photos and everything.

I can't remember what the ultimate resolution was, but that guy was in serious trouble.

-Richard

[Noclevername]

Here's another nekkid man story.

:exclaim:

...And I thought the calendar would make me shudder.

But that story...

SHUDDER.

[Captain Kidd]

We're going to Jamaica in a few weeks and I'm kinda worried about how frequently we'll be seeing people wearing swimsuits that they really shouldn't be wearing. (The "I'm still a fit 20-something!" though process.) Yeesh, it's bad enough at the local pool.

Fortunately we'll be far enough away from the Hedonism resort that we shouldn't get too much spillover.

[Noclevername]

(The "I'm still a fit 20-something!" though process.)

Seriously. When I worked one of my first jobs, a customer came in frequently who was quite obese, yet dressed like she was auditioning for a music video. Miniskirts, Daisy Dukes, tank tops, tube tops; My fellow wage slaves and I nicknamed her Cartman Electra.

I know I'm out of shape, so I cover up so's not to inflict my flab on others.

[Doodler]

I am in shape. Round is a shape. ;)

[NEOWatcher]

Any of our UK friends take part in this?

Scores of Bicyclists Go Nude in U.K. (http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3445444&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.7.1)

"Bikes and naked bodies harm nobody. Car fumes and accidents kill tens of thousands every year in the UK alone and are driving us all to climate chaos."

Ow; my eyes...

[Captain Kidd]

I am in shape. Round is a shape. ;)One of my favorite Garfield lines. :)

[Delvo]

Tens of thousands in the UK per year? I looked up the rate for the USA and found that it's about 42,000 dead due to road vehicle accidents per year... and the USA is somewhat larger than the UK...

[publius]

Speaking of women who've aged well, Suzanne Sommers is 60. I just noticed her on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. A bit airbrushed, but still, you would think she's maybe 40-something.

-Richard

[Peter Wilson]

Scores of Bicyclists Go Nude in U.K. (http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3445444&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.7.1)

What happened to quiet desperation as the English way? :)

[Celestial Mechanic]

[Snip!] Years ago when I was a little tyke on up until college, my mother worked as a mail carrier. [Snip!] She mentioned it to the post master, and he got the postal inspectors on the case. Those guys have a lot of power. I would have thought that would've been a local law enforcement thing, but those guys apparently have jurisdiction over anything involving the mail, even remotely. They set up up a little sting, and caught the guy in the act, photos and everything. I can't remember what the ultimate resolution was, but that guy was in serious trouble.
Moral of the story: don't give your postal carrier the "willies". :eek:

[Gillianren]

Ow; my eyes...

My eyes are not my primary concern. Their bits? Must hurt a lot.

[publius]

Moral of the story: don't give your postal carrier the "willies". :eek:

Yes, it was sort of like that episode of WKRP where Johnny Fever was fearing the "phone cops". Don't mess with the mail cops.

You probably recall those post office shooting incidents that put "going postal" in the lexicon. Well, from some of the stories my mother would tell about postal management and officials on ridiculous power trips (little Nazis, she would call them), I can see how it would push unstable types over the edge.

One thing the postal inspectors routinely do is follow mail carriers around at random to make sure they're not doing anything they shouldn't be. Stealing mail is one big thing. Stopping too long for at some store or restaurant is something on the other end of that scale. They would take cameras with them to get pictures of the carriers in the act if they caught them.

My mother learned about that secret tailing when she first started full time. She noticed a vehicle following her around, sort of lagging back, but definitely following her (no one told her to expect anything like this, even the veteran carriers). She got pretty scared. She was a rural carrier, and our house was on her route. The way it was, she was get here around 11AM, just before lunch. My father happened to be in (and she would've probably hunted him down if he wasn't) and she told him. Let's see, I was probably about 12 years old or so at the time and in school.

Anyway, my father got in his pickup and waited out in the driveway after she pulled out, and sure enough the car she described came "sneaking" along. Well, my father has a "hey diddle, diddle, straight up the middle" streak in him with stuff like this, and he just pulled his truck right in the road in front of that guy, who had to stop quickly, and jumped out, hollering, "What the devil are you following my wife for, buddy?!"

The guy quickly pulled a badge out of his jacket pocket and handed it to my father, saying "Postal inspector, sir, I'm not trying to hurt your wife!". He then quickly explained what he was doing, and nicely. My father then told him he had my mother pretty scared, and he was going to catch her and tell her what was going on. The inspector said he guessed that suited him fine. :)

Apparently, with his cover blown, he stopped tailing her very soon after. But that is the type of thing those guys routinely do or did back then. And they didn't tell the carriers to expect that, which just wasn't a good idea. It can lead to some bad misunderstandings, as that particular inspector found out.

-Richard

[Ilya]

My eyes are not my primary concern. Their bits? Must hurt a lot.

Especially if someone falls off a bicycle.

[EvilEye]

I can think of at least 3 women who are much older than me I wouldn't throw out of bed.

Lindsay Wagner, Dawn Wells, and I hate to say it because she's weird...but I think for 75 Charo still has a kickin' body.

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Charo-Photograph-C12149378.jpeg

[LurchGS]

y'know - I like these ladies! It takes an enormous amount of nerve, given the prevailing attitude in this country and era. I grant you, I'm not likely to buy the calendar either, but I'd LOVE to meet them.

[Gillianren]

"You'd do it with Tina Turner, and she's a grannie"--that one girl in The Commitments

I think that a lot of guys are perfectly comfortable thinking about older women if they don't know/can't tell exactly how older a woman the woman is. Hence plastic surgery.

[Paracelsus]

"You'd do it with Tina Turner, and she's a grannie"--that one girl in The Commitments

I think that a lot of guys are perfectly comfortable thinking about older women if they don't know/can't tell exactly how older a woman the woman is. Hence plastic surgery.


Yes!

Men don't mind a woman who is 80, as long as she looks 30.

The only way that happens, guys, is with cosmetic surgery. Don't care what your genetic heritage, if you still have a 'kickin' body' at 75 or 80, then you've had help.

Not that this is a bad thing, necessarily. :)

[Gillianren]

Yes!

Men don't mind a woman who is 80, as long as she looks 30.

The only way that happens, guys, is with cosmetic surgery. Don't care what your genetic heritage, if you still have a 'kickin' body' at 75 or 80, then you've had help.

Not that this is a bad thing, necessarily. :)

I think it is. I think there are women with a "kickin' body" at 75 or 80 who work hard to maintain it. We'll all acknowledge that there are men who are, right? So why are women expected to have had surgery?

Oh, I know. It's the breasts--once they start drooping, that's it, right? And, of course, in our culture, motherhood and the bodily changes associated with it are admirable, but not sexy.

[Noclevername]

And, of course, in our culture, motherhood and the bodily changes associated with it are admirable, but not sexy.

There are a small number of males in our culture who like those features, or at least enough of them to keep certain websites in business.

[Peter Wilson]

Leno explained it last night: the calender is for charity.

Send in a donation, and they won't send you one!

:razz:

[Paracelsus]

There are a small number of males in our culture who like those features, or at least enough of them to keep certain websites in business.

Ummm...which websites? :lol:

There are many cultures which admire the pregnant female body, but I think you are talking about something else entirely. :surprised

[Noclevername]

Ummm...which websites? :lol:

Sorry, family friendly forum. :silenced:

I'm sure you could Google a bunch of 'em, if your tastes run that way. :rolleyes:

[Palomar]

I'd rather see that than a man in his 70's on the beach in his ill-fitting speedo.

Not me. Half-dressed old men are nothing to look at (I'm a woman) either.

[Paracelsus]

Sorry, family friendly forum. :silenced:

I'm sure you could Google a bunch of 'em, if your tastes run that way. :rolleyes:


Nah...I'm married. Hubby would get upset. :shifty:

[EvilEye]

BTW... technically (although the baby was adopted before I ever even got to know my woman)...my wife was a "granny" in her 40's.

[Gillianren]

I could well be myself. I was 20 when my daughter was born; she doesn't have to have a kid when she's very young at all for me to be a grannie in the next 20 years. (When I will become 50, as opposed to "in my 40s.")

[Damien Evans]

What happened to quiet desperation as the English way? :)

that died with the end of Pink Floyd...

Still the greatest rock band of all time

[Tucson_Tim]

that died with the end of Pink Floyd...

Still the greatest rock band of all time

At the very least, one of the greatest. :clap:

[LurchGS]

I could well be myself. I was 20 when my daughter was born; she doesn't have to have a kid when she's very young at all for me to be a grannie in the next 20 years. (When I will become 50, as opposed to "in my 40s.")

I will, by all that is holey.. holy.. wholly. I start again

I will, by all I hold dear, NOT be a grandfather before I reach the next decade - or even leptum - in my life span. If that happens, they'll never find the body.

Back to the topic. sorta. When I was younger, yeah, anybody over the age of 30 was.. old. THen I hit 30, and the upper limit extended to about 45. These days, so long as the lady takes care of herself, there's at least a little thread of interest.

(Don't get me wrong - some threads are much stronger than others. Wave Diana Rigg or Lynda Carter in my direction and my marriage is in deep deep doo doo. Wave Angela Lansbury - whom I love, too - and I'll probably put the kettle on and bring out the bisquits)

[Paracelsus]

At the very least, one of the greatest. :clap:

Don't forget 'The Police'!

I had the biggest crush on Sting growing up. Now, he's gone all Musak on us, though.

[Gillianren]

I had the biggest crush on Sting growing up. Now, he's gone all Musak on us, though.

Am I the only one who really liked his album of Elizabethan music?

[Paracelsus]

Didn't see that one. I kind of drifted after 'Fields of Gold' (or the album that had that song on it).

As a solo artist, I think he peaked with 'Dream of the Blue Turtles'. I saw him in concert once--he was quite good.

[Noclevername]

I think his best years were before that. Message in a Bottle, Roxanne, Don't Stand So Close To Me? Classics.

[Doodler]

I think his best years were before that. Message in a Bottle, Roxanne, Don't Stand So Close To Me? Classics.

Those were with The Police. They've reunited (finally) and are touring together.

[Noclevername]

Those were with The Police. They've reunited (finally) and are touring together.

Yeah, I was responding to the "after he went solo" comment. Good that they've reunited, although I doubt it'll be anything like the same.

[Damien Evans]

Yeah, I was responding to the "after he went solo" comment. Good that they've reunited, although I doubt it'll be anything like the same.

They never are, are they?

Crowded House has also just reformed, though how that will go without Paul Hestor i'm not sure

[Delvo]

I also heard a couple of days ago about Genesis reuniting now, although I don't know which version of it.

A few people have told me I look like Sting. But then again, I've also been told I look like Ewan McGreggor, Toby Maguire, Chris O'Donnell, Vladimir Kulich (who played Buliwyf from The Thirteenth Warrior), Woody Harrelson, Vin Diesel, a member of a "boy band" lik 98° or Backstreet Boys (not one in particular, just some generic type), some wrestler in the WW... CF... W... E... F... whatever it is now... and most recently Robin Williams.

Based on the above, I think it's safe to say that what I actually look like is... a white guy.

[Maksutov]

I get the shudders when I happen to inadvertently spot a woman with a huge butt.

Not just a huge butt, but one that is encased in tight-fitting pants.

Not only a woman with a huge butt that is encased in tight-fitting pants, but pants that are PINK!

DAY-GLO PINK!

There must be a law somewhere.

Retcchhh.


Now, ladies, I'm sure you have counterexamples...


PS: Although I am in pretty good shape for my age, I will never, ever wear a Speedo or a thong.

[Gillianren]

You can get, Gods help us all, 3X tube tops and short-shorts.

As you can imagine, I can cite more than a few examples from ren faire. A couple of years ago, this very unattractive man with a potbelly was running around in what looked to me like a fur diaper. This is where the "pants are your friend!" chant has its origins.

[Paracelsus]

A couple of years ago, this very unattractive man with a potbelly was running around in what looked to me like a fur diaper.

Ugh, I hope it had leak-guards in it! ;)

I once saw a woman walking up Highland Ave in Rochester, NY wearing a lacy bra, opaque tights, high heels, and....not much else.

She was built like a tank too. NOT a pretty sight.

[Noclevername]

What makes me shudder a little is looking back at pictures of how I dressed when I was young. The only excuse I have is that it was the 70s, everyone dressed badly...

[Gillianren]

The only time I've ever been fashionable was the early '90s; grunge was good for me.

[Maksutov]

What makes me shudder a little is looking back at pictures of how I dressed when I was young. The only excuse I have is that it was the 70s, everyone dressed badly...That fact that you're still posting indicates you didn't notice the hair.

[Noclevername]

That fact that you're still posting indicates you didn't notice the hair.


:eek:I was hoping to avoid that topic.

[EvilEye]

Am I the only one who really liked his album of Elizabethan music?

Nope. :)