I would liken this mentality to the golf game as the only reason, why ppl enjoy seeing a bunch of guys swinging their clubs is onli due to the fact the game streches over ‘18 holes’ each wif its unique characteristics and terrain, thus making it a challenge for the players.

I sincerely believe if it was a case of juz a game of a ’single hole’ there would not be as much players and viewers as that would be mighty boring!

Hey estee, thanks for your long comment! The phrase pump and dump belongs to a friend of a friend - not sure if he coined it but it was he who introduced to our collective psyche. Definitely a memorable phrase. I still remember when I heard it. In the car, turning out of NUS at the Kent Vale junction.

I’m trying to cut down on my vulgarities. I find it harder not to pepper my normal day to day speech with them and I’m thinking using them when I blog might be contributing to the problem.

I believe in karma too!

What a delightfully intelligent post. Without the vulgarity that I used to emphasize mine — you did an awesome job. I am actually convinced.

3 points you raised that really got me.

1. Those who think God is watching. (he isn’t)
I actually do agree with it, somehow guys who think there is a big man up there who will send him to the pitholes of hell’s sure going to think twice. I think that’s the wrong reason to not cheat on a girl though. It’s like saying I’m not cheating because my dad will kill me if he finds out. This is different than “I won’t cheat because it is wrong and I love her… and I don’t want to ever hurt her”…

Ok I’m being idealistic here. Beggars cant be choosy yah.. gimme the god fearing guy anytime..

2. Those who can’t.
Yea. u mean the geeko who are low grade, as my reader puts. On the contrary I dunno if I’m speaking on behalf of myself or the rest of the girl population, but there’s nothing more of a come on than a geek who knows his stuff.

3. Those who haven’t been caught.
Yea I guess this one I also agree. Some people keep going at it because they’ve learnt the art of deception and well, they’re just way to sneaky. I believe in karma though…

With regards to whether girls learn or not. I give it to you, most of them don’t because they are thrill seekers, and many girls think they can “change” a man. Well, seriously I think that is a mean feat, no matter how much he loves you, he’ll change, but only temporarily. If you find that u have to work so hard to change a man, perhaps he might not be the right one for u anyhows.

“So, the key thing about this life is this, you got to decide what values you hold dear and what are your priorities, then find someone who is like-minded and hopefully you get a chance to build a strong, loving and lasting relationship with that person.” AMEN TO THAT< BRO!

Is the fact that the players reduce the number of girls they’ll eventually search for when they want to get married what scientists call a “wicked problem” I wonder?

Made me smile in the middle of the week, which is something. Thankyou, thankyou.
=)