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Warren DeMontague

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:01 PM

Dec 2011

...even when I was a drunken college student, that wasn't how I operated. I ran with an extremely mellow, hippie crowd. I was never the 'fight' type. I vividly remember one night in college; it stands out because usually everyone in the circles we ran in were ultra cool-- where some jarheads were trying to start a fight with one of my friends, probably over his long hair or some stupid shit.. I grabbed this guy; I'm sure he thought I was going to hit him-- and I pulled him outside; it was a beautiful summer night and you could see the Milky Way-- and pointing at the sky, I said something like "shut up. shut up. shut up and just LOOK. You're tiny. All the bullshit you think is so important- is tiny. How can you be so pissed off- about ANYTHING- when you're just a speck in this great ocean of beauty and mystery?"

Needless to say I was high as a kite at the time. I don't think it worked but no one got their ass kicked either, so maybe some of what I was saying got through to the guy.

I'm a relatively big guy.. but it's just not how I look at things, nor has it ever been my idea of a good time. I've definitely had friends like that; they'd get drunk and look for fights, while I'd be off chatting up the pretty girls.

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Guys - when you enter a room, is your first thought ever who you could take in the room? [View all] Taverner Dec 2011 OP

Nope. I tend to look for attractive women in the room. DavidDvorkin Dec 2011 #1

No Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #2

"...maybe some of what I was saying got through to the guy." Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #8

Nope. stevedeshazer Dec 2011 #3

uh-uh. That just sounds, well, odd. Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #4

I look at the girls first. bemildred Dec 2011 #5

I look for the women..and who has the pot.. Upton Dec 2011 #6

If I did, it would cause me to question my choice of rooms. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #7

lol fishwax Dec 2011 #12

The last time I was in a fight I was 16 and Dick Nixon was a first term president.... Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #9

nope Broken_Hero Dec 2011 #10

Only when I drop my kids off at school. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #11

Nope. That is a juvenile mindset. Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #13

Agreed, but Fight Club was right when they said Taverner Dec 2011 #14

Sorry, but that was one of the Matrix sequels ZenLefty Feb 2012 #19

I don't know anyone who thinks like this itsrobert Jan 2012 #15

If I find myself in a room where I'd need to do that, MineralMan Jan 2012 #16

No,this is childish behavior leenick1 Jan 2012 #17

...and that is the kind of mind set we men have to work to stamp out tech_smythe Feb 2012 #18

My first thought is to locate all the fire exits ZenLefty Feb 2012 #20

When I enter a room, my first thought is to make sure I don't step on something painful, like a lego Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #21

No, I think "Who will I take first?" bluedigger Mar 2012 #22

Only when I know they're thinking it about me WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #23

Depends on the room, now, don't it? saras Apr 2012 #24

What about at a dry ice factory? Taverner Apr 2012 #25

And when i do take 'em, every time i land a punch there's a big bubble that says "wham!" or "splat!" Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #31

Nope Dokkie Apr 2012 #26

It's rarely my first thought. MrSlayer May 2012 #27

Had those thoughts 30 some years ago when my friends & I went looking for fights Kaleva May 2012 #28

I just look for an opening at the bar so I can order. Glassunion May 2012 #29

Only when I go into Meta. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #30