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I have a job because I'm handsome
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dulouz



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:31 am    Post subject: I have a job because I'm handsome Reply with quote
"I'm handsome" they say. "He's a handsome man". "He's very handsome". I got a little bothered when the vice principal-man kept saying that coz I'm not gay. I even hear it out in town. I'm not exceptionally gifted so I'm i'm gonna scar myself to be fair to everyone else. I suppose I'm a dumb blond but without the blond part, I'd just be dumb. Screw that.
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John Henry



Joined: 24 Sep 2004
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, it was a bit unraveling to hear a grown man tell me "You bery han-some. I will give you job."


But I was prepared for this type of thing when a recruiter told me I "rook rike model!"

ha fing ha!!!
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
People are so fickle...I dress smart aoccasionally..perfect hairstyle, nice clothes...etc. Then they all say "Teacher so handsome" blah blah etc...
Then most days I go in a baseball cap and jeans..and they can't gfive you the time of day..
Oh dear..Is there any genuiness in the world? Does anybody actually see the inside? I think not.
So, enjoy your position as blonde handsome teacher while you can..as koreans are among the shallowest people on earth.
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I_Am_Wrong



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
what's the big deal....your principal's not gay....but maybe you're a little scared that you are. My principal calls me a "cutie" and "handsome" all the time. It's not that big of a deal.
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JacktheCat



Joined: 08 May 2004
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
"You are handsome, you must be very good teacher."

"You ugly, you bad teacher."
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tommynomad



Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Location: on the move
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am a 1m71 tall, 69kg jew, and last month I got:

"You look like Clint Eastwood....BANG, BANG!"
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: I have a job because I'm handsome Reply with quote
dulouz wrote:
"I'm handsome" they say. "He's a handsome man". "He's very handsome".

Maybe its the snazzy new avatar. In my minds eye you'll always look like Jeffrey Dahmer.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
After being told numerous times that I looked like Bruce Willis (until I morphed into the 'KFC Man') and other people being compared to other stars, I decided what was really being said was, "You look nice."

In other words, don't take everything you hear literally.
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manlyboy



Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been told at various times that I look like Tom Cruise, John Cusack, Noah Wylie, Alec Baldwin, Edward Norton, Pierce Brosnan, David Beckham, and, well, that's all I can remember for now. It's very flattering until some slack-jawed stringbean walks by and all the Koreans go "waaaah, he look like Brad Pitt".
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
tommynomad wrote:
I am a 1m71 tall, 69kg jew, and last month I got:

"You look like Clint Eastwood....BANG, BANG!"


My kids are like "Teacher teacher you look like Beckham!"

Errr... no. Beckham is a big, virile, sex god. I'm not. We share forked up blond hair. That's about it. I liken it to an Asian woman, any asian woman, in North America who gets "You look like Lucy Liu!"
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Daechidong Waygookin



Joined: 22 Nov 2004
Location: No Longer on Dave's. Ive quit.
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mindmetoo wrote:
tommynomad wrote:
I am a 1m71 tall, 69kg jew, and last month I got:

"You look like Clint Eastwood....BANG, BANG!"


My kids are like "Teacher teacher you look like Beckham!"

Errr... no. Beckham is a big, virile, sex god. I'm not. We share forked up blond hair. That's about it. I liken it to an Asian woman, any asian woman, in North America who gets "You look like Lucy Liu!"


Beckham is a sissy and very likely to be a sex god but for the other team, if ya know what I mean. PLUS hes a one dimensional player with only a good cross. I hate Beckham.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It doesn't happen only in Korea though. When I was applying was an internship in England with ABB-Daimler Benz, I was given the job because I was *the prettiest* and the *most smartly dressed* interviewee... of course they didn't tell me that when they gave me the internship. My boss told me about 2 months after I started. Rolling Eyes<