Here's my problem with the "10" system: It has no room for variation. Most people have good days and bad days, good outfits and bad outfits, good haircuts and bad haircuts, good angles and bad angles, etc. And yet it's true that some people are generally a lot better looking than others. So here's my proposal for a new rating system. There are four categories, in the following order of desirability: 1) can't look bad (XLB) 2) can look bad (CLB) 3) can look good (CLG) 4) can't look good (XLG) Try applying this system to celebrities and people you know. Most of us are CLGs. I'd say I'm in that category. Most of the people we'd like to go out with, on the other hand, are CLBs. (Yeah, I'm married and out of this game, but we all still keep those lists in our heads, don't we.) Some celebrities are XLBs, but most are CLBs (as the cruel photos in supermarket tabloids attest). This system, unlike the "10" system, gives proper credit to the effort each person puts into his/her appearance. For example, it tells somebody like me that if I stay in shape and keep myself properly groomed and don't dress like a slob, I can date somebody who otherwise might seem out of my league. Conversely, it humbles "beautiful people" who, if they don't get makeup and don't pay attention to their weight, turn out not to be very good looking. The system also distinguishes those truly freakish cases who look good even bleary-eyed with bed hair, as well as the many unsalvageable cases we all see every day. Here are some examples: Hillary Clinton: CLG Monica Lewinsky: CLG Linda Tripp: XLG Britney Spears: CLB Oprah Winfrey: CLG Meg Ryan: XLB Tiger Woods: CLB John Travolta: CLG Joe Esterhazs: XLG Paula Zahn: CLB Tiffani Johnson: XLG Sheryl Swoopes: XLB So what do you think? Does this system work? How would you rate various celebrities and people you know? Or tell us your personal rating system and apply it. Somewhere on the site I think there are still photos from a recent CC.net reunion . . .
That's pretty good. I've never liked those 1-10 rating systems either, "babes" or otherwise. Here's an idea: 1.)can't post bad(XPB) 2.)can post bad(CPB) 3.)can post good(CPG) 4.)cant post good(XPG) hmm, wonder which category I fit in?
nice thread Will! Initially I thought you were going to make fun of the 50 year old men that horndog over child pop stars. You didn't, and it turns out you still wrote something of merit (and tactful). So using your scale, I'll rate: Chasey Lain: XLB Jenna Jameson: CLG Celeste: CLG Oh wait, I was supposed to write something tactful too??? I meant: Meg Ryan: XLB (I agree, ggrrrmemeoeoowwww) Harrison Ford: CLB Woody Allen: XLG Barbara Eden: XLB Angelina Jolie: CLB (but rarely) Heidi Klum: XLB my wife: XLB
Is this thread just an excuse for us to post pictures of women? I sure hope so! Here's my latest fantasy girlfriend: Estella Warren. An absolute XLB if there ever was one.
Babe-rating is all subjective anyway. One man's 9 is another man's 3. One man's CLB is another man's CLG.
In my opinion, Behad's fantasy girlfriend is a classic XLB. The classic XLB trait is features so naturally perfect they can survive all manner of bed hair, bad clothes, bad photo angle, etc. The lovely Ms. Warren seems to have those. In fact, I'd argue that the photo you've posted here makes the point: Her hair is way too long (imagine what she'd look like with a nice hot short cut), and that shirt they've put her in manages to make her look anorexic and pregnant at the same time. And yet the top-flight babe features still come through. Look at those lips! (Caution: Collagen injections, unlike changes in grooming, are not permitted under the definition of CLG.) Unfortunately for her principal admirer in this thread, Ms. Warren's estellar looks also put her in the category of XBH -- that is, can't be had.
Methinks Mrs. Behad agrees! I read an article on Estella Warren recently. Those lips are original, according to her mom and several family members. Her uncle said "Even as a child, she gave very plump kisses." She was a three time Canadian National champion in sychronized swimming, and would have gone to the Olympics had her modeling career not got in the way. She was cast in and filmed five films before her first one hit the theaters. Get used to her guys, she gonna be everywhere in the next year.
Sounds like the uncle should be taken to the station house for questioning. So when Mrs. Behad asked you what you were spending so much time reading, did you tell her it was "a . . . Warren piece"? Ba-dum-bum.
Will, Why do you have these three in your <b>Rating Babes</b> breakdown? Tiger Woods: CLB John Travolta: CLG Joe Esterhazs: XLG Further, do you think Lyle Lovett actually needs a category to himself. something like: Can't not look
So, since the "10" system for women is outdated, does this mean that the "big feet" theory for guys isn't valid anymore? Now, where did I put my size 16 EEs?
I thought the same thing whenI read that!! LOL I played the sports angle: " It's just an article about an Olympic athlete who never quite fulfilled her potential." Do a search. This is one of her "tamer" pics. There are many others.
1. Equal opportunity. 2. To appease outlaw before he posts another photo of Marat Safin. (By the way, outlaw, I see from Safin's recent tournament performances that he is becoming the male Anna Kournikova.)
Jennifer Love Hewitt- can't look bad Sarah Michelle Gellar- can't look bad Zhang Ziyi- can't look bad Meg Ryan- can't look bad Britney Spears- can look bad
Is this the way that smart-types talk about chicks? (Note: I wanted to say "geeks", instead of "smart-types", but was afraid of getting embarassed with some classic comeback...I'm such a wuss). Your list is interesting (to be polite), Will. The rating system is cool, but the list...there are some things that by their very nature, aren't PC. Clinton and Winfrey can look good? LOL. Nobody but their husbands/significant others would say so (maybe not in Clinton's case). And you have no idea what a woman would think was good-looking, why are there men on your list? And I think crispee's point was that "babes" are not men, by definition. By the way...has anyone seen Linda Trippe's daughters (I think they're her daughers...they were always in the shots they had of her family)? WOW.
it is so sad, and vulger that i used to do this, but back when i was a freshman at URI, i used the system that most of my fraternity used. now im not proud of even belonging to a fraternity, let alone rating women, but here goes COOKE or OX itwas used in all circumstances. when your buddy is talkin to say 2 chicks and you want one of them. you go up and ask if he wants a cookie. he will say yes(unless they are like his little sister or something) and he let you know by asking the girl he wanted if she wanted a cookie. they usually answered no(cookies and beer taste nasty) so than i would know that the other girl was fair game and you would help your buddy by entertaining his grild friend while he... well.. um but it was a basic wouldy ya, or wouldnt ya. cookie or ox normally sure i know it sounds rediculous, but it was actually a quite complex system that looses alot in explanation. and as a freshman alot of things sound cool that dont really make much sense now that its 8 years later. and at the time it was all too funny. well to us anyway peace
My fantasy woman (Janet Dodd) is certainly an XLB, but in my case, she's also an XBH. But I don't guess I can rate her that way since I'm not one of those "smart-types".
