BAAAHAAHAA! Oh Laurie, I'm so sorry but that is hilarious. :)

As a professional historian, I have to say it is alarming to me that your cute lawman didn't know about anything that happened before he was himself born.

Huh. Well, I guess I'll never be out of a job.

But Laurie, keep looking. Someday you'll find a cute man who does remember the 70s...

They are so cute when they are young, and so much fun to look at!

OH! P.S. Could the woman names Susan who commented yesterday on dating please email me?

Don't you hate it when they *SHOW* so much promise...until they start talking? Thanks for the hilarious story!

All brawn and no brains...too funny!

sometimes eye candy can be fun.... but omg, that just had me rolling

Gotta love those men in uniform! And so what if he was a bit of a himbo. The fact that he didn't catch the Grandma referrence is a nice ego boost!

I had no idea that on my List Of Stuff I Hope To Find In A Guy, knowledge of who charles freaking manson was would show up anywhere, anywhere!, on the list. Who knew!

Lucky for you the young arms of the law must be at least 18 and therefor are not illegal.

Hmmm. But shouldn't any potential suitor be of the legal drinking age? At least? LOL

nothing wrong with young(er) men!

How can you be in law enforcement and not know (or at least have heard of the name and pretend you know the story) who Charles Manson is? Mister Law must have been really really hot...maybe a stand-in hired from a local exotic dancing establishment?
- and just because he wasn't born does not give him an excuse - I'm appalled and I was *cough*born in 80*cough*cough*.

He could be your designated driver!

way to think out of the box Barb!

Barb = eternal optimist!!!!! heheheheh

it's a cute age.

anyhow, i bet you could keep one busy with things other than 'conversation'

ps- i'm partial to the motorcycle policemen-- for me, it's all about the knee high boots.

My glass is always half full.

Oh, PLEASE tell me you made that up. I'm fraidy scared of that John Q. Law if he is that ignorant about the criminal history of his country!! Good thing he's cute - that helps make up for it.

WTF? I was born in '79 and I know who Manson is and so does every non-child person in North America, right? RIGHT?

Is the cradle of the Law anything like the Cradle of Love, which is now stuck in my head?

Younger men: pretty to look at, fun to make out with, impossible to talk to.

Um. Grandma, dear. Allow me to point out to you that using my Mad Math Skillz I have calculated that you were born in (pauses to check fingers again) 1971. At this point Manson had been tried and convicted of the murders whereof you speak. I myself was in junior high. No sympathy here.

Sweet goodness Laurie - You could've taught him about Charles Manson. (and a few other things too I bet). Have someone drive you back there (even in Minnesota I understand the need for you to not go too far from the Valley) and find his hotness for your tutoring....

I hate it when they're gorgeous and dumb. But apparently, once God implants those giant pectoral muscles, there's no room left for brains.

That's too funny! I once had a crush on a very, very hot looking fireman/paramedic that came into our ER all the time. His butt was so good it looked chiseled even in his turnouts. MMMM. But as soon as I had an actual conversation with him, it was over. Dumber than a sack of hammers. I just can't abide a stupid man, you know? Pleasantly confused, yes; stupid, no. I wish you happy searching though!

That is. Really. Too. Funny. I think you should look him up. Clearly, he is in need of someone to teach him a few things.

GAH. Kids these days. I am guessing your hot lawman was not much younger than me (for I am young), but while Charles Manson was Before My Time, I at least know WHO HE WAS. Oh well. At least Young Hot But Apparently Stupid Lawman is pretty, so he can get by on his looks. Or something.

Regarding men in uniform, I just have one word for you: Sailors. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Luvs me some. With ketchup.

Okay, am married, but still. One can dream in this port city.

Oh my word. Charles Manson was very definitely before my time but I still know who he is!

How hot was this police officer? A high degree of hotness might negate any dunce-ness on his part. I'm just sayin. ;)

Hi ya'll-
Ms. Laurie, I've reported as requested.
As for Mr. Law....mmmmmm...just the way we likes 'em, like mocha-chocolate shake: Sweet, strong and THICK!
No really, sweetie, he really REALLY shoulda known who Manson was- it was a lucky break that he showed himself to be unfortunate conversation material right off the bat. 'Cuz pretty is nice...but a keen brain and a good heart trump a nice ass after a few years.

I like firemen...alot. Wouldn't hesitate to set my hair on fire if it meant chatting up a fireman.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

I am so sorry that he was THAT young!

OMG!!!! Nana needs a diet coke! Now I have to go and clean up the diet coke I was drinking when I read that post! We need a disclaimer . . . put down beverages while wearing white pants and reading CAP!!!! I love me some firemen!

We are a bit over the hill aren't we....

Oh my goodness! I wish I could have been there to see that. Sounds like you recovered well!

Wow. That's right up there with Dumbest Things Said in All Time. Let's see, an adult recently asked me what I was talking about when for some reason the Taj Mahal came up in conversation. Ahem. And one day at lunch I overheard some bright 20-somethings arguing about whether the moon had gravity (this in response to a news story about there possibly being ice on the moon). Hello! I know it happened before you were born, but I also KNOW you have seen a pic of Neil Armstrong standing on the moon. Did you think he was wearing sci-fi gravity boots or something?!

Young men have such ... bounce.
Rob the cradle. Just don't let him talk much.

Ha! If that would have been me, he would have said "yeah, my WIFE and I watched a show on him just last night" You get the young ones, every nice one I meet turns out to be married or gay.

Love your blog btw, been lurking here for months!

w00t!!!! good luck!!!!!

Auntie Ann, that just shows you the state of science education in this country. *Anything* with mass has gravity. Even I have gravity, not to be confused with gravitas.

Argh! I find that frustrating. I think he might have had a clue if you'd have said "Charlie Manson... you know... Helter Skelter?"

Here's a scary little fact. Many years ago, back in the 70's, my DH was hanging out with these sweet people. Kind, compassionate family of friends. After going back to their ranch (this should have been his first clue), they started talking about their brother in prison. Err... hello? He was more of a father, really... wrote a lot of poetry and music. Um... Check please! Oh, yes. His name is Charlie. SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!

DH wants to take me to the now-abandoned ranch to take pictures of one of his bands there. I thought about it. No.

Hey Mr. Policeman. Can you say "Helter Skelter?" Ya know, the BOOK, then the MOVIE!?!? Too funny.

Laurie.

You live in such a big bad scary city... Such a delicate, refined Southern gal such as yourself would clearly be a target for Lawless Urban Thugs. Maybe a little one-on-one women's defense course with John Q. Law is order...

"OH, officer, I'm SO sorry I missed that--could you show me that hold again?"

Just don't tell him about your little le umbrella incident, eh?

I'm just sayin'.

Oh, BTW, the guys at the fire department on Veteran in Westwood. Woooooeeee! What do you say you and I bake them some cookies and go over there. They always promised me they'd let me play on the fire engines.

Seriously, he didn't know?

Who in the US has not spent at least one day home from work with the flu watching true-crime documentaries on the Discovery Channel? They *always* include the Manson Family, and the Black Dahlia. *Always*.

How, how, HOW could a policeman not know about Manson? (You should have said something like, "you know, Marilyn's brother." He so would have believed you.) I'm thinking that cops should probably know a little criminal history...and L.A....not exactly wanting for crime. Scary.

But at least the "scenery" at the BBQ was nice.

How young was this hot arm of the law? I am 26 (do the math, born in the late seventies) and I know who Charles Manson was. I am afraid this is more than mere youngness. Does it worry you that this guy is supposed to be "protecting the public?"

I have found on more than one occasion that the Law is not always as bright as one might hope.

Besides I bet if he was hot enough for you to be taken with him he wasn't REALLY robbing the cradle. And when talking about young'uns... So much we can teach them ;)

I used to write papers, etc on Charles Mason and his "family" in college strictly to freak out my English professor. :)

Menendez Bros killed their parents in 1992. Subtract five years. Clueless Cop was born around 1987. Which would make him about 21 or so.

I forgot to mention...this whole post is making me feel old...especially Debbie's comment!!

Manson who?

How is that even possible? Wow. Well, at least he is pretty.

Make that 19. I suck at math. Actually I think he would have to be 21 to be a cop.

Younger men *SIGH*. They get younger and cuter every year!!

It's my birthday today!! I'm 42 and both of my kids actually remembered! My dad is coming soon to spend the day with us.

Have a great day, Laurie!!

I looked up the menendez thing too. They shot their parents in 1989 according to wikipedia, so he could be 21. I guess.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LIZ!! Have a wonderful day!!!!

p.s. Liz, I'm sorry I said Happy Birthday in the same post that talks about menendezes (menendii?) LOL

All right, as long as we're busting on Cops (father and brother in the force) let me tell you about this teacher I worked with. We were studying the Civil War and she actually said, "Slaves weren't allowed to read because then they might read the Constitution and find out that slavery was illegal." Just remember, every year she gets 25 new fifth graders who learn the same thing. (And no I didn't correct her, she had a real problem that I was smarter than she, well, better educated anyway. I had to limit myself to one "suggestion" a day.)

Oh my...were they wearing boots? 'Cause those boots will get me EVERY time. Mmmmmmmm.

You know, a big dumb hunka hunka burning younger cop may be a fun summer distraction! ;)

Oh, that's priceless. I hate those "I feel old" moments, especially since I sure as hell don't feel my age (which is 41).

I had a few requirements of the men I dated back when I used to do that kind of thing.
1. Must know the words to the original Toys 'R' Us "I don't want to grow up..." song. If they don't even know what you are talking about- too young throw em back. Extra points if they ever wore the sweatshirt/tshirt with that emblazoned on it as a kid.
2. Must know that you are talking about a motorcycle police drama when you say CHiPS and not Doritos, Frito Lay, or Ruffles. In conjunction with this they must know that Eric Estrada was ON CHiPS and not just some guy on the Surreal Life.
3. Must be able to shamefully admit to having either a)a rat tail b) a nice 80's mullet c)a saucy mix of the two
4. Know what a Hypercolor tshirt was
5. Can adequately describe watching episodes of Thundar the barbarian cartoons, Simon & Simon, The Original Dukes of Hazard (bonus points if they can name the creek the boys always jumped in the General Lee), and Moonlighting and/or Remington Steel
If they can pass this stringent test, they are old enough to date and possibly marry. Worked for me! :D

Uh. How does a law enforcement officer OF ANY AGE not know about the Manson Gang?! (1969. Why yes, I did major in history, but I'd like to think I'd know something about my country's history even if I hadn't.) Don't they teach about the Manson Gang in Cop School? They certainly should. This is the sort of crap cops need to know about. Crimes, and stuff.

Okay, clearly my history-obsessed sensibilities were offended by Officer Hottie. I apologize for ranting. :)

And as for men in uniform: Baseball players. Everybody sigh contentedly with me. *siiiiigh*

First, let me say how cute and charming it is that (most) all of you think there is something WRONG with a stupid young hunk of man. Um, generally those men aren't needed for, let's call it Intellectual Stimulation. They have other uses for which they are much better qualified. :D

And Aunt Purl, if it makes you feel any better, I once dated a guy so young that he didn't know who the Super Friends were. I laughed and just felt marvelously Dangerous Liaisons-ish. hee hee.

PS Laurie, I just got your "error 500?" message, which cracks me up. Your comment probably posted but the server is weird, indeed. :)

Oh those hypercolor tshirts were so fun! I loved those!lol

I know of at least 3 women who are very happily married to men at least 12 (yes twelve) years younger than they are. They (unlike men who do the same) know it looks silly, but LOVE the difference. Lucky women. I'm just sayin'.

Bwahahahahahahaha!

How can one be a police officer in LA without knowing a little something about Charlie Mason? o.0

Oh, and you'll like this...

Me: Honey, how old were you when Kurt (Cobain) died?
Boy: Twelve... going on 13. How old were you?
Me: Twenty-four.

I giggled like... well... Charlie.

Tsk. Don't look on him as a long-term committment, look on him as...snack food. Fun. Tasty. A Treat.

(I married someone 6 years my junior. Luckily his emotional age is greater than his chronological age. I met him when I was on my "I just want to have FUN" post-bad-relationship bender and decided it was time to indulge in a little hedonism. He concurred. It's been a hell of a good time so far.)

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I once dated a nice grad student a few years younger than me, only to find out later that after our dates he'd call my best friend (a classmate) and ask her for the definition of things I'd said! LOL! (Not smart- but with a certain face-saving cunning, that boy).
He was definately a pretty one, tho'. Yowza.

However, I gotta say- yes, the young pretty ones are GREAT for in-bed-use, but since good sex has that powerful juju, be resigned to the fact that you might become so attached to the big lug that you'll want to make him your permanant full-time cabana boy.

So you'd better make for damn sure that you know his ignorance is due to lack of exposure (easily fixed) rather than lack of absorption abilities (aka- just plain ol' stupid). The former is just fine...the latter means you'd better be prepared for some seriously stupid offspring.

Oh Sugar, I hear ya on the men in uniform. Sigh, I dated not one but TWO firemen and a Navy Fighter Pilot. Course there was that on/off again relationship for 2 years with a male stripper who wore costume uniforms that easily ripped off.

There is nothing like a man in a uniform to make the blood run hot.

Ya'll are too funny. I didn't even give him my card, he lives in Montebello or somewhere, which is way outside of my target dating area. In this city, no relationship is going to work in 3 hour traffic each way, even if it is the hottest thing in boots LOL.

Also, I really do have to find someone who is at least the legal drinking age. A girl has to have her standards. For now.

Did you check the Soba's hidey-hole for the camera cord?

What a tease! No photos? the camera cord is MIA? Did Roy eat it? kidding, he would not do that - would he?

Cops - in uniform with no thoughts in their pretty little heads - sounds delightful. We need eye candy. Improvise next time: pen/ink drawings, etch a sketch or tole painting even ( yeah - even you are not that old! says Granny Epiphany) We need our little fixes to get us through the day. Cats or Cops - we are easy to please.

Someone check that cat for a cord! ha.

generally, i like to think that young is the new old.

(whereby "old" means sophisticated and sexy and worldly, not lecherous.)

but in my version, young is not the new old if young hasn't even a passing knowledge of pre-80's history.

onward!

Holy crap! Has he been hiding his cute hide under a really big rock? Ah, I see a shrewd earlier commenter beat me to the "Marilyn's brother" idea. Are you sure Mr. Long Arm wasn't an actor they rented for the event? You know, to make the force look bigger and cuter than it maybe really is? (Uh, that came out wrong--I didn't mean to imply thespians are dumb!!)

Even my young teen knows about Manson and Helter Skelter. I remember as a child seeing the horrible LA Times the morning after the murders, and how totally freaked out my mother was. Yecch.

Oh Laurie, that is toooooooo funny!

I've got one for ya. I was out clubbing one night (many moons ago) and met this adorable guy and ended up taking him home with me. He didn't have his own car, which didn't seem unusual, so I had to drive him home the next day. He made me stop at the corner of his street, rather than driving up to his house, are you ready -- so his mother would not see him being brought home by a "girl." The guy was only seven freaking teen!!! I made a mad dash out of there.

Okay Bonnie's comment scared the living crap outta me as far as the education system goes!

And I'm proud to say I passed the 5 requirements test... though now I'm singing that stupid Toys R Us song!

"from bikes to trains to video games..." Aack!

LOVE the men in uniform though... MMMmmm... I'm constantly trying to get my man to dress up as a fireman or a cop for Halloween!

So there are a couple of positives to hooking up with a fella like this....

1) You would always be a wealth of knowledge to him. He would probably find you fascinating.

2) It would be easy to come up with birthday/Christmas gifts for him - A&E offers several seasons of American Justice on DVD. I'm fairly certain they've done a Charles Manson episode.

3) If he is that ignorant to the ways of the world, perhaps it is because he has spent too much time perfecting his....ummm... non-verbal skills. ;)

this is what happened as i read today's entry:

"uh huh....ooooohhhh, nice....men in uniform...niiiiiccce...."

a minute later:
"(gasp)...???...OMG!"

like another lady said in the comments, rob the cradle and just don't let him talk...at all!
:o)

What do they teach cops in cop school anyway? Don't they have to be on the lookout for copycats? They should know their basic crazy killers.... of course There's something to be said for younger men... my hubby's 6 years younger than me and it's fantastic (and he knows who the heck Charles Manson is.) Of course, he likes to tease me since my 15 year high school reunion was this year, and his reunion is 2 years away... but it's his ten.

Great story! I have only one thing to say,

young+hot+dumb= FUN! Heck Yea!

Men in uniform, definitely ... married an Air Force guy, 3 years younger than me .... after dating a cute-but-very-young-and-OMG-egocentric guy ... don't ever hang with someone who doesn't remember at least SOME of the same landmark dates you do: The Challenger, one or both Kennedy's and/or Martin Luther King's assassinations, etc, (my own set of dates). When you say, "I was in third grade, remember seeing my teacher start to cry," and he says, "I wasn't born yet," things get very ... quiet.

After dating several younger guys, I have learned to not make certain cultural references. Of course, you had no way of knowing the guy was so young. What scares me here is that he could not understand the grandma reference.

I know what you mean - at 33 I keep telling myself that there is something wrong with me thinking the 19 year old intern is attractive - I mean, he was born when I was in 9th grade!

Jo

You don't really want to date a cop. Think about the mindset that makes someone want to be a cop. Yes there are the true blue "truth, justice and the American way" ones out there. But there are plenty who just want to carry a gun and beat the tar out of people.

My college roomate, who was from a suburb of LA, had a summer romance with a local cop. This involved many fun dates, but it also involved her being pulled over on the freeway several times by his cop "friends," at gunpoint.

Ha ha ha ha. What a riot.

I'm telling you -- you have to come hang out on my porch on Saturday or Sunday mornings. We have a firehouse in the neighborhood and the guys go running by over and over and over and over and over.....

Even I enjoy it!

Eye candy.....sigh....always a nice treat! And there is plenty here at the hospital where I work! And yes, the cute cops (ooh, yeah, and helicopter pilots sometimes) who are always in the ER definitely make those 2am call-ins a little more bearable :-)

That was SNORTIN' funny! Really, I snorted.

Ooh...I want to hang out on Faith's porch...

Young cops are busy worrying about learning to handcuff people in the police academy, they aren't looking out for serial killers - because that's what the detectives are for.

I was engaged to a cop for two years (and he was from South America and still knew who Manson was), but he also spent 4 years in police academy instead of a few months.

As for not getting the grandma reference... that's just scary. LOL

I cannot believe in less than a week I managed to read every single entry you have made on this blog. I love you Laurie and now I commence with the stalking. Although, I have been spoilt up to now and able to read blog after blog after blog. Now i will have to *gasp* wait entire days or more for Laurie. *sigh* I wonder what is on tv.

I have one that is scary in a completely different way: my brother was semi-interested in a girl he worked with, until she told him that she didn't know what the A-Team was. Or Knight Rider. Now, these aren't, you know, things where actual people died. So, not as important historically as say, our friend Charlie, but... still. One feels so old.
And for me it's 1)yummy soldiers in their dress uniforms and (don't laugh) 2) guys in ties. They are much harder to come by in these parts, where it seems the whole world has gone "Business Casual" - without the business part. *sigh*

Ahahahaha. I love our Men in Blue. :)

As long as is was 21 or over and not married he is fair game.

I realized I was getting older when I figured out all of the NFL players were younger than me. That was about 15 years ago...now they are the ages of my daughters. (sigh)

::smacks forehead:: Granted, the 70s were before I was born too, but I know who Charles Manson is!! And I never lived on the west coast!

But there's nothing wrong with dating underaged men!

*snicker* You should have found an older cop and told him he needed to educate the rookies!

Great, I've got the Toys R Us song stuck in my head.... I will have nightmares tonight about the days when I worked there!

A law enforcement officer who's never heard of Charles Manson? What DO they teach at police academy? Maybe they don't get to the history part until detective school or something.

Oh the stories I could tell you! Retired police officer married to a retired police officer.

There was this time when.....uh maybe better not tell that one.

That reminds me of when I was at...second thought not that one either.

OK it was police officers ski races and I met my now husband and it was cold and the hot chocolate with marshm...no maybe not that one.

I know some firemen, have you tried one their fund raisers?

oh geeeez. but I am not that surprised. I am working on my master's degree in criminal justice, and I am consistently amazed at how little some of my cohort knows about notorious offenders. Some of 'em didn't know who Manson was, either, or Gacy, or Bundy -- you'd think they never watched A&E or CourtTV!

I did take a class in serial murder in undergrad (different school) and got an A, but no worries, it was strictly a lecture + research paper course, no labwork required. :)

I've been wondering lately why a young, intelligent woman (case in point, me) can't find a date to save her life.

I'm now convinced that this is the answer.

you are so funny! I could just picture your speechless moments...it was like 'blink' 'blink' 'blink'...thanks for the morning giggle..

As Chief Wiggam on the Simpons would say " Go get 'em, boys "

I bet if you would have mentioned donuts he'd have perked up a bit.

i have the same thing about guys in ties. you never see them anymore and they are so *HOT*

Yo, we're still waiting for the nail pics!;)

teeheeheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

i've been laughing my a** off for 10 minutes....oh, the tears, the TEARS!

Still snickering. DAMN!

But I loves the men in uniform too. After my dumbass neighbor set his apartment on fire, I baked cookies for all 9 houses that responded. And enjoyed the fact that they came back for days, reviewing the scene. The big plus to make up for the dips**t who lived next door.

As for the age thing, I like to tease the Husband. He'll mention something that happened in 1971, and I'll look at him and say, "I was three." And he shoots me the death look. But young ones?? They can be FUUUUUN!!

Just wondering. Does a Pizza Hut shirt and pants count as a uniform?

I was once doing one of my daughter's friend's hair for dress up and said, "Oh, do you want it like Princess Leia?" and she said, "Who's that?"

Did he have an older brother? Did he think the Menedes were guilty?

Here in Afghanistan all I see is men in uniform, Being a guy I don't see the sexy thing but OMG a cute girl with a gun. Then I realize, One you are married to a wonderful woman (9 years older)and two these girls are old enough to be my daughter that is sad at 39.

omg how dumb does one have to be to NOT know who manson is?! not to mention, someone that stupid has a gun!!! 0.o

i guess "hawt guy = dumber than a bag of rocks" applies to the youngerr generation too lol

Yes...many many uniforms here in Afdirtistan. Dutch, Canadian, Romanian and Brits.
They don't know who Manson is either......

Strictly for decorative purposes only.

Let us only hope that he doesn't become a prison guard at Corcoran State Prison where Charlie happens to be incaracerated at the moment, though he does come up for parole again in 2007. Can you imagine one of these poor undereducated pieces of policeman manmeat getting assigned to the care and confinement of Charlie boy without knowing who he is or what he is capable of? Kinda scary. Maybe Laurie you need to march your little self (read that as get a driver to take you so you don't get lost or overly anxeitied) down to police headquarters and meet with the chief to suggest a criminal history class, for which you would be happy to tutor. You might create for yourself a second job for some supplemental income and a daily dose of eye candy.

You know, I'm just saying, sometimes you have to make your own way to get the pick of the uniformed litter.

=-))

Cindi

P.S. We arrive in your neck of the woods for vacation on August 1. Yeah we are doing the whole Disney, Universal, San Diego Zoo, tourist thing. The kidlets are thrilled

Mmmm eye candy, and in uniform, my favourite. I'm sure he was just ignorant, not stupid... Cops in the US do have to pass intelligence tests before they get given a gun, don't they?

Even I know who Charles Manson is - and I live in New Zealand...

My hubs is a Marine veteran (it KILLS him that phrase can be used)and I have tons of pics where he is in assorted uniforms (I totally count fatigues as uniforms). These pics are like porn, I swear.
Has anyone thought the attraction lies in the whole "woking man" thing? Like we have soldiers, cops, firemen, heck there are even construction workers, upscale business men...... perhaps they have become droolable because in the deep recesses of our minds we are collectively saying:
"Whew! At least the man has a job"

PS- As the person who has got the Toys 'r Us song stuck in people's heads... I have to say that my moms worked at TRU for 27 years.... that song is ingrained in my DNA. Its true!

Laurie -- too funny! And I hear you. 40, in law school with people who are mostly 24. Crim Law prof said "read Goetz for tomorrow" and I said, "oh, wasn't that the Subway Vigilante guy?" and my classmates were all like "?" In Admin Law I didn't even ask the question that came to mind when we had a case involving the Department of Education... didn't there used to be an agency called "HEW" -- "Health, Education, and Welfare"? I just didn't even go there. Googled it later to remind myself of when that little reorganization happened.

In Contracts the prof made up a goofy hypothetical case involving Obi-Wan Kenobi's agreement with Han Solo for transportation to Alderaan, and later some of my classmates were griping because they hadn't seen the movie. Ok, I know you guys weren't even born when that movie came out, but didn't you ever catch it on TV or watch it on video before the latest installments?

And men in uniform... or suits... mmmm. The thing about suits is, even guys who are less than hot still look kind of hot in a suit, at least to me. You know, a cop with a beer gut hanging over his gun looks kind of silly, but the same guy in a suit can still look good. I like big ol' boys anyway, but especially in suits. One of my too-young classmates is a big guy and maybe not conventionally hot, but he came to a Halloween event dressed like Meatloaf on one of his album covers -- open suit coat, no tie, red scarf thing -- and I was thinking, dang, is it hot in here or have I just had too much to drink or what? AND he gets points for not only knowing but also appreciating Meatloaf.

I usually like older men so most of the time I'm more interested in my profs than my classmates even though this is completely useless because almost all of them are married and not likely to be interested anyway and wouldn't do anything even if they were for ethical reasons. I gotta find out where the older grad students hang out on campus!

OK, so Manson was before I was born too...and yet I've heard of him, hell I've even seen him interviewed...and you know why I know of him? Because it's pop freaking culture and I'm not *completely* brain dead.

Stupid cute cops.

alas...

there IS something about hot cops, no matter what their age, which does warrant considering a purposeful violation of some (minor) law to get ther attention.

luckily, you didn't have to stoop that low.

but fret not darling, you're not the only woman this summer to be bamboozled by the charms of a young(er) man. you'd be surprised, actually, at the fair number of them who would be more than happy to play patty-cake with a "woman of substance".

;-)

Get 'em young & train 'em up right is what I always say...

Too damn funny.

Laurie,
Sweetheart,
skip the conversation, drink up the *cute*
(since when do all dates have to lead to long-term-relationship??)

And, no, a potential suitor doesn't have to be of legal drinking age. Every girl needs a DD, right?

Hey, gal - been reading your blog for a couple months - you slay me, seriously - never had the urge to comment until now. I work at a police station. Yep, I'm surrounded by 'em, every single day. Believe me, the charm has worn off. Cops are just about the lowest male life form out there when it comes to being dirty dawgs. Divorce rate is among the highest of any profession and I don't think I've met one, married or single, who hasn't come on to me/my female coworkers or who isn't the butt of scandalous rumours about his prowess with the female citizens. I've been told this is true of pretty much every uniformed profession - and it's no surprise. Look at y'all, drooling over the very idea of a guy in uniform. ROFL! Believe me, they totally know this and they totally take advantage of it. I'm not saying there aren't decent ones, but they're few and far between, unfortunately.

Now I'm wondering if nurses are that way? That's a common guy fantasy - the naughty nurse! (Excuse me, I have to go give my husband his sponge bath...)

Boys are so cute when they're young and stupid. Ummm...or something like that.

Great blog, btw.

It's fine to go out with younger men but wouldn't you want someone more intelligent then a dumb cop?And you are still young. The great divide will not happen until you're in your 40's(I'm 43) and people call you "m'am" and "that lady" even men your own age, probably because they only see themselves involved with younger women, not there age. In your forties, people constantly make negative references to your age. No one prepared me for that. Better to move to an underdeveloped, non capitalistic, country, that doesn't worship the profit motive and youth.

Seriously hilarious! Laughing so loudly (tears and everything) that I woke up the cat lying next to me who then mrrumph'ed in annoyance.

Holy crap, that kid is young! But you know what they say about younger men.... Don't you? And he IS legal!

"Hand me my cane -- Grandma needs a diet coke."

Too funny!

HAHAHA..welcome to "It Sucks Getting Old"! I have a little quiz that I ask "boys" to see how brillant they are. I tell them I was in 1st grade when JFK was shot. If they cant figure out my age from there, they are too young for me! If they ask "Who's JFK?" I figure they are just a lost cause altogether!

PS....yes that would make me **cringe**...49, but very young at heart.

"I wonder if you can get locked up BY the Law for attempting to rob the cradle of the Law in the presence of the Law?"

hahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!! classic!!

I couldn't read 125 comments even if I had the time. I will say this though: My mom was 35 yrs old when she was first married. My dad was 25. They are now 71 and 61. I'm only 32 and you KNOW I'm keeping my eyes OPEN.

You know you are getting old when you start thinking the policemen are too young to be shaving, much less policemen. At least you aren't there, yet, as you clearly thought this guy was a grown up :-)

Oh dear. That's pretty funny. Have you ever hit the pancake breakfast at your local firehouse - usually during the summertime...now THAT's livin'. I love having a HOTTTT fireman serve me breakfast...yum. It's a great hangover cure, too!

Just have to say, not all younger men are looks-only. Mine's looks-*and*. Me 42, him 29 (we are going on our 4th year together).

I wouldn't date under drinking age probably (I *should* say I wouldn't date again ever, as we are engaged...but dammit I can't get a registration confirmation from indiebride.com!!), but really - there ARE fantastic men under 40. Do consider it. Uniform or not, you may just find a gem in his 20s. Ya never know... :D

*catches up on two months of blog posts in Bloglines*

I have to tell you, at just about the very same time you were posting this, I was having a conversation with a 15 year old who did not understand my reference to Lorena Bobbitt. Had no idea who she was or what she did.

*facepalm*

I told her to Google it when she got home.

Mind you, she also did not know who John Wilkes Booth is...dude, I learned that in GRADE SCHOOL.

This girl makes my brain hurt.