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actually, I'm more susceptible to upper body definition. chest, shoulders, back. definition a guy can get by doing real, honest-to-God work. but Jason Statham's defining features are...his abs. there's no avoiding them. they are collectively a force of nature.

That logic's a little suspect.

As a kid I grew up in a farming community, been doing physical labour since I was 14, and was never anything other then skinny. Later in life I left the kibbutz and worked in a few other situations, and ended up doing more work then guys half again my size, without ever passing the 60kg mark.

You get muscle tone in a gym. What you get from physical labour is a bad back.

I'm sure it depends on body type to a certain extent. nothing wrong with bein' wiry and strong.

but the husband, for instance, has really developed his upper body musculature just by doing his jobâ€”believe me, he's far too lazy to work out for reals. factory work/manual labor has really done a number on him (which is convenient for me). but he's always been stocky, so I know that's part of it.

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actually, I'm more susceptible to upper body definition. chest, shoulders, back. definition a guy can get by doing real, honest-to-God work. but Jason Statham's defining features are...his abs. there's no avoiding them. they are collectively a force of nature.

That logic's a little suspect.

As a kid I grew up in a farming community, been doing physical labour since I was 14, and was never anything other then skinny. Later in life I left the kibbutz and worked in a few other situations, and ended up doing more work then guys half again my size, without ever passing the 60kg mark.

You get muscle tone in a gym. What you get from physical labour is a bad back.

I'm sure it depends on body type to a certain extent. nothing wrong with bein' wiry and strong.

but the husband, for instance, has really developed his upper body musculature just by doing his jobâ€”believe me, he's far too lazy to work out for reals. factory work/manual labor has really done a number on him (which is convenient for me). but he's always been stocky, so I know that's part of it.

Well, it may be the job. Most physical labor I've ever been involved with didn't require that much strength, but it was a sustained effort.

You don't have to be strong to use a 5 kg hydraulic clipper, but you do have to be in decent cardiovascular shape to work 60 hour weeks with one.

Edit: Hydraulic what? Corrected typo.

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*still wants to see a picture of Oigeon*

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*still wants to see a picture of Oigeon*

oooh - seconded!

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Heh, bear in my mind that this was when I was 21 and fresh out of the army.

Er, my avatar is surprisingly close.

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Other than head-to-body ratio, I'm guessing?

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Oh boy

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I see I should qualify my earlier comment.
Ahem: Yes, abs are hawt - in the right amount on the right person. Not every guy looks good with abs, not every guy has to have abs to look hawt. Brad Pitt got famous via his abs, not because they were especially prominent, but because they suited the rest of him. Crazy "muscle beach" abs are not sexy; and no amount of abs can make up for a horrible personality.
And guys: relax. We might have a flirt or even a fling with the Abs guy, but we'll go home with with the smart, funny guy with the twinkling eyes/devastating smile/gorgeous sense of humour. Always.

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Heh, bear in my mind that this was when I was 21 and fresh out of the army.

Er, my avatar is surprisingly close.

You're an inch tall?

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Heh, bear in my mind that this was when I was 21 and fresh out of the army.

Er, my avatar is surprisingly close.

You're an inch tall?

Well, my grandfather always said that Jews are, as a race, rather short. Of course, he thought that everyone who wasn't from within 25 miles of the Scottish village he grew up in was of a "race" of some sort. Which would explain Glasgow, I suppose.

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'Splains why you like haggis!

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Ai, lad.

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Not many reviews on this page, is there?

*wonders who to blame*

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Other than head-to-body ratio, I'm guessing?

Remember that time we had a head measuring thread?

Anyway, I'll be the first to admit I have a big head.

Ceri, Of course a personality is more important, and yadda yadda. But I've found that abs are, as I said, kryptonite to most women. it's incredible.

And the thing is, it's the most ridiculously unnatural sort of musculature. It isn't really good for anything, as Barry pointed out. It's the male version of stick thin waists and huge boobs.

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Not many reviews on this page, is there?

*wonders who to blame*

I became restless halfway through the movie last night and put it off again. Too much build-up.

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Anyway, I'll be the first to admit I have a big head.

*snerk*

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Not many reviews on this page, is there?

*wonders who to blame*

I became restless halfway through the movie last night and put it off again. Too much build-up.

^^ got scared

like this -->

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Not many reviews on this page, is there?

*wonders who to blame*

I became restless halfway through the movie last night and put it off again. Too much build-up.

^^ got scared

like this -->

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It's bad when you're ignoring movie of a movie because you're goofing around on the Net, but it's really bad when the movie was better when you weren't paying attention to it.

I was hoping it's be at least corny like Hercules/Xena. Nope.

I need to watch The Orphanage tonight again to check if I missed anything, but I want to watch it again anyways.

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