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"What Are You Thinking About?"

You are courting a person of the opposite sex. There is a moment of silence. They say this to you.

— Erlich Reagan from Baldovgya, Brooklyn | Dating | 3.23.2009 | Comments (7)

This rings so true. I'm never sure, actually. As a friend of mine said the answer is supposed to be "You; how pretty you are, how sweet."

— Chuck posted 3/23/2009

Or, as Al Bundy so eloqently put it, "If I wanted you to know, I would be speaking, not thinking".

— S.M. posted 3/24/2009

Wait, so the guys who did this every time I wasn't a walking monologue at the end of a long day just wanted to know how pretty and sweet I thought they were? Wow...and to think that all these years I've been saying "Nothing" or "I'm just not feeling very chatty right now" when my boyfriends just wanted to know I still liked their beach bodies!

— Diana posted 3/24/2009

This question means "I'm insecure! Are you thinking things about me? ARE YOU!!??"

— Raj posted 3/25/2009

Or maybe you could just answer the question- perhaps your companion is actually curious about what you are thinking- we aren't all psycho hose beasts.

— Badcake posted 5/18/2009

The answer will ALWAYS be "nothing". Unless you reeeeally want to hear something like this: "That blue spot on the windshield happy where can I find jeans that fit like the ones Jonah had mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm in 8th grade hate that guy but she was kittens are oh I'm hungary is it wine for dinner my period needs to end." That's about as clearly as I can describe what my brain is doing at any given moment, and I'm leaving out the visuals.

— ajax posted 8/12/2009

I really should start answering this one truthfully. After they hear the answer, they'll never want to know again. "What are you thinking about?" 'pickled red cabbage, male on male sex, cleaning the bathroom, my itchy foot, the vein in your eyeball...'

— Aj posted 8/12/2009

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 5 stars

Water on the counter at a public bathroom such that when you lean over to wash your hands, your stomach and crotch area get all wet. » 5 stars

When people tell me to "calm down" when I am already calm. » 5 stars

Putting on a clean pair of socks, entering the bathroom or kitchen and standing in a water splash left on the floor, thus getting your clean socks wet and forcing you to change them. » 5 stars

Excessive and difficult-to-remove packaging » 4.95238 stars

Rolls of toilet paper in which the size and weight to tensile strength ratio renders it impossible to dispense the paper in the usual manner (ie: pull on the end, roll turns, paper advances). » 4.93333 stars

Doctors "shortening" your wait time by making you wait in the exam room instead. » 4.93333 stars

People who touch computer screens. » 4.91667 stars

Using mobile phones at the register. » 127 Comments

The non-existance of unpadded bras in cup sizes less than D. Macy's, Victoria's secret, and Bloomingdales do not carry them. unpadded. » 41 Comments

People who put ketchup in the refrigerator. » 41 Comments

When pregnant women complain about being pregnant. » 39 Comments

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » 34 Comments

Women who are just so beautiful they don't have to contribute to sex... » 32 Comments

"Irregardless." » 30 Comments

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 27 Comments

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – luctroyally 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Cireekeld 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Kannyhila 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Steashamate 2/6

10.31.10

Thanks to a recent torrent of spam, I’ve had to disable comments for a while. I’ve now removed the ability to put links in the comments. Email me if you want to put something in, such as five links to knock-off handbag sites, and I’ll happily oblige.

09.10.10

I’ve added two features to the sidebar: Highest Rating and Hotly Debated. They will be updated daily. To my surprise, the ketchup-in-fridge peeve seemed to really incite some anger — it’s clearly a complex situation that affects us all.

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