If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life(as heard on Rush)

Rush Limbaugh Show (radio) ^ | 4/20/04 | Jimmy Soul

[Diddle E. Squat]

Heard on Rush's dating advice segment this afternoon. Presented here for, um, discussion and comment.

[bfree]

Maybe that's why Bill married Hill.

[Diddle E. Squat]

'But it didn't make Clinton happy' bump

[BonnieJ]

What about Laura? She's beautiful and a wonderful wife. So much for sterotypes...
I thought Rush had a lovely wife, or is he divorced now?

[shellylet]

Sounds like Rush thinks his wife is U-G-L-Y,
and she ain't got no alibi! She ugly!
Gonna be a fight tonight!

[Begin]

I always liked that song...

[newgeezer]

I thought Rush had a lovely wife, or is he divorced now?

The lovely Marta is rarely mentioned anymore but, if they were separated, I'm sure we'd hear ALL about it on the news.

[The kings dead]

"If You Wanna Be Happy," Jimmy Soul, 1963.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Rush didn't endorse this, ah, philosophy, but simply played the song after discussing a report on what women look for in a guy. Basically the survey of college gals said that they look for hunks for short-term relationships, extremely good-looking women also go for hunks to marry, but average women generally prefer less endowed males. The theory being that average guys are less likely to stray. So Rush noted that this sounded like the flip side of the above song.

[paleocon patriarch]

I've been tryin to find this song as a ring tone for my cel phone. Any help?

[Naomi4]

Marta is lovely. Rush used to mention her often as "the lovely and gracious Marta."

He never mentions her now.

Her name did come up a while back. When Rush was going to be fired by ESPN, she called all the heavies to try to talk them out of it. It didn't work, obviously.

I hope they are not having marital problems. However, my experience is that when some areas of your life (the legal problems) go bad, usually other areas do too.

[familyofman]

So Rush so my post #135 on the "worst song" (we built this city) thread and has to include it on his show. Now if he starts calling his wife 'Chickee-boom-boom-baby' then we'll know he's stealing my material.

[Diddle E. Squat]

http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/sex-/518456.html

Scrawny Beats Brawny for Women Seeking a Life Mate

TUESDAY, April 20 (HealthDayNews) -- When young women look for long-term mates, they really do prefer Ray Romano-types over the Brad Pitts and Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the world.

While they're attracted to muscular men for quick flings, female college students surveyed at two campuses said they'd choose scrawnier guys as spouses, according to new research.

While the women surveyed tend to think of muscular men as more attractive and better in bed, they also think of them as "less faithful, less likely to treat them well and be less emotionally sensitive," said study co-author David Frederick, a psychology graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"When women are choosing mates -- except for very attractive women -- they're facing a tradeoff of choosing a guy who's very sexy or one who will stick around and treat them well," he added.

Frederick and a colleague surveyed 325 college-age women about their preferred male physiques, and measured their reactions after they looked at pictures of real and computer-generated men. The men were of various levels of muscular fitness.

Frederick reported the results April 17 at a meeting of the western region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in San Diego.

On a scale of 1 to 5, the women rated the average male at just below 3. The average rating for their ideal "short-term" partner was about 4.5; it was 4 for "long-term" partners. The women rated muscular men as nearly twice as sexy -- and twice as intimidating and dominant -- as non-muscular men.

"Based on the theory we're working under, most women wouldn't choose to marry Brad Pitt because he has so many short-term dating opportunities," Frederick said.

Most women wouldn't be confident that such a hunk would stay faithful. "The average woman would probably go for the Ray Romano guy as the long-term marriage partner," Frederick said.

And what of the most spectacularly built men, those who remind people of the new governor of California? Judging by the study results, they may be out of luck. Women reported an "ickiness factor" when they looked at the most muscular men, Frederick said.

"Women really associated the extreme levels of muscularity with high levels of narcissism and self involvement," he said.

The exceptions to the rules are extremely attractive women who tend to be willing to take the risk of marrying well-built men. (That may explain why Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are an item, and why the marriage of Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley didn't last.)

Gordon G. Gallup Jr., a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Albany, said the findings might reflect human habits developed through evolution. When females pick mates, they may be looking for men who are more likely to "invest in the family and their offspring and make a long-term, committed investment in the relationship," said Gallup, who formerly taught Frederick.

By contrast, women looking for partners may view muscular men "as more likely to play the field and less likely to make commitments," Gallup said.

More information

Evolutionary psychologists study how the ancient human past influences our current actions. Learn more about the field from the University of California, Santa Barbara. If you thought the size of your pectorals was the only thing that mattered when it comes to sexual attraction, check out this BBC story on how full lips make you more attractive to the opposite sex.

[Esther Ruth]

"The pretty ones always get away with more."

Heard my mother in law say this when we were talking about some woman who was treating her husband terrible. It's true, just never heard anyone say it. So it's a power thing, relatively speaking - whoever is prettier in the marriage or relationship seems to gain some power from that position. Ah vanity - all is vanity.

Proverbs 31:10- Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
--strength and honour are her clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come, she openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness..
--favour is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised...

Know this is just having a little fun here, but had to add that.

[Chewbacca]

I know some ugly girls and they sure can't cook.

[Esther Ruth]

"Rush didn't endorse this, ah, philosophy, but simply played the song after discussing a report on what women look for in a guy."

He played the song because this information in this big shin dig of a report is old news, and that folks have known this for a million years, that there is power in beauty - that whole dynamic thingy going on. The song is so fun. The song had nothing to do with Marta - be real! I am sure they are doing just peachy and he may have not mentioned her for awhile because some women are such a bunch of catty jealous wenches and complain to him when he spend his 3 hours daring to talk about something personal.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Frankly, Billy Boy is the ugly 1 there.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Agreed, but it was someone else who wondered about Marta. I was simply trying to clarify and redirect the thread from that tangent(not that there is or was much direction to a chat thread...)

[the OlLine Rebel]

"Women really associated the extreme levels of muscularity with high levels of narcissism and self involvement,"


No, it just plain looks weird and unnatural.......not that I'd snub a steroid-boy just for that.

[calcowgirl]

Did you hear the song by Paul Shanklin? (remake of Sherry by The Four Seasons)
I was laughing hysterically!

Sherry (Kerry)

Ker-er-rry, Kerry baby
Ker-er-rry, Kerry baby

Ke-e-e-e-e-e-e-ry ba-a-by (Kerry baby)
Ke-er-rry, will you flip-flop tonight (Flip flop, flip flop toni-i-ight)
Ke-e-e-e-e-e-e-ry ba-a-by (Kerry baby)
Ke-er-rry, will you flip-flop tonight

I don't remember the rest of the lyrics... this is a true classic!