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The best ways to determine what a 'Pat' is?

posted 12 years ago by jefgg
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Everyone has known a "Pat" or two. What are the best ways to determine what a "Pat" is? I was unsure about an acquaintance until I noticed her bra straps. That was a hint and a half. Now I unsure about a teenager who lives in my building. I didn't see any bra straps or breast development. The teen has a baby face. I didn't notice any makeup. The eyebrows are well shaped, but that is not conclusive.

How do you address someone if you are unsure of their gender? This post probably makes me look like a real jerk. But I do not want to hurt someone's feelings by referring to them by the wrong gender. When I was a small child people occasionally thought I was a girl. It was probably because my hair was long. i think that is much more common for young children than adults. That was many years ago. Now I am an ugly old fart with 5 o'clock shadow and a beer gut so no one ever thinks I am anything other than a man. If I need to get the attention of the androgynous teen in my building I guess I will say "kid". It is gender neutral.

[–] Ricardo-36 11 years ago

Rape.

"You keep him in here, and make sure HE dosen't leave!"

[–] OKCRay 9 years ago

Have Pat do that chair thing from All in the Family (take three steps back from a wall, place a chair in front, bend at 90 degrees, lift the chair and try to straighten up).

[–] legnadibrom (6248) 7 years ago

this is the answer

[–] damienoujia 9 years ago

The best way? If it has an apple, it has a banana.

[–] kellycallie (728) 7 years ago

I met a real life ''Pat'' when I was 13 and this person was of the same age. It was a very awkward experience and I almost blurted out ''what are you''. Instead I tried to skirt around the situation lightly.

This person had the face and body structure of a man with female traits mixed in, heavy set with broad shoulders and some facial hair growing around the chin and upper lip. short hair and dressed ambiguously with a ''disturbed'' T-shirt (that was a popular rock band in the early 2000's) and cargo pants. And with the voice of something in terms of ''tone'' between a a girl and a guy. When they got up and walked away from the table we were sitting at a teenage boy leaned over to me and said ''what is that person? a guy?''. Turns out, it was a girl. Obviously an endocrine problem rather than simply gender dysphoria. Such a shame.

[–] BugisStreetAnnie (1296) 6 years ago

They could have been intersexed also. I knew someone intersexed and she wore her hair short and didn't have a shape like most natural-born females.

[–] FredBurroughs (21609) 7 years ago

Touch the back of Pat's neck. Women and men have different skeletal structures, and it's especially pronounced at the base of the skull. Sex-change operations never touch that area, as to do so would be suicide.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Which bathroom should a hermaphrodite choose?

[–] FredBurroughs (21609) 7 years ago

I don't know, which one do you usually choose? Many businesses are going the progressive route and switching to all-gender restrooms because no one wants to see your tranny dick!

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

So wait... are going with me being a tranny, or a hermaphrodite? They are quite mutually exclusive.

[–] FredBurroughs (21609) 7 years ago

Look: life cannot be like a Hallmark movie all the time. People are more complex, and such nuances cannot be captured in a restroom door sign that informs you of the threshold of modern society's tolerance for gay transsexual hermaphrodites. I can't help you there, bud.

Anyway, the back of anyone's neck reveals their biological gender because mommy skeletons and daddy skeletons are fundamentally different. Moreover, Eddie Murphy knew what he was getting into by picking up that tranny in his limo when the cops pulled him over. He said he was giving her a ride home, and that's his final word!