why cant women live without chocolate? and why does it not have the same effect on men? they just don't get it do they?!!

Originally posted by Fluff
why cant women live without chocolate? and why does it not have the same effect on men? they just don't get it do they?!!

I disagree. I love chocolate.

I can live without men. I could NEVER live without chocolate!

I'm a woman and in the stone, paper, scissors of my life crisps beat chocolate any day

Originally posted by msbehavin
I can live without men. I could NEVER live without chocolate!

Says brooding msbehavin ;) :D

My boyfriend loves chocolate so much that he eats all the easter eggs my mum buys me each year! :o

dont need a man to get a baybbeeee! just need the errr well you know the ahem stuff!

Originally posted by msbehavin
dont need a man to get a baybbeeee! just need the errr well you know the ahem stuff!

You mean the errr 'ahem', science kit!? :P

Originally posted by msbehavin
dont need a man to get a baybbeeee! just need the errr well you know the ahem stuff!

Comin Msbehavin enlighten us..... whatever are you talking about.... do tell????:loopy:

was thinking more of the err chemical substances to be honest Bri! Maybe I should just get myself a baby made out of chocolate?

am feeling a tad broody Techno - sat and held a resuci-baby for 5 mins yesterday in my CPR training..... :loopy:

Originally posted by msbehavin
was thinking more of the err chemical substances to be honest Bri! Maybe I should just get myself a baby made out of chocolate?

Sounds good, bit of advice though... don't leave him/her out in the sun too long! :hihi:

Originally posted by msbehavin
am feeling a tad broody Techno - sat and held a resuci-baby for 5 mins yesterday in my CPR training..... :loopy:

Dont look at me..... Iam too young to have babies and generally look after other peoples.... te he he!!! :banana:

mmmmmm my favourite chocolate bar is a twix cause its not too chocolatey and has nice flavoursome caramel. So really you can never get bored as the more ingredients the more interesting.... so I suppose theres a slight similarity to men really :thumbsup:

if we are comparing men to chocolate (which is slightly off topic but also quite interesting) then I would have to say I want mine as big as possible, quite hard but with a soft centre, smartly wrapped, sweet with no bitterness and nicely packaged.... (but then we don't always get what we want do we?):suspect:

Originally posted by Fluff
why cant women live without chocolate? and why does it not have the same effect on men? they just don't get it do they?!!

I think it is a social construct - you can't turn the television on without women craving chocolate, and every magazine goes on about women and chocolate and how they can't go without it, whether it is true or not, everyone gets caught up in the hype.

Personally I think chocolate is way over rated over processed muck and revolting.

Ocasionaly I really crave some choc.....

occasionally I really crave a man.....

We shud get together....occasionally

For most of my life I've been able to take or leave chocolate. But recently I started eating it a bit, then a bit more, than a bit more... suddenly I find myself acting like a woman. It's scary.

Men, heed my warning, just say no to chocolate!

awww sweetheart thanks but having seen your pic on hot or not I think maybe am a tad too mature for you!!! Will only torment the life out of you (ask Josh Sheff for details lol):heyhey:

I need my chocolate at least once in a few days otherwise I get moody and irritable... and I'm a bloke.

Good old bit of Yorkie or Dairy Milk seems to pep me up for a few days or a bar of Morrisons own Milk Chocolate!

29p a bar... tastes like a dream!

Thats wot they all say ;) :D

Originally posted by theflyingfish
I think it is a social construct - you can't turn the television on without women craving chocolate, and every magazine goes on about women and chocolate and how they can't go without it, whether it is true or not, everyone gets caught up in the hype.

Personally I think chocolate is way over rated over processed muck and revolting.

I think you might just be right, aviating fishy one.

I'm really not bothered about choc, but then I don't watch much telly, never read those soul destroying women's magazines and don't really have many female friends, so I don't pick up on the message.

When it comes to biscuits though....that's a different story.... is a whole packet of custard creams per day a lot? :confused:

I'm not bothered about chocolate. Yeah I eat it but its like a girly girl thing.

E.g) 'Oh booo hooo I have just been dumped, I am going to go home and eat 26 galaxy bars and watch Bridget Jones, boooo...'

Originally posted by Clare85
I'm not bothered about chocolate. Yeah I eat it but its like a girly girl thing.

E.g) 'Oh booo hooo I have just been dumped, I am going to go home and eat 26 galaxy bars and watch Bridget Jones, boooo...'

God, that describes me when I was 15 :D

Ha ha, I don't know what I do instead. Go out and have fun I guess!!

Originally posted by ANGELUS
I need my chocolate at least once in a few days otherwise I get moody and irritable... and I'm a bloke.

Good old bit of Yorkie or Dairy Milk seems to pep me up for a few days or a bar of Morrisons own Milk Chocolate!

29p a bar... tastes like a dream!

Ugh!

That's not chocolate. It's... muck. In real chocolate you can taste the cocoa. Try a nibble of Green And Black's 70%.

I only realy like very dark, bitter, organic choc, milk or white makes me feel realy sick.

Originally posted by ptigga
Ugh!

That's not chocolate. It's... muck. In real chocolate you can taste the cocoa. Try a nibble of Green And Black's 70%.

I think that proves my point about it being a social construct - if it was really addictive, then women would be eating the green and blacks stuff, not the cheap stuff we call chocolate. That's just addicttion to the concept of chocolate, feeling like women should be eating it. I mean if you read Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire Real etc you would get the idea that if you don't somehow orgasm over a bar of galaxy then somehow you aren't a proper woman.

I used to eat chocolate all the time, infact, I used to munch anything snack related I could get my hands on... usually crisps, twix's and jaffa cakes...

but now I rarely do that... I've still got chocolate and sweets left from Christmas!! but I do occasionally pick up a multi-pack of salt a vinigar crisps and eat the entire 6 packs in one sitting :blush:

I guess a lot of people eat chocolate when your down, I know thats generally why I eat it, when I'm moping... doesnt chocolate have some sort of chemical property to it that cheers you up? I'm sure I read that somewhere

I'll eat chocolate for a quick energy boost ... maybe have a marathon (snickers) if I'm out walking.

I always regret it after though. The stuff always gives me a headache and I get the feeling that I'm filling my body with junk.

Originally posted by xafier
I guess a lot of people eat chocolate when your down, I know thats generally why I eat it, when I'm moping... doesnt chocolate have some sort of chemical property to it that cheers you up? I'm sure I read that somewhere

Yeah, it does. I think it's Phenylalanine(?), a chemical that produces a similar high to the feeling of falling in love.

Gives you a lovely, quick boost - then drops you down after it wears off! So it's great for a quick burst of energy and a pretty-much immediate mood lift, but you usually end up feeling crapper than ever!

Still, I love Chocolate. Mmmmm, chocolate ......

StarSparkle :thumbsup:

Originally posted by StarSparkle
I think it's Phenylalanine(?)

you sure? :? if I remember correctly from my roller blading days thats what the cheap nasty wheels were made of, some weird plastic lol

I enjoy a chocolate once a week or so but I don't feel the addiction that women usually have... I guess chocolate is not a MAN thing...

Originally posted by xafier
you sure? :? if I remember correctly from my roller blading days thats what the cheap nasty wheels were made of, some weird plastic lol

:D

Whoops, no, I'm wrong - apparently it's Theo-Bromine, whatever that is. (Embarrassed smilie).

That'll teach me to post before I've had a strong cup of tea! :cool:

StarSparkle

Chocolate does contain phenylalaline though, and it does promote a feel-good factor (it breaks down to the neuro-transmitter dopamine). So does nutra-sweet. If you have too much of it, it makes you nutty (and there's some evidence from studies in mental hospitals that it brings on psycopathic tendencies in people who are already pre-disposed to them).

So... don't have too much chocolate. Or diet coke, come to that.

Hiya,

In Nutrasweet PA present in the form of Aspartame - that then breaks down to PA, methanol and Aspartic Acid.

The main 'happy chemical' in chocolate that's psychologically active is theobromine, which is also the part that's not good for dogs. Just as caffeine is in principle a toxn to humans, theobromine is toxic to dogs in the same sort of mild way.

Joe

I think it's a person thing rather than a specific gender, but yes I do think the media - in all it's forms, does put out the message that women need it more than men.

Choose between a man and chocolate? .....chocolate will win everytime ;)

Originally posted by Moonfire
Choose between a man and chocolate? .....chocolate will win everytime ;)

I think man + chocolate wins actually ;) or maybe thats just the women I've been with? :suspect: :blush:

BAD JAMIE !!

Jamie must not think such bad thoughts.
Jamie must not think such bad thoughts.
Jamie must not think such bad thoughts.
Jamie must not think such bad thoughts.
Jamie must not think such bad thoughts.

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LOL, That was fun

Originally posted by xafier
I think man + chocolate wins actually ;) or maybe thats just the women I've been with? :suspect: :blush:

Anyone watched the Mike Leigh film "Life is Sweet"?

:D

Originally posted by DanSumption
Anyone watched the Mike Leigh film "Life is Sweet"?

:D

Yeah - if chocolate wasn't so terribly addictive, that scene would've put me off milk chocolate for life :gag: :o

StarSparkle

PS David Thewlis is rather gorgeous though!!

chocolate. second only to cheese:clap:

Sorry. Man anyday.

Man with chocolate for me *hints to hubby*

lol

I could probably live off Snickers bars :thumbsup:

What I do like about sweet things in general, apart from the tasty chocolate, chewy caramel and crunchy peanuts is that I have noticed sweet foods reduce my appetite and my general food consumption.

In other words, I can have a few pieces of chocolate mid-morning, and not feel hungry until later in the evening.

mmm....Abdul's lean mean fat reducing diet ™

The book will be out shortly

Originally posted by Abdul
I could probably live off Snickers bars :thumbsup:

What I do like about sweet things in general, apart from the tasty chocolate, chewy caramel and crunchy peanuts is that I have noticed sweet foods reduce my appetite and my general food consumption.

In other words, I can have a few pieces of chocolate mid-morning, and not feel hungry until later in the evening.

mmm....Abdul's lean mean fat reducing diet ™

The book will be out shortly

Funnily enough, I find this too Abdul!

However, as there are several hundred calories in an average bar of chocolate, your Lean Mean Fat Reducing Diet TM might not be the most successful :D :)

Personally, I'm waiting for the day that Woody Allen's words regarding hot fudge sundaes(?) in "Sleeper" are found by scientists to be scientifically bang on the money! :P (I can dream!)

StarSparkle

Originally posted by StarSparkle


Personally, I'm waiting for the day that Woody Allen's words regarding hot fudge sundaes(?) in "Sleeper" are found by scientists to be scientifically bang on the money! :P (I can dream!)

StarSparkle

and they are?

Originally posted by miniminch
and they are?

Don't tell me you don't know Miniminch - I simply don't believe you

StarSparkle

Originally posted by miniminch
and they are?

Woody Allen's "Miles Monroe" goes into the hospital for routine surgery and wakes up 200 years later where eating hot fudge sundaes and smoking cigarettes is good for you. Having slept through the apocalypse, Miles wakes up with his neurosis still in tact. The world is now an impersonal police state, where curious men of science, with no sense of humor or humanity, ply him for information about the long-forgotten past.

http://www.cityofangelsfilmfest.org/CAFF99/sleeper.htm


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if we are comparing men to chocolate (which is slightly off topic but also quite interesting) then I would have to say I want mine as big as possible, quite hard but with a soft centre, smartly wrapped, sweet with no bitterness and nicely packaged.... (but then we don't always get what we want do we?):suspect:

interesting comparison, men and chocolate ..
one melts in the mouth and the other hardens !:lol:

why cant women live without chocolate? and why does it not have the same effect on men? they just don't get it do they?!!

cant say i agree with this, im not really a chocolate lover myself, gi me a man any day :thumbsup: :hihi: