BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?

Subject: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:44 PM

It baffles me. Every day I get up, look in the mirror, tousle my luxuriant hair a bit and say, "How'm I lookin' today??? Ooooo! I'm lookin' GOOOOOD!"

I bet the same thing happens to most of you too. But why is it? Given the silly and pointless things we've all done over the years, and in some cases the outright substance abuse...such as freebasing hamsters...it's amazing to me that we are all still looking this good!

In fact, it may be proof of the existence of a compassionate and loving God. Whaddya think?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cluin
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:47 PM

Like I told my girlfriend, I am looking more and more like Robert Redford every day.

Not the young handsome RR. The old weather-worn one with the weird growths on his face.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:50 PM

That's it. Getting old. Have you noticed how Keith Richards is looking OK now that he's gone 60?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:52 PM

And then there's Shatner...

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:53 PM

With Bill it's all the fibre he's eating.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:54 PM

"In fact, it may be proof of the existence of a compassionate and loving God."

made in His image, huh?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:56 PM

We are ALL above average... In all ways.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 01:57 PM

Why are we so Good Lookin'?

Like, huh? Man, like . . . .

Yeah, LH, me too. I am gettin' better looking every day. Not a darned thing I can do about it, either. It's a cross I have to bear.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 02:04 PM

Spooky, isn't it?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 02:05 PM

I hear ya, partner.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 02:06 PM

In light of the stupid IQ/marry thread, let me rephrase that: "I hear ya, guy buddy."

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 02:21 PM

Yes, I'm getting into each little wrinkle and gray hair and admiring them with a proud love and sparkle in my eye too.
I don't neglect each bag, bump, mole, wart, sag or slump either. Each has it's own loveliness.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 02:26 PM

quote from my 'ol daddy:

"Wish I'd of been born rich, 'stead of so damn good lookin'"

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: GUEST,Charmion at work
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:28 PM

Is that why I search my hair every morning for white ones? I've been getting them in my eyebrows for some months, but now I've turned 50 I'm impatient for the main event -- Whitening Of The Topknot.

I think we're so good-lookin' because we think good thoughts, eat pretty well what we want, and wear comfortable shoes. It's amazing what a pair of comfortable shoes will do for one's general air of well-being and beauty.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: mg
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:28 PM

Beats me but I have the same dilemma. I think the extra pounds do help quite a bit and the grey hair is quite enhancing...bifocals add a little something too.. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 04:03 PM

LOL! Good ones. Specially brucie and Bill. Keep them positive thoughts rolling in, people!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cobble
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 04:12 PM

O LORD its hard to be humble when your perfect in every way.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 04:18 PM

Just wish I was as good looking as some of you folks. I just can't brag about my good looks like you can because..although I used to be chased by women through my 20s and 30s...time has aged me well...and the looks are NOT so good now. Thankful that I still have a good brain and the capacity to enjoy living.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: mack/misophist
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:33 PM

I look like Jack Palance with migraine. This is beauty? OK, not a migraine, a hangover.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:41 PM

from the DT:

TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD
(Bill Carlisle)

[D] When I was young, I had an [A7] automobile
I'd scoot myself right [D] under that wheel
I had to fight the gals off [A7] with a stick
But now they say, [P] ...""Oh, he makes me sick."" (Refrain)

He's [D] Too old, [G] too old
He's too [D] old to cut the mustard any-[A7] more [P] ...
He's a-gettin' [D] too old, he's done got [G] too old
He's [D] too old to cut the mus-[A7] tard any-[D] more.

When I was young I had a lot of pep
I could get around, I didn't need no help
But since I'm old and a-gettin' gray
The people all look at me and say. (Refrain)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:46 PM

BillD,

In another dozen or two years you might have to start playing that one...


Perhaps it is just that folkies are better preserved than the average- - I wonder what might be the preservative?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Metchosin
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:49 PM

Every morning when I get up and notice I'm lookin' good, I realize I haven't put on my glasses yet, but everybody else looks pretty damned good to me without them too.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:52 PM

Is this a trick question, LH?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:52 PM

bruce...you knew me a dozen years ago when this grey was mostly red! I am humming it under my breath every day!

"preservative"? alcohol?...plus staying inside, out of direct sunlight, and singing.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:37 PM

Folkies can't afford the sex, drugs, and dissipation of the rock 'n' roll life -- or even the life of the average unskilled laborer?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:44 PM

No, it's not a trick question. It's an antidote to the "why are we so stupid" BS...

We're not stupid. People are magnificent. People have tremendous courage in the face of life's challenges. If we could actually see ourselves as we truly are, we would see the very beauty of angels in the making.

And it's also a thread to encourage some good humour at the same time.

Cynicism and negative thinking are their own punishment.

You know, it works this way for me:

1. When you're a kid, you seek play and fun, and try to please your mother (in all probability). The last part is tricky, cos it sometimes conflicts with having fun! :-)

2. When you're an adolescent, you seek to fit in with your peers, survive school, and investigate the other gender.

3. When you're a young adult, you seek a mate (temporary or permanent) and a role in life.

4. When you're an older adult, you seek to master the challenges of mating and dealing with your chosen role(s) in life.

5. When you're still older...if you have enough wisdom...you begin to look within. You seek greater wisdom. You seek innner peace. You seek a love that is larger than love for just one other person or just your mate and children.

6. If you become quite wise, you seek enlightenment. If you find it, all the rest becomes clear.

*****

Some people never get past steps 1, 2, and 3. That's up to them. One can get stuck at any stage of the above process and think that that is "all there is".

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:45 PM

I saw a reflection in a window the other week and thought "why can I see some old git with a white beard and not me? -- Oh! Shit!"

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:52 PM

You need to be up early to get a Good Lookin Camel

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:56 PM

I was considering some plastic surgery but then I thought no, why waste money on an already perfect reflection, so I spent it down the pub.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:09 PM

Whoo Hoo! Nice lookin' camels!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:11 PM

" but, sir, the men use her to ride to town!"
(punch line to very old joke)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:18 PM

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:20 PM

Along with that usual beam... :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: number 6
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:58 PM

When I wake up in the morning I thank God I'm not lying face down on the floor !!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: JennieG
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:02 PM

When I wake up in the morning I am very thankful - sure beats the alternative!

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cluin
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:04 PM

When I wake up in the morning I think about baseball for 5 minutes before I can pee.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 10:15 PM

Just because I am.......and I'm still here.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 10:26 PM

We are beyond good looking. Beautiful is what we are. No question about it. None at all, IMO.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 11:13 PM

I found a shot that most resembles what I see in the mirren each morning. (I tried to find a photo of Grace Kelly but the browser got hijacked by a porn site--sheesh. . .good old fashioned attractive nudity is hard to come by these days. . .pardon that string of double entenres. . .)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: dianavan
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 12:26 AM

the reason we are so good lookin' is cuz its closin' time.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 12:44 AM

My French Canadian uncle was getting rid of a hors years back. I asked why? He said, "She don't look so good." I checked her out and she seemed fine, but my uncle insisted: "She don't look so good." Fellow drove up to Quebec to buy the horse for $7,500. My uncle said, "She don't look so good." Fellow said she looked fine, and he loaded her into the trailer and drove off. Next day he phoned my uncle from Malone, New York. He ranted at my uncle for a few minutes and ended his tirade by saying, "The horse you sold me is blind." My uncle replied, "That's what I said. She don't look so good."

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Bert
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 01:24 AM

'cos if we weren't then no one would marry us and we wouldn't have kids and then there'd be no us.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 01:26 AM

I wonder if Jean Chretien was once good looking?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Metchosin
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 02:16 AM

Little Hawk, some of Chretien's facial imperfections were caused by childhood polio which left him with, among other things, a twisted mouth.

A few years ago we were at a party and had introduced our friend Don to another friend, Bob. Later in the evening Bob said that he had really enjoyed Don's company and what a great guy he was, but "Boy was he drunk, did you see his eyes?"

Poor Bob was sort of gobsmacked and sick with remorse, when we told him that Don was in fact, legally blind, hence the curious cast to his eyes. Don was also a bit drunk, but we didn't let Bob entirely off the hook until a bit later. BG

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: dianavan
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 02:23 AM

Jean Chretien probably looked good enough at closing time.

Drink up, Canada!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Metchosin
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 02:30 AM

just a sec, I gotta take my glasses off. LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Metchosin
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 02:35 AM

Yeah, drink up Canada, your boys won!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 09:15 AM

Okay. Well, what about John Diefenbaker, then? :-)

(I bet the Americans here are really puzzled now!)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 09:42 AM

I'm not puzzled, but what about Mackenzie King?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: artbrooks
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 09:48 AM

This is hockey, right? Isn't that a combination of boxing and golf, played on ice?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 10:01 AM

No, it's not hockey, it's politics!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Biskit
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:07 PM

Little Hawk,
It's not so much that we're so good lookin' as it is the others are so incredibly not.
;)
~Biskit~

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:10 PM

"I'm not puzzled, but what about Mackenzie King?"

OK, Rapaire, so one of our Prime Ministers had a few peculiarities. He got advice from his mom. No big deal.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:14 PM

Many world leaders have sought advice from their parents.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Metchosin
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:17 PM

He also took advice from his dog....good idea....

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 10:17 PM

Saying the Mackenzie King had a few peculiarities is like saying that there are a few drops of water in the ocean, or that a few snowflakes went to create a glacier, or that I have a few peculiarities, or that a dog has only a few fleas, or that there are a few stars in the sky.

(NB: I'm picking on Canadians here. The US has had folks with a few peculiarities, too.)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 10:24 PM

S'okay, Rapaire.

His proclivity was well known after his death. Canadians now know that his mother was dead at the time he sought her advice. However, we have an appointed Senate in Canada, and the House often seeks their advice, too. We see that as being the same thing. Little has changed over the years in Canada.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 12:23 AM

Mackenzie King once asked his dog what to do about a hostile editorial in the Ottawa Gazette.

The dog said, "Piss on it." And that's where the term "yellow press" actually came from.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 01:46 PM

Mackenzie King once asked his dog what to do about the sector of the public that is never happy no matter what the government says or does...

The dog said, "Screw 'em all!"

And he did. :-)

Dogs can always find simple answers to complicated questions.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cluin
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:01 PM

M. King and his dog: Canada's precursor to Shaggy and Scooby Doo.

A lot of people would've gotten away with a lot of things if not for that damned meddling PM and his dog.

"Like, we gotta go out and meet the enemy before he reaches our shores, man. We gotta defeat him before he attacks us, like, before our cities get laid to waste, Scoob! So you go look for clues over that way, while I'll just be sittin' over here makin' a sandwich..."

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:07 PM

Flippin' "A", man! We gotta, like, defend the True North Strong and Free, because before ya, like, know it...we're gonna have people tellin' us we can't, like, get pissed drunk in our own homes on Sunday, and...stuff like that, eh? These kind of people are, like, capable of any flippin' atrocity, eh? They would even probably, like, have a strike and cancel Hockey Night in Canada if you give 'em half a chance, eh? That'll NEVER flippin' happen exceptin' over MY DEAD BODY, eh??!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cluin
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:12 PM

You forgot to log out as the Diminutive Raptor and log back in as Shane, George.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:22 PM

LOL! Yeah, I didn't forget though, I just couldn't be bothered. Shane is quite a role model, eh? What a man.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:26 PM

Lot of contributors on this thread, why is that?

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:34 PM

Hey, man. Because we are GOOD LOOKIN'! That's why. It's as plain as the hair on yer dingleberries! I am a flippin' Adonuts, man. Believe it. Girls in this town fight over who gets to date me next. I am a hot item as far as, like...the Soo. Maybe farther, eh?

The "Soo" is Sault Ste. Marie...an okay palce to get wasted on the weekend.

- BDiBR

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:37 PM

All the contributors seemed quite sensible until you BD in BR

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cluin
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:39 PM

*Bdddibbbbbbrrrrr...*

That's the sound of a beer fart.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:40 PM

That's cos I ain't afraid to say what I really think, eh? "If you can't stand the heat, don't hang yer socks out to dry in the kitchen." I invented that saying.

- BDiBR

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:41 PM

Don't feel no heat..at least not from you, only your arrogance

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:47 PM

BDiBR...perhaps you should make a contribution to the "So why ARE we so damn stupid???" thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: Cluin
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 02:51 PM

Pssst.... He HAS, Mike. Blind Drunk Shane is Mr. Hyde to Little Hawk's Dr. Jekyll.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: GUEST,Charmion at work
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 04:11 PM

"Blind DRunk in Blind River" is Canada's answer to sir jOhn from Hull -- just as opinionated and only slightly less orthographically challenged.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are we so Good Lookin'?
From: flattop
Date: 07 Jan 05 - 01:06 AM

You'd think that Little Hawk's good looks would have procured him swelling parts in Hollywood's photographic medium. Yet he confesses his trickling frustrations in another thread.

However, there was that time when the Little Crows chased Little Hawk away from Crow Creek, into the dry summer plains. Little Hawk wandered for days, starving, alone, except for a Big Goat whom he befriended.

Then, one day, they found a tin of film. Big Goat nuzzled it until the lid came off. The film leader loosened around the spool and Big Goat ate a few frames. Little Hawk tried to butt in and nibble the edge, but Big Goat kicked him away and greedily ate the lot.

When there was nothing left but the spool, Little Hawk looked enviously at his big companion and said, "Well, what was it like?"

"It was good," said Big Goat, burping, "But the book was better."