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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 10:55 AM
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What if you could be the other gender
for a day. What would you do?
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 10:56 AM
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1. Geee... that's a hard one.
Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 10:56 AM by southpaw
Is this a trick question?
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ze_dscherman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 10:59 AM
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2. Something freudian in your subject line?
SCNR :evilgrin:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:00 AM
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3. Get my free toaster
:evilgrin:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:03 AM
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4. I guess I'd do what they do.
Take care of my manly needs and spend the other 23 hours and 45 minutes thinking about sports. :shrug:
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:06 AM
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5. 15 minutes
It doesn't take that long.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:10 AM
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10. depends what you got
wont go in to detail heh.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:07 AM
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6. sports?
believe me, you have that description reversed :)
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 12:29 PM
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14. That's why
Mrs BigMcLargehuge is a happy woman! :hi:
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 12:37 PM
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15. and a tired one
she's also become curiously fond of baseball and encourages me to watch it often, and for long stretces.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:07 AM
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7. Spend the day at sports bars farting and swearing
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:08 AM
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8. If I weren't sure I'd revert, I'd probably self-induce the big sleep.
What an absolute NIGHTMARE that would be. Just for one day.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:08 AM
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9. oh hah
Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 11:34 AM by JohnKleeb
I dunno. Betting I would be just as shy as I am now. Hah I got something, sneak on a certain couch, chat regulars you know what I am talking about heh heh. Oh and I am kidding around, I made a promise. But really, I have no idea, funny.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:19 AM
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11. What a fabulous opportunity to learn...
... how the opposite gender thinks and feels, as opposed to the stereotypes we each have of the other. I would think that being a woman for a day would give me the opportunity to be a better man from that point on.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 11:33 AM
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12. Pee standing up! n/t
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 12:18 PM
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13. That's exactly what I was thinking
Wow, imagine the convenience of that.:evilgrin:
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:31 PM
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32. Highly over-rated, let me tell ya...
Unless you're in the wilderness, then it comes in handy.
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 12:45 PM
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16. I could never...
I could never be a woman, 'cause I'd just stay home and play with my breasts all day!

:silly:
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:19 PM
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19. Pig
Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 01:21 PM by mermaid
:P
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:38 PM
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24. ha!
I lifted that from a Steve Martin movie...
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:08 PM
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17. Figure out what makes them feel good.
REALLL good.
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:16 PM
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18. Hmmm...I Could Not Pass This Thread Up
being as I am a post-operative transsexual!

I am now the opposite of my birth gender, and I love it. Much better on this side of the fence.

In case you were wondering, I am now female.
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:21 PM
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20. I would go for a walk at night and not worry about being attacked.
I've often wondered what it would feel like, not to have that little niggling fear constantly overshadowing me at night. Guys have no idea.
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:25 PM
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21. Well...
Guys who are crossdressers DO have an idea...
Being transgender, I have many male friends who crossdress...and some who, like me, are tanssexuals.

Now, if you are a crossdresser, there's only two possibilies: you pass, or you don't.

If you do...then you are a target of all the scum that victimize women,, rapists, muggers, purse-snatchers, etc.

If you don't pass...then you are the target of gay-bashers.

I think that some guys DO have a clue. Espcially male crossdressers and the stereotypical "flaming" gay men.

But you're right. MOST men don't have a clue how frightening it can be to be a woman, alone, at night.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:25 PM
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22. Hang out in a locker room all day
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:27 PM
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23. Dang!!
You're an even BIGGER pig than mrboba1...:P
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:39 PM
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25. Hey now!!!
watch it!
:P
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:28 PM
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30. Glad Ya Didn't Take It Personally!!
:P
I wouldn't have men any other way, but it's still fun to point out that men, generally, ARE pigs!
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truthspeaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:57 PM
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26. Pretend to be a lesbian and hit on LynneSin
just to annoy her.
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DemWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:03 PM
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27. If I were a woman for a day I would...
get dressed in the shortest skirt and highest heels I could find, seduce as many Right Wingers as I could and film the ensuing liason, delivering the tape(s) to CNN and watching the expose on Republican Family Values :evilgrin:
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:26 PM
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29. But Could You WALK In Those Heels??
It takes practice to walk in heels, you know!

For amusement value, rent the movie "Switch" sometime.
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DemWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:31 PM
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33. Mermaid... dah-link
former all to faaabulous drag queen... 250 pound on 5 inch stilletto's jumoing off a four foot stage whoke performing Pat Benatar... think I can handle a stroll down K Street ;-)
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:46 PM
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36. Well...
In that case, YOU GO, GIRL!!

By the way if you are going for a stroll down K Street, remember that sidewalks are natural runways...WORK THEM!!!
:P
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bo44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:09 PM
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28. I'd be a ball bustin' gold diggin' ho
Family tradition on my dad's side of the family.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:29 PM
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31. First... I would totally be straight.... and then...
I would be a transvestite :)
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mermaid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:49 PM
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37. Hmm
Well, can I just make a point of order here?

The word "transvestite" is offensive to most crossdressers. It has, over time, developed negative connotations. The preferred term nowadays...the P.C. term...is "crossdresser."

As one who has many crossdresser friends, being myself a transsexual, I can vouch for this.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:52 PM
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39. Apologies then...
Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 05:52 PM by Misunderestimator
Sincerely... in that case, I would be a cross-dressing straight male, hoping to attract lesbians. :evilgrin:
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:33 PM
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34. I'd FINALLY get enough sex!
Unless I looked the same as I do, just with different plumbing...
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:39 PM
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35. Oh let's see...
It would be nice to go out without makeup. If I were in a hurry instead of combing my hair I could just plop a baseball hat on my head. I would eat a very large meal as with my male body I would not have to worry about it all going on my hips. Oh, and it would be nice to have my S/O worry about dinner, feeding the pets, cleaning the house, etc.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 05:51 PM
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38. I'd walk into an RPG gaming shop
to see what it's like not to be leered at. Then I'd go to a bar and do the same thing.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 06:28 PM
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40. You get to do this in a town where nobody knows you, right?
Big hair. Lotsa makeup. Sluttiest dress in town. Then I'd hit the local meat market and just be a total tramp.
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 06:31 PM
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41. never leave the house.
;-)
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Mara Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 06:33 PM
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42. Nothing too different, I don't think...

I guess I would take a piss standing up, that might be fun...

Hit on straight girls and get to hook up w/them... :shrug:

I think I'd be afraid to, you know, copulate, though...

I don't think I'd want to make anyone preggers by mistake!

And I wouldn't do that on the first date, anyway. O8)
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 07:24 PM
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43. I'd go around
Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 07:26 PM by Moonbeam_Starlight
hitting people in the face with my penis, just to see what it was like.

Seriously. And I've told my husband that before, too. It's the truth. I'd feel so damn POWERFUL, man!!!!!!!

And on edit, I'd want the WHOLE DEAL, not one without all its factory-issued parts. Ahem.
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belladonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 07:25 PM
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44. C'mon, that's a no-brainer
Gimme some porn and KY and come back for me in 24 hours..... MAYBE I'll be done with myself by then :evilgrin:
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 07:29 PM
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45. Drink gallons of water
Just cos I think it'd be a trip to pee standing up. :7
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jdonaldball Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 07:34 PM
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46. Same thing I do on any day
brew some coffee, read the news, heat up yesterday's pizza for lunch.
Think about taking out the trash.
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