ypsi~dixit

Well, gracious, what does she expect? There's only time for the gentlemen to deliver the pithiest of messages, given the speed of the car.

It's a tad unrealistic to expect some guy to yell out the car window, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate..." Why, you'd be halfway down the street by the time you got to "thee".

you are so funny! my motto is always to give it right back at them.
however, i met my husband by talking to him first, forcing my presence on him as he tried to enjoy a meal with a friend...i was a little intoxicated. but hey, it's true love.
Are there any Shakespeare lines about big asses?

Amanda: Hm. I dunno. There are some Chaucerian ones, I'm sure.

This is one of those junctures when Y. turns to her kind readers to ask if anyone knows of any such callipygian couplets or steatopygian sonnets.

Amanda has posed a thought-provoking research topic, one from which we can all learn, and edify ourselves.

Kind and scholarly readers, rev up your Advanced Google Searches!

Hehe. ONe of my favorite moments involving a gent here in Ypsilanti occurred a couple of years ago as I was walking my dogs down to the park. I had just gotten a new cell phone that came with one of those "ear bud" headphones. I had the phone in my pocket and my hair totally hid the headphones. I was chatting with a friend as I was walking down Michigan Ave. This guy pulled his car over and yelled "mmmmm Nice Ass *and* CRAZY. Baby, I'm the man for you!" My friend on the phone heard it and couldnt stop laughing for almost 10 minutes!

Lynne: that is hilarious!

here we go. description of the miller's daughter, from the reeve's tale.

A doghter hadde they bitwixe hem two
A daughter had they between them two

Of twenty yeer, withouten any mo,
Of twenty years of age, without any more,

Savynge a child that was of half yeer age;
Except for a child that was a half year of age;

In cradel it lay and was a propre page.
In cradle it lay and was a good looking little boy.

This wenche thikke and wel ygrowen was,
This wench was thick and well grown,

With kamus nose and eyen greye as glas,
With pug nose and eyes gray as glass,

With buttokes brode and brestes rounde and hye.
With buttocks broad and breasts round and high.

But right fair was hire heer; I wol nat lye.
But right fair was her hair; I will not lie.

Shakesperean buttock taxonomy from "All's Well that Ends Well," act 2, scene 2:

COUNTESS
Marry, that's a bountiful answer that fits all
questions.

Clown
It is like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks,
the pin-buttock, the quatch-buttock, the brawn
buttock, or any buttock.

Amanda: So, to answer your query, yes. :)

I agree she's being too finicky. Maybe she should give these guys a chance. She assumes the guys that approach her want "just the ass." But how does she know that? And by her own admission they must "want the ass." eg."Must want more than just The Ass." And I assure you, they want more than just the ass.

They want the urbane conversation that can only result from decorous consort with brainy ladies.

...though one recent conversational topic, aired by an Ypsilanti gentleman of Y.'s acquaintance, concerned the purchase of new underwear, so perhaps a few question marks float around my "urbane" assertion.

This hasn't been a problem for me in quite awhile, :(
I guess my ass doesn't measure up. But I do know my 18 yr. old daughter has this problem as she runs through the community, about 5 miles a day, and is highly annoyed at being hooted and catcalled at. She once popped some guy the bird and was then followed and harassed. I warned her to ignore the "asses".

Yeah, I haven't found this to be too pressing a problem, either.

Ignoring the idiots is best, though difficult at times.

Sounds like quite the gentleman, there, who actually followed and harassed a lady. Loser.