Topic What is Taboo to you ?
Posted 20 May 2013 10:01
I'm glad other people have posted because I would have interpreted the question to mean 'how do I define taboo?'
Anyway, incest is beyond the pale for me. How someone can write or read about a girl and their father is just outside my comprehension. Same goes for Mother and son, though I can't relate to this in the same way obviously.
Animals and children go without saying. I would say they're beyond taboo.
Topic Eurovision Song Contest
Posted 20 May 2013 09:44
If we put in someone with a chance of winning we might have to host it! And we don't want that!
Why don't we want to host it? It would be like the Olympics and bring a feel good factor. I might actually go!
Topic Eurovision Song Contest
Posted 19 May 2013 02:54
I know what you mean, but I'm not sure political is the right word. Countries tend to vote for their neighbours or countries they have an affinity with. So Greece vote for Cyprus and vice versa and Finland vote for Hungary etc.
However, really good songs like the Danish one will still come through, because they will accrue points and get enough to win.
It's like UK doesn't get it somehow. If you go to Europe and listen to what's on the radio and what people listen to, it's not what Bonnie Tyler was singing. I do wonder if the UK guys are deliberately sending it up. Our song last night is like the stuff my Mum listens to lol.
Topic Eurovision Song Contest
Posted 19 May 2013 01:41
Why does the UK even enter?! Bonny Tyler's song was rubbish. Are the people who think up these entries actually trying to make us look pathetic? And why are they so old. Our girl must have been the oldest performer and that Humpledink man last year is as old as my Grandad!
I love watching the different songs but the UK is just a laughing stock! I know this won't mean anything to American readers, but anyone else got an opinion?
P.S. loved the Finnish song with the lesbians kissing at the end and the Denmark girl was a worthy winner!
Topic Undies for sport
Posted 17 May 2013 14:47
It depends. I like to wear either thin leggings or shorts in the gym. For running outside I nearly always wear loose-fitting shorts unless it's freezing and I'll wear jogging trousers. My top is normally loose T shit and if I'm running I wear a sports bra.
Topic is sexuality a choice?
Posted 17 May 2013 14:39
I don't think this is as simple as it sounds. I believe sexuality is a continuum and that we all lie somewhere on a line from straight to gay. I also think you can move around a bit on that line. What about paedophiles? Are they born like that or do they get perverted somewhere along the way?
Topic Things you don't understand even when they're explained to you.
Posted 14 May 2013 12:35
Hmmm... Ashlie said something about gravity making the space-time curve and that's what makes it a sphere. But what does that mean? I don't know any physicists and I accept this question might not have a layman's version type answer, but it really fascinates me.
Topic Breast feeding in public.
Posted 14 May 2013 12:31
Anyone who finds breast feeding offensive, covered or otherwise need to have a proper word with themselves
Topic Things you don't understand even when they're explained to you.
Posted 13 May 2013 13:58
OK my next question in this category is, 'Why is the Earth a sphere and not a shapeless lump of rock?'
Apparently it's something to do with space and time and Einstein? Can anyone explain this in layman's terms? I asked my friend Ashlie who's the clevererest person I know and it was just gobblydegook. How does space and time make the Earth into a sphere? I've been drinking wine, so now might not be the best time...
Topic Things you don't understand even when they're explained to you.
Posted 13 May 2013 13:52
Feedback is like a driven and under dampened oscillator.
What this means is imagine you have a microphone that is hooked to an amplifying speaker. Any little sound that is picked up by the microphone is the amplified by the speaker. If that microphone is placed in front of the speaker the noise is picked up by the microphone and amplified and then picked up by the microphone and amplified....... Ad infinitum. So the sound keeps getting louder and louder, this is positive feed back.
This is what happens when somebody on a telephone talking to a radio station with that station playing in the background does. The noise is looped and amplified.
I hope that helps.
That kind of sounds like how my Dad said it. I guess your explanation is a teensy bit more comprehensible but only just.
Topic Things you don't understand even when they're explained to you.
Posted 12 May 2013 12:14
Feedback. As in the loud whining noise you hear when someone's on the radio and they go too near their radio with their telephone, or whatever.
So last week I was at my folk's house and it happened on a phone in on Radio Five Live. My Dad explained to me what did it, but even when he'd told me, I was none the wiser!
Anyone got any personal examples? And if anyone can explain what feedback is in laymen's terms...
Topic Breast feeding in public.
Posted 12 May 2013 12:06
I was breast fed apparently. I don't see any harm in it. It's a totally natural function of a woman, I don't see why anyone would object to it. Can't say I've ever noticed it much here - maybe once or twice. You do see it a lot in Europe in cafes, on trains etc.
Where's the evidence that English people don't like it? I find it hard to believe anyone would be morally outraged by a mother breast feeding.
Topic Commonly Confused Words
Posted 12 May 2013 06:22
Hung - hanged.
I was taught that it's correct to write, 'the robber was hanged by the neck.' However, broadcasters and journalists etc commonly use hung as the past tense of the verb to hang, in this context. It's not something I ever discussed with my tutor, so not sure if there's a definitive 'correct usage.'
Topic Best and Worst of You
Posted 06 May 2013 13:07
Best: I'm very loyal and never betray a trust/secret. I'd go to the end of the Earth for my parents because they've given me so much.
Worst: I can be tetchy and pedantic. I can be outspoken and sarcastic.
Topic Randomly deleted friends?
Posted 06 May 2013 13:01
I've had at least three friends randomly deleted. Jillinjulie thought I'd deleted her. I was like 'as if!'
Topic Comments on stories
Posted 05 May 2013 13:46
I enjoy reading peoples' comments. I don't know why you would want to hide them. Isn't it just a way of people expressing an opinion beyond the score? Why wouldn't you want to share that? The vast majority of views don't result in a score or a comment anyway.
Topic Are you a sucker for a man in uniform?
Posted 05 May 2013 13:29
Not really, I like the cool, surfer dude type. As long as they're ripped and cute. However... girls in uniform! Pwhwooar! Love to see women in fireman's uniform especially.
Topic Story request
Posted 05 May 2013 11:51
It sounds like you know what you want to read. Why not write it yourself?
That's what I was just thinking.
Topic Commonly Confused Words
Posted 05 May 2013 00:18
I can understand people confusing discrete with discreet. What gets me though, is when you hear people say, 'I brought it for £2.' No you didn't you thick twat! You bought it!!!
I'm probably too critical but that particular one just annoys me, sorry.
Topic Quick question, Dick or Cock?
Posted 05 May 2013 00:13
Just vary the words to avoid repetition. I don't use penis that much because I don't think it's very erotic. Cock, dick, nob, hard-on, erection, phallus, arousal, erection - it's all the same to me.
Happy writing.
Topic Is Britain riddled with sexual abusers?
Posted 04 May 2013 11:57
Apparently, the assistant Speaker of the house of commons has been arrested for perversions/sexual assault. We're riddled I tell you :(
Topic What are some sex games?
Posted 04 May 2013 09:15
'Blow job roulette' is a good one, where you have 4+ girls and one guy and you take turns to suck him for say 30 second intervals. The winner is the one who gets the cum.
Another one of my favourites is 'blindfold guess the pussy.' You need quite a few girls for this. You take turns to taste each girl's pussy blindfolded. The one with the most correct guesses is licked out by all the other girls til you cum!
Hope that helps
Danny