Debonairize!

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I think what my life is missing is some suavity. I want to be more urbane, jaunty. I want to know how not to embarrass myself whilst still going out on a limb. I want to speak less, but that which I do utter will have bounce, and pith. I want to make people giggle, whilst only cracking a smile myself.

Please give me tips as to how I might debonairize my life.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm seriuzz!!

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Linen pants.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish I knew how to do this. I think good start would be having really suave shoes. And a handbag that didnt resemble a sack.

― isadora (isadora), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Start winking.

― slutsky (slutsky), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Act as if none of this is actually going on.

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Slicked back hair.

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Allow people to address you IRL as "Amateurist."

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Note to self:

1. Improve posture
2. Lose two stone
3. Stop fidgeting
4. ~~Start smoking again~~

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

2 is probably less necessary than you think. 1 and 3 (and 4) are essential. cultivate a knowing half-smile. wave your hands about airily when talking

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Walk with a diamond studded cane. And a panther.

Channel F Scott Fitzgerald.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 14 April 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

This should do the trick...
http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/caddyville/1960/60ConvWht.jpg
and on the CD player:
http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1973/curtis.jpg
sorry this is a cross post, but when the shoe fits, buy a pair in every color!---Imelda Marcos

― Skottie, Monday, 14 April 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Learn how to not hate fun.

― hstencil, Monday, 14 April 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

What if fun hates you?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 April 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Amateurist-I am you suave father
http://www.toscanacharms.com/_borders/Man%20White%20Reduced.gif

― brg30 (brg30), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

There is a resemblance!

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I like the latter gentleman's version of suave best, but anyone truly suave would not extend their arms in that fashion, unless they were in the middle of an Astaire-like tap routine.

I'm not sure how this fun-hating reputation developed.

http://agocolumbus.org/grumpy.jpg

― Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

(That's Grumpy playing the piano. We are misunderstood.)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I just ate a quart of Persian ice cream (ingredients = rosewater, starch, sugar). Surely this is not the way to lose 2 stone!

Seriously tho' how do I turn a weakness into an attribute, like not ever being able to say anything intelligent?

― Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)

play it up. turn it into an affectation

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 02:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Say nothing, it will make you "mysterious".

― rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Or if you do say anything say it in a slightly mad and enigmatic way, like Ezra Pound.

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I just ate a quart of Persian ice cream

So how does it taste?

― jm (jtm), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Is there some Persian food-Pesach connection I'm missing?

I do not recommend the slicked-hair thing, but what would I know from debonair. Shoes are key, though.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre600/e666/e66692bg97o.jpg

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously tho' how do I turn a weakness into an attribute, like not ever being able to say anything intelligent?

Surely you're not referring to what you write on this board.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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