WTF

" But one of the white guys kept mispronouncing it as sorillo with the s sound rather than the z."

"Z" is pronounced as "S" in some Spanish dialects.

"It stuck to me like maple syrup"

And if the "Pee" is silent, tt's like male syrup on Puff Daddy's chest?

I first started going gray when I was 16, it's normal on my dad's side of the family. I just left it as is, and by the time I hit 30 I had two stripes of gray over my temples. Made me look like a skunk, which started a chain of nicknames ending with sorillo. The Hispanic guys at work back then called me zorillo (Spanish for skunk, the literal translation is little fox). But one of the white guys kept mispronouncing it as sorillo with the s sound rather than the z. It stuck to me like maple syrup.

a lot of people are ditching the dye and just going naturally gray

I remember the fad of gray hair a few years ago. Like every fad, that too, faded out. My local meteorologist however, that was a shock to see, because I voluntarily had not watched the news for at least three months.

Melvin, just a few years ago it was fashionable for young women to dye their hair gray, which seemed odd to me. I thought perhaps your local meteorologist had chosen to go that route.

"At least four people were injured in a shooting at an alumni event in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Saturday.

A spokesperson for the Chattanooga Police Department confirmed that all four people were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police did not provide information regarding a suspect or whether any arrests have been made.

The shooting occurred at the Tyner Recreation Complex, where it appears a multi-class reunion was being held for alumni of Tyner High School. The school is now named Tyner Middle High Academy and was reopened earlier this year after the former campus was torn down to make way for a new facility.

A Facebook post from the Tyner Alumni Association earlier this month boasted that 38 different graduating classes were participating in this year's alumni weekend. An email to the alumni association requesting comment from NBC News was not immediately returned Sunday."

I just had a what the fuck, moment...

I have voluntarily not watched any news for a very long time, so I could mentally detox. But, I turned on my local news to watch the coverage of the severe storm that rolled through my area, including a tornado warning for my hometown. The what the fuck moment was, the very handsome and publicly 'out' meteorologist, had a full head of gray hair! When the fuck?! How the fuc...?! What the fuck?! This guy is very handsome and if I was into men, I'd be all over him. But, what happened to his hair?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I sent a text to one of my sisters who is 'all about' local news and she just responded as I was typing all of this out, with a screenshot of the meteorologist's Facebook page with him admitting defeat and stopping dyeing his hair for consistent look on-camera. The constant dyeing was becoming more and more expensive and was damaging his scalp.

This whole thing was a culture shock!

Todays single male award goes to a guy from Anniston Al, his opening line" Wow what a great ass she has" . With one photo in a upright coffin in his profile.

She wrote back "is that your opening line, guess you really did not read our profile"

Then has nerve to say "that was just my opening line"

No class.. Blocked!

The Chinese using Anglo names goes back for years. I used to purchase lots of electronics parts and machined/extruded metal parts from China at my last company. Even the legit companies over there use fake Anglo names. I had one electronics company I dealt with that was pretty trustworthy for a Chinese firm, but they assigned a specific Anglo name for our account. Over 10 years, I'm pretty sure that there were at least 8 different sales people claiming to be the same person, based on their English writing skills. Some could be mistaken for US born-and-raised, others barely understood a thing I sent them in emails.

On the spam emails- there seems to have been an uptick the past year in the number of Chinese vendors of steel products (coil, sheet, etc.) sending me messages about their products. They're usually signed with decidedly female, Anglo-ish names...

Ann, Mary, Judy; never Chin, Li, Min...

But their English is kinda sucky.

Yeah. There are many "str8" guys posting in the bi males threads about their numerous experiences with and interest in MM sex. Many lamenting how hard it is to find bi guys for regular encounters.

I've gotten messages out of the blue from bi-curious, bi males and even listed as straight males, asking if I am interested and also if I suck dick.

I have asked these fools if they read my profile. They all have responded "yes." I politely responded back to them saying, "the answers you seek are in my profile. If you would have honestly read my profile, you would see that I have no sexual interest in men." Ninety nine percent of those single males then promptly blocked me. Um, serves their dumbasses right!

That sounds right.

I only mentioned the business messages because of today's SLS message saying that he looked at our beautiful/sexy photos.

We looked at the profile. I'm guessing about half (140?) of the photos are dick picks. Several are identical, just uploaded on different dates.

That's a standard SEO scam email. I get about 8-10 per day at my business email, not to mention about 5-7 spam calls on my cellphone. Both numbers are on my business website so it's par for the course. The big problem is that I have to screen my calls, so when new customers call in they always get voice mail and I have to call them back, not to mention all the time entering EVERY prospective customer's info in my contacts so I can immediately answer.

Wasn't sure where to comment on this but this thread works because I was thinking WTF? over these...

I've been inundated with emails at my business email lately, telling me that they looked at my website and although it's really good they have some suggestions to improve it and can get it to the top of the list in searches. Can they send me a quote...? I don't know WTF they're talking about. I retired, the business is closed, terminated, finished, kaput, ceased to exist. I don't have a website and never did. I retained the email address- just in case.

Today we get a message at SLS from a Single (bi-curious) male. He says: "Last time I was in town, I came across your amazing profile and your beautiful sexy photos. I didn’t get a chance to reach out then, but I’m back now".

Photos? Umm, we only have 1 public photo of my (Mr. G's) torso.

He says he opened his pics (we haven't looked) and wants us to open ours. He wants to meet since he's in town again and also says: "Guys welcome to help their wife to suck my cock, but i dont suck. xoxo [his name]"

Yeah, maybe you don't suck but your message does. Nowhere does it say I'm Bi or b-curious.

I hate mass marketing/canned spam messages.

Todays single male award goes to a guy from Woodstock Ga " are you available for video introduction?"

One line profile and not ONE photo... guess he forgot to really read our profile and just looked at the photos!

Pass the popcorn!

OMG you just cant make this up... todays IM WTF after coming back to our GA home and I quote " Hi, I have a son near you. He would love your wife. Can we chat?"

OMG are you kidding me.. well that's a first!

Seems MANY SLS folks did not see that SLS has now dated all photos on a profile as to when they were added to a profile.. so many from 10-15 years ago.. says all we need to know !

Next pass the popcorn!

Walmart... Yup, going there in a little bit, on my day off.

For the most part, I avoid the up close parking chances, for that exact reason. People get steering wheel rage, because of others' stupidity and their ignorance of what is going on in their surroundings.

I usually laugh at 1st world problems too. Except when they're mine.

Yesterday's 1st world WTF is- drivers in Walmart parking lots.

I pull in to exchange toaster mentioned in my last post, someone is just pulling out of a spot about 8 stalls from the front door. Cool, I'll have a short walk. They pull ahead a bit and stop, Sit there for the longest time then finally turns their right turn signal on. Huh?

Another car comes in my direction (left lane) and stops next to me- even with my rear bumper. Another car tries to pull out from my right just behind me but can't move because of the car stopped to my left- so he's blocking me from backing up.

Car in front is still just sitting there. Another car comes down left lane, tries to go around car next to me (WTF?) guy starts making gestures at me like he's pissed I won't move so he can get around the person in front of him. WTF?

Finally car immediately in front moves- he had been waiting to pull into another spot about 2 stalls from front door because someone was pulling out.

WTF? That guy pulled out of a spot he was in because he wanted a spot 5-6 stalls closer than the one he was in??? Waited like 5 minutes while that car did whatever the hell they were doing before leaving so the guy who pulled out of a spot could take his spot?

Guy that was giving me nasty gestures pulls into the spot (with some "maneuvering" to make the angle) the 1st car had pulled out of.

I finally get out of that mess and park at the farthest end of the lot away from all the dumb fucks who waste several minutes hoping for a really close parking spot when they could park farther away and be in the store while waiting for a spot.

The people of Walmart are fucking idiots.

All I can do is chuckle at that amusing misery. :-D

WTF... Both our coffee maker and toaster died.

We buy the same make/type coffee maker as the one that died had lasted over 13 years- superficial exterior /cosmetic difference. Buy the same brand toaster as the coffee maker (different than the toaster that died).

Get them home- coffee maker doesn't sit square/flat on the counter- it rocks. Do the paper test under each "leg"- yep, one leg doesn't touch. Dammit. Don't want that.

Put bread in toaster- slice is too big/long to fit into slot (we buy a wide pan bread). Dammit. Don't want that.

Go to exchange coffee maker. Take one out of never-opened- factory-sealed-box at service counter to make sure it's OK. Nope, missing 1 of 4 rubber "feet". Dammit, grab another one- sits flat, looks OK. I take that one.

Return toaster and go to another store to buy different one.

Get new toaster home, bread fits but- missing 2 of 4 rubber "feet" so toaster doesn't sit on counter right. Dammit, but new coffee maker worked great this AM. I figure the last one brewed over 60,000 cups of coffee- 59,988 to go.

I'm off to get a toaster that isn't fucking defective. Yeah, they're all made in China...

Well.. What sounds better "what the fuck" or "shit happens?" My vote is for what the fuck, as it has more of an oomph behind it. Now shit happens is not to be confused with "shit hits the fan..." Shit hits the fan is comparable to what the fuck, as both can convey that something is messy, out of whack, out of balance, etc. But, all of that cannot be compared to "dumpster fire," "shit show," or "clusterfuck!"

:-D

"I think that was a mistake. Sorry."

Should we change the topic title to "shit happens"?

lol

~Scamp