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People you fancy who you don't really expect to

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Sax

13:04 / 19.12.02

*CHRISTMAS FLUFF THREAD ALERT*

With no small measure of surprise I realised this week that I have acquired an appreciation of people I had previously considered "not my type", to wit:

1) Meg Matthews, aided no doubt by a photoshoot she did this month for Elle magazine, and

2) The woman who features on the Boots TV adverts.

Now, while I am sure that the two people concerned are no more affected by the news that I have suddenly developed an unbridled lust for them than, say, Galactus is concerned by space-crabs, I just thought I'd point it out and ask you:

Who are you surprised that you fancy?

that

13:14 / 19.12.02

Vin Diesel - it's not so much that I've started appreciating him where I didn't before, just that I'm not really into blokes and he's a very blokey bloke. I think it's the voice - same reason I had a thing for the bad guy in the first Highlander film. An interesting voice is very appealing.

Also Alan Rickman as Snape - when the first HP film came out, huge crush ensued and has remained. He also has a great voice, sardonic tone, and he's just so pretty and so goth as Snape (I know I've said this before).

I could go on, but I won't. I guess it only really surprises me these days when I start 'appreciating' men, famous person-wise. In real life, it's a lot more complex, and I find myself surprised there more in keepng with my general sexual orientation - chemistry, innit.

Bear

13:21 / 19.12.02

You know I'm right there with you with the Boots lady.

Sax

13:23 / 19.12.02

Yeah, I'm not sure what it is. I think my heart first went boom when she gave her boyfriend that really fiesty warning look and she ripped a piece of sellotape off his hand when he said he'd only bought her a token Christmas present.

Spatula Clarke

13:39 / 19.12.02

I thought I was the only one...

Cat Chant

13:48 / 19.12.02

Dawn in The Office, as the second series progressed. I have no idea why, beyond the little sad face she makes. But I love her now.

This revelation about the Boots lady is interesting - can't see it myself (she looks like an action figure of Martine McCutcheon to me), though I used to be very fond of the Downy lady who could wear hers straight from the line.

Cho: Snape (and Rickman generally) is a "free fancy" or "wild card", like Lucy Lawless, the woman out of the Matrix and Jude Law - you are allowed to fancy these people regardless of your sexual orientation. (I know, I wrote the laws

)

Bear

13:55 / 19.12.02

Martine McCutcheon! Never

Hope we're talking about the same one, black hair with the annoying mate right?

that

13:55 / 19.12.02

Good to know

Actually, it doesn't really bother me - what's the point of being queer if you can't have some flexibility...

I don't get the Boots woman thing either - interesting phenomenon, indeed...

Ariadne

14:00 / 19.12.02

Can someone post a picture of this woman? I'm intrigued.

Char Aina

14:04 / 19.12.02

my mum.

grant

14:07 / 19.12.02

Yeah.

toksik's mom.

Bear

14:11 / 19.12.02

I knew I fancied her the moment I saw her.

Shortfatdyke

14:54 / 19.12.02

I'm always surprised if/when I fancy someone that I don't know. It seems illogical to me. Usually passes in minutes, although I feel quite pathetic and cliched about not only fancying Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) for ages but having dreamt about her.

Cat Chant

15:18 / 19.12.02

Jingle - yes, we're thinking of the same woman. I have a slightly odd face-recognition lobe in my brain, though, & tend to insist on resemblances no-one else can see. Can't find a picture anywhere, Ariadne, sorry...

Linus Dunce

16:18 / 19.12.02

Nothing wrong with having a thing for Seven of Nine. Mainstream she may be, but ...

Especially if you've also had an erotic dream about Pat Butcher, as did I once. She was in a wetsuit riding behind me on a jetski, if you must know.

that

16:23 / 19.12.02

Fuck, I dreamed about Eminem last night, and I sure as hell don't fancy him...so I wouldn't worry too much, sfd (but then, I also dreamed about bodyless hobbit-heads in tar, so, well...) - thought you liked her for her brains, anyway.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

16:29 / 19.12.02

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas, but only in their vampire make-up for 'Interview With the Vampire', actually, sod it, I'll have everyone in the movie, except wotsisname from 'Only Fools and Horses'.

Spatula Clarke

16:31 / 19.12.02

Not the most flattering photo...

The Strobe

18:14 / 19.12.02

That bird in the remake of Treasure Hunt. Didn't even expect to be watching it.

_pin

18:41 / 19.12.02

She's the one on the right, by the way...

Brigade du jour

19:27 / 19.12.02

Dreamt about Reese Witherspoon today. I was in a movie with her where we didn't like each other much at first but ended up falling in love.

And I thought I'd got Overnight Delivery out of my subconscious.

Mourne Kransky

19:27 / 19.12.02

My first ever wet dream featured Cliff Richard. *shiver* Scarring to recall.

I get quite turned on, to my surprise, by the snail geneticist, Steve Jones. The evident intelligence and dry wit, I suppose. Lots of self-deprecating humour. Which would also explain the unlikely sex appeal of Michael Palin, David Attenborough, Jonathan Miller, Stephen Fry and George Melly. All of those much more likely lust objects, mind, than Sir Cliffany. *shivers again*

Spatula Clarke

19:47 / 19.12.02

Pin, we're talking about the Boots woman, not the tough-as-old-boots woman.

Shortfatdyke

20:07 / 19.12.02

Well, Randy, the one on the right does it for me.

that

21:12 / 19.12.02

Is there a picture? I just see grey. It's starting to worry me.

Spatula Clarke

21:36 / 19.12.02

That's her, Chol: the big, grey block.

that

21:42 / 19.12.02

Oh good. I did wonder...and can rest easy now. Danke.

Nelson Evergreen

22:27 / 19.12.02

I have never fancied and will never fancy Cilla Black. However I once dreant the two of us were hundreds of feet up in the air on a hanglider and... well, we were doing the naughty, as it were. At night. Judging from what little I could make out of the landmarks beneath us I'd say this particular misfire occured over the south downs or thereabouts.

Seth

23:17 / 19.12.02

Leila in Deep Rising. But everyone knows I have a weakness in that area...

Sax

06:11 / 20.12.02

Ah, The Boots Woman. Be still my beating heart. Thank you, Randy.

Char Aina

09:04 / 20.12.02

Especially if you've also had an erotic dream about Pat Butcher, as did I once. She was in a wetsuit riding behind me on a jetski, if you must know.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! get out of my head!!

[runs out of forum, hand over eyes]

Hattie's Kitchen

12:20 / 20.12.02

Steve McQueen

As a gay woman I find that very disconcerting, as I would not put up with misogyny from anyone, especially from such a notorious bitch-slapper as Stevie boy...

Sax

14:00 / 20.12.02

Actually, I fancy Haus. There, I've said it.

Chubby P

14:31 / 20.12.02

I had the misfortune of seeing Popstars The Rivals the other week and whilst watching it I developed a crush on Nicola Roberts to my surprise. Why? Because I quite like redheads but most of all she stood out becuase she DIDN'T look like a plastic barbie doll!

Chubby P feeling embarressed and shuffling away to his corner. (or is that in his corner?)

Baz Auckland

17:21 / 21.12.02

Denise Richards. I don't find any actresses/models attractive really, but something about those eyebrows...

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