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[hobx]

be proud of it, Hobx! the salt and pepper look on a man is acceptible, and i have always found that to be exceptionally attractive and sexy.
be proud of who you are and where you have been!

I shall follow your example indeed GG, might even start pointing it out to all who will listen

[observer]

GG

i went thru the same thing when i got my nose pierced. and i don't care what people think of me because i pierced my nose. it's MY nose after all, and i like it!

I've often wondered, isn't it a nuisance when you have cold?

On a more general point, men with earrings is like any other fashion. On some it looks great, but on the many who can't carry it off for one reason or another but are just following the latest fashion, it looks awful. Think mini-skirts, pony-tails, boob tubes, platform soles, flares - almost any passing fad you care to add.

i am very seldom sick.... so no, it isn't a nuisance. and i can take it out if i had to. i have lost many more earings than i have nose rings.

as for your general post, i don't know how old you are, Observer, but men have been piercing thier ears for decades, perhaps even centuries. that makes it alot more than a fashion statement.

Old, but not centuries old!

I'll agree that some men have been piercing their ears for centuries (There is a story that sailors had a gold earring to pay for their funeral if they died at sea and the tide washed them ashore - hence the association with pirates) but any man with an earring when I was young - or even in my prime - would have been thought very odd and now you see them everywhere. Same with tattoos on women.

I can't say that it bothers me one way or the other, it's only that what suits one person does not suit another, and once something becomes 'all the rage', too many people wear something that does not suit them.

Fortunately, I have reached the age where I tend to go for replacements rather than fashion, having decided long ago what suits me and what doesn't.

[GorillaGal]

GG

i went thru the same thing when i got my nose pierced. and i don't care what people think of me because i pierced my nose. it's MY nose after all, and i like it!

I've often wondered, isn't it a nuisance when you have cold?

On a more general point, men with earrings is like any other fashion. On some it looks great, but on the many who can't carry it off for one reason or another but are just following the latest fashion, it looks awful. Think mini-skirts, pony-tails, boob tubes, platform soles, flares - almost any passing fad you care to add.

i am very seldom sick.... so no, it isn't a nuisance. and i can take it out if i had to. i have lost many more earings than i have nose rings.

as for your general post, i don't know how old you are, Observer, but men have been piercing thier ears for decades, perhaps even centuries. that makes it alot more than a fashion statement.

Old, but not centuries old!

I'll agree that some men have been piercing their ears for centuries (There is a story that sailors had a gold earring to pay for their funeral if they died at sea and the tide washed them ashore - hence the association with pirates) but any man with an earring when I was young - or even in my prime - would have been thought very odd and now you see them everywhere. Same with tattoos on women.

I can't say that it bothers me one way or the other, it's only that what suits one person does not suit another, and once something becomes 'all the rage', too many people wear something that does not suit them.

Fortunately, I have reached the age where I tend to go for replacements rather than fashion, having decided long ago what suits me and what doesn't.

what's a boob tube? (it's what we call a TV)
as for your attitude towards men wearing earings, or women having tatts, this is probably attitudes you grew up with, instilled by your family. tatts go way back to primative men (and women). while i do think it's can go overboard, i feel there is nothing wrong with having a few tatts, as long as they aren't on your face.
and yes, now that you brought up the pirate thing, peirced ears on men does indeed go back centuries.

[denizaksulu]

Body piercing , nose studs , tongue inserts , nose attachments that look like gerata (Horns ) as well as the ultra sophisticated Earring !!! all derive from our jungle past many thousands of years back during evolution.
What on earth makes men wear earrings I will never understand !!
A geezer comes into our shop the other day sporting a fucking nail through his chin , about 3 inches long !!
Cant help taking the piss and asking him if that is also the size of his dick !! He blushes and tells me he has no dick he is a lesbian !!! He purchased one of those sex looking objects from our Utensils range ( see for your selves on www.devonscatering.co.uk ) and scarpers , or did she piss off !!

Thanks Miltiades for inadvertentlyanswering a question I posed on a different thread. How I did not see that 'kerata' for shoe horn is exactly that. Kerata = shoe horn = horn derives from Keratin/Ceratin, the protein matter matter from which horn is made.

[observer]

GG
"what's a boob tube? (it's what we call a TV)"

I'm no fashion expert, but a boob tube is a strapless stretchy tube that covers from the top of the breasts (boobs in Brit English slang) to the waist. On women. Looks fine on slim girls with good shoulders, but on their beefier sisters it can be a disaster to the onlooker. I don't know if it's the same as a TV.

[GorillaGal]

GG
"what's a boob tube? (it's what we call a TV)"

I'm no fashion expert, but a boob tube is a strapless stretchy tube that covers from the top of the breasts (boobs in Brit English slang) to the waist. On women. Looks fine on slim girls with good shoulders, but on their beefier sisters it can be a disaster to the onlooker. I don't know if it's the same as a TV.

we call that a tube top.

[observer]

GG

Now I've got to ask what a TV is.

OK, I know it's a thing which I'm happy to sit down and watch in the evening (could say the same about a boob tube / tube top too I suppose!) but you seem to imply that it's also an item of clothing.

[GorillaGal]

GG

Now I've got to ask what a TV is.

OK, I know it's a thing which I'm happy to sit down and watch in the evening (could say the same about a boob tube / tube top too I suppose!) but you seem to imply that it's also an item of clothing.

nope, sorry, TV is what you think--Televison. watching too much TV is bad, makes you lazy, hence they call it a "boob tube" here. boob means woman's breasts, but it also can mean some stupid fool.

[denizaksulu]

GG

Now I've got to ask what a TV is.

OK, I know it's a thing which I'm happy to sit down and watch in the evening (could say the same about a boob tube / tube top too I suppose!) but you seem to imply that it's also an item of clothing.

nope, sorry, TV is what you think--Televison. watching too much TV is bad, makes you lazy, hence they call it a "boob tube" here. boob means woman's breasts, but it also can mean some stupid fool.

Isnt it bad enough we have Coca Cola and Macdonalds, now more Americanisms. ( just kidding GG)
How are you by the way. You have proven yourself to be a tough girl. GG. Keep it up.

[observer]

GG

Now I've got to ask what a TV is.

OK, I know it's a thing which I'm happy to sit down and watch in the evening (could say the same about a boob tube / tube top too I suppose!) but you seem to imply that it's also an item of clothing.

nope, sorry, TV is what you think--Televison. watching too much TV is bad, makes you lazy, hence they call it a "boob tube" here. boob means woman's breasts, but it also can mean some stupid fool.

Thanks. I was aware of the second meaning of boob, just hadn't made the connection with tube to make TV. I guess the Brit equivalent, which I have heard from time to time is the idiot box.