{"id":505,"date":"2010-12-17T18:35:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/?p=505"},"modified":"2010-12-17T18:35:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T01:35:02","slug":"guys-guys-tell-us-what-you-really-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/2010\/12\/guys-guys-tell-us-what-you-really-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Guys, guys&#8230;.tell us what you really think&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_507\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-507\" title=\"Scan\" src=\"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Scan5-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;View from a few bleachers down&quot;\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from a few bleachers down<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Noonan to John Adams, seeing this poster at an SME Reunion. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know about you, but I would never have hung out with those fat girls in high school.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think we look great, but he&#8217;s got a point. While the low angle shot gives us presence and is symbolically appreciated, it was unflattering to the thighs and the neckline and face, an area where we stored teenage fat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s another<\/strong>. The comparisons to domestic interiors and objects: \u00a0this is a genetic thing passed from father to son in a family I&#8217;m around a lot.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;She&#8217;s about the size of that refrigerator.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Her bottom is as wide as that doorway. There&#8217;s a reason why you don&#8217;t see it in photographs.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;___&#8217;s as big as a barn.&#8221; \u00a0This is actually a western Kansas favorite from my mother&#8217;s side, the Wards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_511\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-511\" title=\"IMG_0379\" src=\"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0379-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Marc B. at the Las Vegas, NM Depot&quot;\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc B at the Las Vegas, NM Depot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, Marc, if you get the internet I&#8217;ll take this off. \u00a0And I will mostly remember that you took me to see the oldest metal clad building across from the Depot in Las Vegas before I got back on the interstate. But, after asking if I had a sister, your last words were commenting on the local produce, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want a woman with three stomaches.&#8221; Quit while you&#8217;re ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In Marc&#8217;s defense, he did say he&#8217;d just had surgery and had gained a little weight.<\/p>\n<p>This being said, please don&#8217;t stop with the great stuff, I won&#8217;t use your name.<\/p>\n<p>Just accept that we&#8217;re all goddesses at every size and you&#8217;ll be fine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_512\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-512\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-512\" title=\"Scan 2\" src=\"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Scan-26-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"Venus of Willendorf, Austria, 18,000 BC\" width=\"163\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venus of Willendorf, Austria, 18,000 BC, cast of stone original<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_513\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-513\" title=\"Scan\" src=\"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Scan6-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Cycladic idol&quot;\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cycladic idol, Syros, c. 2500 BC<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_515\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-515\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-515\" title=\"Scan 3\" src=\"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Scan-34-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Seated Goddess&quot;\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seated Goddess, Catal Huyuk, c. 5900 BC, baked clay<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Noonan to John Adams, seeing this poster at an SME Reunion. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know about you, but I would never have hung out with those fat girls in high school.&#8221; I think we look great, but he&#8217;s got a point. 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