...said one coworker to another at dinner last week.

Luckily I didn't have to try to act normal afterwards - I was outed instantly by all of them. :)

Philo

Mmmmm, milk. The old moloko-plus.

Sorry, I don't get the whole try to act normal outed instantly bit. Outed as what? Me confused. Surely the boobs comment rated no more than a slightly raised eyebrow?

I think what Philo is trying to say is that he had a raging hard-on.

I inferred that but it made Philo seem like some hormone crazed 14 year old.

Yes...and?

"Surely the boobs comment rated no more than a slightly raised eyebrow?"

Slightly raised eyebrow and of course necessary visual inspection of the alleged near-accident.

I was caught staring. :P

Philo

Again, Philo?  Not at the gym this time, either.
What a lech!

Ah. Philo gets back to cool dude status. Wasn't the whole table looking?

Not so much an "again" as more of a "still"

Honestly, I'm generally very good about looking women in the eyes. But there are occasions...

Philo

"Wasn't the whole table looking?"

Since the rest of the table was female...

...I certainly hope so...

Philo

Ya gotta keep hope alive!

Hmmm a case of DCOL* heh.

*Doesn't Count On Location

Philo's female coworkers invited him out for lunch?

They're eithe realy dumb, don't know him very well, or really wanted to get it on in a massive orgy.

I'll let your imagination decide which is the correct answer.

Well, Philo works for Microsoft, and Joel isn't there to do the hiring anymore.  So I'll go with stupid.
Yep.

I apologize, the dumb thing was pretty rude.

Maybe I should have said "they're really smart, but unable to pick up on social cues (i.e. guy stares at your boobs all day), etc."

Incidentally, it reminds me that on one of the Doctor Who episodes I just watched there as a young lady with a rather low cut top, little support and some very attractive jiggling during the action sequences, not to mention a gratuitous camera angle or two. Nice to see they didn't go all politically correct and drop the idea of providing a bit of eye candy for the older viewers.

Actually I have quite a few female friends - the recurring opinion seems to be that I'm okay to have around "because I'm so honest."

Christ, I don't know what planet these women are from - I'm a complete perv and they say things like that? I mean, there's a genetic imperative to abuse the invitation, isn't there?

Anyway, they put up with me, I'll take the free meals.

Philo

Eyecandy's like chinese food. An hour later and you're hungry again.

But your colleagues just forgot you were you or forgot you were there. Girltalk in the absence of boys is quite unrestrained.

They PAY you (in food) for the abuse?

Hire a 70's band to play some chikka bow wow music in the restaurant next time just to see what happens.

trollop you're mad. If they remembered Philo was there they should instead have let the unfortunate woman go ahead and get food all over the front of her clothing? A gentleman would hopefully have issued the same warning if he had been the one to notice. It's hardly different from dipping your tie in your soup.

I am unabashedly bonkers but my point sprang from Philo's apparent shock at the word "boobs" in mixed company. Saner societies can, and do, print the word in family newspapers eg. "Britney in boobtube" without raising eyebrows.

But print "Tits" and you won't get out the door before the PCpolice pull you up on it.

So here the anecdote wouldn't have been worth posting but if I'd been in the same situation and one of the womenfolk had said "Sherryl, mind your norks" I'd have boggled.

Being caught staring is always a sin. Why, I cannot fathom.

Tits & Boobs are about equal in my book. Though Boobs might win out for having the "Boobies" variant.

Shit
Piss
Fuck
Cunt
Cocksucker
Motherfucker
Tits

Ah. No, my nonplussitude wasn't about using the word 'boob' - it was about one woman calling specific attention to another's breasts. Mind you, I wholeheartedly approve of the action - in fact I encourage it. But in my experience it's a fairly rare event.

Philo

"Tits" is almost innocent - sounds like a snack. :)

Philo

Really? It's not all that rare in my world. Not at a business lunch, mind you, but socially, it's not that big a deal.

"New Nabisco Tits. The new Cheese Tits, and Corn Tits and Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits, yeah. Betcha can't eat just one. That's true I usually switch off . But I mean that word does not belong on the list."

"It's not all that rare in my world."

Dude, remember when I said "if Philo and Mark TAW were roommates"? That may have been foreshadowing...

philo

i don't remember you guys being this funny at ... the, umm, old place ... Cheese Tits  :)

Credit goes to George Carlin on that one:

http://www.erenkrantz.com/Humor/SevenDirtyWords.shtml

But yeah, I agree - this place has been on a tear. Everyone's giddy. :)

Tits definitely get noticed. Over and over ...

http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturediary/docs/feb00/feb24.html

Benny Hill used to get all onitholocular over blue tits, couldn't get enough poor lad.

So, Philo, where are the pics?