What gets you the most compliments?

[redqueen]

Could be anything... name a few things if you want.

As far as food goes, either my beef stew or spaghetti sauce.

As far as looks goes, my eyebrows. (You know, when you have to stretch that far to pay someone a compliment, you probably just shouldn't bother. :P)

And as for my personality... :rofl:

[nolabear]

1. My poetry.

As far as food goes, my gumbo. It rocks!

As far as looks go, eyes followed by hair. Blue, and silver.

[TZ]

2. My insults......

Tis true...I consider laughter a great compliment...:)

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. My departures

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People recognize the effectiveness of positive reinforcement.
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[Dr. Strange]

4. My collection of erotica-filled math textbooks.

On the other hand, no one has ever complimented me for my eyebrows.

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. You just read those for the articles.

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Never for those hot, tight, glistening equations.
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Uh-huh.
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[redqueen]

8. Do you even have eyebrows?

I don't picture you as Dr. Strange... I picture you as Invader Zim. And he doesn't have eyebrows.

[TZ]

9. I know those sexy sexy imaginary numbers are a big turn on!

:P

[Lyric]

53. Freaky. Math. Douche.

You should be banished for the sake of poor, innocent children everywhere.

[cbdo2007]

5. My wife

When people call her my "better half" they aren't kidding. In fact, picking such a great spouse is the one thing I've found that I'm really, really, good at.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. MiddleFingerMomMom

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Whenever I ask the fellas "What could possibly be any better than this?", they
ALWAYS answer, "Your mom."
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[Kali]

50. ...

:spray:

[guitar man]

10. my musicianship

And god knows why, I think I'm mediocre at best :rofl:

[redqueen]

12. Heh...

maybe it's your style, then. Skill isn't everything you know? :)

[guitar man]

18. yeah maybe

Thank gawd for style! :rofl:

[kayakjohnny]

11. My voice for one. I've been told I should do voiceovers.

And that my body is in good shape. But that's only because everything I do for fun forces me to stay in shape.

I have one dish that I cook which always bowls people over. A sauteed veggie thing with spices and chicken over either pasta or rice.

Also, that I'm fair and honest.

That's the one I'm most glad to hear.

[Brickbat]

13. My writing and my kids. Which is good enough for me.

[redqueen]

15. Aw, yes...

the kids, that's always a great one to hear. :)

[RainDog]

14. I can't say on this board...

[TZ]

16. Does it have something to do with

Nipple clamps? :hide:

[RainDog]

33. no, honey. I'm all about the pleasure. n/t

[redqueen]

55. Hmmm...

nipple clamps and pleasure are not mutually exclusive, I don't think.

[RainDog]

56. yeah I know

but I'm pretty simple minded. :)

[redqueen]

17. Hahahahaha...

yeah, I wouldn't go there either. :)

[gmoney]

19. My photography

Certainly not my DU posts.

[hippywife]

20. My cooking and my hair.

That's about it, too. Oh, and my computer usage skills in a work place where few know how to use one. :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

21. My hair and eyes!!!

Foodwise--definitely my sketti!! :9

[Kali]

22. compliments?

:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

39. Don't encourage me. ... ... n/t

[graywarrior]

23. My writing and my hair

[redqueen]

25. Oh yes, your hair.

I luuuuuurve your hair. :)

[SoxFan]

24. My rugged, manly good looks and striking physique

:sarcasm:

[Deep13]

26. My wife.

I think people like us as a couple much better than they like me as an individual.

[Haole Girl]

27. My eyes

Which makes no sense.

They are looking at my eyes, right?

:blush:

[Maraya1969]

28. My sense of humor.

It may not show up when I am writing but in person I can be quite the yuk yuk.

[pitohui]

29. my rack EOM

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[NewJeffCT]

31. your post is useless without pictures

which I'm sure you knew was coming.

[MiddleFingerMom]

40. Relax...

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MAYBE her collection of spices.
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YES... IT IS I !!!!! ...RATIONALIZATION MAN!!!!
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[NewJeffCT]

48. I'm pretty sure

it's her gun rack...

[pitohui]

97. i wish i was talking abt my gun rack

i think people would respect me more, sigh...

[abq e streeter]

30. my singing and playing ( 3 wind instruments). That usually makes me sort of uncomfortable

since I know damn well that in most cases, I wasn't nearly as good as I was accused of being. On occasion, I guess I get lucky and put it all together and feel like, even I would have been willing to pay to see me.But unfortunately, that's the exception , not the rule...visually; my eyes, although I don't understand that. I get told I have "pretty eyes" on occasion, and all I see in the mirror are big old bags under them and and a blank look in them from the same stress and lack of sleep that caused the bags. On edit, the 3 wind instruments are not at the same time...

[MiddleFingerMom]

43. Thank you SO MUCH for your edit...

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...I was have a really UGLY time trying to figure out the placement
of that third instrument.
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And hoping like HELL that it wasn't a digeridoo.
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[abq e streeter]

46. well it HAS been done...

well shit, been trying to post pictures of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, but something's not working right...in my own case however, I've always been impressed that people can play a guitar behind their backs, so tried to figure out a way to play a horn with a tube from the mouthpiece around to my.....never mind....P.S. I've tried to play a digeridoo; barely could get a sound out of it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PylJkN9FEoU


disappointing that the guy didn't take a solo though

Here we go--Kirk with 3 saxes at about 2:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUYtlMuN_V4

[MiddleFingerMom]

57. No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no!!!!

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Didgeri-doodoo.
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Didgeri-don'tdon't.
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That much wind... ... ... ... you must be eating at Kali's ranch.
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He's playing 3 saxes, a flute, AND he's got that little pennywhistle sax on his left shoulder.
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Busy man.
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Friend of mine (Charles Smith) played with jazz combos and for a while with The Tom Larsen
Blues Band out of Delaware (a George Thorogood contemporary). He could drum with his feet
and one hand and play the flute with the other. Then he'd play just the two-tone flute
mouthpiece. Crowd on its feet. Probably the best, most intense musician I've ever personally
known.
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He was SO good, he could do about a 2-minute solo ONLY on his little splash cymbal and the
crowd would be SCREAMING before he was through. Told him he reminded me of Neil Peart (was
not sure if that would insult him or not with his jazz focus) and he almost cried at what a
wonderful compliment that was.
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[abq e streeter]

92. I'm amazed at people that can even sing and play something at the same time

much less play two ( or 3) instruments at once. I literally can't even play a maraca or tambourine etc while singing; it throws me off completely. I play occasionally with a guy who plays fretless bass and trumpet simultaneously. ( and plays em well).

[MiddleFingerMom]

94. Very very odd...

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I can play guitar (badly) and sing, but I can NOT play piano and sing.
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I used to be one of two singers (the other, female) in a band... and
I could NOT hit the claves together in a simple 4/4 beat and sing, nor
maracas nor tambourine (although I was pretty good with 'em the
MOMENT I stopped singing).
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Some sorta left brain/right brain thing?
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[NewJeffCT]

32. over the years - my hair and my green eyes

now that I'm old and my hair is greying, I mostly get compliments on my parenting skills and my baked cod.

[RainDog]

36. cod?

...not that there's anything wrong with that.

I get compliments on my green eyes, too.

I don't get compliments but I sort of have to laugh at the "I'm really trying to look at your face" thing that men who are trying to be polite do.

irl, people actually think I'm funny and nice, unlike here where I am a vaginal fundamentalist with a potty mouth.

it's just sooooo much fun to curse.

[NewJeffCT]

41. Cod

it's a cold-water fish that I seem to have a knack for cooking up just right. If I try to cook other fish, it doesn't seem to turn out as well. Last year, I went to a Chinese New Year party and one of the people there said he had been looking forward to my fish all week.

and, I once dated a woman that said one of the reasons she initially liked me was because I made the effort to look her face when most other guys had failed that challenge.

[MiddleFingerMom]

45. OMG -- you've placed a non-existent earworm in my head!!!

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The wonders Sting could have worked with a "hook" like that
during his Police era (much like "Canary in a Coal Mine").
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She's a vaginal fundamentalist with a potty mouth.
Potty mouth.
Potty mouth.
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[RainDog]

71. I can hear with some Rick James!

lol.

She's a vagie fundie gurl
the kind you don't take home to momma

...she's a potty mouth, potty mouth
she's potty mouthy

oooh oh oh oh oh oh oh.

hope that earworm feels better soon!

[flvegan]

34. My work with/for animals, by far.

As far as looks goes, it's gotta be the gun show.

[Heidi]

35. Y'all know this, but I guess it's worth repeating:

The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger.

[hippywife]

93. Well, I happen to know for a fact

that there are many more things than just Ginger. :loveya:

[Heidi]

95. Now, you just cut that right out, missy!

Your godson, The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger, asked me to reaffirm to you that he is the center of all known universes and, further, the sooner you and I submit to his omniscience, the better the outcome for humanity will be. :rofl:

P.S. *smooch* :*

:loveya:

[hippywife]

100. I'm afraid he's going to have to take that up

with the two princesses over here. I'm pretty sure they'd have something to say about that. :rofl:

to you, babe.

[bamacrat]

37. My penis.

hahah ok only from the wife now.

But seriously my face and food.

[redqueen]

38. I can't believe it took this long!

:thumbsup:

[CreekDog]

44. She said "long"

:rofl:

[TZ]

61. Nice post, Beavis!

[NewJeffCT]

64. You said "post"

heh heh heh.

[CreekDog]

65. Which reminds me of a joke: have you heard of the Martha Washington Monument?

:hide:

[NewJeffCT]

81. Actually

I haven't heard that one - but, judging by the fact you have the "hiding" smiley, I might not want to hear it.

[TZ]

83. *cough* Washington Monument*cough* phallic looking...

Think about it...;)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

109. aka the Lincoln Tunnel?

heeee......

[CreekDog]

42. Despite my persona at DU, people say I'm pretty patient and calm

and level-headed and so forth.

I've had people yelling at me and others can't figure out why I don't flip out in return.

But I have an answer, I'm pretty slow on the uptake and usually don't grasp what they said until about 10 minutes later...and then :grr:
Sometimes later, I'll think to myself that I was probably very close to getting punched.

But I come from this crazy Italian family, at least I think I do, maybe someone isn't telling me something. :dilemma:

As for my behavior on DU, well, ummm, I need an outlet. :hide:

[Sweet Freedom]

47. My wardrobe /nt

[LeftyMom]

49. My cooking.

Physically, it's my eyes. They're hard to describe- dark green on the outside and copper in the middle.

[Inchworm]

51. My sick sense of optimism

It is active about 90% of the time.

When I'm on that 10% .. BEWARE!

:rofl:

[Lyric]

52. My poetry, sometimes.

I'm not much to look at, so nothing there. I think the last time I got a "cooking compliment" from someone who doesn't live in my house was from mrleftyclimber, waxing romantic about the joys of my cabbage rolls. :rofl:

[frogmarch]

54. Not my cooking.

The closest I ever came to hearing a compliment on my cooking was at a potluck supper in 1979, when I heard someone remark after sampling my casserole: "This shit don't taste too shabby."

[bigwillq]

58. My smile.

:)
My butt! :evilgrin:

[redqueen]

60. Your smile is indeed dazzling.

Haven't seen your butt, but I'm sure it's as nice as the rest of you. :)

[bigwillq]

63. Thanks!

:) :hi:

[Haole Girl]

62. I can see that

:loveya:

[bigwillq]

72. ....

:loveya:

[arbusto_baboso]

59. My eyes, butt and very dry sense of humor.

What can I say? It's rough being a sex god...

[taterguy]

66. My legs

I admit it.

I'm pretty damn vain about them.

[redqueen]

70. All that bike-riding...

yep, that'll do it. :)

[Burma Jones]

67. My Wife, Kids, Coffee, Cooking, Trumpet, Singing, Writing, Analytical Abilities, Humor

As to my looks....well....

[Sky Masterson]

68. My butt

:hide:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

69. My thick curly hair.

Pics of grandma and great-grandma in the antique photos thread. Photographic proof!!

[datasuspect]

73. college girls admire my chugging prowess

[JackDragna]

74. What's a compliment?

eom

[Odin2005]

75. Regurgitating random trivia! Oh, and my intelligence.

:)

[MilesColtrane]

76. No one compliments me.

...if they know what's good for them.

[AsahinaKimi]

77. Perhaps

My knowledge of Japanese musical artists.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

78. My ability to stay calm

and take charge in a crisis. and some people say, I have nice arms and hands...

[Skittles]

79. my figure

at age 53: 38-27-36 WOO!

[MilesColtrane]

82. Helllllooo, Nurse!

All that ass kicking keeps you in shape.

[proteus_lives]

80. Food? I order a mean pizza.

Looks? Well, I'll admit to having a thick, curly shock of black hair. I've gotten compliments on that.

[Wapsie B]

84. My rippling abs.

[MiddleFingerMom]

88. Me, too.

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Tsunami are just really, really, REALLY big ripples, right?
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[femmocrat]

85. My color coordination.

People at work always compliment me on my outfits.

[Bucky]

86. Nothing. No one ever says nice things to me.

Well, California Peggy calls me "dear" on occasion, but I'm sure that's just pro forma.

[Boojatta]

104. "Pro forma" is a good choice of words.

[HipChick]

87. My eyes, lips and accent

[Duer 157099]

89. My voice, of all things n/t

[quakerboy]

90. Having lost 80 Lbs

followed very closely by my job.

[BlueIris]

91. Where I choose to spend my money.

That's the only thing I've been complimented on in a while.

[KG]

96. my large 'package'.

[tigereye]

98. the way I listen, usually

[TK421]

99. I've been told its my eyes, my looks, my sense of humor...I don't see any

of it though....my ex-boss used to tell me all the time to get the "ax-murderer" look off my face when people were coming in to see the show at the theatre; I never knew what she meant by it

[azmouse]

101. My hair.

[tainted_chimp]

102. My scrambled eggs...

....and my artwork.

[LeftyFingerPop]

103. My tooth.

[triguy46]

105. I'm not sure this will count for much here in the lounge: My ability to speak "boardroom".

Happened today at a closing conference with the internal audit team. I told my managers to come in, but I would do all the talking. It went well. Afterwords, one looked at me and said "How did you learn to talk like that?" Ironically 20 years ago I had an intern ask me the same thing. Some may consider it bullshit, but when you move into the boardroom with the biggest of big dogs, there is a different style and presentation skill set. Time and again people comment on this to me, i suppose because I'm in real life just a country guy.

[darkstar3]

106. What is this compliment of which you speak? n/t

[LibDemAlways]

107. I don't get compliments. The last one I can honestly remember was about

a decade ago when a friend's mother told me I had a nice complexion. Other than that can't think of any.

[Quantess]

108. cute clothes, shoes, accessories, etc.

my dog gets a lot of compliments.