A friend of mine asked, "Do you judge people by their appearance?" My reply was, "It depends what they look like!!"
So often we make up our minds about each other when we first lay eyes upon one-another. Especially over the Internet a quick look at one's photo and instantly we're off to the next. So we judge people even before they speak. Perhaps its body language, which is not just the way one moves and holds their body, it is also the way we dress and appear physically, or our personal expression in relation to clothing and accessories.
So whether we judge or not on appearance alone, if we give someone the time of day, we don't stop judging them there, we tend to seek out a person's job, believing what work they do can give us a clue about their character and personality. We evaluate them with every piece of information we obtain.
Is this entirely shallow of us, or is it actually a natural way of behaving. Are we generally unaware we do this? And if so might it be linked to a survival mechanism? Such as in hundreds of years ago being able to recognize whether the person we were about to bump into was friend or foe could have meant the difference between life and death. Could judging people on first appearances stem from that time period?
So it would seem that we all judge and are judged by our appearance, but does it make it right??
I will admit that if someone contacts me through email and is interested in dating me, I do quickly dismiss them on appearance alone, but often after I've read their email I either agree with my impulsive first impression or totally reconsider. I read a lot from pictures, both good and bad. When doing so, I believe I'm skeptical and trying to protect myself......but am I or do I just judge?
What about you.....how do you react to first appearances?
After getting all of the Pope's luggage loaded into the limo (and he doesn't travel lightly), the driver notices that the Pope is still standing on the curb.
"Excuse me, Your Eminence," says the driver, "Would you please take your seat so we can leave?"
"Well, to tell you the truth," says the Pope, "they never let me drive at the Vatican, and I'd really like to drive today"
"I'm sorry but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! And what if something should happen?" protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work this morning.
"There might be something extra in it for you," says the Pope.
Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel.
The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Supreme Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 105 mph.
"Please slow down, Your Holiness!!!" pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens.
"Oh, dear God, I'm gonna lose my license," moans the driver.
The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio.
"I need to talk to the Chief," he says to the dispatcher.
The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going a hundred and five.
"So bust him," said the Chief.
"I don't think we want to do that, sir, he's really important," said the cop.
Chief exclaimed, "All the more reason!"
"No, I mean really important," said the cop.
The Chief then asked, "Who ya got there, the Mayor?"
If you're visiting my blog, you can see I've got a new look here....finally changed the colors from the old, default setting!!!
I've kept the default purples simply because I didn't know how to go about changing colors. Who knew you just click on the word Colors???
A few months ago I got adventurous and played around with it.....but I easily got frustrated because there's so many colors and shades to choose from, and I think they all need to blend in order not to make one sick!!!!
Today I tried again. So.......how did I do???
I just don't know if I love it so don't be surprised if I go back to the old, default settings in shades of purple!!!
Gee, I wonder how successful I'll be at adding a signature!!! I'm guessing I'll find out by clicking Signature???
How much do you really know about men and women? See how your true-or-false answers to these simple questions about men and women agree with the findings of psychologists and sociologists.
1. Husband-wife arguments are usually won by the spouse who does the most talking. True False
2. Women are better at solving complicated problems than men. True False
3. Women tend to be more cheerful and optimistic than men. True False
4. Men get along on less sleep than women. True False
5. When faced with a severe crisis, a woman is more likely to go to pieces than a man. True False
6. Men are fussier about their food. True False
7. Men tend to be more self-centered than women. True False
8. When a couple has mother-in-law trouble, it's usually the wife's mother who is to blame. True False
9. Women talk more about men than men talk about women. True False
10. Wives understand their husbands better than their husbands understand them. True False
11. Women make more fuss about minor and non-existent ailments. True False
12. Men are more truthful than women. True False
13. Most husbands are more intelligent than their wives. True False
14. Divorced men are better second marriage risks than divorced women. True False
15. The widespread masculine belief that women are the most talkative sex actually has no basis in fact. True False
16. Women are more easily bored than men. True False
17. Men have quicker reflexes, react faster than women. True False
18. Men have a greater capacity for happiness than women. True False
Let's see how much you think you know, even about yourself!!
On the first day of training for parachute jumping, a blonde listened intently to the instructor. He told them to start preparing for landing when they reach 300 feet.
The blonde asked, "How am I supposed to know when I'm at 300 feet?"
"That's a good question. When you get to 300 feet, you can recognize the faces of people on the ground."
After pondering his answer, she then asked, "What happens if there's no one there I know?"
Hey, even the instructor said it was a good question!!!
A young minister was asked by a funeral director to hold a grave side service for a homeless man with no family or friends. The funeral was to be at a cemetery way out in the country. This was a new cemetery and this man was the first to be laid to rest there.
The young minister, not familiar with the area became lost. But being a typical man, of course, did not ask for directions, but finally found the cemetery about an hour later. The back hoe was there and the crew was eating their lunch. The hearse was nowhere to be seen.
The young minister apologized to the workers for being late and told them he would try to not keep them long. The workers not seeming to be bothered, though still eating lunch, did join the minister as he began enthusiastically pouring out his heart and soul in prayer. The workers glanced at one another and before too long shouted out, "Praise the Lord," "Amen," and even "Glory!"
When the minister was finished, he walked to his car, as he was about to opened the car door, one of the workers said, "I never saw anything like that before and I've been putting in septic systems for nearly twenty years."
A man and a woman find themselves sitting next to one another on a flight to Chichago. The man, longing for conversation and a bit infatuated by the woman's good looks begins conversing with the woman. Before too long, he presents a playful game of intelligence.
Because the woman is taken by his good looks, and figures it might be a fun way to pass the time, she agrees.
The man even offers her 10 to 1 odds. He says, "Every time you can't answer one of my questions, you'll need to give me $5, but every time I cannot answer yours, I'll give you $50." So the woman, gladly agrees!
The man asks the first question, "What is the distance between the Earth and the nearest star?"
Without saying a word the woman hands him $5. A little aggravated, the woman thinks for a moment then asks her first question, "What goes up a hill with 3 legs and comes back down the hill with 4 legs?"
The man is puzzled. He spends the rest of the flight looking up everything he can on his laptop trying to find the answer. Finally, angry and frustrated, he gives up and pays the woman $50.
The woman immediately puts the $50 into her purse without comment, gets up to exit the plane, but the man insists, "What is the answer to your question?"
Again, without saying a word, the woman hands him $5.
so don't be surprised if I go back to the old, default settings in shades of purple!!! 
