My Dad's warnings
When my two brothers and I were teenagers, he gave us differing advice on the subject of what to look for in a prospective boy/girl friend.. He gave me a long list of things to avoid, including, but not restricted to...
Welsh men, Yorkshire men, men that keep their change in a purse, men that only drink halves, musicians, men that have tinted lenses in their real glasses, men that wear pink,and sales reps..

All he told my two brothers was "Look for a woman with a good sized arse that drinks red wine" reasoning that "They're not any more reliable, they're just more fun!"

He's called me "Plum" since I was a baby,and I'm 42 years old.. (after a character in a 1950s comic, I believe) he also introduces me to people as his effeminate son, apologising that I am a bit "camp", he also collects songs, and pretends to be Dr Ian Paisley when he's drunk, and sings "The Sash My Father Wore" at the top of his voice..We are English, and lapsed catholic, I should point out..

Oh yes, and he told me that Christmas was cancelled when I was 7, because he'd shot Santa, and he pretended to be the BBC on the telephone when a showing of Tom and Jerry was cancelled, and he rang up to complain. He also got me into the Sex Pistols, accoustic blues music, Tom Waits and Tiswas when I was a smaller Sparklet..

He spends a lot of time shouting in shops that "I'm not old you know!"

So on balance, its been grand up to now...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 14:58, 3 replies)

I wear (blue) tinted lenses
and have a wallet with a pouch I keep my change in which has been (incorrectly IMO) called a purse.

Guess it wasn't meant to be.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 15:11, closed)

;-)
Depends how much I still listen to my dad!!
besides, I think wallets are allowed, just those semi circular pursey things with a ledge got his goat...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 15:15, closed)

yeah, I can see the practicality
but, well, it's a bit ghey, isnt't it?

:)
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 15:27, closed)