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(Reuters) Unlikely British women would rather marry an accountant than James Bond   (news.yahoo.com) divider line 160
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mmagdalene [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 05:09:20 PM  
We already know they drink heavily...

 
phenn 2008-11-01 05:12:10 PM  
mmagdalene: We already know they drink heavily...

Accountants?

 
meekychuppet 2008-11-01 05:17:15 PM  
Here comes a thread about how awful British women are, countered by claims about American women, countered by stupid pictures, all posted by idiots who spank off over national stereotypes.

 
mmagdalene [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 05:39:56 PM  
phenn: mmagdalene: We already know they drink heavily...

Accountants?


I suppose if anyone ever needed a reason...:)

 
FloydA [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 05:54:53 PM  
All this proves is that British women are pretty smart.

Throughout all of the books and movies, Bond has consistently shown nothing but contempt for women (OK, arguably OHMSS is an exception, but even then...).

I'm sure they realize that he'd be a great lay, but a crappy husband.

 
Eddie_Dean_NY [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 06:05:52 PM  
There is still a large disparity between rather marry and rather have sex with.

 
queezyweezel 2008-11-01 06:18:38 PM  
Who the hell would want to marry James Bond? He'd sleep around on you, and people would always try to kidnap/kill you to get back at him. fark that.

 
zekebullseye 2008-11-01 07:03:04 PM  
He's a slut, that's why.

 
Polartank13 [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 07:51:53 PM  
mmagdalene: phenn: mmagdalene: We already know they drink heavily...

Accountants?

I suppose if anyone ever needed a reason...:)


Can't say I ever needed a reason.

 
rcain [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 08:44:42 PM  
Still avoid dentists like the plague.

 
Iron Chef Scottish 2008-11-01 08:46:12 PM  
Smart move. All the women that shag him end up dead.

 
darkanomaly 2008-11-01 08:47:20 PM  
Hmm I think I'd rather marry an accountant than James Bond too. I mean he really just keeps going from woman to woman and there's a pretty high risk of death on the job here eventually. I mean I'm sure there are lots of attractive and interesting accountants out there!

 
lostcat 2008-11-01 08:47:26 PM  
Of course.

The accountant provides stability, income, support.

They would marry the accountant and let him father their children, then they would sleep with 007 behind their husband's back.

You could say the same thing about men, nurses and Laura Croft.

 
enry 2008-11-01 08:48:24 PM  
FloydA: All this proves is that British women are pretty smart.

Throughout all of the books and movies, Bond has consistently shown nothing but contempt for women (OK, arguably OHMSS is an exception, but even then...).

I'm sure they realize that he'd be a great lay, but a crappy husband.


QFT

 
texastag 2008-11-01 08:49:34 PM  
www.canaveralgumby.com

Had a really hawt wife but she was a little too, uh, friendly with other men.

 
theigorway 2008-11-01 08:51:35 PM  
Don't ever marry an English women...

 
Day_Old_Dutchie 2008-11-01 08:54:42 PM  
texastag: Had a really hawt wife but she was a little too, uh, friendly with other men.


How about a LION TAMER? (new window)

 
Montuckian 2008-11-01 08:55:12 PM  
Q: how did the accountant overcome her constipation?

A: .1ıɔuǝd ɐ ɥʇıʍ ʇno pǝʞɹoʍ ǝɥs

/I'll go to the bars now. sorry

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 08:55:30 PM  
This is one of the all to many cases on our books...of charted accountancy.

 
MaritimeGirl [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-11-01 08:56:42 PM  
Pierce Brosnan James Bond - yes.
Daniel Craig James Bond - no.

 
cowsspinach [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 08:57:35 PM  
mmmmmm British men.

/oh those accents

 
Cold1s 2008-11-01 08:58:20 PM  
TTUWP or something.

 
Ringshadow 2008-11-01 08:58:36 PM  
jbond20.files.wordpress.com

Well, I'll take him if you don't want him.

 
00ghost27 2008-11-01 09:00:51 PM  
Fools

 
mephisto6 2008-11-01 09:02:17 PM  
meekychuppet: Here comes a thread about how awful British women are, countered by claims about American women, countered by stupid pictures, all posted by idiots who spank off over national stereotypes.

Depends... if they read the article and find out it's actually a survey asking women if they'd prefer a whirlwind romance over financial security, it will turn into a thread about passive/aggresive females and some guys advising how to pick up women by being self-assured.
Hard to say at this point :)

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:03:00 PM  
MaritimeGirl: Pierce Brosnan James Bond - yes.
Daniel Craig James Bond - no.


I'm sorry, there's only one James Bond:
www.parand.com

 
FloydA [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:04:48 PM  
theigorway: Don't ever marry an English women...

I agree, that would be polygamy.

A British womAn, by contrast, would be fine.

 
LadyMech 2008-11-01 09:04:48 PM  
I would also vote for NO for Bond.

\American though.
\\Would rather have Jaws.
\\\Moonraker FTW!

 
The Banana Thug 2008-11-01 09:04:50 PM  
Jackpot!

/corporate accountant

 
spyyder 2008-11-01 09:05:08 PM  
Daniel Craig = WORST BOND EVER!

 
FarkinNortherner [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:07:32 PM  
cowsspinach: mmmmmm British men.

/oh those accents


icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com

 
SporaticVoracity 2008-11-01 09:08:36 PM  
I'd marry James Bond and have the highest tier of life insurance put out on him.

 
mrswelborne 2008-11-01 09:08:40 PM  
meekychuppet: Here comes a thread about how awful British women are, countered by claims about American women, countered by stupid pictures, all posted by idiots who spank off over national stereotypes.

bears repeating

 
SharkTrager 2008-11-01 09:09:39 PM  
darkanomaly: Hmm I think I'd rather marry an accountant than James Bond too. I mean he really just keeps going from woman to woman and there's a pretty high risk of death on the job here eventually. I mean I'm sure there are lots of attractive and interesting accountants out there!

On the other hand, if he dies you get that fat government pension.

 
VeruccaGnome 2008-11-01 09:10:00 PM  

 
darkanomaly 2008-11-01 09:12:49 PM  
SharkTrager: darkanomaly: Hmm I think I'd rather marry an accountant than James Bond too. I mean he really just keeps going from woman to woman and there's a pretty high risk of death on the job here eventually. I mean I'm sure there are lots of attractive and interesting accountants out there!

On the other hand, if he dies you get that fat government pension.


I'll have to take that into consideration next time James Bond proposes to me. I was thinking it would be cool to have James Bond money but not James Bond as a husband.

 
mephisto6 2008-11-01 09:13:35 PM  
FarkinNortherner: cowsspinach: mmmmmm British men.

/oh those accents


You know, i can fake one pretty well.
Ok, I really suck at it.
Where's my book of chick-conquering poetry...

Hey, did I mention I have a hammock?

 
Jument 2008-11-01 09:17:20 PM  
SporaticVoracity: I'd marry James Bond and have the highest tier of life insurance put out on him.

Given how many times he's escaped death and how many times his love interests have died... that might not be such a smart strategy.

 
oldebayer [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:18:18 PM  
I, too, would rather marry an accountant than James Bond. Though at my age, a nurse or doctor might be even better.

 
SporaticVoracity 2008-11-01 09:19:39 PM  
Jument: Given how many times he's escaped death and how many times his love interests have died... that might not be such a smart strategy.

I could always negotiate with his enemies and make it appear accidental.

 
poxic 2008-11-01 09:24:57 PM  
There are two kinds of accountants (well, many kinds, but at least two). One is the sort who thought, during high school, "Yes! I want to be an accountant!" They are dull. Avoid them.

Then there are the ones who farted around, didn't know what they wanted to do, maybe played in a band for a few years, or actually dedicated themselves to a short-term artistic/freelance/weirdo career. They reached their 30s or 40s and decided they needed stability and income, so they got their accounting designation and settled into the grind. Those ones? Hang around with them. They can be bucketloads of fun.

 
Dragynwing [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:28:03 PM  
this has merit because British women are the epitome of taste and style.

/i didn't say it was good taste or style.

 
apeiron242 2008-11-01 09:29:32 PM  
Eddie_Dean_NY: There is still a large disparity between rather marry and rather have sex with.

This is true of both men and women. For women there is also the matter of "Who do I want as father of my children and who do I want to be their dad?".

poxic: There are two kinds of accountants (well, many kinds, but at least two). One is the sort who thought, during high school, "Yes! I want to be an accountant!" They are dull. Avoid them.

Then there are the ones who farted around, didn't know what they wanted to do, maybe played in a band for a few years, or actually dedicated themselves to a short-term artistic/freelance/weirdo career. They reached their 30s or 40s and decided they needed stability and income, so they got their accounting designation and settled into the grind. Those ones? Hang around with them. They can be bucketloads of fun.


How the frack can one be plural? One is inherently singular. If you have more than one, you have a plural amount. Just drop the "ones", leave it as "Those?".

 
poxic 2008-11-01 09:31:42 PM  
poxic bows to the almighty grammatical correctness of apeiron242.

/furffu

 
Dragynwing [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:33:45 PM  
apeiron242: If you have more than one, you have a plural amount. Just drop the "ones", leave it as "Those?".

i14.photobucket.com

 
CarrieWhite 2008-11-01 09:36:54 PM  
darkanomaly: Hmm I think I'd rather marry an accountant than James Bond too. I mean he really just keeps going from woman to woman and there's a pretty high risk of death on the job here eventually. I mean I'm sure there are lots of attractive and interesting accountants out there!

You have just convinced me to take up accounting!

 
Tat'dGreaser [TotalFark] 2008-11-01 09:39:24 PM  
Why would women want to marry a guy who will probably cheat on them and they will end up dead before the movie is over?

 
Citizen Snip 2008-11-01 09:41:10 PM  
apeiron242:

How the frack can one be plural? One is inherently singular. If you have more than one, you have a plural amount. Just drop the "ones", leave it as "Those?".

The only thing worse than a grammar nazi is a grammar nazi who's wrong.

/1111111!
//those ones.

 
hyperspacemonkey 2008-11-01 09:43:07 PM  
FloydA: All this proves is that British women are pretty smart.

Throughout all of the books and movies, Bond has consistently shown nothing but contempt for women (OK, arguably OHMSS is an exception, but even then...).

I'm sure they realize that he'd be a great lay, but a crappy husband.


He falls in love in Dr No (the book) and has genuine care for the girl.

 
ensign_noname 2008-11-01 09:45:19 PM  
zekebullseye: He's a slut, that's why.

THIS.

 
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