Fireflyfans Dating Service
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UPDATED: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 02:29
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I know what you mean. 15 scoops of ice cream is a heck of a lot of ice cream. I love ice cream and all, but that would, obviously, be too much for me. I guess this is part of the problem when it comes to American portion control.I am amazed sometimes when I look at labels and see how little one serving really is. It makes me feel bad. :(
I think a lot of that is just a dirty advertising trick, so they can say "buy our package of 6 donuts! Only 150 calories!" So you get sucked in and don't realize it's really 150 calories per donut until you've eaten like 4.
Or maybe my communications/marketing focus has made me cynical. :)
Portions are out of control, I'll give you that, but it's hard to avoid, for reasons bigger than just gluttony. Eating - especially eating food worth eating - is such a sensual experience.
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Originally posted by fathounddawg:
I think a lot of that is just a dirty advertising trick, so they can say "buy our package of 6 donuts! Only 150 calories!" So you get sucked in and don't realize it's really 150 calories per donut until you've eaten like 4.
Or maybe my communications/marketing focus has made me cynical. :)
Portions are out of control, I'll give you that, but it's hard to avoid, for reasons bigger than just gluttony. Eating - especially eating food worth eating - is such a sensual experience.
150 calories for a donut? More like 550 calories.
Ah, but who can resist a good donut? 
I was watching TV the other day and saw an ad for a burger at some chain American restaurant (like Chilis) and the thing was enormous. Or those triple cheese burgers at Wendy's. Not that they taste bad, I am sure they taste great but they are so outrageous.
Hm. Sensual experience, eh? Channeling a little Kaylee are you?
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150 calories for a donut? More like 550 calories.
Heh...well...a gal can dream, right? :)
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I was watching TV the other day and saw an ad for a burger at some chain American restaurant (like Chilis) and the thing was enormous. Or those triple cheese burgers at Wendy's. Not that they taste bad, I am sure they taste great but they are so outrageous.
Burgers are especially tricky, I think, because what makes a burger really good is the stuff you put on it and it's easy to go overboard on that. Before you know it, your burger is overwhelmed and eight inches high.
Haha...I guess I was, you're right. :) Though I think a strawberry is a lot sexier to eat than a big meaty burger! lol
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Jayne: "Butcher knife!"
Zoe: "Anyone we can't spare."
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Originally posted by fathounddawg:
Burgers are especially tricky, I think, because what makes a burger really good is the stuff you put on it and it's easy to go overboard on that. Before you know it, your burger is overwhelmed and eight inches high.
Haha...I guess I was, you're right. :) Though I think a strawberry is a lot sexier to eat than a big meaty burger! lol
As long as we are dreaming, I would like a million dollars.
I agree about the burgers. Me, I am a traditionalist. Lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup and mayo. No pickles. No mustard. No peppers.
What was that burger chain that was trying to sell the sexiness of the burger using that blonde hotel bimbo, Paris Hilton? They seemed to think burgers are pretty sexy. I take your side, though, not really all that sensual.
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Y'see, this is a true sign of civilisation gone mad.
So removed from the primal hunter-gatherer stuff, its made so convenient, we are totally removed from its production, it arrives neatly packaged and rarely resembling its natural state.
Food has passed beyond a 'sensual experience' (and it really is, eating is the most fun you can have with your knickers on*) and is now a challenge.
little more than a game, you can win prizes!
lordy, rant over. Just had to be said.
of course its now occured to me that all those 'primal' hunting urges are being channelled elseware, and like a cooped up budgerigar, growing ever desperate to get out. You want proof?
ladies and gentlemen, I give you the little lurve-monkey himself...*drumroll* Bitterbierce!
of course, i'm wrong, men like BB have been around always, thats why he's so damn cool - he's the only man i've ever known who openly admits his John Thomas is running the show.
Still wouldn't sleep with him though, Call me a fool, but there something attractive about that whole illusion of sophistication, I kinda like men who feel but don't tell.
Speaking of which...
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SW Malcolm Reynolds seeking Inara Serra in Manitoba to have verbal spats and not admit our true feelings to one another, but we both know it.
And you're in Canada dammit!
Gods! Never have I detested a body of water quite so much... ...gorramn Atlantic...
*and by eating I mean the likes of raspberries and honey rather than the innards of a herd animal.
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As long as we are dreaming, I would like a million dollars.
I agree about the burgers. Me, I am a traditionalist. Lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup and mayo. No pickles. No mustard. No peppers.
What was that burger chain that was trying to sell the sexiness of the burger using that blonde hotel bimbo, Paris Hilton? They seemed to think burgers are pretty sexy. I take your side, though, not really all that sensual.
Um...a million dollars...10 more seasons of Firefly...a Serenity triology...
I haven't had a burger in ages, now that I think of it. I like lots of lettuce and ketchup and mayo, cheese too, maybe bacon if it's real bacon and not that paper thin faux bacon crap. Tomatoes are problematic because they slip and slide all around, but good, nonetheless. I'm a big fan of juicy sauteed onions. Yum yum!
I love the commercial for Date Movie (which I heard was pretty awful) with the chick and the burger, mocking the Paris Hilton spot. I guess I love pretty much anything making fun of Paris. But then...it's almost too easy.
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Originally posted by ChrisMoorhead:
Philosophy is almost a natural reaction to things we don't understand enough to make a science out of, so yes, I get very philosophical about women. Females make no sense.
Males are much easier to understand on average, as their minds usually work in more simple and immediate ways. If a woman can't understand a man, chances are it's because she's thinking too hard.
Both genders are a source of unending frustration for me, but the few times women have entered any of my "circles", things became infinately more confusing. I'd have to say that the happiest times in my life were when I was deployed and there were absolutley no women around. I had to worry about being shot at on a daily basis, but I honestly remember those times being more enjoyable and relaxing than any time I had a female in my life.
"When man says woman is a mystery, what he means is that she is a mystery to him."
Apples to oranges.
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Originally posted by BitterBierce:
Ok, first things first, what the hell is a snerk? I mean, it's pretty obvious it's close to snark which is like snarky, but it occurs to me those ain't words neither.
Heh, a snerk is just a cross between a smirk and a snark. It's a little meaner than a smirk, but there's still humor in it, dark though it may be.
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...she smiles and says "Jayne makes my girl parts tingle". I did have to laugh. Never heard that one before. For some reason, I thought of you.
Awww...that's almost sweet. 'S a good thing I think it's hilarious instead. Heheh.
And yes, Jayne does indeed make my girl parts tingle. He's...lots of fun.
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Then they say "awwwww" when you do something minimally kind. Then you feel like you've accomplished something, turned a tough guy a little nice.
Heh, see the above. You did get an AWWW, but I have no delusions of turning you even remotely nice. Considering that you thought of me with another girl and all. *snerk*
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That's the key to you womenfolk, you all want the same thing. You want a bad boy to be good to YOU.
You got something goin' there, Sir. Might wanna run with that. As Jayne says, "Far as psychology goes, that ain't bad."
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This'll probably double-post, sorry!
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Originally posted by ChrisMoorhead:
Females make no sense.
Amen, man. Truer words were never spoken. And I AM female.
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I'd have to say that the happiest times in my life were when I was deployed and there were absolutley no women around. I had to worry about being shot at on a daily basis, but I honestly remember those times being more enjoyable and relaxing than any time I had a female in my life.
I'd have to admit that the most relaxing times I've ever had were when I was the only girl around. Me and my guy friends get along just fine...until a "real" girl walks in.
You know, one that doesn't like football but pretends to, doesn't like beer or BBQ but pretends to, and fixes her hair and make-up to watch baseball because she can't imagine wearing a baseball shirt for that particular team without looking fetching in it.
*facepalm*
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