I Am Infinitely Attractive (Apparently)

Saturday, 3. May 2008, 15:51:51

Apparently, I am infinitely attractive. I don't say this because it is what I believe to be true about myself but because of this dear little message I received in my Opera inbox the other day. BabyLadi informed me that she had seen my profile picture on MyOpera and just had to correspond with me. Must have been the one of my torso, I thought to myself. Or maybe she just likes men in jackets

However, now I can't seem to find the message that BabyLadi sent to me. Oh bother! And to think I was just about to draft her a reply. I wasn't too sure about depositing the money into her West African bank account. I mean she had just initiated correspondence with me and one cannot be too sure with all these dubious types trolling the internet these days. The message had some dreadful spelling too. I tried to overlook that. I was infinitely attractive after all. She did intimate that... I am almost 100% sure.

JCL.

Stop!Prison Break!

Comments

flattery can take you to the cleaners!!

you are opening a whole new can of worms here!!!
I hope you find the msg.The spelling alone can be a new post

I treasure each and every one of the msgs I receive!!
The majority if them are from men but women can be very daring too!!
My body "was painted with feathers "(see my photo files), my blond Bette Davis hair and eyes are a great success , and since Naomi and I get mostly msgs from the same people, the proposals have minor differences . We usually do cross reference the msgs. It turned out to be fun and less annoying after the first 50 !!!

thanks for sharing!!

By ellinidata, # 3. May 2008, 18:08:36

The messages Angeliki and I get also have really funky spelling errors but hey, you have to give these people points for creativity. I was even bribed with my favorite food, chocolate (even that wasn't spelled correctly). And let's not forget Matt, who received a message from a Syrian the same day I did. Interesting things are happening here on Opera.

By CultureSurfer, # 3. May 2008, 22:09:22

it is so weird, it makes your "nippon" erect!!

By ellinidata, # 3. May 2008, 23:04:26

Oh, yea. I forgot about my "nippon". How could I have forgotten that one?

Poor JCL is gonna wake up Sunday morning to find all of our crazy banter on his blog.

Just got a proposal (or at least an offer for a photo) on my MOTW post. Can people not read "no more solicitations for online romances"! Argh!!!!

By CultureSurfer, # 3. May 2008, 23:41:02

That was your torso?!?

By clean, # 4. May 2008, 00:41:26

I got today two new private proposals and one that follows me since yesterday like a bad disease every where!!

I think JCL will be happy to know that we got emails from widows, orphans etc that sudden inherited money and they want to share with us!!! I suspect the bank account he was given wasn't for services rendered

By ellinidata, # 4. May 2008, 01:08:59

Angeliki, do you ever report those guys? Matt helped me report a really disgusting one last week in the hopes of getting him banned.

You can also go on their blog and, if the blog is a certain design, there will be a BLOCK USER button. It's a major Opera glitch that not all users can be blocked. Kind of sucks & I hope they address this issue soon.

By CultureSurfer, # 4. May 2008, 11:54:24

yes, I did, thanks

Since I have my posts "Friends only", they can not read the comments.
Now they are very few and more civilized proposals

I hate lunging from a chandelier daily

By ellinidata, # 4. May 2008, 13:36:27

Wow! This was a nice Sunday morning surprise

Naomi, I am sure your "nippon" mail must have come as quite a surprise to you. I would have burst out laughing.

I definitely think that women have it worse on MyOpera - targeted by all those sexual predators out there ... or horny teenagers with too much time on their hands! Go do your homework!

Angeliki, I get a lot of e-mails telling me how someone died with lots of money in their bank accounts and there isn't anyone to claim the money, etc etc.

We have a radio station in Johannesburg and there is a guy, Darren Simpson, who plays prank calls on people. And he actually phoned these 419 scammers who claimed that he would get this ATM card loaded with all this money. The new thing is that they actually give out their contact details in the scam e-mail in case anyone decides to phone them. He then pretended to be the FBI and said that they had surrounded the building where these scammers were hiding out. After a lot of swearing from this West African man on the phone he played the sound of gunfire and you just hear the sound of people hitting the floor. It was pretty funny. Hopefully, they will post a YouTube clip of it sometime.

JCL.

By JCL_75, # 4. May 2008, 20:02:35

Originally posted by Clean:

That was your torso?!?

Clean, yes, that was my torso. As I explained to CultureSurfer (Naomi) I go to gym about three to four times a week. And I have been since September last year. I really wasn't satisfied with the state of my health - far too sedentary. I do trip up now and then and sometimes my diet could be better - but I am trying

JCL.

By JCL_75, # 4. May 2008, 20:13:00

JCL,
i am on the floor laughing!!!

I love Darren!!!

if I had 10% of all the money I was promised I would have been a millionaire a long time ago!!! Nice!!

By ellinidata, # 4. May 2008, 22:06:34

JCL-
They aren't horny teenagers if their profiles are to be believed. They are 20-something and older mostly middle-eastern men. My theory is that they live in repressive societies where they can't get away with saying/doing stuff like this, so they get it out of their systems here.

And poor Angeliki seems to get the worst of it.

By CultureSurfer, # 5. May 2008, 02:49:21

I almost fell for their 419 scammers i almost deposited money to them via moneygram. The money i was supposed to buy a second hand car. But i realised they were scammers a day easlier after i checked their names at google.com.

By Dave83, # 5. May 2008, 21:16:09

"
And poor Angeliki seems to get the worst of it.awww "

it is one to two daily...some very graphic

today's was a poem,

I did share it with my friends!
From time to time I get a sweet one

By ellinidata, # 6. May 2008, 00:43:38

yesh. Very nice torso, and jacket too.

Almost infinitely attractive

By hungryghost, # 6. May 2008, 04:05:48

JCL

are you lifting weights??

I do Yoga and Pilates 6 days a week but I am way too far from even a flat middle section,it just looks youthful I was watching Pink the other day and she has some abs!!

By ellinidata, # 6. May 2008, 10:40:30

I do trip up now and then and sometimes my diet could be better - but I am trying

Oh ... yeah ... I can see how you're not sticking to the program ...

By clean, # 6. May 2008, 11:31:57

Thanks, HungryGhost

I am glad you like the jacket. It's one of my favourites. Strictly work-wear though - thank goodness, don't need to wear a tie too. That would just spoil it for me - I love ties.

J.

By JCL_75, # 6. May 2008, 16:56:46

Hi Ellinidata

What really does it for me is the treadmill - I think that really helps to burn the fat.

As for the abs on celebrities, they have the whole day in which to work out with personal trainers just to look FABULOUS on TV

I wish I was them sometimes (without the fans and people invading your privacy).

J.

By JCL_75, # 6. May 2008, 17:05:41

Oh, Clean, if only you could see my diet at the moment. It's terrible - fast foods, muffins for breakfast. I really need to watch myself - those chocolates and cakes are really tempting. Especially now that it's colder and I am really longing for the comfort food.

By JCL_75, # 6. May 2008, 17:07:15

You guys think YOU have it bad???

I'm the one who has to be on camera & worry about weight, hair, makeup, etc. And I've got no one to help & a major addiction to chocolate.

All I can say is thank God the video screen is small.

By CultureSurfer, # 6. May 2008, 19:47:41

Oh, Naomi, I'm sure you're one of the last people on Earth who has to worry about weight

I don't know why people say the camera puts on 10 pounds - there is this news presenter in South Africa who is much fatter in real life than he appears on TV.

As for hair, makeup and an addiction to chocolate, I can't help you there

I'm pretty much stuck on the chocolate part. Oh, what I would give for a nice Belgian chocolate or maybe some Lindor. It's been so long.

JCL.

By JCL_75, # 6. May 2008, 20:15:19

I have just realized there is no chocolate in the house

and I should really stay away from it, particularly because my allergies are so bad in the Spring, but I really need some. No alcohol, no drugs, I have to have ONE vice. Yup, I need to go get some this afternoon.

I do have to worry about weight. I noticed when I hit 40 that stuff I eat tends to stick (it didn't used to). Plus, look at my interviews and you'll see that I am...well..vertically challenged. I'm not a midget or anything, but I am of Eastern European heritage & that means cellulite, being short, & tendency to gain weight.

Ok, enough bitching. The world is full of many worse problems.

By CultureSurfer, # 6. May 2008, 20:22:07

lovely you are!

but you don´t have to make any deposits in my bank account!

nevermind me, I´m just having a giggling fit - I´ve had a few of those myself...

oh... i was going to add something else but i better

By wickedlizard, # 6. May 2008, 23:43:12

"lovely you are!"

Isn't that kind of Yoda speak?

By CultureSurfer, # 6. May 2008, 23:54:00

if I eat what you eat JCL in one day,
i will gain 5 pounds!
You guys have a different way of burning calories than women do.
You pee and you loose weight ,
we smell a burger we gain a pound!!
I pray in my next life to be born a man!
(or a cat, my cats have a great life and they look wonderful

)

By ellinidata, # 6. May 2008, 23:57:59

... now that it's colder and I am really longing for the comfort food ...

Hmm, 'comfort food' ... two words synonymous with ...

Off to the Nigella website, then ... !

Naomi,

I noticed when I hit 40 that stuff I eat tends to stick

That happened to me at 20 ...

Angeliki has the right idea (coming back as a pampered cat)!

JCL,

I think it was bodybuilder, Serge Nubret who was said to eat a couple of Bounty bars in a day. When questioned on this, he said, "I work out 8 hours a day ... I think I can burn the calories off".

By clean, # 7. May 2008, 08:24:14

A couple of Bounty Bars in one day? I'd think that would kind of stop things up.

By CultureSurfer, # 7. May 2008, 12:09:06

now they call them bars?? yehhhh right!!

By ellinidata, # 7. May 2008, 12:21:07

@ clean,

By ellinidata, # 7. May 2008, 12:22:26

lol @ Clean.

When I turned 29, I picked up about 5 pounds out of nowhere. I remember someone telling me that when you turn 30 you pick up 20 pounds almost instantaneously. So I was kind of worried about it.

The following year I lost eight pounds (also from doing nothing) and weighed my lowest in over eight years. I wasn't happy about that either. So now I weigh more but I'm healthier and I'm cool with that

Having slightly high cholesterol and being in hospital last year prompted me into leading a more healthier lifestyle

JCL.

By JCL_75, # 7. May 2008, 17:09:06

Dave83, you're very lucky you cottoned on to what they were doing!!

J.

By JCL_75, # 7. May 2008, 17:10:31

Culture, I;m addicted to chocolate too!

the other day I was watching Survivor, and one of these girls won a chocolate cake which she had to share with 3 other friends. They all jumped on it, grabbed it with their hands, they were completely full of chocolate, and happy, and I was drooling and crazy and I asked Martin, go to get a chocolate cake???

and he said, of course not

Its bad this addiction.

JCL: ----" I wasn't too sure about depositing the money into her West African bank account."----------
I told you that you were pretty cute

I dont deserve a single bit

The nippon thing is hilarious

Ellinidata, I want to come back as a kitten too

what better life can you have?

By yomeriux, # 7. May 2008, 17:35:40

Originally posted by Yomeriux:

I told you that you were pretty cute I dont deserve a single bit

I didn't know it was you

If I was on Survivor I wouldn't be sharing Chocolate Cake with ANYONE!

There is this place nearby which sells the most divine Devil's Food Chocolate Cake. I refuse to let anyone know where I get it from for fear that they might get it for themselves. He who controls the Cake rules the world!

(that was a maniacal laugh)

J.

By JCL_75, # 7. May 2008, 18:17:24

@ J,
"If I was on Survivor I wouldn't be sharing Chocolate Cake with ANYONE! "

you would with Naomi!!! I personally guarantee it!! She can be dangerous without chocolate!!!

@ yomeriux,

Lets make a deal ,
who is coming as a female cat ???

By ellinidata, # 7. May 2008, 20:01:52

LOL
Hey, there are much worse addictions than chocolate.

It's Jeff's (my husband's) 45th birthday today. A chocolate torte from a store called Trader Joe's was requested. I have complied but I KNOW this stuff will plonk down on my hips. And I have to film skinnny models this weekend.

By CultureSurfer, # 7. May 2008, 20:04:12

Originally posted by CultureSurfer:

And I have to film skinnny models this weekend.

Don't worry, Naomi, skinny models don't have any fun. They've forgotten what the taste of chocolate cake is like

Happy 45th Birthday, Jeff! Hope you enjoy the cake

By JCL_75, # 7. May 2008, 20:08:36

Hmm.. chocolate or lack of fat & cellulite...not a hard choice to make.

By CultureSurfer, # 7. May 2008, 20:56:05

JCL: My empire for a Devil's Food Chocolate Cake!!!!

Ellinidata: mmm.. I'm trying to decide...having my balls chopped or having kittens??

Culture: just enjoy it!!!

By yomeriux, # 7. May 2008, 22:37:57

Angeliki,

Definitely female cat - male cats spray!

Naomi,

Happy birthday to your hubby and may you both eat cake!

By clean, # 8. May 2008, 01:18:18

Thanks, the cake is coming right up (just took it out of the freezer). I can't believe there are so many chocoholics (and so many of them men!) on this blog!

I certainly will enjoy it. I'll start working it off tomorrow with pilates.

By CultureSurfer, # 8. May 2008, 01:30:24

happy Bday BB!! 45 ?? You look great for an old man!

Naomi, have the D@@@ cake before I take a flight to St Louis!!

cat: male or female......
I hope I will now by tomorrow!!!
I get in heat here!!

By ellinidata, # 8. May 2008, 01:31:24

I know this is cruel, but I just did a search and found of pic of the Trader Joe's chocolate cake. Hey, at least the pic is calorie-free!!

Cake will be eaten as soon as birthday boy gets finished taking birthday phone calls.