That's why they invented viagra. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:
> > > The funniest thing? A few years ago, Kirk Douglas, frailer, speech slurring > due to his unfortunate stroke, was asked about Michael's marriage to > Zeta-Jones. With that characteristic wink and gleam in his eye--undimmed > despite the stroke--he says "I told Michael, if I were 20 years younger, I'd > have given him a run for his money for Catherine!" > I had to chuckle, but one also remembers that Kirk was a notorious > philanderer for years. Kinda sad that old age and a near-death experience > had to settle him down enough so his longsuffering wife could finally enjoy > him. Still, gotta laugh at the old fart's pluck! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> > To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 3:47:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Study Finds British Women Want Curves Again > > > > I recall spending many an hour wondering what he had to draw her in, ended > up assessing it as his star power more than anything else. All of my lady > friends say that he's long past his prime. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:20:28 +0000 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Study Finds British Women Want Curves Again > > > > i remember her from the first Zorro movie, and wouldn't call her curvy--not > on level even of Kate Winslet or something. But she's a beautiful woman--i > literally caught my breath when she appeared on screen for the first time in > Zorro. Still can't believe she got with that old fart Douglas! :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> > To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:45:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Study Finds British Women Want Curves Again > > > Keith, Zeta *was* curvy, back in the day. She's lost a lot of that, > primarily because she was stalked for several years, went through horrible > stress. She's still in seculsion, to a degree. In her commercials for that > telephone company (can't recall which one), she's not even there. She's > green-screened in. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:55:52 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Study Finds British Women Want Curves Again > > > > Related to the conversation where I'd noted the Brits seem to use more > women with "real" shapes (at least in "Dr. Who"). Although, even here i see > perceptions have changed. I mean, in what universe is Catherine Zeta-Jones > considered curvy? She's beautiful, but I'd call her slim at best. A related > article I read was talking about something called the "waist-to-hip" ratio, > which supposedly measures a woman's curves. It claimed a WTH of 0.7 > indicated a perfect figure. Then, however, the article said that women with > that "perfect figure" included Selma Hayek, Jessica Alba, and Audrey > Hepburn? Huh? Hayek's got the curves, sho' 'nuff. Alba ain't anything close > to what i'd consider curvacious. Fit, but not Coke-bottle curvy. And > Hepburn?? My goodness, on this scale, the likes of Pam Grier, Kenya Moore, > Nichele Nichols, and other classic voluptuous sisters would be considered > overweight! > > So much of this conversation on beauty frankly ignores whole groups of > people. I rarely see African American or Latina women talked about as the > standards, unless it's something stupid like last year's fixation on Michele > Obama's arms. > > At any rate, I hope this is a trend reversing, and more women the world > over realize that being anorexic-looking isn't a standard of beauty worth > worth obtaining. > > *********************************************************************** > > British women 'want to be curvy not thin' > > (AFP) – Jul 22, 2009 > LONDON — British women hanker after a curvy hourglass body shape rather > than trying to be ultra slim, preferring Kate Winslet to Kate Moss, > according to a poll published Wednesday. > Sixty percent admitted to being either an "apple" or "pear shape," but 75 > percent said they wanted a figure like Catherine Zeta-Jones or Marilyn > Monroe, against only 10 percent who wanted to squeeze into a slim size 10 > dress. > The findings reflect changing attitudes in Britain -- where obesity is a > growing problem -- among women tired of the so-called Size Zero culture long > fuelled by advertising and the fashion industry. > "The report shows that women's attitudes to slimming over the last 50 years > have changed with their figures," said Laura Bryant of the food company > which commissioned the poll of 2,000 women. > "It seems British women have lost their waists but now they are demanding > them back." > And she added: "They are more concerned about getting a curvy hourglass > shape like their grandmothers instead of being the perfect size 10 which > shows a marked shift in attitude from the 80s and 90s, when success and > failure when slimming was benchmarked against fitting into certain sized > clothes." > A top-10 list of female celebrities whose shape inspired women was topped > by buxom TV cook Nigella Lawson and actresses Helen Mirren, Judy Dench, and > Joanna Lumley. > The findings might raise eyebrows in neighbouring France, which has the > highest proportion of clinically underweight women in Europe, according to a > study published in April. > Only half of those French women think they are thin, said the study, noting > that in Britain, Spain and Portugal, the number of women who see themselves > as seriously skinny easily outstrips the number who actually are. > A study last December found that one in three adults in England will be > obese by the time London hosts the 2012 Olympics. > Between 1993 and 2004 the proportion of obese people rose "significantly", > from almost 13.6 percent to 24 percent among men and from almost 17 percent > to 24.4 percent among women, according to University College London > researchers. > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. 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