Quote: zooo @ July 26 2013, 10:59 AM BST
You look perfect for any kid's party.
P.S. The Times paywall is down! *reads all of The Times*
Bummer. They've fixed it
Status report Page 5,185
Oh bugger.
*slaps Lee on the arse*
*casually walks away wolf-whistling*
Quote: billwill @ July 26 2013, 12:46 PM BSTWell done..
Are you sure 2 weeks is enuff?
I reckoned 1 week would be enough but doubled it to be sure. They bit my hand off 
Quote: Tuumble @ July 26 2013, 11:31 AM BSTI would never have used the word 'stunning' but as I did think 'Wow!' when I saw her I felt I wanted to say something.
I'm clued up enough on her as a person to know I would need to choose my words carefully and 'you look nice' would be probably the most I could've got away with. That scarcely seemed adequate somehow.
It's probably safer to just compliment a part of them. Like their hair. Or their cardy. That's acceptable. It's when you compliment the whole package it doesn't really work.
Quote: chipolata @ July 26 2013, 6:36 PM BSTIt's probably safer to just compliment a part of them. Like their hair. Or their cardy.
But not tits, right?
Just checking.
Chip's off.
Quote: Lazzard @ July 26 2013, 6:39 PM BSTBut not tits, right?
Welllll, some women might quite like it.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ July 26 2013, 10:40 AM BSTNothing to do with writing but work.
I just got a contract from a company in Mauritius to write software
For a failed screen on one of their machines.
They are sending me a new screen overseas and I shall program it for the next 2 weeks.
I told them the price and it was many thousands and they paid me fully withing 10 minutes.Just had a good rub of my hands in excitement. I will get that new car now.
Not nearly as satisfying as finding out you'd written the One Millionth post here though, right?!
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ July 26 2013, 11:39 AM BSTAn office I go to 2/3 times a week has two women there.
I have to sign into the company there and I always pay them both compliments.
But it's done jokingly and they always laugh. I try to think of a new line each time I go.They will say something like hello Stephen, are you OK. and then my new line of the day comes in - something like I'm all the better for seeing your two beautiful faces.
But once, I had something on my mind and forgot to compliment them and it wasn't until I was leaving the office that I realised there was a sort of atmosphere. I stopped and said sorry - and then gave them a new line on how nice they looked and how it had enriched my life by seeing them.
They laughed and the status quo was resumed. Phew.
Wow! That sounds like a lot of pressure - to come up with a new line every time. You should compile them all into a book.
Do you use your Roger Moore voice when you deliver it? (Your line, that is 
)
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ July 26 2013, 4:31 PM BSTI reckoned 1 week would be enough but doubled it to be sure. They bit my hand off
They are probably losing £1,000,000 per day because that machine is not working.
I don't think I've ever complimented a complete stranger. Can't see the point really.
You've obviously never worked in retail! It can really make someone's day though if you do it sincerely. Yesterday, a woman left her phone in the shop so I used it to call her mum and let her know. The mum obviously thought her daughter was calling so answered "Hello, beautiful one!". I got a bit panicked and told her that it wasn't her daughter, and she said "Oh, well I'm sure you're a beautiful one too!" What a nice lady.
Well, you know, that's not so much a man telling a woman they're beautiful. Saying that, if a female stranger paid me a random, passing compliment, I wouldn't complain.
Quote: billwill @ July 24 2013, 4:54 PM BSTThey all say that... after the answer is revealed...
Quote: Ben @ July 27 2013, 8:47 AM BSTWell, you know, that's not so much a man telling a woman they're beautiful. Saying that, if a female stranger paid me a random, passing compliment, I wouldn't complain.
If a female stranger paid me a degrading, inappropriate compliment I probably wouldn't complain about that either to be honest.