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Gilman Girl
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I was at the bus stop this morning and there was a fella who was adjusting, and adjusting. You all know what I'm talking about right?
Looking for comments from men and women.
Is it okay for men to adjust their 'boys' (Seinfeld) in public?
Why do they do it?
Things need moving?
Things are cramped?
Is it an adjustment or actually a left to right shuffle?
And, anyone have any fun adjusting type stories to share?
CrownHillary
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Who cares? WTF are you some new type of Taliban?
Barney Stinson
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It is done because it is necessary.
Hey zues where do some of you people come from? I am constantly shocked by the level sensitivity displayed by the residents of this city. Bunch of scaredy cat pansies.
CrownHillary
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It's the maturity level.
Let's discuss penis ownership? For Christsakes! And they were saying I'm a teenager?
Gee maybe the schoolteacher can make a joke about his walnuts and all the vapid minds will find it hilarious.
jubbjubb
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tinea cruris
CrownHillary
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Thanks for sharing.
Sunset Hill David
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I think Dan Savage had the best answer for this. It is no different from women adjusting their bra straps. Sometimes the jewels get a little tangled up with the underwear and need to be adjusted.
Edog
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"Why do they do it?" Cause sometimes things don't sit well and need put back in place and "Things need moving" because "Things are cramped" usually its worse in the summer!
"Is it an adjustment or actually a left to right shuffle?" Now thats just gross!
"And, anyone have any fun adjusting type stories to share?" Not exactly, but boys bikes have that bar on the frame that women's or girl's bikes don't have. I guess it better for the bike frame, but one of the unintended consequences of it are that when going really fast, and you hit something that stops the bike cold, your a*s will slide off the seat, slam your jewels on the bar, and slide your entire body, all riding on your goods, into the column that holds the handle bars. You've never been racked, if you've not been racked by a bike frame!
The Mayor
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well said SH david.. but shake it more then twice and your playing with it...
CrownHillary
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Ah yes, the Mr Goodmorning-America-MattLauer-KatieCouric-phony-saccharin-bashing-culture-warrior wants us all to trade stories about "that time I mashed up my balls real good"
Charming. Maybe your schoolteacher friend can make a ball joke too, or something about spandex?
Mamasings
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Funny, Edog! I always wondered why men's bikes have that bar when they have more to lose in a close encounter with it. Probably hearkens back to the days when ladies rode with skirts, I imagine. I've also frequently wondered this...those bike seats provide pretty close quarters, and I don't have anything to, uh, adjust. How do men DO that? I'm not trying to be gross, I've just always wondered!
Edog
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Crown-MattLauer-KatieCouric-Hillary "Charming. Maybe your schoolteacher friend can make a ball joke too, or something about spandex?"
I for one thought it was fair game after you invoked your plastic p*nis from China, the one you plug into your wall. TMI Katie TMI
Cheese
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My surmise is that both the perpetual fondling "adjustments"(you know, the ones that last for minutes) and the blatant right in front of you adjs. are signalling gestures. Again, I can only guess what the signals are, but they could be along the lines of thinking they are projecting masculinity, or are signifying status (i.e. I think so little of you that I'll go against social norms and diddle), or it could be as simple as imitating role models in the media or neighborhood "associates" they have come to respect and want to emulate.
wolfden
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GG: You didn't have to keep staring. Maybe your stare made him nervous and he kept adjusting to conform to your standards? :P
SPG
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There's a line between adjusting and fondling. It sounds like this guy crossed it.
julesage
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i think adjusting "my girls" in my bra is a bit different than what this guy sounds like he was doing! NOT what i want to experience at the bus stop.
jubbjubb
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Wasn't there some movie in the 80's that explained it pretty well; something about a girl impersonating a boy in high school? I seem to remember a scene where someone like Cory Haim explains it to the girl. Calling Mr. Crankypants; he'd know.
pennygirl
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Getting his jollies at the bus stop. This type of thing needs to be taken care of before you leave the house.
Edog
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"Getting his jollies at the bus stop." Now thats completely different than rearranging the furniture. As a mother of a boy, you should at least know that much!
pennygirl
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Edog...
I know nothing of such things :-)
Edog
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"I know nothing of such things :-)" Than you know nothing of men.
jubbjubb
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Edog & PG: A mother should not be aware of this issue. And, if she is she should never discuss with her son. Somethings just shouldn't be shared. It would practically like teaching your son to french kiss -- that may be fine for Cousin Eddie and little Cousin Vikki, but once you get outside the worm farm, ick.
Curtis
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Just like EVERYTHING...someone will always take it past "the limit".
pennygirl
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Edog...
You are correct. I know nothing of men.
Mr JJ...
You are even more correct. I choose to stay oblivious in these matters.
cd6
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Victimless crime, I say.
You got an itch, you scratch it.
pennygirl
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Just get it all in order and scratched to the max before you arrive at the bus stop I say :-)
boardbrown
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Sounds like typical bus stop behavior to me.
@jubbjubb ...not to take any thunder from Mr. Crankypants, but I believe you are referring to "Just One of the Guys" when Buddy (Billy Jane) is giving advice to Terry (Joyce Hyser):
[Buddy is trying to show Terry how to act like a guy by getting her to scratch her "balls". She's not doing too good a job at it]
Terry: Look, maybe my balls don't itch.
Buddy: All balls itch! It's a fact!
sweetmama
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that is hallarious...
you could adjust your girls back at him, and see what he says...
heheheheheh
Nora Charles
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I used to work with a dude who adjusted his boys most of the day long...at times he would sort of hike up on his tippy toes while adjusting. I wanted to laugh out loud but at the same time I didn't want him to realize I was noticing...it was as blatant as blatant could be but still I never said or screamed a word, nor did i laugh out loud. But now 40+ years later I remember as if it happened earlier today.
Kyle
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I also think sometimes people aren't aware that they are being noticed quite as much as they are. I sat next to a guy on a plane once who had every single finger in each nostril for the entire flight, while he worked on his laptop. It was compulsive, nonstop, and drove me bonkers. Since I didn't want to embarrass both of us, I moved to the one empty seat on the plane (between 2 large people). At the end of my flight I asked hubby, who stayed behind, if this seemingly unconscious behavior had continued, and indeed it had. For five hours. The guy was just oblivious.
The Seinfeld "boys" reference reminds me of that episode, with a brief-less Kramer exclaiming "I'm out there, Jerry, and I'm lovin' it!"
Nora Charles
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Kyle - That made me laugh out loud! I know it must have been just astonishingly shocking and unnerving at the time but it is a funny story...
charliecooper
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Sometimes, it just needs to be done. Just remember to wash your hands at some point in time.
wildernessbarbie
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Perhaps the guy was suffering from crabs or jock itch type deal. That would make me think they might need some more "adjusting" than usual. My mom had a boss who would walk up and talk to her while she was sitting at her desk and at eye level with his junk and juggle the damn things. He was a nice guy, wasn't being a creep, just seemed totally oblivious.
I would liken it more to adjusting a thong than bra straps. There's just no real subtle way to dig a thong out of your butt, but sometimes it just has to happen. Motorrad, you know what I'm talking about, right? ;-)
Kyle- I have a friend who's a bit like that. She'll make a dig while sitting and having a conversation. I don't know how to react to that. Offer her a tissue? Ugh.
Kyle
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Next time she does it, WB, ask her if she found anything good. :-)
But, we all have to scratch a nasal itch once in a while, in public. My nose runs a lot some days, so I am always pinching the end of it to get it to stop, if sniffling doesn't work and I don't have a tissue. Or there's the itch just right inside the edge that I think won't be too gross if I do it quick.
Reminds me of another Seinfeld episode: Jerry is scratching the outside of his nose and a woman he's dating pulls up in the car next to him, on the side opposite his itch. She looks over and notices what he's doing, which looks to her like he's really got his finger up there. Horrified, she drives away with an equally horrified Jerry saying "No pick! No pick!"
Novalis
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Guessing since Ballard is known for the crab fishing fleet ?
That may have been a more terrestrial( sp ?) version in action ?
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