tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post3289426949077124796..comments2008-06-10T13:03:01.340-07:00Bitterbettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105440452868506777bitterbetty13@sbcglobal.netBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-90614034579199186262008-06-10T13:03:00.000-07:002008-06-10T13:03:00.000-07:00Ha ha, the look on the model's face is like, "what is this bullsh*t I'm doing!?" The slenderizing position looks like you're afraid your butt is going to fall of if you let go! AH, but my very favorite! I think we should all go somewhere and express pertness! HAHAHAHAHA! It looks like her arms got put on backwards at the fembot factory! HAHAHA! Oh, and for the love of GOD, the big girls better not let their arms be akimbo! (what?!) It doesn't say why, just don't do it.Avantgardisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04298227962708176366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-27260445985053282632008-06-05T11:29:00.000-07:002008-06-05T11:29:00.000-07:00This is really excellent!Mary-Laurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05014386827410465480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-89472385495536233502008-06-03T23:15:00.000-07:002008-06-03T23:15:00.000-07:00Linked to this awesome scan!Lottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00663817788501199975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-90209769956245737332008-06-03T11:52:00.000-07:002008-06-03T11:52:00.000-07:00My plan is to go around with the singer's hand position until someone asks me what's wrong. Mostly, because it reminds me a lot of the hand position of so many of the nuns I remember from my childhood Catholic education. I'll let you know how it goes....Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18383220573177416855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-44552203353164328692008-06-03T08:59:00.000-07:002008-06-03T08:59:00.000-07:00Sass a mighty! In yoga we call these mudras and they usually have a spiritual significance! These invoke a slimming spiritual connection to the whole...right?!woolanthropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06450995581549548778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-10646719365908963102008-05-30T04:33:00.000-07:002008-05-30T04:33:00.000-07:00All these wasted years and agony over dieting to find out that it's my lifelong habit of "arms akimbo" and not butterscotch brownies that have been the culprit! When I woke up this morning I'd learn something that would change the course of my life! :)<BR/><BR/>On what Ambika wrote about Cosmo...I'll never forget reading that a good way to attract a man is to sit at a table in an outdoor cafe reading a small volume of poetry "nevermind if you don't like poetry, he'll think you're smart!" This was only three years ago!laurahttp://littleorangekitchen.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-58355725337215643622008-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:00oohh i love it...the simplicity 4257 anniversary ladies have clearly read the book also. i'm a nurse, i cant wait to try some new stances out at work.Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-43328821996883632402008-05-29T16:35:00.000-07:002008-05-29T16:35:00.000-07:00Oh no no no! It's all just too much info - I've just developed a nervous twitch trying to take it all in!Teenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321578309574367426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-35657254266641843152008-05-28T17:48:00.000-07:002008-05-28T17:48:00.000-07:00Oh my goodness - if a nurse approached me with any of these hand on hip positions, I would know to avoid her and the needle she has hidden, ready to pounce!!!<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of the "charm schools" many of us baby boomers - and older I am sure - were subject to while young teens. Pert and sass were not approved subjects!Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920623184267409308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-10387166487768316992008-05-28T15:09:00.000-07:002008-05-28T15:09:00.000-07:00This takes me back to the year when my mother enrolled me in charm school because she thought i wasn't lady-like enough and wanted to be sure tht i would marry well and know how to entertain. LOL VickieMy LIttle Family:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17240741117809295524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-39476564332677886582008-05-28T12:41:00.000-07:002008-05-28T12:41:00.000-07:00I feel so empowered. God bless you.<BR/>Now I am off to clean my house (hands in the *big broom* position)Nataliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-20866190276041796142008-05-28T10:41:00.000-07:002008-05-28T10:41:00.000-07:00Oh my. To think of the day & age where this was thought to be needed...though I suppose Cosmo is probably still guilty of this type of thing.ambikahttp://thefray.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-15421895994124075572008-05-28T09:26:00.000-07:002008-05-28T09:26:00.000-07:00LOL - Oh no, I've been "adding weight to my hipline" this whole time! Thanks for enlightening us.Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646506480120500856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-57085586618462867522008-05-28T08:06:00.000-07:002008-05-28T08:06:00.000-07:00I think I have to disagree - pert and sass are two entirely different things. Pert you might express (like you express milk? Hmmmm) but sass one exudes.Knitsonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351935917938996903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-52367407951339971162008-05-28T07:22:00.000-07:002008-05-28T07:22:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed the warning to the overweight - all this time, I thought having my arms akimbo was slimming!Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16192831794446148405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-14762434295062657282008-05-28T06:07:00.000-07:002008-05-28T06:07:00.000-07:00This is great! <BR/><BR/>Please keep sharing sections of this book. Is there any advice for sitting or moving? Is the charming nurse allowed to speak? <BR/><BR/>I am frozen in a half hip slimming, half thinkers stance, waiting to find out what to do next without disrupting my aura of charm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-61998093011437509712008-05-28T06:04:00.000-07:002008-05-28T06:04:00.000-07:00ROFL!<BR/><BR/>And here I thought I'd missed something by never having home ec or etiquette classes! Well, I did miss quite a few laughs by the look of it ;).The Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09477006840858840353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-37263704527177183082008-05-28T05:51:00.000-07:002008-05-28T05:51:00.000-07:00i am digging the cowboy's hand position. i think that will be very becoming for me. however, i do not wear belts. so, should i place my thumbs in my skirt top or apron top? i can see that this is going to take some work..i'm off to practice.amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852496551877127162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-9056124133856455382008-05-28T03:34:00.000-07:002008-05-28T03:34:00.000-07:00oh! I can't decide between the Pertness or the Talker's ! I shall have to experiment with them all!catslyehttp://shessewslye.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-78886524056482337242008-05-27T21:28:00.000-07:002008-05-27T21:28:00.000-07:00My reinterpretation of the poses:<BR/>1. Mom is angry and has just used my first, middle, and last names coupled with "quit scuffling with your sister!"<BR/>2. Lady is furtively smoothing her inadequate <A HREF="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/FashionsAndFiguresSpencerette.jpg/250px-FashionsAndFiguresSpencerette.jpg" REL="nofollow">foundation garment</A>.<BR/>3. Woman is perplexed by the problem-to-hand, which could be anything from a scorched stew to difficulty in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Sk%C5%82odowska-Curie" REL="nofollow">isolating radium</A>. Hmph!<BR/>4. Wonder Woman!<BR/>All our hopes are pinned on you.<BR/>And the magic that you do.<BR/>Stop a bullet cold,<BR/>Make the Axis fold,<BR/>Change their minds, and change the world!<BR/>5. I don't have a dishtowel, or an apron, and I'm not wearing socks, but my hands are wet, so, hey! Whaddaya gonna do? Wipe them!<BR/>6. Singer's hand position:<BR/>I am asking for only 50 cents for a phone call.<BR/>7. Thinker's hand position:<BR/>It's for my dust jacket photo. Oprah's Book Club, here I come!<BR/>8. Leaner's hand position: <BR/>Oh, yeah. I'm not leaning; but I'm busting out a big leaning 'tude.<BR/>9. Cowboy's hand postion:<BR/>Bawm chick BOW-WAHM. wocka wocka wocka.<BR/>10. Talker's hand postion.<BR/>Hey! Okay! I'm only HALF Italian. Want to make something out of it?Blaizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033894901666324351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23443085.post-27346857985736606802008-05-27T20:14:00.000-07:002008-05-27T20:14:00.000-07:00The sad bit is that someone thought there was enough of a market/need for standing advice that the published it!mscleaverchronicleshttp://mscleaverchronicles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com