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mine : "wow yr really good @ climbing trees!" (true, i am )(& me 39 yrs old!)

― d uane, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

no wait that was last week. hey that means this week is still WIDE OPEN!

― , Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Being told I was a good writer was pretty darn cool. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I... will not comment.

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you are intereting and insightful.

― anthony, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I dunno, Brian, if someone said that to me I'd worry.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

my mum said she liked my writing

― Queen G, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Someone told me he thought I was beautiful. Have yet to figure out exactly what his motives were but I'll keep you posted.

― Pyth, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned, I noticed today somebody used your (entire) review of Hood's "Structured Disasters" in an eBay auction of said record. That's sort of a compliment.

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The AMG has been weirdly useful that way.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This girl (that someone else I know has a crush on) said my dress was pretty and a good fit.

― maryann, Monday, 11 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It was a good compliment because I don't know her, she's a librarian, and I had to go back up to her to get more books out nearly straight away afterwards, and she was glaring at me like 'fuck off!' so she must have been embarrassed that she said it, and therefore meant it. Unlike all the other untrustworthy complimenters I ran into this week.

― maryann, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's way too personal, but it was the nicest thing anyone had ever said to me.

― Ally, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"you dance like a pokemon"

― phil, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That I've a knack for survival. (Isn't hearts and flowers, but still...;>)

― Nichole Graham, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

soneone just said i looked like Dorothy out of the Wizard of Oz. is this a compliment? (i'm not even wearing my red shoes DAMMIT)

― katie, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't get any........fish fish. I think last week someone said I should do more work cos if I amn't in college it mightn't be as much fun. but that was crazytalk.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A friend came over to me in a bar and said 'hey I like the fruity barmaid look Emma'. I took offence at this as I was trying VERY HARD to look classy but obviously failing so he attempted to make amends by changing it to 'lusty wench'. I am still not sure how good a compliment this is.

― Emma, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah but at least you got the fun of watching him try and dig his way out of it. Did you? I love when someone says something intending to be nice and kind of messes up, and then they try and flip it round.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"JEL you are a wise warrior"...admitedly it was in Golden Sun, but I'm living the life of a psy-energy weilding adventurer! Wahoo!

― jel --, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sadly he seemed to be highly amused by my taking offence at his remark which I do think he genuinely intended to be complimentary. Maybe some girls would consider 'fruity barmaid' to be a compliment rather than akin to saying 'alright luv you look like Shelly from Correr / Sharon from Stenders tonight'.

― Emma, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That my German pronounciation is good considering I've never been to Germany.

― Damian, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I got told I was an excellent tactician, unfortunately, like Jel it was my game boy advance that told me this while playing Advance war (which is ace btw)

― chris, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

bastards with your money for games, I've been playing Mario Kart to death, i'm scarily good now and it's not even fun.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I only bought it last week and got mario kart and advance war. Next purchases will be golden sun, Tony Hawks 3 (if only because you can be Bam Margera from Jackass) and a conversion of wings that used to be on the Amiga. Those last two are out at the end of the month hopefully.

― chris, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's Zelda I want to come out. GS is meant to be good though. Mario Kart was always better two player, I must bully a mate into buying one.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I read a review of Tony Hawks 3 and it claimed that it was the best game that would ever come out for the GBA!

― chris, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Golden Sun is great! Advance Wars is cool. Breath of Fire is okay, but I've sorta given up on it for the time being (or until I can find a walk-trough on the net!)...I'm thinking about getting "pocket music", it might be useful for making lo-tech toy noise.

― jel --, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I got called an X-Box godess on Sunday. I've just sat and thought for 15 minutes to see if I could think of a non-computer game compliament, but my train of thought would not be de-railed.

― Anna, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My friend said she hated the idea of me wanting to learn piano, because she is convinced I will be better than her. This despite the fact that she in in a professional band.

― Ally C, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Someone whose writing I like emailed me and said how much he liked FT which is always a nice thing to happen. (Assuming "how much" = "some" anyway).

― Tom, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Someone I work with said I was not like the other English women, that I was nicer and quieter. I am not sure how to take this. She meant well.

― alix, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I do not think I have received a compliment this week, but then my memory has been all fluky lately.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I got told I had a big heart. (Makes a change from 'gob' I supose).

― Sarah, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A stranger approached me yesterday to say that he had been walking beind me for 3 blocks and liked my walking style because I looked "strong". Thank god he didn't say "masculine".

― marianna, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I got told I had a big heart.

As long as it's not a doctor telling you that...

― Nicole, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Is a big heart bad, medically?

I just got told I was a wonderful person, but it was in a work email and prob. insincere.

― N>, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It was insincere.

Anyway, thought I had read that an enlarged heart was a bad thing, medically speaking. Could have been mistaken though.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Wahey! I was right.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah but that's specifically an enlarged heart. If it's just naturally big, isn't that OK?

― N>, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know, a naturally huge heart sounds kind of dangerous too.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

what was that about being bam margeras, chris?

― nickie, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

well Nickie, in Tony Hawks 3 for the GBA (and for the PS2 to the best of my knowledge) you can play as one of 10 or so skaters, one of which is the mighty Bam. Very cool.

― chris, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Since it's only Tuedsay, none this week, but over the weekend I was told I have nice eyes and a nice smile (by two different people).

― Sean, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not much this week. I fixed our front door (it's meant to slam closed, but it was just staying on the catch) and was told I was "resourceful".

― Graham, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Geeta, you're one of the best people on our production team."

"Hey, do you think you can work 70 hours this week instead of 50? For no extra pay? By the way, you have no choice in this matter."

fuXors

― geeta, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"you're the best thing since rollerskates". thanx petra!

― di, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i was told last night that i got a great ass. a white boy with a nice ass was the exactly phrasing.

― Brock K., Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I made one of my friends watch Velvet Goldmine last weekend and today he looked at me oddly and told me I looked like one of the groupies. That made my decade.

― Maria, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ok, a coworker told me I look nice today, so I'm adding that.

― Sean, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Emma B told me that she loves my mussels!

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Emma Bunton likes your cooking? Dude!

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I know!

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

confused and procupine - ramosi, you rocketh!

― Queen G, Tuesday, 12 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

After watching a western with my S.O. last night, in which the hero goes alone with very few resources to rescue his girl from 7 really evil guys with bad intentions, he turned to me and said, "You know, I'd do that even if it was 20.." Sigh...and my kids think I'm over the hill....

― Kandace Kellett, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I got complimented on my dinner tonight :) I made Chinese and it turned out awesome!

― Gale, Wednesday, 13 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yer welcome, Di!

"[your] mix tape is completely naff. which is good." -- cute boy with sticky-uppy hair and a Vocoder. and drunk people lavished praise on my potato curry last night, and a pretty Filmschool hipster said she dug my lunchbox/handbag, and my flatmate said my hair was "really flat" this morning. and i'm sure the two people who've told me "you're not a nerd!" meant well by it. verdict: it's international Love Petra Week. enjoy it while it lasts!

― petra jane, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"you are a consistently rugged man"

― N., Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Laura, a colleague sitting next to me has just turned round and sid out of no-where "You look beautiful today and your eyeshadow really suits your colouring".

Laura is very nice and therefore free and easy with compliaments, but she's still just shot to being my favourite person of the day. Smile!

― Anna, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It is Friday and I still have no compliments. Le sob!

― Nicole, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My mate Paul said to me last night 'last time I saw you you weren't drinking & you looked really good' (then after a longish pause) 'oh shit I mean er um you still look good oh dear'.

Bless him. He was trying.

― Emma, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Have a party, parties at your house are always great"

Yeah sure, COS YOU GET TO SMASH UP MY HOUSE AND THEN NOT FUCK OFF TILL LIKE 3 THE NEXT AFTERNOON.

Last night when I finally went out some American girl in the increasingly full of tourists Kitchen nightclub said I had a nice accent. I looked at my shoes.

― Ronan, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Now the image of Ronan as a Risky Business Tom Cruise is firmly implanted in my mind.

― N., Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Off to google I go. I really would watch films if I didn't have the attention span of a 2 year old and the financial security to match.

― Ronan, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

They've just left, is this where I'm meant to dance around in my underwear? It seems a waste of time actually undressing just for that.

― Ronan, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

well, the week's nearly over and my best compliment so far is

"you're in quite good shape"

*sobs*

― chris, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

At least you got one!

― Nicole, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Chris! I enthusiastically (well, drunkenly but I still meant it) complimented your coat last night! Does that count for nothing!

― Emma, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

best compliment all week is that i look exactly like some minger off the back of a book. cheers.

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

sorry Emma I forgot that one as I was a bit drunk.

my best compliment was:

"THAT COAT it's great, look POCKETS!!!"

;-)

― chris, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes well I work in fashion, that's how we decide how good coats are. Especially when we have had too much rum.

― Emma, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

so that explains the great pocket explosion of 1998-2000. the pocket surplus got WAY out of hand and they were off-loading them as quickly as poss, sometimes with as many as 8 (EIGHT) pockets per garment. sad times to live through.

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've had a really rough week with no real compliments so far.

*HINT*

― Graham, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

hey Graham, your coat is probably nearly as nice as mine!

― chris, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

tell us, how many pockets in your coat, Graham?

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

or "on".

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alas my coat is a horrible fleecy thing that I bought in error (it was endorsed by Westlife). The pockets are horrible vertical things up the seems that deposit important personal possessions on to the pavement. I think I'm going to cry.

― Graham, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

* sob *

― Graham, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well fuck y'all then. Except Emma. She just made my day.

― Graham, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Now that's REALLY creepy.

― Emma, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ethan told me I have the best taste on IL*. HAH!

― Dan Perry, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He tells that to anyone. He's trying to win your love.

Nicole = worthy of megapraise. For this week, I will say simply that she's one of the most kind and thoughtful people I know, as many instances over time have shown. There. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He of my Best Compliment of the Week has been emailing me. Wahey!

― Pyth, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yay Pyth! :-)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A stage mom who came in with her little daughter for a casting session said I had the perfect face for commercials. Yeah, the face of a roly poly middle-aged dad in a DSL commercial, probably. I don't trust these stage moms.

But the best compliment by far was "arthur is the ultimate triple #1 genius of the universe". Hooray for Fritz.

― Arthur, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Thank you Ned, for recognizing my postings as the shameless bid for compliments that they were.

Hey, if you don't get a compliment all week you get kind of desperate...

― Nicole, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

No one's complimented me all week. Although I got three really good ones a couple weekends ago, so I can live.

― Nitsuh, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I get complimented quite a lot. Half the time I don't know if people are mocking me or what. Some compliments I got this week were:

'Nice shoes'
'You look lovely'
'Holy shit, you're amazing!'
'You came very highly recommended.'

― rainy, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

my internet come-on to rainy didn't register. RATS!!!!

― di, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the greatest posture, the coolest way of walking, and a dazzling dirty dancersays one fellow web-diarist. another says has great knees. i m too spoilt! y'all should stop! i lurve myself 2 much awready!

― di, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oris Jay (2-step producer) e-mailed me to apologise for a song I'd said wasn't very good. The implied deferment to my judgement was gratifying.

My boyfriend compliments me every day, which is wuvly.

― Tim, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He'd best compliment you every day, or I'd have something to say about it in September. Which reminds me that I need to start planning out that part of the trip with y'all over there...

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Di, I thought you were mocking me.

― rainy, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i wasn't. you are spunky.

― di, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

well in that case, I'm very flattered, thank you.

― rainy, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you are not only spunky but a god like artist

― anthony, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My sister said the new guy on channel 4's 'Eden' reminded her of me. This is a compliment. Well, I think so. He's lovely.

― Ally C, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My mate Marky told me today my hair looked good. To think I nearly shaved it all off. I think I might anyway.

― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

anthony, I hardly know how to reply, you always say such nice things.

well, just wait until my hair is combed and I'm wearing my Moschino belt, then we'll see who is god like.

― rainy, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Its hard to explain but that peice you gave us is so important , it is such an elegant show stopper and i want to make sure you still create .

― anthony, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

NITSUH you are wise and intelligent. and you said "innit" on another thread which for some reason cracked me up - so therefore you are a comic genius as well!

― katie, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I was V made up indeed when this weekend an extreeeemely pretty girl said to me "if I didn't have a boyfriend I'd jump you". She was very drunk I feel.

― Steve.n., Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

On Saturday I was told at a bar "there are no good looking white guys here... except you."

I just walked in the office a few minutes ago, and already I've been told I look nice today.

― Sean, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ok, a couple hours later, and two more people have said I look good, including one who said I look "fantastic"!

― Sean, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanks, Katie! I'm especially happy that you posted that into a new week, so I can still ask for pity over having gone an entire seven days without being told how lovely I am.

― Nitsuh, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Apparently I am "Satan's viscountess."

― Maria, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ok, 5 people so far have told me I look nice today. But I promise if any more do I'll keep it to myself. If it starts up again tomorrow, though, I'll be back.

― Sean, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sean, dude, I totally believe you.

― Nitsuh, Monday, 18 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've finally got an answer for this thread: yesterday, I was sitting in a lecture when a semi-friend starts scribbling something on that label thingee on my shirt. I couldn't look at the time, cos I was pretending to concentrate, but I remembered about it just before I went to sleep. She wrote: "Mitch is cool."

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

of course, it's only a matter of time before somebody will see this and think I'm a wierdo trying to improve my self-esteem through writing encouraging messages on my clothes.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Susan basically screaming at me, "I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CREEPY, ALRIGHT?", which was nice. (must remember ILE != IRL)

And Rainy, "I bet if you are wrong about ppl thinking you are creepy, so don't worry about it okay?"

― Graham, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

N. : lookit wot you dun to pore Graham!

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dave Clarke said I was sound. DAVE CLARKE!

Er I neglected to tell him I only gave him a cigarette cos Phil asked me to and he had got me in free. I also neglected to tell him that I much rather Jon Carter. I WAS HOBKNOBBING WITH HIM TOO! Making a tit of myself possibly.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Is that the famous Dave Clark of Dave Clarks Five Grills?

― Pete, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know your dinosaur celebs Pete. You realise how close to "something my parents might say" territory that was?

― Ronan, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This might be pushing it, but I swear this is true; last night I got home to find a letter in my mailbox addressed to "Sean Handsome". I brought home this guy a couple weeks ago, and I guess he got my address from my building but didn't know my last name so he just wrote Sean Handsome. It made me feel good.

― Sean, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Now you see, I've met Sean, and he's not kidding about any of this. We all must bask in his glory.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He's not talking about the Dave Clark Five, he's talking about Dave Clarke's Five Grilles!

― Tom, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight months pass...

"wow you mustve been *terrifying* when you had all yr braincells!"

― duane (hellbaby), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 01:46 (twenty-three years ago)

(i dunno, was that a compliment?)

― d (hellbaby), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 01:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I poured water on some guy on a plane when he was talking bad about homosexuals. He said I released the fucking fury.

― , Wednesday, 11 December 2002 01:56 (twenty-three years ago)

"he fell in love with you" (maddie, 9, talking about mike, also 9, the NAUGHTY boy in keyboard class)

― minna (minna), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 02:07 (twenty-three years ago)

also "i hope you enjoy your candy cane! i hope it lasts forever!" - lizzie, 8.

― minna (minna), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 02:08 (twenty-three years ago)

"Nice shoes" from some girl that I am in love with at the moment. They were converse, and she was wearing red ones, hence the comment.

― Livvie, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 09:34 (twenty-three years ago)

"You are so wise". I get this quite often, believe it or not...

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 09:35 (twenty-three years ago)

"hes so lovely, isnt he? isnt he?"
"we love gareth"
"gareth is adorable;)"

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 09:58 (twenty-three years ago)

What do you do when you've got competiton for someone you like? , although it was nonsense.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 10:26 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Revive!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Mine is (so far, anyway, this could be topped):

'your off the cuff unrehearsed ramblings fascinate me as much, or more, as anything else about you'

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Why did I post that link? It makes no sense.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"You are bad at your job and nobody trusts you"

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I see now. Good old Mark.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"You're cute." But I get this every week. Ho hum. (j/k)

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"several friendships have already fallen apart without you here."

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I was walking to work yesterday, down a pretty steep hill. A woman approaching uphill is going into her apartment.

she looks up at me: "wow, you're tall. how tall are you?"

"uh... 6 foot 2"

"wow."

"that's really not that tall, it has to be this hill."

she smiled.

i initially thought she was going to ask me to reach something for her.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

not so much this best compliment moreso the best compliment delivery, with awkwardly pregnant pauses.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

You wondered if she was hitting on you, didn't you?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

pregnant?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I would be worried if she was hitting on me. I think it was more very early morning serendipity.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I was walking down the street the other night and some random girl called out to me that I was very hot. I was flattered and smiled and said thanks because girls rarely say such things to me (I am the proud owner of two x chromosomes myself) but then I realized that had it been a dude I would have been intimidated and annoyed. So then I started thinking about gender bias and whatnot which turned it into the worst compliment ever.

More new stream of consciousness answers.

― mouse (mouse), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

sort of a compliment: at work one of the new salesman I gave technical training to thanked me effusively for my thororoughness and promised me lunch, evidently not knowing it was my job to train him. Further, he somehow felt pressured to make good on his offer before the week is out, we couldn't square our schedules so today he left an envelope in my seat with a ten dollar bill, meaning I don't have to "go out to lunch" with him either. he'll come to know the depths of my surly, lazy bastardo-ness soon enough.

― tremendoid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, he flunked the demo for which I trained him which I'd like to think was my fault. HA HA. No mercy for PUNY SELL MAN.

― tremendoid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"you're so funny".

this annoyed me for some reason.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope you responded with "Yeah? Huh. Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here".

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I sent in a piece of work, my big dizzee interview thing, on Tuesday and my friend in the mag happened to be sub-editing it. He sent a message back saying "Well done on the Dizzee feature, it's brilliant. I'm telling everyone how great it is".

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 16 September 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"You are a mine of useful information, as ever!" (After I'd told someone how to copy and paste from Word into an email...)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I got a better one today.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

i like your tie

your hair is cute

― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The security guard at work this morning: "You look very nice this morning."

Me, thinking, "So you think I look like shit most of the time, huh?"

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

girl at the record store a few days ago told me she liked my shirt. i was in the same store today, wearing the same shirt, and she was working, and i felt like a weirdo. i really need to do laundry!

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hey marmoset face! You need to be shot with a poo-gun!"

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

three people at the first day back at college on wednesday

"you've lost loads of weight" (or some variant)

now that is very hard to top..........

― Darraghmac, Thursday, 16 September 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I've received various compliments for different things this week and they're all spiff.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 September 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"You walk like God"

― adam. (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 September 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

four weeks pass...

My friend Ben:

"You are like...a Christmas friend!"

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 16 October 2004 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

phil, you frown better than almost anyone i know.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), April 17th, 2005 4:00 AM. (later)

― phil-two (phil-two), Sunday, 17 April 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

Stylin'.

No compliments this week but this is not surprising as the week has just started, so.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 April 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

"You are a very good dancer"

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 17 April 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

do compliments i gave to myself count?

― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 17 April 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

I don't remember that Christmas friend one at all...OR what it meant!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 17 April 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

"I really like the Mei track" :)

― A / F#m / Bm / D (Lynskey), Sunday, 17 April 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

somebody told me i am cool because i have such awesome interests. (it's even better that they were referring to ancient greek as one of them.)

― Maria (Maria), Sunday, 17 April 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

likened to french cuisine

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Sunday, 17 April 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

"You looked so great in that dress!"

Just about every girl who saw me wear the seafoam green dress I have to wear for our school play said that to me. The dress is like a ball room dress. It makes my waist look so small and pushes up my ::ahem:: boobs. It's just so awkward because my friends pretty much know me as a tomboy. It's the first time I've gotten complements like that from them. It feels so great, mainly because they're so jealous and trying to talk me out of wearing it at times so their costumes look better.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 17 April 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

"Your forward defensive has really improved"

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 17 April 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

jimd. so hot.

-- phil-two (philtw...), April 16th, 2005 10:25 PM. (phil-two) (later)

*blush*

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

"I had pet stalkers when I was in college, but you are way cooler.

and you have prettier eyes."

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 17 April 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

No compliments so far this week. I'm betting there won't be any, either, but I'll let you know if there are.

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:36 (twenty years ago)

I think it was last week when I was complimented on being "an amethyst among the burnt waffles." This week, nothing yet.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 18 April 2005 09:22 (twenty years ago)

"yr cute, lol"

except i'm lying.

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 18 April 2005 09:24 (twenty years ago)

a job interviewer today thanked me for interviewing and said he was glad i wasn't another 'cookiecutter candidate'

― gem (trisk), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:29 (twenty years ago)

gem that is promising!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

i hope so!

― gem (trisk), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:45 (twenty years ago)

i don't remember getting any compliments this past week. except for the "go-getter" comment (posted about elsewhere) (and i'm still not sure if it was meant to be a compliment) (but i'll take it as one because for once my stubbornness actually paid off).

― Volker Schlöndorff (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:51 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Walking back from the gym, beshorted, when a woman came up to my wife, shook her by the hand and said "I just want to tell you that your man has some hot legs and it is great that you let him show them to the world!"

I have to say, I felt mildly affronted on several levels. Nonetheless...

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

one of the attorneys i work for sent an email to those in charge of my financial future saying that i am doing a "fantastic job" and that i am "greatly, greatly appreciated."

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

that's nice!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

My boss did the whole "you da man" fist-bumping thing with me yesterday. I had to be professional and bump his fist back even though I abhor that shit.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

but you were the man!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

My mum said, "See how attractive you look when you make the effort", but it was only my mum so it really doesn't count.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Yesterday, a stranger said, "You have the greatest smile. You're just glowing." That was nice of her.

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

I had to be professional and bump his fist back even though I abhor that shit.

SO OTM

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

I got told i look well last night, which was good.

Also, I was in a bar (Chorlton, Manchester) at weekend and a girl that had been looking walked past me and completely eyed me up & down (like guys do to girls, it was weird being on the receiving end) then smiled at me and said hi ever so sweetly.

She then left, and I did nothing cos I’m useless.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:04 (twenty years ago)

"See how attractive you look when you make the effort"

That is not a compliment, kate.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:06 (twenty years ago)

Or I suppose it is, but it's a pretty obviously crap one.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:06 (twenty years ago)

a job interviewer today thanked me for interviewing and said he was glad i wasn't another 'cookiecutter candidate'
-- gem (gemilyinterrupte...), April 18th, 2005 11:29 AM.

i got that job!

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

yeah actually tracer is right, that's a pretty backhanded compliment. also i think we have the same mum, my mum says that to me when i wear lipstick.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:09 (twenty years ago)

"Hahaha Dad you're FUNNY!"

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:43 (twenty years ago)

"Thanks for your expertise in dealing with this"

from my boss

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

"Pink, I'm glad you exist" from Dee.

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:54 (twenty years ago)

congrats gem!

Noone has complimented me this week :(

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 07:55 (twenty years ago)

Archel I liked your posts on the Carver thread and the Larkin one!

― estela (estela), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:27 (twenty years ago)

Thank you, estela :)

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:29 (twenty years ago)

― estela (estela), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

"You're very stylish, not like the other women in this place". It was two weeks ago, but I'm still pleased.

Yesterday my boss told me she liked my shoes and then took me out for dinner because I'd worked late. That's more of a reward than a compliment though.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

I was doing a radio interview last night and the presenter told me I was very funny. I love it when people tell me I'm funny.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

I'm "very helpful" apparently.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

"i love it when you come in my mouth"

― omg@wtf.lol, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

I was complimented on my pronounciation of a wacky Croatian name.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 10 June 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Being told I'm one of the two hottest boys Masonic Kate knows.

― BARMS, Friday, 10 June 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

"You're the best dancer in the room!" (by a stranger at the Jr. Boys show)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

A colleague told me I was very helpful today as well. Then he shook my hand and left the company.

― robster (robster), Friday, 10 June 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

Sadly enough, probably when two different people "excelsiored" me yesterday. It's been a slow and unattractive week.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 June 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

"Je4nne's the best." From my boss.

― Je4nne ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Friday, 10 June 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

"you should know that you won 'person most closely approximate to being an avatar of the whole entire concept of rad and awesome'."

― marianna lcl (marianna lcl), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

friend: do you watch run's house
me: i've seen it
friend: the two daughters!!
me: haha yeah
friend: they both remind me of you!!! haha
me: WAHT

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 19:06 (seventeen years ago)

who's house?

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

Run's House

― remy bean, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 19:19 (seventeen years ago)

someone in the elevator i had never seen before told me that i did "solid work" on something i had never heard of before. i said "thanks" and luckily the elevator opened and i ran away

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 20:16 (seventeen years ago)

... to meet jerry and elaine for coffee

― nabisco, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)

hah!

― tehresa, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 20:22 (seventeen years ago)

Michelle Malkin of ilx, sadly.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 20:24 (seventeen years ago)

hahaha

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

Some dude at the gym asked if I'd like to "go get a brew sometime".

― lou, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 20:30 (seventeen years ago)

^ euphemism

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 21:19 (seventeen years ago)

"Handsome but not striking", last weekend

― Mark C, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 21:21 (seventeen years ago)

"Lovely dinner," tonight.

― Maria, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 21:41 (seventeen years ago)

i was told i shouldnt get a vasectomy

― the sir weeze, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:14 (seventeen years ago)

"you've lost weight", wasnt aware i was carrying any

"you're funny", as in not going to sleep with you

would prefer insults, all told

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:25 (seventeen years ago)

oh and how could i forget "oh! you don't look that old"

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

rough week, huh?

― elan, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

"you make me feel so uneducated" THPBBBT

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:29 (seventeen years ago)

I wish people didn't make compliments that effaced themselves in the process. "You are very smart!" or its equivalent would have been nice for both parties.

Keepin' it positive in the oh-eight!

― Abbott, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:32 (seventeen years ago)

none this week

but a co-worker said i was "very fast" two weeks ago

― gbx, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:51 (seventeen years ago)

i just got called 'gung ho' but i'm not sure how it was meant.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 17 January 2008 12:15 (seventeen years ago)

if anyone were to feel like complimenting me it would most certainly qualify as the 'best' of the week. open to offers.

i would also take gung ho as a compliment regardless of whether or not it was meant as such.

― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 17 January 2008 12:18 (seventeen years ago)

upt0eleven you are so gung ho today

― ken c, Thursday, 17 January 2008 12:28 (seventeen years ago)

"You're WAY better than that guy". From a friend following his first meeting with my ex's new boyfriend.

― j-rock, Thursday, 17 January 2008 12:28 (seventeen years ago)

"we could do homework together"
in which I replied, "I ordered the answer manual off the internet"
I'm such a lamer.

― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 17 January 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

zing

― ken c, Thursday, 17 January 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

"this is simon, he is nice and helpful"

lady co-worker introducing other lady co-worker to me

― Simon H., Thursday, 17 January 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

"upt0eleven you are so gung ho today" <- this.

fanks ken

― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 17 January 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

Bahahaha my little SISTER just emailed me to tell me I have "a very pretty name." !!! She's known it for a while, I'm pretty sure.

― Abbott, Thursday, 17 January 2008 20:02 (seventeen years ago)

"you smell pretty" from a coworker

― sunny successor, Thursday, 17 January 2008 20:21 (seventeen years ago)

to which i replied the same way i reply to all compliments "WAHTS??!?!" in a are-you-motherfuxxing-crazy??? tone

― sunny successor, Thursday, 17 January 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)

only compliments i ever get are that i smell good and that i have cool glasses.

― homosexual II, Thursday, 17 January 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)

Not five minutes ago up at the front desk -- grad student who's been around for a while but is back after a bit to update her records to me: "You've lost so much weight!" Me = *BLUSH*

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 January 2008 21:17 (seventeen years ago)

I never knew how to respond to that when I lost a whole bunch of weight (out of being too depressed to eat). It kind of upset me bcz only then were people like "hey honey *wolf whistle*," a weird combination of "how awkward I do not know how to react to being hit on and this person is not particularly swell" and "wtf okay now people are hitting on me." I know this sounds like whining but what I am trying to say is: I am weird.

― Abbott, Thursday, 17 January 2008 21:23 (seventeen years ago)

i felt very awkward when people complimented me on weight loss about a year and a half ago. i dropped 10lbs in 6-7 weeks, and I had to bite my tongue to keep from replying, "thanks! it's great - i've been really ill!"

― lauren, Thursday, 17 January 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)

Are compliments from Ariane counted?

― moley, Thursday, 17 January 2008 21:42 (seventeen years ago)

six years pass...

award winning actual does-it-for-a-living playwright asked me if i'd like to try working on stuff with him on an informal basis

― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:24 (eleven years ago)

nice

― lool at the herrlich (wins), Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:26 (eleven years ago)

u should write a play in which a barn is a metaphor for anglo-irish relations

― lool at the herrlich (wins), Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:27 (eleven years ago)

Someone complimented my tweed jacket one day; said i was "killing it"

― Treeship, Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:27 (eleven years ago)

they were a confused fur campaigner you fool

― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:27 (eleven years ago)

i shall write a play in which ireland is a metaphor for a barn and credit nobody

― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:28 (eleven years ago)

I stole that from armando iannucci anyway

― lool at the herrlich (wins), Saturday, 11 October 2014 22:30 (eleven years ago)

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