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Perfume masks womens' weight
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| May 16, 2003
| By Judy Skatssoon
Posted on 05/15/2003 9:53:48 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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My wife wants to know "If she could use enough to lose 50 pounds?".
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Wow! This is an absolute breakthrough for all humanity! Wow!
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:00:06 AM PDT
by
Cathryn Crawford
(There are two kinds of people in the world: Idiots, and those who take advantage of them.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
DARN!! Now I have to give up my McDonalds and Fries perfume!
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:00:25 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I know what I'm wearing to the gym later!
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:01:15 AM PDT
by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Free! Read my historical romance novels online at http://Writing.Com/authors/vdavisson)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
As part of the study researchers sprayed a 1.75m tall, 111kg cosmetic saleswoman with a variety of fragrances.That's a lot of woman. Her weight might be hard to guess accurately. Most guys don't have experience guessing women's weights in the 111 Kg (= approx 245 pounds) range.
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:01:39 AM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
(South-south-west, south, south-east, east....)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
COOL!
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
"Dr Hirsch said floral odours had been shown to increase blood flow to the penis, so perception of the woman may have been influenced by sexual arousal." This is what I was thinking while I read the article. The guy is turned on and he doesn't want to admit that he was attracted to an overweight woman. In his mind, she was thinner. Five or six drinks will have the same effect on his perception of her weight.
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:06:16 AM PDT
by
Badray
(Molon Labe!)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Now I know why I don't wear perfume. I can't afford to lose 7% of my weight.
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:09:27 AM PDT
by
Luna
(Evil will not triumph...God is at the helm)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Everyone knows perfume masks weight, provided it's at least 75 proof.
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:09:58 AM PDT
by
eastsider
To: Badray
Old country song
"women always get pretty-er at closing time"
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:11:39 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(CCCP = clinton, chiraq, chretien, and putin = stalin wannabes (moore is goebbels))
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
My wife wants to know "If she could use enough to lose 50 pounds?".My thought exactly! :>)
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:13:39 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Personally, I don't think I would volunteer a weight guess to a woman who tips the scales at 111kg. There must be a fear factor here.
I like to think I've lived long enough to know not to guess a woman's weight or her age. There's no correct answer to: "Does my butt look big in these Spandex shorts?"
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
floral odours had been shown to increase blood flow to the penis, so perception of the woman may have been influenced by sexual arousal. Oops! Little head hogging all the blood.
;-)
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:21:24 AM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(Frogs are for gigging)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
111 kg? Jeez.
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:23:41 AM PDT
by
Sloth
("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
To: Badray
Read closer: the conclusion is base on 200 males surveyed, not the researcher being turned on.
'Extraneous' sensory perceptions often influence other perceptions: there is a nice little experiment the psych dept at the university where I teach did every semester back when the clear Pepsi was on the market, in which students are asked to describe and rate the flavor of three sodas. All three are identical, except for color: one was the clear cola, uncolored, one was colored brown, the third pink. The brown one (which met expectations we have developped which associate cola flavor with brownness) was always rated 'best' and perceives as being cola flavored, the others were liked less well, and described in a variety of ways (pink tended to evoke descriptions involving 'cherry').
It's quite possible the effect being measured is purely cultural: we expect attractive women to wear floral perfumes, and regard thin (or reasonably so) as attractive. Quite possibly in the 1880's when the ideal of feminine beauty was more 'Reubenesque' floral perfumes would have lead to an overestimate of the woman's weight.
To: DeFault User
Was it Jeff Foxworthy who responded to that kind of question with "Do I look stupid to you?"
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posted on
05/15/2003 11:04:57 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Liquor makes women prettier too.
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posted on
05/15/2003 11:06:04 AM PDT
by
Kenton
To: The_Reader_David
Read closer: the conclusion is base on 200 males surveyed, not the researcher being turned on. Maybe so, but guessing the weight of a 244 pound woman is not exactly an everyday task. Line up some more normal sized (120 - 150 lb) women and see what happens.
This is all bunk.
The brown one (which met expectations we have developped which associate cola flavor with brownness) was always rated 'best' and perceives as being cola flavored, the others were liked less well, and described in a variety of ways (pink tended to evoke descriptions involving 'cherry').
You can now get KoolAid which has likewise disassociated its color from flavor. That is, red-colored grape, etc.
SD
To: dmz
Was it Jeff Foxworthy who responded to that kind of question with "Do I look stupid to you?" I think he did. It also was in a beer ad with men sitting at the bar, chatting as if they were women--hilarious.
If a woman asks that question, she knows what the answer is. If the male says yes, he's doomed. If he says no, she knows he's a liar. You can't win.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Quite some time ago, Xena's Mom gave me and my sister a TON of stuff from Bath & Body Works that was all vanilla-scented. Her theory was that guys like girls who smell like cookies.
Experience did not bear her out. Xena's Guy smelled me, patted me down and demanded to know where I was hiding the cookies at.
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posted on
05/15/2003 11:12:21 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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