If you are a woman over the age of 17 you are automatically a member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique unless you are a newbie and are sexier or smarter than any current member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique.
If you are a single male or a male who happens to be married to a member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique then your official status is “Temporary Facilitator of the Hatrack Women’s Clique.”
If you are a pirate or a ninja then you enjoy special, honorary status in the Hatrack Women’s Clique and may do as you please.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
quote:If you are a pirate or a ninja then you enjoy special, honorary status in the Hatrack Women’s Clique and may do as you please.
You forgot hobbits and elves.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Shouldn't the women's clique be established by—oh, I don't know—a woman?
Posted by Erik Blackheart (Member # 5610) on :
Arr! Where's the grog?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
And remember, if you're not in the women's clique, you cannot, under any circumstances, talk to us on the phone.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Signs in..........
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
What if you're a woman but you'd rather be a pirate?
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:established by—oh, I don't know—a woman
I hadn't thought to give credit to a single person, but you might be right. Good call, Jon Boy!
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Umm, if I only respond in this thread by using the left half of my brain does that qualify? I'm sure my feminine side would feel right at home with all the wonderful hatrack ladies.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
quote: What if you're a woman but you'd rather be a pirate?
Arghhhhhhhhhh...a woman pirate. That's where it's at.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
What if you're a man frequently mistaken for a woman by the members of the Hatrack Women's Clique?
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
That would allow to many men access to our clique.
I have some serious gender issues with several Hatrackers. If they're serious about joining a womens only clique...then now's the time.
I personally wouldn't know the difference.
[ June 24, 2004, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: Tammy ]
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
To clarify my previous post I would like to say that I wasn't implying that women only use half of their brain I was just making a left brain/right brain joke.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
who isn't invited to this clique? All women, single men, married (and I assume dating) a member of the clique, hobits, elves, ninja's, and pirates. I guess it will be a fun clique, I'm in.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Yeah, I'm totally not joining any clique that doesn't include men. In fact, I insist that we include everyone who wants in. We'll give a new, inclusive, meaning to the word "cliqueishness". Woo hoo! I'm in! Yay!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Breyerchic, I was thinking the same thing. This Women's Hatrack Click seems to include all of Hatrack.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Come one...come all.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:...unless you are a newbie and are sexier or smarter than any current member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique.
Not possible.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
*sniffs*
Run! It's a trap!!!!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
And in two words Ralphie shows why she's Ralphie.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Arghhh - women pirates unite!
Can you imagine the male mastheads?
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
A male figurehead on the other hand, wouldn't work at all. Too many dunkings in cold water...
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Whoa! Where's the newbie-love here? Bad enough that I make less on the dollar than a man does, but to hear that I'm excluded from the clique simply because of my newbie status makes me wonder if I should just give in to my PMS next month and go ahead and start shooting.
space opera
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
nautical terminology . . .
it brings to mind a certain short, chubby dude screeching "Turn that thing - and the other thing . . . " or something to that effect -
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Space Opera? A newbie? That's a good one....
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*roosts*
CAW!!!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Is that my Lenore?
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
So I'm not a newbie?
space opera
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Not in my book. But then, by many standards, I am a newbie.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
*struts around thread, showing off her non-newbie status, as conferred by Bev*
space opera
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Croaked the raven . . .
never (cough, cough, gasp) more
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*coughs up a pebble*
*feels dehydrated*
CAW!!!
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
"Good boy!"
"Come on down from there and I'll give you a pretty"
*Holds out hand with a shiny copper penny*
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
You just need a few more pebbles in the bottle, hon, don't give up yet.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
CAWRGH!
*coughs up $0.02*
*pennies drop to the poop deck*
*opens beak wide*
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip, That started from this dubious port, Aboard this wenchy ship!"
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I thought the general consensus was that you're no longer a newbie once you stop running back to threads you've posted in every 5 minutes to see if people have responded. Nobody can know if you're still a newbie but you.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*Leans over the deck and v----s copiously*
"Sorry - the multiple medications for this nasty pneumonia make it hard to listen to tweaked TV jingles"
*Palely collapses to the deck and practices deep breathing*
*Wheezes pathetically*
(Spelling - critical error - changes jungle to jingle)
[ June 25, 2004, 12:58 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
quote: If you are a woman over the age of 17 you are automatically a member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique
Sweet! An hour ago, I wouldn't have qualified.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*de-roosts*
CRAW!!!
*wheels, dives, and plummets beakfirst into the upchucked waters*
*resurfaces*
"mmm... anchovy!"
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
quote: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...unless you are a newbie and are sexier or smarter than any current member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not possible.
Aww, thanks Ralphie Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Women are just scary mysteries to you, aren't they?
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Aye, Cap'n.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Does your wife scare you, too? I mean, seriously, man, they're not complete enigmas.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
*reconfers n00b status on Space Opera*
Don't throw away your newbiehood like that!
You can never go back (unless you create a new SN and don't tell anyone....)
Posted by Mockingbird (Member # 5640) on :
I'm in - or would like to be in. "Newbie" is iffy - I registered last year and lurk occasionally, but my total post count is embarrassingly low. And my husband thinks I'm smart and sexy.
So, what can a womens' clique around here do?
- offer feminine views on great SF generally and OSC's work specifically. I'm always happy to offer and receive recommendations. - trade funny kid/baby stories (actually many men could do equally well here. But I have a great story of when my toddler pointed at two lower-level executives with WordPerfect and called them, respectively, "goofball" and "fag". There happened to be a golfball behind one guy and a flag behind the other. Luckily they thought it was all very funny.) - commiserate about the hardships of being a mom, or a working mom in particular. Or your love life if you don't have kids. Or both, if you're a single mom. - meditate on the weirdness of trying to keep possession of the TV remote when your guy walks into the room where you're already watching some show, and he stares meaningfully at the TV and you. Life is so unfair sometimes.
What else am I missing?
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Hey, we can talk about Kegels too. And PMS. And chocolate. (My one male employee, a few months ago, had the stupidity to ask the rest of us on staff "Hey is it really true about women and chocolate at that time of the month, or has my wife been lying to me all these years to get free candy?")
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Hmmm. I was a newbie, then not a newbie, but now I'm a newbie again. Hatrack, lead me where thou will.
space opera
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Mockingbird:
-Give the clueless but sweet and golden-hearted men of Hatrack insight into the mysterious minds and hearts of women. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I'm more scared of Tom and ScottR, who I suspect can see right through us.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Mmmm...Kegels
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yeah, both possess a frightening amount of insight. We need to create more mysteries!
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
Is re-newbie-ing like 're-virgin-ing'? If so, does it really count?
I think Space Opera is now officially One Of Us.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Oh, well. I guess.
*fondly remembers days of newbiehood*
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Well, it was bev who took away my newbie purity. We can all blame her from now on for preying on helpless newbies and forcing them to grow up too fast.
space opera
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I've been accused of rape!
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Everyone even saw you do it! I have proof!!!
space opera
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
But baby, you know you wanted it.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
How well you know me.
space opera
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
If being a mom is a primary advantage to having a Women's Clique, I'm out.
edit: Sounded rude. Meant it, but still.
[ June 25, 2004, 11:09 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Ralphie,
I don't think you have to be a mom. I'm not 100% on that, but I hope not.
Fallow
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
You don't even have to breastfeed. Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
I think you do have to have breasts, though.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
Admiration doesn't count? Possession is 10/10ths of the law?
fallow
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
skillery doesn't - *Glances around suspiciously* do you, skillery???? and he started the darn thing . . .
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
No breasts any more. I've lost ten pounds since Hobbes started posting about cycling. Thanks Hobbes for getting me off my bum.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*presses finger to skillery's biking bum and yanks away*
"SIZZLE!"
Posted by suntranafs (Member # 3318) on :
*Walks in stark naked with club then starts eloquent dialogue* Thought about makin a real man post in the men's clique, but then realized that would be ridiculous. For starters, real men recognize no clique that bars them out and need no clique that's meant for to boost their ego as it is already infinitely high, therefore I am joining the women's clique for obvious real man reasons. So now since the women are all over here, why the heck should I, as a real man, be over there. Real men aren't gay. *end eloquent dialogue, throws hatrack women's clique over shoulder and heads for cave*
Posted by weezer (Member # 6643) on :
That seems reasonable. Posted by suntranafs (Member # 3318) on :
yes I thought so but I just can't shake the feeling that I'm forgeting something. It centers around the fact that this sort of technique was very likely tried back when all men were real men but somehow the majority of us became the pathetic lap dogs we are today and that now even those real men among us tend to view this sort of thing as unwise at this point, no matter how logical and sensible it may be. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that women are a little like primitive gods... not always exactly logical but you sure as hell don't want to piss them off... ... Which I have done, haven't I... That would make me, oh what's the word... Ah yes: stupid. But you see, I believe I may have found a loophole. We must first examine the threat that the hypothetical women present to the hypothetical primitive man. Since it's unlikely to be a direct physical threat, it has to be a more subtle one through genetics, ganging up, treachery, and child rearing. So through Genetics and the way I was raised, I would never actually say such unchivalrous things in front of ladies, for fear of directly or indirectly weeding myself out of the gene pool, but last time I checked there are no genes in cyberspace so Unless of course they tell their friends and those friend tell their friends and those friends tell their friends... which is exactly the phenomnenon that I was most worried about in the first place So new theories on dealing with women based on the laws of thermodynamics: law 1 you can't win you can only break even, law 2 you can't break even. Except that I have yet to uncover my master plan, for which I have studied and seen in action though perhaps with more innocent intentions I will take all my smack talking together with lots of BS and a little bit of virtue and turn it into a major religion, at which point women will cease to remember that I am a chauvanistic jerk and decide that I am dead sexy! Which should have the added benefit of stalling the women's lib movement for say, oh, two thousand years. j/k I'm not quite that cynical. Actually nowhere close, nice theory though Posted by suntranafs (Member # 3318) on :
Wow I'm really overdoing the emoticons, actually maxed out there, probably due to nervousness... anyhoo... *runs like bat out of heck for hatrack men's clique*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
You have five devil smileys. Four them laughing together in pairs. You mean that wasn't on purpose? *amused*
Posted by DocCoyote (Member # 5612) on :
Seems like this clique is clicking along nicely. Count me in. And for the nth time, yup, I'm a girl. Oh yeah, since I'll be 40 tomorrow, I think I'm supposed to start saying woman, but the thought seriously alarms me.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Woman Whoa man WOOOOOE man
I think if beverly can start the "Ask a 27 year old male homosexual thread" skillery can start... this thing.
Posted by DocCoyote (Member # 5612) on :
Pooka,
Just watched Axe Murderer this weekend (for the approximately 100th time)! Excellent timing! Unfortunately, I've a bad habit of quoting movie lines, so everyone is suffering.
L
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*re-roosts*
CAW!!!
*preens feathers*
Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
quote: unless you are a newbie and are sexier or smarter than any current member of the Hatrack Women’s Clique.
The way I read this, you have to be BOTH a newbie AND sexier or smarter than any current member.
But...isn't that logically impossible? Count me in!
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So new theories on dealing with women based on the laws of thermodynamics: law 1 you can't win you can only break even, law 2 you can't break even. Except that I have yet to uncover my master plan, for which I have studied and seen in action though perhaps with more innocent intentions ![[Evil]](graemlins/evil.gif)
I will take all my smack talking together with lots of BS and a little bit of virtue and turn it into a major religion, at which point women will cease to remember that I am a chauvanistic jerk and decide that I am dead sexy!