Some day’s I have a harder time smiling then others. I just wanted to thank all the people in this city who smile at strangers, who compliment strangers, who make small talk with strangers about whatever is on your mind, because that person is sometimes me, and minutes before that I was sad but you knocked that sadness away by simply being YOU!
So thank you for not being so absorbed in your own life that you took the time to make another person smile. —Real Chick
This article appears in Sep 16-22, 2010.
you’re welcome, i smile and talk to everyone. i prefer your reaction to “what a weirdo”
I met a guy at the bus stop the other day who had asked me a question about bus times…. I recognized a Trinidadian accent and asked him if that’s where he was from. He was pleased that I recognized his accent and didn’t assume Jamaica. I spent the next 15 minutes learning about Caribbean Common Law and the Commonwealth. Fascinating stuff……..
I wish all people were like you RC…. I always smile at strangers and I would definitely compliment strangers if I thought I could get away with it. Cause there are a lot of people out there who deserve compliments and who likely don’t get them when merited. Especially when they go through the effort of making themselves look nice…. well, ladies of Halifax….. you look great!
see ya see, info and friendly chats abound^^
I LOVE this! Give credit where credit is due and Maritimers are sooo nice. See ya ’round
Thanks jonna, You look great yourself! and I love when you strike up conversations with random strangers. It’s so funny. I had a lady tell me I looked like one of those sex n the city girls all done up fancy one time…she was older and a little country…then told me she wasn’t a lesbian just wanted to tell me how nice I looked. We talked for 20 minutes…she had such a fascinating life!! now I always try and compliment people on anything… shoes or purses…men on their ball caps (depending on the team)…or on ink…. people really are nice…we just don’t give them the benefit of the doubt and keep to ourselves. Those random smiles and compliments can really change a persons mood.
Definitely makes being a sports fan advantageous. Always have to comment/compliment someone on having any Habs paraphernalia…. or Arsenal football club. Anyone wearing a t-shirt on which is displayed a band i might like- or as you said RC- tattoos. Unfortunately I seem to have inherited more bruises than I care for by telling a lady just how nice her jeans make her ass look, or how that low-cut halter-top accentuates her cleavage. I guess not all can be as appreciative of random compliments.
Then you have the crazy, old, cat ladies who suck the life right out of you….
be choosy on whom you strike up conversations with.
Yeah Jonna….I think timing and distance are a huge factor when complimenting T&A. One day I was having a rotten day and went to get a tea and this car full of guys yelled “nice ass”….well that put a huge smile on my face. But if a stranger randomly told me how fantastic my jeans made my ass look….I don’t think it would warrant a punch, but maybe a weird look.
…the Habs? You people are diehard fans. I’ll keep my team to myself and save an argument…lol
‘this car full of guys yelled “nice ass”….well that put a huge smile on my face.’
I can only imagine the thousands of women who would have complained to no end about this harassment…
but this… this right here is why some of those neanderthals do it.
They were a group of rowdy college guys…and the comment started with “Hey beautiful…..NICE ASS” so yeah I smiled! Sorry zZz …I guess I’m responsible for harassment everywhere! Thanks for killing my love.
leafs real chick?
I kill love all the time… I’m a sourpuss.
and it’s not JUST you, but you are part of ‘the problem’, as many women see it.
and based on the response, you could only assume she’s down with the blue and white.
Part of the problem my ass…I’m not going to tear a strip off some nice guy being flirty…but I am going to snap at some punk who yells “show us your tits”….I guess if I give an inch then I’m at fault. I really don’t care either way.
lol….Go Leafs Go!!
haha, the boy is a leafs fan and he lives there now. the bear is a habs fan. goleafyhabsgo
Hahaha…. don’t worry RC…. zZz’s just sour because it’s been a while since a bunch of rowdy college girls yelled for him to “whip out his dick….”
And from now on, if I see any chicks wearing anything to do with the Maple Laughs I think I’ll just have to call them on their bad taste. Perhaps one day it will be you……
i exist on the cusp of a knife when it comes to hockey…gojaysgo
like that ever happened. and yes, you give an inch…
hey, personally, it doesn’t affect me at all… it’s the females that have the big issue.
If you encourage cat calls and bellowing then power to ya.
I just don’t play that shite of a ‘macho-istic’ game.
I hold doors and push in chairs….
the more noble.. and likely viewed as ‘pansy’ side of the game.
To be honest I’m not a diehard fan of any hockey team..I enjoy watching live hockey a lot. I’m a leafs / Jays fan because I was born there and pretty much told I was from birth…but I followed the Habs last year, and this summer wore Red Sox gear when I went to 2 Jays games. Got into a yelling match with these 2 guys too….lol.
zZz…I’m picturing you as all 4 of the ninja turtles put together now…pansies are great! I’m not condoning men yelling at strange women…but there’s a nice guy trying to be cute/funny….then there’s pigs.
RC… There are definitely traits of the TMNT in zZz…. like Michelangelo he loves to party, relax and eat pizza. Like Leonardo is a leader of sorts- especially at work where is normally, and affectionately known as “Big Boss”….. like Donatello he prefers to use his intellect to solve conflicts and relies very little on violence (except when it come to little punk swarmers….) And like Raphael, his personality can be alternately fierce and sarcastic (at least on the Bitch boards…) and oftentimes delivers bedpan humor.
I think to be totally accurate though, you’d have to throw in certain elements of Bebop and Rocksteady. Certainly the physical elements…. certainly looks like he could be a former street gang member.
sox attire @ jays game…. tsk tsk.
I saw a jay’s/boSox game this summer… the one after the rookie slaughtered them, unfortunately. might have been the same vicinity… oo the allure.
Michelraphatellardo could resemble myself…
though were I green, I’d prefer to be more hulkish than a shell-carrier.
Hm… And never mind that zZz is big and green and has a shell on his back. There’s a definite likeness.
I’m like you RC, I don’t mind the cat calls because I can just keep walking without looking back – it is a bit flattering, especially on a bad day.
Go Leafs go!
and I’ll take that as a compliment jonno….
You ladies both have magnificent, perky asses today…..
anything for a smile.
GREEEEEEEEN! Ya, hm. You could be a hulk man too.
Could be the jeans….. but I’ll go with the genes. Either way, lemme see!!!!!
my profile @ match doesn’t show my true hulkish nature…
gentle giant, me is.
Jonna…I love that you added B-Bop & Roc Steady.
Any ass looks good in these 4inch Michael Kors I’m sporting…but if I ever wore jeans to work I’d be sent home.
I was at the night game on Aug 11th and the next day in the afternoon.
we can see the hulk pictures in your profile zZz^^
ah, I was @ the night game on the 10th. Jays lost in a nail-biter.
and that/those pics are a little older… getting my ankle tat done a few years ago.
shop owner had a little boa that’s now up to 14″
I may just find the time to update a bit…
not that it’ll make much difference.
well it will to us sweet cheeks^^
haha…. Z is both beaming and beet red sitting there at his desk. Keep it up ladies…..
? whatever jonno….
you know damn well why my mood darkens every thursday afternoon.
and I know I bring it on myself providing any ammo I can for those to ridicule.
who you calling a lady jonno? i am an angry klingon bull but better looking^^^
yeah Z…. every third week… don’t be such an overdramatic whiner.
PG… I can refrain from using such offensive terms as “lady” when referring to you… but you’ll have to provide me with a pretty solid case before doing so. REAL CHICK…. any objections from your part?
Speaking of real chicks… where has angel been lately? She’s dropped off the face of the Bitch planet since the Taboo fiasco.
Hahaha… RC- that was meant to read, “ON your part”…. not “FROM your part….” Tee hee hee… now that would just be silly….
Jonno…I’m pretty easy going…you can call me a lady.
Question…do you guys actually all know each other and hang out? I always hear about this LTWWB get-together…but always thought it to be a joke.
i have never met anyone face to face. i know what some of the bitches look like because they have posted their pics or are on match. having said that i feel a certain kinship with most of these folks. i know others have hung out together and jonno you can call me anything your heart desires…bitches and lovers rawk
RC… in my own personal experience, I have not known anyone on this site before reading their posts….. well, technically I have but not knowingly. zZz and I worked side by side for months before realizing that the other was posting…. haha. I was not a totally active poster but did so from time to time and knew about this crazy guy with the three zeds in his name. Since then we have met and hung out with 1fallingangels1 and *Mind Snap*….. we have actually become pretty good friends with angels and all click quite well… actually spent the weekend of the hurricane with she and her roommate at a cabin in the Valley. Other than that I have met half a dozen others and have been generally pleased with the types of people they have been. Sounds to me like you just may become the next person on the list of totally lucky gals to mix it up with myself and the zed-man. We certainly enjoy our senseless fun.
I know Neville_sanzibar either still does, or used to sit close to me here as well.
Never figured him/her out….
See ‘ol snapper around quite a bit lately as well.
maybe we could get our own reality show…like candid camera meets the bitches
and the surprise twist behind the curtain would be kay strung up and us taking turns throwing pies at her…. just not cherry. I can’t take anyone wasting cherry pie.
now now big fella…she doesn’t visit the love. i was thinking along the lines of wandering aboot and calling people out on their douchbagginess. we would be asking for bruises and cussin but hey shit happens
Lucky Gal…I could be a REAL CHICK trapped in the body of a 60 year biker for all you know. I think it’s great that most of you have met. I’d love to have faces to the comments that have actually made me cough tea through my nose.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A GET TOGETHER NOW….
it’s going to happen.
I’m mailing Maude asap
I’m going to chime in now zZz. Lifesucks and I are are meeting up for a pint tomorrow (saturday). Any bitchers(and significant others) wishing to join in are more than welcome,
RV point is this rag’s favorite bookstore (Juliet Whiskey Delta)
RV time is between 12:30 and 01:00 hours
Password is “Are you a Bitch?”
Response is “Fuck, Yeah!”
I just have one request – Please, not the face! >: 0
You will be there or kindly be square.
Tard-Alert – RV time should read between 12:30 and 13:00 hours. (that’s between 12:30 and 1:00 in the afternoon for those lucky enough not to have to live vicariously in the world of Tom Clancy)
Shit….. I will be temporarily stationed outside the immediate perimeter for the duration of the weekend. Otherwise I’d hop off the wagon and join you. I hope all goes well in the meeting so you can schedule a second round and I’ll be on location for sure.
LS- I have been wanting to share separate pints with you for a while now. Ivan- I’ve “known” you less but am figuring it’s the same with you. Next time we’ll get wheelie to come along too- that guy is one amazing chap. Speaking of whom- wheelie…. where are you? Would love to have an update on things…. you had us captivated for so long….. hope all is well.
can i phone in?
I’d say a second one is definitely in order, since TBR can’t make it this weekend so we’ll keep you posted Jonno . I’m afraid teleconferencing is currently beyond our capabilities Painey, so, next time. >; )
If you’re at all like me you switch into hermit mode when the workweek is over; but if a Saturday evening perambulation mit die bar und die grauenhund brings you to my patch, by all means pop in. We are puppy friendly.
“Might as well go for a soda…. nobody hurts, nobody cries
Might as well go for a soda….. nobody drows, nobody dies”
🙂
Yeah, remind me of that when my mounted head is adorning the walls of Suckulous’ cabin. >:0
So how about Zedman – are you and Maude gonna make the scene tomorrow?
I love Kim Mitchell!!!
And I’m never coming to a Bitch gathering! I’d walk in and be the only stranger in the crowd for crying out loud. I’d be the chick everyone’s daring eachother to go ask if “I’m a bitch”…hehehe. Fuck yeah!!
We’ll draw you in……… somehow. We always do.
You guys draw me in everyday. I still laugh over bitches I read a year ago.
I’ll have to see what I’m up to.
I’m not hard to miss though so you’ll know if I’m there.
Hey beeps,
I am a sickly, sickly Miss Maudey, and I have a long standing date with me ma and my gram tomorrow, so I don’t think I will make it. That said I would love to meet up if there ever really is a round 2…
Happy weekend, I’m off to drain my stuffy head…
Mod 4.0 – There will either be a round two, where you can meet all, or you’ll see our pics in Mondays paper;)~ Like zZz, I’m hard to miss.
Still contagious? Bet you didn’t try my cold cure.
Wearing a mask while visiting you dear old ma & gram?
Be well Maude.
sorry you’re ailing miss maudey, feel better…when do you start work general?
I hope your meeting will be all fun and “incident” free. 🙂
Yeah Maude – don’t mix nyquil and vodka. 2 snorts of that and you’ll swear Klaus von Bulow is hovering over your bed, looking all concerned and Germanic. Don’t worry, Round 2 is definitely going to happen
I’m there when we open at 10:00 till we close at 9:00. Short graying hair, specs, denim shirt, khaki trou, yellow ribbon lapel pin, big mouth. If I’m not on the desk, I’m on the second floor.
In the interests of peace, order and good government lets forget the password. Just ask for Ivan. >: )
Hey Painey – someone threatened His Holiness. Were you in Merrie Olde Englande today being a wascally wabble-wouser?
haha my passport just expired. see those red fancy shoes the fecker was sporting…liz shoulda takin him down…grrrrr chomp
All he has to do is click his heels together and repeat three times “There’s no place like Rome”
Please kill me >: (
nice…i was thinking wizard of oz when i first saw them. i will say nowt else except*cough*mass rape
Your wonderful Englispearean continues to bind us.
Though fickle Fortune has deceived me,
She pormis’d fair and perform’d but ill;
Of mistress, friends and wealth bereav’d me,
Yet I bear a heart shall support me still.
I’ll act with prudence as far ‘s I’m able.
But if success i must neverfind.
Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome,
I’ll meet thee with an undaunted mind.
i assumed you loves knew i didn’t pen this..Robbie rawks
And his bust at the Gardens looks cool with a hardhat and ciggie in his lips.
Hello bitchers, I would love to join for a pint sometime too! so if you’re having a round two, I’m in. Feeling better after the weekend, ms maude??
There will definitely be a round 2 Ralmn. I learned some lessons from this saturday and will plan accordingly. Stay posted Bitchers!
bonjour ralmn, all are welcome. i will be at seaview park on saturday you can’t miss me^^
Bonjour fille de douleur! Happy Monday to everyone. I’m back form another weekend away and I have rediscovered why I swore off tequila. *ahem*. But I’m better now and will be sticking to the pints in the future…. any excuse for a cold one is fine by me. 🙂
Are you Barking in the Park, Painey?
Rooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
yes, it’s usually in ppp and i have never been to seaview. i will be sans my own longhound (too old for that type of jocularity) but i will be representing and watching out for bad’uns^^
Pay no attention to the guys in the parked cars. They are just looking at the water….yeah, that’s right, looking at the water.
oh well if i can put up with trouser jerkers and oddballs at victoria pk. i’ll probably survive. the robbie burns area of that park has loads of wasps (the insects)
sounds like a skeezy park…
trouser jerkers? really?
some people’s children…
oh i’m full of stories to tell ’bout our little burg, just not on here^^
Seaview park…why am I thinking under the mackay bridge?
yeah that’s the one chickie…i googled it there is only one route in. methinks
It’s a nice quite park. I drive down terminal road when the Bridge is backed up and I have to take Bedford Hwy. hahah at all the water watchers…too funny. I never think perv though…I always assume there smokin one….now I’ll think perv…frig!!
What kind of dog do you have?
greyhound aka longhound sighthound gazehound, or in my case donkeyboy, dinkasauras or goof boy…rooooo
my cat would mercilessly slaughter and eat your dog.
I guarantee it.
I mean look at those eyes!
I mean go on…. try to take that milk tab,
I double-dare you.
You need to stop feeding him kryptonite…
“Alone I’m thinking
Why, superman’s dead
Is it in my head
We’ll just laugh instead
You worry about the weather and
Whether or not you should hate “
Are you worried about your faith
Kneel down and obey
You’re happy you’re in love
You need someone to hate
An ordinary girl, an ordinary waist
But ordinary’s just not good enough today……..
Awsome dog Paingirl!! I bet he’s beautiful
(I was going to go with 3 doors down but in the end opted for a classic Canadian tribute.)
This thread has morphed so much since it’s creation….
wonderful!
OK seriously…..I would have fallen off my freakin chair if you posted kryptonite!! I’ve been singing it all day. My little guy is in a major super hero phase….last night I even let him wear his transformers costume out shopping. He made me play the 3 doors – 10 times. But I keep telling him kryptonite is a rock…what is it exactly…in terms a 3 year old can follow.
Bahaha… *mouse ears* you guys.
RC: I let my wee go out dressed as spidey, optimus and the like whenever he wants. Makes daily tasks so much more festive. And most folks seem to get a pretty big kick out of it too!
Everyone smiled at him last night…they just look so cute in those full suite costumes eh. I usually let him wear what he wants…but I don’t want him to ruin his costume before Halloween. I’ve ordered him some dress up clothes from the wish book for xmas though. He’ll be wearing a permanent cape for 2011.
but then when I do it, everybody squints, stares, and avoids me….
double-standards….grrr
zZz…you’ll have to wear it for laser tag…promise I won”t laugh
*sigh* i miss the boy, tho he hasn’t gone our for all hallows eve in a while. yes rc they are all beautiful even with scars and zZz it’s really cute how some greys are terrified of cats and others not so when they chase them and chuck them in the air…they will catch you at 45 mph^^
hmm, I wonder if they’re open for Halloween.
we could all still stay anonymous for the fact that we could all dress up and play….
would be great fun!
all hallows eve is on a sunday, that’ll get the churchers all riled up…cackle
yay for riling up the churchers!
Hey painey, your a lover of the furry four legged pooches. Have you seen this vid yet? I saw it and thought you might appreciate it. I’m sure no one will be QUITE so well trained at Seaview on Saturday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs
i have never seen that one^^catchy music and beasties a winning combo. merci