Give us a kiss

lumberjim • May 28, 2007 1:13 am
[[smooch]]
Ibby • May 28, 2007 1:15 am
SEASIDE rendezvous!
(giveusakiss)
BA-bum.
bluecuracao • May 28, 2007 2:26 am
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xoxoxoBruce • May 28, 2007 2:40 am
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Crimson Ghost • May 28, 2007 3:18 am
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NoBoxes • May 28, 2007 3:49 am
KISS:

The term KISS is an acronym of the phrase "Keep It Simple, Stupid", and the KISS principle states that simplicity in design should be a key goal. This phrase is often used in software, animation and engineering in general. Other versions of the phrase include "Keep It Simple & Stupid" (most recently used in west-european literature), "Keep It Sweet & Simple," "Keep It Short & Simple," "Keep it Simple, Sweetheart," and "Keep it Simple, Sherlock."

The principle roughly corresponds to Occam's razor, and to Albert Einstein's maxim that "everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler".
Beestie • May 28, 2007 4:10 am
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skysidhe • May 28, 2007 3:41 pm
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Flint • May 28, 2007 3:45 pm
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Sundae • May 28, 2007 4:18 pm
Ooh! I have that Klimt on my kitchen wall.
Well - a print of it anyway.
DucksNuts • May 28, 2007 6:58 pm
Thought you were in ere kissing people with your onion breath?
LadyM • May 29, 2007 12:27 am
This is the kind of kiss you get when you have onion breath:
Urbane Guerrilla • May 29, 2007 1:46 am
Bisou.

Baiser.

(Them's French kisses.)
glatt • May 29, 2007 9:00 am
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BigV • May 29, 2007 4:37 pm
Nazis.




(thread killing kiss of death)
Elspode • May 29, 2007 9:15 pm
Hubba hubba big boy.
xoxoxoBruce • May 30, 2007 6:00 am
I can't reach...
Aliantha • May 30, 2007 6:24 am
awww....poor puppy.
jester • May 30, 2007 9:20 am
pucker up

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Yznhymr • May 31, 2007 12:49 am
Give it to 'em Bela!
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Griff • May 31, 2007 7:31 am
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monster • May 31, 2007 8:54 am
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Cicero • Jun 2, 2007 5:03 pm
Strange bit of history: found in the magazine "Mental Floss". Kissing began because we were trying to lick each other for the salt. I'm glad we don't do that anymore.
HungLikeJesus • Jun 2, 2007 6:22 pm
Cicero;350141 wrote:
Strange bit of history: found in the magazine "Mental Floss". Kissing began because we were trying to lick each other for the salt. I'm glad we don't do that anymore.


We don't?:yum:
Clodfobble • Jun 2, 2007 11:25 pm
Huh. I'd read somewhere that it began because Roman husbands would come home and want to make sure their wives hadn't been drinking alcohol while they were gone...
lumberjim • Jun 3, 2007 1:48 am
Back in Prehistoric times it was important to select a mate with a good immune system to further the species with. So, as barbaric as it may sound, our ape-like ancestors would taste each other's saliva in order to find a healthy prospect. Saliva contains levels of a compound found in the body called immunoglobulin (IgA). IgA binds to bacteria and triggers the immune system to destroy them. Stress and anxiety levels can also be measured through saliva by monitoring the breakdown products of a neurotransmitter called noradrenaline, high levels of which indicate recent trauma. So instead of indulging themselves in the kissing purely for the joy of it, our predecessors were actually using smooching as a test of the health of their partner. Somehow their nervous system was able to recognise a suitable match purely through the exchange of, er..... spit.
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 3, 2007 11:54 am
Well, I guess it beats sniffing butts.
Yznhymr • Jun 3, 2007 6:49 pm
xoxoxoBruce;350369 wrote:
Well, I guess it beats sniffing butts.


If we did sniff butts, would the protocol be that we have to ask permission first???

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xoxoxoBruce • Jun 4, 2007 6:16 am
No, but you must knock (or ring bell) before entering.
Cicero • Jun 4, 2007 2:45 pm
Hmmm.....there seems to be a whole lot of theories here that sound right....maybe there was more than one reason to kiss.
Like you know....now?

The one about the Roman husband sounds more like my situation however:
Dating: He was making sure I was drunk.
Married: He is making sure I am not drunk.
jester • Jun 4, 2007 4:11 pm
HOW TO HANDLE YOUR FIRST KISS . . .
You can always bluff your way through a first kiss!
They'll never know it's a first, unless you tell 'em. Try a gentle
lip kiss if you're a guy. If you're a gal, do the same, but keep
your lips closed. If you open up, you're inviting a tongue kiss,
also known as a french kiss.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU BANG TEETH . . .
Laugh it off. Tell your partner you're so very keen to kiss him or
her that you're getting dizzy just standing so close. Dizzy with
excitement! They'll believe you. Then get back to kissing . . .
and get dizzy for real.

HOW TO KISS PASSIONATELY . . .
The secret to great kissing is variety. Sometimes you're gentle,
sometimes you're rough. Ouch! Tease your partner with a little bite on
the lips -- as if you can't control yourself and want to eat them up.
Press your nose into your partner's cheek and hug 'em to you,
like the Eskimos.

WHAT TO AVOID . . .
Bad breath -- use gum to keep your mouth sweet.
Boring kisses -- vary the intensity, the tempo, the duration.
Silence -- every now and then say something sweet.
Too much tongue -- don't suffocate your partner.
Rigor Mortis -- keep your hands caressing your lover.
LabRat • Jun 4, 2007 4:52 pm
C'mere big boy!!Image
HungLikeJesus • Jun 5, 2007 10:50 am
Cicero;350750 wrote:
The one about the Roman husband sounds more like my situation however:
Dating: He was making sure I was drunk.
Married: He is making sure I am not drunk.


But which were you when you got engaged?
JuancoRocks • Jun 6, 2007 3:34 am
Quote...Eskimo kissing is named for the Eskimo greeting of rubbing noses. In its western form it consists of two people rubbing noses together. A common misconception is that the practice arose so that Inuit could kiss without their mouths freezing together. In fact, it is a non-romantic form of greeting that serves the same role as shaking hands for a people who, when they meet, often have little except their nose and eyes exposed.

I wonder how the Dong People greet.
Dueling swords?
Cicero • Jun 13, 2007 12:33 pm
HLJ;350996 wrote:
But which were you when you got engaged?


Huh- I don't remember........good question though.
HungLikeJesus • Jun 13, 2007 12:40 pm
Cicero;354532 wrote:
Huh- I don't remember........good question though.


If you don't remember, that might be the answer.