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Englishuser  +  258640 Wed, 23 Aug 06 07:34 PM

Hello everyone,

How would you define manliness and womanliness? How would you describe a 'masculine woman'? What is a feminine man like?

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MrPedantic  +  258702 Thu, 24 Aug 06 12:19 AM
Apparently it all depends on the relative length of your fingers:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/695142.stm>

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Wow.... I'm shocked at the news...... wow....(watching my fingers.....)
Englishuser  +  258804 Thu, 24 Aug 06 10:52 AM

Hi Mr Pedantic and candy,

Thanks for the link, Mr Pedantic. What do you guys think about the article? Do you believe in what the researchers argue? It'd be nice to hear if other people's fingers match their masculinity/femininity.

Mike in Japan  +  258829 Thu, 24 Aug 06 11:51 AM
I'm just amazed that anyone would fund digit research on the streets of San Francisco.    Huh? [:^)]
Wouldn't it have been more productive to study differences in navel gazing between basket weavers and telephone sanitisers on the main street (there is only one) of Wee Jasper? Seriously, the folks sitting outside the pub there always seem to have their chins on their chests.
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Ruslana  +  258894 Thu, 24 Aug 06 04:53 PM

 MrPedantic wrote:
Apparently it all depends on the relative length of your fingers:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/695142.stm

Yay, I'll have to cut off may nails to make that analysis.

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candy  +  259071 Fri, 25 Aug 06 03:58 AM

 Mike In Japan wrote:
Wouldn't it have been more productive to study differences in navel gazing between basket weavers and telephone sanitisers on the main street (there is only one) of Wee Jasper? Seriously, the folks sitting outside the pub there always seem to have their chins on their chests.

Exactly! Smile [:)]Wink [;)]

candy  +  259073 Fri, 25 Aug 06 04:10 AM
 Ruslana wrote:
Yay, I'll have to cut off may nails to make that analysis.
 
Oh, you're lucky, Ruslana!
I think I'll have to cut off my fingers......
 
........................Will I be more feminine and elegant then? (checking my fingers...) Thinking [*-)]
 
Jhumjhum  +  259270 Fri, 25 Aug 06 06:43 PM
 Candy wrote:
 Ruslana wrote:
Yay, I'll have to cut off may nails to make that analysis.
 
Oh, you're lucky, Ruslana!
I think I'll have to cut off my fingers......
 
........................Will I be more feminine and elegant then? (checking my fingers...) Thinking [*-)]
 
I will have to follow your pathSad [:(]
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