OT: Men's Cologne

[LilCerberus]

Uhh... Well dean, I hate having to say this, but you're kinda starting to sound sorta like the kind of guy who wears Aramis.

But I digress.

The reason I'm interested in finding out how a bachelor becomes confirmed, is because most of the want-ads I've been reading lately say that you need a degree of bachelorhood.
Of course, I have no idea what my marital staus (or lack there of) has to do with electrical engineering, network administration, or polymer chemistry, but I reckon that since I'm a bachelor, I oughta be a shoe-in.
Trouble is, employers keep telling me that I need to have some type of paperwork to prove that I am a bachelor & saying just what degree my bachelorhood actually is.
I don't know how they measure bachelorhood, or how that could be a requirement for employment, but I figured that since I am a bachelor, and employers seem to be looking for bachelors right now, I figured I oughta get confirmed.

[dean]

lilcerberus wrote:

> Uhh... Well dean, I hate having to say this, but you're kinda
> starting to sound sorta like the kind of guy who wears Aramis.
>

Well for interests sake I sometimes wear Emporio Night, but mostly just the good ol' deodorant.  I'll ignore the underlying comment there as well...

> The reason I'm interested in finding out how a bachelor becomes
> confirmed, is because most of the want-ads I've been reading
> lately say that you need a degree of bachelorhood.

and

> Trouble is, employers keep telling me that I need to have some
> type of paperwork to prove that I am a bachelor & saying just
> what degree my bachelorhood actually is.
> I don't know how they measure bachelorhood, or how that could
> be a requirement for employment, but I figured that since I am
> a bachelor, and employers seem to be looking for bachelors
> right now, I figured I oughta get confirmed.
>

I hate to be the one to tell you lilcerberus, but if you haven't realised it already, you're getting the different meanings of the word 'bachelor' mixed up.  

When used in relationships it is obviously a single guy.  When used in terms of employment it means a degree.  For instance, I am currently enrolled in a 'Bachelor of Arts' degree, so when I graduate I'll have my degree of 'Bachelor of Arts.'

And if you got a degree in Education it's a "Bachelor of Education" and so on...

So when employees are looking for bachelors that means that they are looking for people with qualifications, for University/College graduates with a degree in that particular field, although phrasing it as looking for bachelors seems a bit odd, unless they were actually looking for real single bachelors as opposed to graduates.  But that's pretty silly really...

[odinn7]

I'm seriously hoping he was just kidding...seriously...

[dean]

odinn7 wrote:

> I'm seriously hoping he was just kidding...seriously...
>

It is a little bit of a worry, but the way I figure it is that we might as well explain it all just in case, because I would feel pretty low for poking too much fun at someone who just made an innocent mistake.

I wonder how we got from another off topic post on cologne to this...

[LilCerberus]

Okay, so far, we have one recomendation for Bora Bora, two opposing opinions on Polo, three completely different perspctives on Drakkar Noir, and one mention of Emporio Night from somebody I'm pretty sure is either a Certified Charter Accountant or Title Procurement Officer.

What I've learned so far, is that most men seem to be more concerned with whether or not they smell like a french hooker's toilet than whether or not they smell like a homosexual or a bank man.

In addition, I've learned that the measurement of one's bachelorhood, & how it may or may not relate as a prerequisite to one's employability is about as muddled the varied perspectives on the indifference of socialized financial architecture in a representive civil structure.

So, ultimately, I've concluded that it looks like I'd better stock up on frisbies.

[LilCerberus]

odinn7 wrote:

> I'm seriously hoping he was just kidding...seriously...
>

No, I wasn't kidding. Sadly, it's all perfectly true; They really don't allow dogs in church.

[Shadowphile]

Frisbees and Axe....

[LilCerberus]

Shadowphile wrote:

> Frisbees and Axe....
I dunno. I don't think the neighbors would be as understanding as they've been in the past if I started trying to get my dog to catch an axe.



Post Edited (10-28-05 21:51)

[Alan Smithee]

I've been buying cologne now for the last 15 years. Drakkar Noir was one of the first (actually, I got it as a Christmas gift)- god, even with it's "popularity", I thought that stuff stunk. I only wore Drakkar a couple times.

As for Polo, I've always thought of that cologne as Grandpa cologne.

There is a department store near me that has an excellent selection of cologne.
You can usually expect to pay at least $50 for a bottle of cologne (I prefer buying from ebay- it's cheaper).

I like that Issey (Japanese) cologne. Kinda citrusy and clean. Kenneth Cole is alright. I like the Hugo Boss line since that cologne is sweeter smelling. Tommy Bahama is okay, too. Curve is nice. Perry Ellis cologne is alright. Spark is pretty good. Curve and Spark are on the cheaper end of cologne. And then there is the Calvin Klein line...

That's off the top of my head. I can go on and on.