I'm such an embarrassment to the male gender!

[jobycom]

I can't even watch a silly movie about a dog and a girl and a preacher without getting choked up. I love sappy movies more than I like clever, artsy indie films. Or Kung-fu movies.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Hijack alert!

Did you see that one of the Elizabeths is leaving? Elizabeth Yevich is resigning to move back east to be near family. Man, TCDP meetings won't be the same. :(

[short bus president]

5. no, no...

this isn't the one about the boy and his burro and the sweaty blacksmith, dumbass. :P

[GOPisEvil]

8. Mr. Jobycom knows of whom I speak.

The other Elisabeth is still around, thank God.

Mmmmmmm...sweaty blacksmiths...

[jobycom]

13. No, didn't hear.

I've paid little attention lately. Who's taking her place?

[GOPisEvil]

15. Patti Edelman

[jobycom]

19. I don't think I know her...

[GOPisEvil]

26. She was big with Lorenzo Sadun's campaign last fall.

[jobycom]

33. Hmm, I'm sure I've met her, then. Can't place her.

I guess I should get involved again. Now that I'm not president, maybe I can avoid the petty nonsense.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Or LOTR.

:hi:

[jobycom]

24. Yeah, dat to!

:rofl: Though I did cry during that one, just for different reasons.

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. real men cry at sappy movies.

It shows you are comfortable with your masculinity.

[HEyHEY]

4. Real men, and Irish drunks

[evlbstrd]

9. I'm a real manly Irish drunk,

Hell, sometimes a commercial can make me cry.

[HEyHEY]

11. I can't even endure a remotely tender moment without crying

That's how manly I am

[evlbstrd]

14. I love you, man!

:cry:

[HEyHEY]

23. sniff, *swallows* you too man

[evlbstrd]

28. How 'bout them (insert team name here)?

[jobycom]

16. I'm not Irish

But I've cried at commercials. Coca-Cola somehow gets to me on a regular basis.

[Spinzonner]

7. So true

but they're tears of agonized boredom

[jobycom]

18. Comfortable with or unconcerned with.

[babylonsister]

6. If it makes you feel better, joby, thanks!

[jobycom]

22. For what?

Being an embarrassment? I haven't even mentioned my purse...

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. I think we need a manly thread.

:woohoo: :popcorn: :hide: :spray:

[BikeWriter]

17. I think I'll go out and kill something. Who wants to go?

[Spinzonner]

20. Let's see you start with giant spiders.

[BikeWriter]

27. Not a problem. I'm not afraid of tarantulas.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

21. I might try it again.

[BikeWriter]

29. Yep, Pard. Killing things is a manly pastime. I enjoy it.

[jobycom]

25. I'm vegetarian.

[BikeWriter]

30. You can still enjoy killing things. You don't have to eat them.

[jobycom]

34. I've been known to catch bugs and carry them over a hundred yards

to safety. My boss at work gets mad because I spring all the mousetraps when he goes home at night.

[BikeWriter]

37. Mice are pests. They'll destroy your electrical wiring, too.

[jobycom]

38. You're part of the most destructive species on the planet and you're

upset about MICE being pests? Sigh.

[BikeWriter]

41. That's true. Mice are still pretty worthless though.

You'll have to admit a mouse skin coat would look tacky.

[jobycom]

43. They are much cuter alive than dead.

And they are less worthless than us, I'm sure. They don't try to take over every other species. They just eat, poop, and look cute. Kind of like tv journalists, but without the propoganda.

[BikeWriter]

44. That's right, spreading the Hantavirus like cute little critters.

[jobycom]

46. Again, that's minor compared to what we spread

[BikeWriter]

48. Sure it is, but it would be insane to kill humans.

[jobycom]

50. Insane, or just Republican?

Besides, why kill anything? Kill threads, if you must kill.

[BikeWriter]

54. Insane, or Republican? Yes.

[jobycom]

56. LOL! True!

[GOPisEvil]

32. Hunt vegetables. They're easier to stalk.

:)

[jobycom]

35. LOL

I've got some celery stalks I need to munch.

[BikeWriter]

36. I like smashing and mashing veggies. They scream "Help me!"

[jobycom]

40. LOL

:rofl:

Methinks those are other voices you are hearing, perhaps internally? But I'm still laughing my ass off at the image!

[BikeWriter]

42. You've never heard them? Especially the carrots!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Well, my dear jobycom, if you are an embarrassment

to the male gender.....

Then I wish there were more embarrassed males like you!

It is wonderful to see a man who isn't afraid to express his emotions...

Or who isn't afraid to allow his feminine side to show...

Good for you!

:yourock:

[jobycom]

31. It's not so much that I'm unafraid to express my emotions

I just can't help myself! The scene at the end where her father is... Well, I won't give it away in case no one's seen it... I just about lost it. My oldest daughter turned to watch me, to see if I would. I did okay, but I couldn't have spoken then. She laughs at me because my voice chokes up during emotional scenes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. I can sure identify with that!

I'm always choking up during films...I carry a lot of Kleenex around...and try to wipe the tears away w/out anyone seeing them...

And I cannot talk then either...


:pals:

[Jamastiene]

45. Hey ladies of DU, sounds like we got a romantic type here.

And exactly who has made you feel you are an embarrassment to the male gender? Sounds like we have a winner here. Congratulations, you evolved. Look back at the hard hearted types now and stick your tongue out at them. You've now officially become a ladies man. Don't sweat it. I'm trying to understand why you feel bad about something good. :hug:

[jobycom]

47. Ladies man, or girly man?

And I prefer to think I was Intelligently Designed, not evolved. Not by a god, of course. Just by my parents. :-)

[Jamastiene]

49. Either way, by showing and/or having emotions

AND being male, it makes you miles ahead of most. Definitely ladies man... :pals:

[jobycom]

51. Maybe that will

come in handy one day! I can hope.

[southlandshari]

52. Without reading another post in this thread

I am going to guess you watched "Because of Winn Dixie" tonight. And darlin', if you did, someone better cue the Twilight Zone music but fast!

I bawled my silly eyes out over that movie about four hours ago!

:wow:

[jobycom]

55. Ha! We're not so identical! I watched it SIX hours ago!

:P

Imagine that. Two parents with kids the same age who come from the same geographical and heritagical part of the country BOTH watching the same DVD on the first payday after it came out! :-)

[southlandshari]

58. Silly me!

:yoiks:

[jobycom]

59. That's true

And it's quite attractive!

[southlandshari]

61. In that case...

:loveya:

[Heidi]

53. How does Minnie react when you cry?

When I'm sad, Ginger always makes it a point to climb up on my lap and put his butt in my face, just to remind me that it's not "all about me." :hi:

[jobycom]

57. She crawled onto my lap

and licked my beard, and when I pushed her off (she's large, i had just eaten, it was not comfortable) she laid on the floor and watched me.

I think it was sympathy! Or else, as you say, she was upset that it wasn't all about her! When I sit on the couch with my kids, she crawls between us. Very possessive cat.

[Heidi]

60. I understand feline possessiveness completely.

Sometimes, during "intimate moments" between Mr. Heidi and me, Ginger seems to fall directly from the ceiling, as if to say, "Hey, what're you guys doin' without me?"