Don't jump off a bridge to impress women!

[vt1977 0]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050413/80/fg9u0.html



Vicki

[stuartledden 0]

No woman has ever asked me to jump off a bridge, but a few told me to go jump off a cliff!!

Don't forget to pull your stopping ropes!

[wartload 0]

Ok. I was thinking of doing just that, but now I'm convinced that I shouldn't.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

I don't need this article to tell me something that I already knew.

Shit I don't even have to be trying to impress them to know that whuffo women have absolutely zero interest in a skydiver/BASE jumper like myself. I see it every week at volleyball. I guess the guy with the fancy condo, luxury automobile and golf game makes for a better mate towards having a family where babies are the priority than someone who could die on their next jump. And should I even blame them for this?

But I can't go back to that old "chase the Jones because everyone else is" lifestyle where comparing golf scores is the hilight of my Monday morning coffee break conversation. I like being in the air too much to give up jumping and am willing to risk my life in the sports of skydiving and BASE jumping.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[vdschoor 0]

That's why I tell people I have "other plans" on the weekends, instead of "I'm going skydiving this weekend"

[dtpilot 0]

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That's why I tell people I have "other plans" on the weekends, instead of "I'm going skydiving this weekend"

I think im going to have to use that line. The family and friends are starting to think im crazy

Am I????

"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!"
-- Friedrich Nietzsche

[Zenister 0]

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to know that whuffo women have absolutely zero interest in a skydiver/BASE jumper like myself.

pretty much.. when looking for a mate long term survival and therefore earnings potential seem to be more important factors to the majority of women..... hence i cant see the point in dating wuffos at all... generally anyone with the 'why for you.." attitude dont have life goals anywhere close to my own... and that is pretty much black death for 'normal' relationships....

about the only things i can guarantee are "we may not be rich, we may not live to be 80, but we will see and do things the majority of the populace only imagines"

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[bisqit999 0]

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"we may not be rich, we may not live to be 80, but we will see and do things the majority of the populace only imagines"

couldn't have said it better myself!

[JohnRich 4]

Quote from the story:
"women prefer high-status males to risk-takers"

Yeah, that would be for your regular whuffo woman whose idea of a good weekend is a trip to the shopping mall. Who the heck wants one of those?

But what about skydiving women?

I'll take a woman that prefers adventure over money, any time. But maybe that's just because I'm broke...

[diablopilot 2]

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But researcher William Farthing said women prefer high-status males to risk-takers.


"So if he has higher status among other men, women might like him for his status, even though they don't like risk-taking itself," he said.

You missed the point. You can jump off the bridges, but you better be good at it if you want the chicks.


Me, I don't need the chicks, so that's why I suck so bad.

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[flyangel2 2]

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Shit I don't even have to be trying to impress them to know that whuffo women have absolutely zero interest in a skydiver/BASE jumper like myself. I see it every week at volleyball. I guess the guy with the fancy condo, luxury automobile and golf game makes for a better mate towards having a family where babies are the priority than someone who could die on their next jump. And should I even blame them for this?

The guy with the fancy condo, luxury automobiles are the ones with the money. Skydivers/Base Jumpers are always broke.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[Frenchy68 0]

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Me, I don't need the chicks, so that's why I suck so bad.

Uh... You may want to rephrase that.

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[diablopilot 2]

Eh...whatever.......

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[kelpdiver 2]

Women also claim they want sensitive, crying men, and we all know what bullshit that is, too!

Polling gets you a lot of results that aren't very true, especially when done in person or by phone, rather than a more anonymous form. Many people opt to give an answer they think the interviewer will approve of, rather than look racist or shallow.

It does go without saying that high status (ie, rich) is best.

[flyangel2 2]

I want you sweetie

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[diablopilot 2]

Come and get it......

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[flyangel2 2]

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Come and get it......

Can it keep till May?

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[diablopilot 2]

Oh goodie. My birthday is in May.....

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[pajarito 0]

"Average women" don't like risky behavior. Although, who the hell really wants the average woman? Therefore, who really cares what all those high-maintenance, nagging, typical-types think? I say jump!

[flyangel2 2]

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Oh goodie. My birthday is in May.....

Oh goodie for me, b.day spankings
Please note the plural

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[diablopilot 2]

Sure....you and what army?

I voted "Spanker"......

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[gremlin 0]

"So if he has higher status among other men, women might like him for his status, even though they don't like risk-taking itself," he said"

So that's why all those people became instructors - and I thought they 'wanted to give something back to the sport'

Looks like I will be single - there is no status in having a 10 inch tongue and being able to breathe through your ears!

I'm drunk, you're drunk, lets go back to mine....

[Douva 0]

Any guy who's been jumping more than three months could tell you that. I occasionally get guys in the first jump class who jokingly answer the "Why are you here?" question with "For the chicks." The response just gets a chuckle and a "Boy are you in the wrong place!" from me.

I don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names.

[linny 1]

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You missed the point. You can jump off the bridges, but you better be good at it if you want the chicks.


Me, I don't need the chicks, so that's why I suck so bad.

prove it dude.............. iwish you would

[Buried 0]

only a survey of 100 men and women.. hardly true.

Now what would happen if i had $ and jumped off bridges?

Where is my fizzy-lifting drink?