Who here in the Lounge is "petite but ornery"?

[AngryAmish]

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[LeftyMom]

1. me!

:hi:

5'2" of pure evil, I am.

[AngryAmish]

2. Have you ever snuck up behind someone and pushed them in a pool?

Now that is ORNERY!

[LeftyMom]

8. I piled all my sister's clothes on her bed and poured a gallon of bleach

on them once. Does that count? O8)

[AngryAmish]

9. Sure does

I see you coming I am crossing the street to get away.

[smtpgirl]

17. One day I was so mad at my sister, I scrawled a big

B out of red crayon on her wall, she retaliated, so I lit her poncho on fire.

I GOT IN BIG TROUBLE FOR THAT

[smtpgirl]

15. 5'3" vertical, but horizontal is someting else

5'3", swimmers build, 170 & outta shape, but my mom always said, you are so ornery that you will scare the sick out of you, I thought that was funny

[ThomCat]

58. Ha! You were the first person I thought of

when I saw that OP! :P

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. 5' 10" and sweet as pie...

And I love being tall! Damnit to hell!!!

:rofl:

[mtowngman]

4. I'm large and docile n/t

[reyd reid reed]

5. How 'bout un-petite and ornery?

Why should petite folks have all the fun?

:hi:

[AngryAmish]

6. How are you ornery?

Examples please.

[reyd reid reed]

21. Oh, but a lady

never tells....

:evilgrin:

[ForrestGump]

7. I'm anything but petite, but I know a few DU ladies who are

both petite and ornery...and I mean 'ornery' as a decided compliment. :loveya:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. You're just protecting yourself.

:P

[ForrestGump]

13. Damn straight

:scared:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Those don't protect all that much.

The outside cups work much better. You look like doofus wearing one though.

[ForrestGump]

18. Not when they crack, especially

:o

Had that happen to a classmate of mine...ouch.

The one I first used is very thick and large (yes, I am talking about the cup :eyes: ) but it got in the way at times, so I switched to the more typical kind. If nothing else, they fend off glancing blows (no innuendo intended) and keep everything contained (not to put too fine a point on it, they remove the 'speed bag' effect presented by dangling participles).

In recent years I've hardly ever used them at all, even in some pretty hot and heavy sparring sessions...my blocks and parries (and footwork, most importantly of all) are pretty strong by now and I just don't like wearing sparring gear at all (and gloves, even open-handed ones, limit a huge portion of most kung fu styles' techniques). I hate -- absolutely detest -- martial arts headgear, though I've only worn the stupid things a few times...you get hit and it still hurts and, not only that, you end up with the helmet twisted around so the face opening is over your left ear.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. My school's insurance has forced everyone to wear insane amounts of foam.

Full foot & hand pads, shin, forearm, chest, full headgear (with those stupid shields), etc.

Fortunately, as a blackbelt, I can skirt by with my open cloth hand pads & shin pads and a sports bra with armor. In competition, I'll throw in the mouthguard. I hate wearing more gear than that. It just gets in the way.

[ForrestGump]

25. I'm sorry you have to endure that

but at least you're managing to still travel light. :D

In the kung fu schools I've spent most time in, we did a ton of body conditioning (I mean hitting each other and ourselves, with hands, feet, and rattan sticks, on the arms, back, kidney area, abdominals, chest, throat, face, and legs) and it really is incredible how that can, over time, not only reduce the impact of a blow but -- more importantly -- help get you enough used to the idea of being hit that it's less of a shock (important, because the shock of being hit is really what throws a lot of people, on the street or elsewhere, and makes them the victim...I know it was that way for me when I was first getting smacked around). I never got into tournaments -- I trained for them alongside my classmates, and learned some valuable stuff, but the whole idea of competing just wasn't for me and I was happy with our in-class training bouts and the usual non-tournament-oriented fighting that we did -- so I rarely had cause to wear all those annoying pads and only in certain fighting sessions did I feel the need to slip a mouthguard in. Helmets are the worst, though, and I'm so happy I only wore them a couple of brief times...I mean, do we really need to be any hotter and sweatier? And when we put on the body (torso) shields it meant that we were going to be doing some all-out full-contact training (not sparring: one student puts on the shield and everyone else lines up to do a technique or combination and then, when the line's finished, the next person gets to get the sh** kicked and smacked out of them, and so on.. :D ), in which case we usually got more beaten up then we ever did, without protective gear, in the more typical controlled-contact sparring we did.

It's good stuff, isn't it? :-)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

10. Me, never!

I'm 105lbs of pure joy! Actually, my mom once described me as having deadly little fists of fury. My sister described me as inhuman. I'm very peaceful actually, until you get me into a karate ring. Oh yeah, and I prefer much bigger opponents and short of something needing real medical attention, I will not feel pain, until the fight is through.

[ForrestGump]

28. THAT's not a knife! THIIISSSS is a

...well...actually...no...that is a knife... :scared:

[Guava Jelly]

31. Your shaolin style is weak Master Haruka

Your anger has set you off balance.
You must master the art of "Fighting without Fighting"
Ah screw it who the hell was Bruce Lee..kick some ASS!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

34. Anyway, I've never studied of the Shaolin stuff.

Mostly Okinawan and Filipino stuff here, with some Japanese thrown in.

[ForrestGump]

42. In case you didn't notice, the words that came out of his mouth

weren't synched with the movements of his mouth. It was very impressive.



All right...off I go to run across a lake.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

46. Look! (mouth continues to move)

GODZILLA!!! We must (mouth moves for awhile) run to the cave! (move keeps going) *runs off*

[buddhamama]

12. me

slightly over 5' and fiesty.

[ForrestGump]

19. Feisty like a fox

y mama!! :D

[buddhamama]

50. feisty, spunky

i am a little too nice for ornery though.

since the birth of my little ones my diet has suffered

you can it in the dullness of coat,

no matter, my tail has always been my secret weapon :)

[ForrestGump]

53. I have, I admit, long admired your tail

I can't help it...it's a weakness of mine... :-(

Nice ears, too!

[Deja Q]

16. I'm not petite, but there's an easy way to stop me from being ornery!

:rofl:

[momophile]

22. 5'3" with attitude

Mess with the bull, you get the horns. Know what I'm sayin'?!

[AngryAmish]

24. Unfortunately, I do.

I do not want to get on your bad side. Wanna cookie?

[momophile]

26. yes, please. thank you!

I like chocolate chip and snickerdoodles. Or peanutbutter. Or those white frosted animal cookies. Those rock.

Oh hell. Any cookie will do!:bounce:

[graywarrior]

23. I'm surly.

[Skittles]

27. I'm 5'4" but so sweet and mellow

:D

[ForrestGump]

45. It's true. She's been threatening for years to kick my

bottom, but she never has.

I think, secretly, what she really wants is to hold my hand... :loveya:

[amitten]

29. Aw, hell's yeah.

I'm both. And everybody loves me. :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. 5' and not always friendly!

:evilgrin:

[hyphenate]

32. I'm 5'1"

though no one has ever really called me "petite" to my face. However, I am also a red head, and while it doesn't happen very often, when my temper goes, get the hell out of the way!!! :D

[idgiehkt]

33. 5'2"

but ornery? me? :shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

35. Moi

I'm 5'1"...and I picked a fist fight with a drunken Irishman a few weeks back :D

[buddhamama]

38. yep, you qualify

you cuite.

[bicentennial_baby]

41. Cheryl!!!!

Again, OMG, you!!! :bounce: :hug: :bounce: :hug:

!!!!! :D

[buddhamama]

43. Heather !

my sister, united again ( we were seperated at birth, remember?!).

I am not the physical kind of "ornery". I am not ornery at all really, you don't qualify as ornery either. I prefer feisty. I think it applies to you too.

Good to see girl :hug: :loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

44. More than good, f'n wonderful

Yes, my sister...Wow... :hug: :loveya: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

62. 5'1"??? No Shit?

You seem so much taller in your pics...

I likes me some ornery petite fist fighting womens...

:loveya:

RL

[bicentennial_baby]

63. Yes indeed

Well, 5'1" on one leg, 5'2.5" on the other... :)

and, i'm freakishly strong for my size :D

[RetroLounge]

68. and gorgeous for any size!

:hug:

RL

[otherlander]

36. 5'4", once burned my parents' money for revenge.

they didn't find out, though.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. Large but lethargic.

"I may be fat, but I'm slow!"

[xmas74]

39. 5'2

and I've been in my fair share of bar fights and fights in cornfields.

[ForrestGump]

48. Bar fights?

:scared:

And fights in cornfields? Like in Casino?

:scared: :scared:

[xmas74]

52. Bar fights.

Like I grew up in a small town and had a rather mouthy cousin who constantly brought my name into every fight of hers. No choice in the matter.

Cornfields-that's where we partied in high school. Those fights were usually because they singled out two of my male friends just because they were gay. I learned at a young age that some small town men have no problems smacking a woman around if she tells them to stop picking on someone. I also learned that a swift kick to the groin put an end to any further slaps.

[ForrestGump]

54. Have I told you, lately,

that I really like you? :headbang:

[xmas74]

55. And I adore you too.

Small town girls learn how to fight at an early age or they don't survive to adulthood. That's just the way things go.

[philosophie_en_rose]

40. Me!!

Short people rock!

[dropkickpa]

47. Just a hair shy of 5 ft.

But not so petite anymore. :shrug: I used to prefer to fight with boys because girls were "wimpy". I have 5 brothers and believe me, we fought a LOT (that's what having 6 Irish hair trigger tempers will do, 3 red heads, 2 strawberry blondes, and me, the "dark" irish one with reddish browm hair), so i never got the whole hair pulling scratching thing(now grabbing so the person won't dodge a punch is another story). The knock down, drag out fights we used to get in were legendary in the neighborhood we grew up in. But anyone who thought they could talk about any of us or, god forbid, fight just one of us, was in for a BIG surprise. Family always came first. :evilgrin:

I actually HAVE learned to control my temper now. For the most part.

[samplegirl]

49. Yep

5'1 and yes I am ornery as hell.

[pitohui]

51. if you're petite you almost have to be ornery

otherwise no one respects your raises

[Darth_Kitten]

56. Uh, yup......

small and opinionated. Thank you. :D

[NewWaveChick1981]

57. I'm 5 ft. 4.5 in. tall, and I have short proportions.

So I guess that makes me "petite". However, I'm pretty easygoing except for if I get really, really angry. :yoiks: That doesn't happen often, but when it does, watch out. :( How about, "I'm short and occasionally ornery"?

[buddhamama]

60. ReallyHotChick is not ornery

but after doing a 100 pushups, she will kick your ass if need be.

[NewWaveChick1981]

61. Thank you, buddhamama...

:hi: I will kick ass if necessary. :P

[ForrestGump]

64. Promise?

How about if I taunt you?

I bet you kick like a girl....nyeh nyeh... :P

Not enough, yet?

Hmmm...

[NewWaveChick1981]

65. I fight dirty.

:evilgrin: And I can open my own jars. You'd better watch out....especially when I've got PMS....:rofl:

[ForrestGump]

66. That's all right...

I think dirty.

And I laugh in the face of PMS! Ha!

You see that, PMS?! You see how I scoff?!?!








At least, that is, until PM time rolls around.

And, yes, the fact that you can open jars without a Y chromosome handy is, indeed, a tad disconcerting...


:scared:

[Ellen Forradalom]

59. Me, dammit

5'3" and a real Jezebel. My husband likens it to be married to the Tasmanian Devil or to a Klingon. "Not a full Klingon, just a half Klingon, like B'Elanna Torres."

[OzarkDem]

67. Here!