Comments on: What’s up with the porno pose?™ http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/ I have opinions. I am from Africa. I live here now. I blog. Tue, 08 May 2012 20:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1408 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:42:05 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1408 @sflisa – Welcome! I learned my lesson. I’ll speak up next time. I guess there are worse things in life than “the pose”. I just didn’t get it. It looked way too uncomfortable! And thanks for the compliment on “What are we doing?” It just shows. I wrote that on the train. I will keep on writing. Just can’t promise that it’ll always be funny or any good!

]]> By: sflisa http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1400 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:09:20 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1400 Just stumbled across your blog & I enjoy it very much….I remember working out a gym once, and a very nice man came up to me & quietly said, you have a hole in the back of your pants, and he walked away. I was so thankful as I honestly had no idea, and the hole was not in a place that I felt good about, to say the least!! I hurried into the womens’ locker room and quickly changed and found him later and thanked him! It was kind of embarassing, but I am very thankful that he came up to me and told me!

As for the porn poses….there are far worse things, aren’t there? We humans are attracted and drawn to strange and sometimes disturbing things/images. And Playboy is relatively harmless. Our society has objectified women for so long, it’s (sadly) old hat to me….I have to share with you as well….I LOVE your blog, “What are we doing?”. It truly resonated with me. I hope you reach so many people and they stop and think about this orb we occupy….Please keep writing! Gratefully, Lisa in San Francisco

]]> By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1363 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:57:39 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1363 @Turnbaby – Agree. There are many better ways to show a leg that is way more attractive. And I’ll remember the line to use down South. Hope I never have to use it though!

@SanityFound – Haha! The Marilyn Monroe shot without the… hum… cover.

@alisha9 – I think that’s the way to go. Just walk past and say it as if it is nothing. And walk on. Hope she won’t see the sweat dripping off my face though.

@sahlah – Class. It’s a difficult thing to get if you don’t have it hey? I saw your Mariner’s photo’s. Stunning. Loved the one of the bay. I love Seattle. A Red Sox fan myself, but Seattle was the first city I fell in love with. Came over in ’99 to the WTO meeting. Yep, that was my first visit to the US… I felt really welcome.

]]> By: sahlah http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1354 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:38:31 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1354 Complete agreement with Alisha9 – PLEASE tell us. What ever you say is much better than the alternative.

As to those poses – I guess subtle doesn’t sell. And one of my favorite expressions is “You can’t hide class!” no matter how hard you try. :)

Can you compose with html in a reply? About to find out I guess:

Mariner’s lost last night (surprise) but it was a lovely night at the ballpark.

]]> By: alisha9 http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1353 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:36:26 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1353 As a woman. . . . I would definitely want you to tell me. If I am totally exposed it doesn’t really matter HOW you say it. . . just PLEASE say it :) Maybe say – as you walk beside her – “fix your skirt in the back” – then, keep walking.

I have no response for the 2nd question, as I have NEVER understood “the poses” either!

]]> By: SanityFound http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1352 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:02:36 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1352 How on earth did you keep a straight face??? Nah I know I would’ve kept one myself – don’t quite know what I would’ve done, my only experience was in the UK when a womans skirt blew up and she was commando – very busy street and all eyes were on her… poor thing.

Sign language and *ahems* perhaps?

]]> By: Turnbaby http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1351 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:40:49 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1351 To the overexposed woman (well here anyway–not too certain about up North): A quiet “Excuse me, but did I couldn’t help but notice that your skirt is tucking into your undies.”

Re the butt in the air pose: It’s a ‘classic’ pose in pin-up and porn circles so I guess there’s a demand for it. I do love the look of legs but I think there are much more erotic ways to show them.

]]> By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1350 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:13:25 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1350 @Damian – It takes different people to make up this world hey? I was really going to tell her about the knicker, but it just caught me by complete surprise. You know, like Bush smiling.

@Casco Pyjama – Sorry. That’ll teach you not to read me first thing in the morning! A whale tale… and those men. I would run as well. That is just plain scary. But I’ll speak to Pfizer and see if there is something in it for the Viagra upgrade.

]]> By: Vasco Pyjama http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1347 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:20:44 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1347 Woah, this was the first thing I read when I opened Google Reader this morning… while eating breakfast. And your descriptions so clear, it made made my stomach turn.

*tsk*. Young people these days.

And by the way Australia, we call that a whale tail, for obvious reasons. I find it absolutely repulsive, though I do know of men who say that it gives them an instant erection… I stay away from those men.

]]> By: Damian http://angryafrican.net/2008/08/01/whats-up-with-the-porno-pose/#comment-1346 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:50:54 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1346 I’ve often wondered the same thing myself, Angry. And I still don’t have an answer. As for the undies-tuck, I reckon I’d probably tap the victim on the shoulder and mention it, but buggered if I know what words I’d use!

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