If an attractive stranger of your preferred gender told you you were incredibly good-looking, and nobody you knew was in earshot, what would you say to him/her?

Thanks

NOTE: I don't mean nervous as in shy, I mean nervous as in, "Wait, your taking this WAY to quickly for me, sorry.". I don't work that way.


"Well, thanks. You look nice yourself". Now it would depend on what happened next (like what else they said, if anything) that would determine the rest. If that was it, I would go about my life. If If she kept on with the "you look nice" or whatever bit, I would start to get a bit nervous. If they wanted to have a friendly conversation, I would have one if I could or wanted to. If they talked of going and doing something like a couple, I would get nervous, unless we had a nice conversation and got to know each other. Even then, I would probably decline for first impressions are usually a big front.

thank you.

"My place or yours?"

Probably nothing much.

Thanks!My husband thinks so too.

Well thank you, you're pretty good looking yourself. By the way, was that an invitation?

Thank you.

Yeah! Right...

Thanks.

"Thanks!"

I beg your pardon?

Either "ermm .. Thanks" or something like "Here's a handkerchief, let me clean those glasses for you" depending on what mood I was in.

i would laugh my ass off. i mean, really - how could he expect me to believe such a blatant lie?

I'm too flirtatious for my own good, so I usually say "Oh, yeah?" while giggling my head off.

'thank you' probably.

Probably something like "Um, well, excuse me, I've got to go".

"Why, thank you!"

And if they were also incredibly good looking, I'd say "and so are you".

Well, if he said I was incredibly good looking, I would figure he was either a liar or just had very poor eyesight.

lol

Seriously, that's what I'd say. They'd be bull-sh***ing........

You are accustomed to such comments, however, for many of us others, such occurrences are part of the distant past.

Yes, believe it or not, even I have been propositioned a number of times in my life...and had the good manners to accept!

A gentlemen never refuses the affections of a lady when discreetly offered.

Never underestimate your ability to charm....

Perhaps you need to re-examine yourself in the mirror with a more objective eye...

Pish posh. I don't believe it for one minute.
Beauty is in the eye...

Chicken! A gentlemen never refuses the affections of a lady when discreetly offered...lest they never be offered again.

This happens all the time. It usually takes me by surprise, and I just sort of laugh...that is, if it isn't said in a sick, disgusting way. These two guys started following me and 2 of my girlfriends the other day. The followed for a block, yelling things like "why don't you come back here and suck my cock". Then they turned around and went back to the basketball court. They looked like they were in about the fifth and eighth grades.

I don't doubt it. If you'd come my way some twenty years earlier, you'd be in trouble, my friend.
But what if the lady who discreetly offers the gentleman her affections looks like Joan Rivers?

That sounds similar to my encounters with guys around my age. It kind of makes you wonder if they never listen to themselves, doesn't it?

Trust me, it's true! (sigh) But thanks for the kind words, anyway.

Are you taking the piss?

ROFL! I have no answer for that. Very funny.
Suffice it to say, better she look like Joan Rivers than Johnny Rivers....
LOL lol lol

Oh I can be charming... sometimes... in my own little way, so if I was told "you know you're incredibly charming", I'd be very flattered and would smile back boyishly and thank the person very much. To be told that I'm very good-looking would (depending on what mood I was in) either make me wonder about their eyesight or their sanity.

"thanks"

Did you hear that Melissa Rivers gave birth last December? Maybe they were right about that Y2K thing...

"Thank you."

Sorry, been away from American culture too long. Who is Melissa? (Daughter of Joan?) Don't get the joke????

Me too. I'd rather hear that I am charming. Charming I can do...once in a while.

Good looking? Hmmm...maybe in another life.

Best to make that thirty five years...
(Have you seen my walker around here any place?)

Smile. Go all coy. Try to say something witty. This happens all the time. I don't think it really matters who is in earshot.

Melissa Rivers is the offspring of that stiff-jawed monster.
Yeah, here you go. Don't forget your Depends, either.

Fudge the slut

I would smile and ignore them.

"Thank you."

uh... you *do* know that you *are* very attractive, don't you? (And it's not just the drugs... )

Would you like to touch my monkey?

"Yeah, I know already...so?"

I would tell him to get his eyes checked.

Wanna fudge?

I would say "Thanks, you're not too shabby yourself," in my best Mae West.
Which is a pretty poor Mae West.

What I always say:

"Thank you, I know!"

She's right...
and You're especially fantabulous when rolling down a big grassy hill

um...nope. but it's nice of you to be so naturally deluded.

what about when i'm being chased by a soggy little dog?

You never said that

Not really a loss; my interest in ladies does not involve them offering me their affections. If the starting point is attraction to my appearance, then what could I expect later except physical advances that would make me uncomfortable and leave her disappointed? Now, if it was an intelligent stranger coming up to discuss the book I'm reading, THEN we'd have something.

I would ask... "good enough to...?" and look her straight in the eye. If she showed the right response I would.

I know. That sort of thing disgusts me, and I wonder what's happening in the minds of little kids now. When epople just come up to me and say "You are so beautiful" and "I think you're very pretty" it takes me by surprise.

hehehehehe
What fun!

*kiss*

Original joke:
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I wouldn't mind using a diaper, it's that damn name I hate. "Depends".

If I gotta wear one, I don't want no "depends" about it, I want "Fer certain".
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That one has posted on one of the numerous Internet comedy sights since about 1998 (I ain't tellin' ya where ) as an original joke by yours truly under my full name.

One of my small successes in humor writing. My 15 cyber minutes of fame.

My God...and here you've been, hiding your talents from us.

Most of my talents are kept under wraps...

Doesn't that not mean anything?

I'm too tired for it to mean anything or not mean anything.
I need more vitamins to keep up with you...<===that means "let an old man rest".

(snoring)

*draws on old man's sleeping face*

Thank you.

Whatever. It will be an improvement...

*stalks off, thinking that no one appreciates her*

Ahhh...maybe it's the "stalking"?
(observing that her camouflage gear is government issue)

*weeps*

I almost believe it...

Yeah, for a minute you looked like a sad, sappy movie. I'm okay now. So, what have you been up to?

Extremely busy at work. Very worried for all the people in the USA, especially my nephew who will be 18 on Saturday. Praying for a peaceful resolution to the world tensions. Other than that, nothing.

Pretty much the same for everyone, I think. Although we did (half-heartedly) laugh at the PE-hating kids' jokes today about the PE teachers getting anonymous Anthrax letters...

A particularly sick sense of humor you should encourage your contemporaries to abandon right now. They could find themselves in a lot of trouble.

Authorities are not in a joking mood right now about anthrax.

I know, I know. But good news: Costa Rica has enough antibiotics for any bio-threat that comes along. What a cool little country

Was this in preparation for bio-threats or STD's?

Both.

I shall commment no further...

Thank you.

Why, thank you.

You need to be slapped.

Buy a sense of humor.

Don't be so conceited.

Learn to take a joke.

OK, I would not *really* say that to someone. I was only kidding. I am too shy to make any sort of response.... I would wonder what the motive or purpose was to make a compliment. Is the guy superficial? Is he trying to flirt? Does he think I would swoon because he paid me a compliment? Does he care about looks more than brains? Was he just trying to be nice and make me feel good? Of course because I am reserved, I probably would have to keep wondering. I am not conceited and I am not superficial. In fact I *hate* to be judged, whether liked or disliked based on how I look. A conceited person thinks they are better than other people based on their appearance. That is not me at all. I think people are shallow and superficial if thats what they focus on. That's why I made the joke, if a dude was superficial, he'd deserve a rude comeback. I wouldn't really say it, but I would think "so what"... because what is the point in pointing out someone's physical attractiveness? If I *really* think about the hypothetical situation, the guy making the comment would seem shallow and superficial. Something "conceit" is stemmed from.

Thanks you too...

how would you like to get together?

Thank you!

At last!!!!!!

I think that you're good-looking too