(off topic) Do French men smell like an Octopus with one hundred arm pits ?
From: jbe
Names, smells, and the power of suggestion.
I looked for some shower gel in the local supermarket yesterday.
I like floral scent -- rose, preferably, but I'm not that picky:
gardenia will do. Well, can you believe it -- no floral scents!
Nothing but fruity scents: orange, lemon, strawberry, peach.....
Well, who wants to smell like food?
Then it occurred to me that perhaps the gel-makers are counting on
buyers' associations with that old phrase "You look good enough to eat"
revamped into "you smell good enough to eat."
Perhaps the underlying message is that the shower gel will send unspoken
olfactory messages in the marital (pre-marital, or post-marital.....) bed.
Feel sexy tonight?
Let him know by using Georgia Peach!
Just quarrelled with your man?
Not interested?
Use Bitter Lemon!
But why limit it to fruits?
How about a flirtatious little something like Hot Tomato Soup?
And for most non-vegetarian men, there is nothing more appetizing than
the smell of meat. So I propose: My Little Pork Chop or Sizzling Bacon.
And if you are in a really unreceptive mood, may I suggest Slimy Okra.
Nobody will even want to touch you!
As for me, I went home with a bottle of Jergens something-or-other
that was on sale. It smelled of....well...soap.
From: Jim S
Whatever gave you the idea that men care how you smell?
From: Jim S
Perhaps I should clarify: we are only interested in your mind(s).
From: jbe
I never assumed that men care how I smell, Jim.
I drew the conclusion that shower gel makers wanted to make me think
that men care. Interesting that you should ask, though.
Many, many years ago, I went to my doctor, a Czech refugee of advanced years,
and complained to him that my armpits were sweating too much. He told me not
to worry; that men like the smell of B.O. It was a sexual turn-on, he said.
Was he right? Or was he just a nasty old pervert?
From: jbe
Well, this particular mind is interested in words -- and in their power.
From: Jim S
...my armpits were sweating too much ... men like the smell of B.O.
It was a sexual turn-on, he said. Was he right?
How should I know, Joan? You're the one with the sweaty pits.
How do men react to you?
From: E
Axillary sweat contains a lot of pheromones.
And pheromones are sexual attractants.
I think cleanliness is, too, though. Except, of course, in France.
From: jbe
Sorry, Jim. You are way off track. Language was the issue.
From: Jim S
That's ok, you needn't apologize. Perhaps I should have understood
that you were discussing the language of fragrance.
From: Lather.Rinse.Repeat.
Shower gel makers just want your body.
From: CobaltBlue
If I think a man is attractive, I like the smell of his sweat,
otherwise, yuck! And since I don't find many men attractive,
I find myself frequently muttering under my breath "people,
we've got to take more baths around here and for goodness sake
USE DEODORANT!" Especially when shopping during the summer,
people from other parts of the world aren't so smell-conscious.
As you know.
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Berst Alert , TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2000
Octopus.com: Click Less, Get More
Jesse Berst, Editorial Director, ZDNet AnchorDesk
Contrary to popular opinion.....
But most of us don't have a research team.
Which is why I'm naming octopus.com as.....
Octopus pulls together expert information from different Web sites
and assembles it into one, customizable page.....
Here's how Octopus works: Say you want information about T&J Cat Inc.
Instead of searching multiple sites and search engines which return
lots of superfluous information, Octopus lets you mix-and-match
relevant information to create a single, customized source.
For instance, you can:
- Get stock quotes and charts from Quicken
- Get corporate and competitive information from Hoovers Online
- Get recent news and headlines about T&J Cat Inc. from Yahoo
Octopus.com puts it all on one password-protected page you can view anytime.
Specified content is delivered to you live and updated each time you check.
This product gets information personalization right by:
Granulating content.
- Letting you pick specific elements you're interested in
- Drag-and-drop content customization
- Snap-in design lays out your information in an easy-to-read manner
- Drill-down capabilities ... by clicking back to the information's source
But Octopus.com is only in preview, and there are two big hurdles
it must overcome. One is downloading. The application may be small,
but people don't like to download. The second is competition from:
Portals, specifically the personalization elements at Yahoo, Excite
and others Similar products/services such as OnePage Corporate portals
such as VerticalNet that will move into this space
Currently, Octopus.com is available in preview, so it only works
with IE 4 and 5 and AOL 4 and 5 (sorry, Navigator users).
And it only offers three categories: business information,
news and personal finance.....
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