Her song annoys me because I find the idea of being attracted to a man because he's not "too clean" downright creepy! She obviously had something in mind that makes sense to her, though, and I think I even know what it is, but she didn't express it in a way that I find appealing. I think what she really means is that she is attracted to men who are sort of rugged and straightforwardly masculine...like a firefighter, for example...or a cowboy...but not a slick type of sophisticated guy with sort of an Ivy League Errol Flynn type manner...or an artsy type of guy who chats about artsy things...you know? That's probably what she meant.

I'm not sure if you want to annoy me or not, Jack. Sometimes I think you do, because you can get rather combative or catty at times over this or that. But it seems that you think I'm the one who's getting combative or catty? Well, maybe we both thought the other guu did it first, and we both just imagine we're defending ourselves against a prior attack by the other guy. I think that's the crux of it right there. I get the impression often that you're taking a little shot at me, so I usually take a little shot back, but I try to do it with a smile on my face. Hence the old ;-) symbol.

You remember when the cowboy would say to the other cowboy: "Smile when you say that." ? If the other guy smiled, then it wasn't a fighting issue, it was a bit of joking around.

That's what I'm doing. I'm smiling to let you know that although it's a shot, it does not mean that I hate you. It's just a bit of joking around, that's all.