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Old 08-04-2008, 03:05 PM   #31
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Stockings are nice when your dressing up to go somewhere nice but not all the time.
They are also easier to get off .... or so I've heard.
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Old 08-04-2008, 03:27 PM   #32
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They are also easier to get off .... or so I've heard.
Not if the stockings are attached to something else (ie suspender belts ) there are not!!

Which reminds me of a very old joke.........

"I won't be long as I need to go and rip my partner's knickers/stockings off"

"Because they have been itching my legs all day"
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Old 08-04-2008, 04:00 PM   #34
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And it would slow the pace of the film down if we had to show them deliberating over which one of forty pairs of shoes to wear... before casting aside the thirty-nine they haven't worn in five years.
It's a well known thing here in the Philippines that women are shoe mad, they call it "The Imelda Syndrome" after Imelda Marcos, the former first lady, who had more pairs of shoes than I have hairs on my head.

They say that if you are a true Filipino, there are more than 4 pairs of shoes outside the front door of your house. Last time I looked there was a cupboard full and at least ten pairs outside and around the cupboard, obviously full, and yet I only own 3 pairs.

God bless my beautiful lady and her collection. I am always teasing her about this but it just happens to be a Filipinas tradition to have many pairs of shoes.

For the confused: a Filipino is any person born in the Philippines, a Filipina is the beautiful women of the Philippines and their are so so so many. There does not appear to be a verb for the male Filipino, but I am sure if you ask many Filipinas in the UK they will let you know of some.

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Stockings are nice when your dressing up to go somewhere nice but not all the time.
Only when you are going out somewhere nice?

Boring! Boring! Boring!

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The reason actresses are nude in love scenes and then cover up afterwards is they feel that it's felt nudity would be distracting once the plot gets going after the hanky panky. Actresses are often resigned to doing love scenes but reluctant to be on display for long stretches.
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Only when you are going out somewhere nice?

Boring! Boring! Boring!

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I personally wear hold ups, stockings without the suspender far more comfortable and i love them.
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Actresses are often resigned to doing love scenes but reluctant to be on display for long stretches.
Are they all married then...............

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Why do they always deliver the crucial part of the dialogue in floods of wailing tears so that no-one can understand a word of it ? ;-)
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This is not a sexist thread (you could always balance it out with a male thread ) just an observation ,so why do women in films do the following ?......

Go to bed with there make up still on and wake up with their hair (mostly) all neat ?


Go to bed with no make up yet wake up the following morning with make up on ?


Have a tendency to borrow (or nick ) the male's shirt to hide all their bits n pieces even though a scene before they showed all their bits n pieces anyway ?


Have a tendency to borrow (or nick ) the male's razor so they can shave their legs ?

I am sure there are more questions like that above that some could add too or maybe I should run and hide now.

I was not sure wether to put this in the offtopic thread or this one,but seen as it is film related I thought this would be the best place.

I am not in the least bothered what the girls do in the bedroom provided they do not lock the door against me
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And if the husband sat on her bed, he had to keep one foot on the floor.
cat see a thing wrong with that batman , my hubby still has to.
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cat see a thing wrong with that batman , my hubby still has to.
As long as it's only his foot.
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They use L-shaped sheets in all the scenes with couples in bed.
When they both sit up in bed the same sheet covers the woman's breasts but only comes up to the man's waist.
That reminds me of The Blue Max. There's a scene where Ursula Andress has a towel draped around her neck and hanging loose. Except that no matter how much she moves, the towel stays in place as if it was tied or starched.
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That reminds me of The Blue Max. There's a scene where Ursula Andress has a towel draped around her neck and hanging loose. Except that no matter how much she moves, the towel stays in place as if it was tied or starched.
Sticky tape is in much demand. Ursula did walk around starker in a film with Stanley Baker - yes? I do get a bit niggled if the camera crew can (apparently) see more than the paying public If this is the case then why not wear a swimsuit or something?
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These are questions my wife always ask, and hope am I supposed to know this as a mere male.

Also why, when they are being chased, do they break the heel off thier shoe or just twist their ankle and, keep looking round to see if they are still being chased. Why don't they just run like hell and get the heck out of there.
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