BillnutinHouston Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Class. A topic I often find myself talking to my kids about. How do you define what it means to be classy? Do different generations define it differently? Are you classy? Do you care? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 it has to be difficult to explain class to kids these days. i don't have any that I know of but the few times i have talked about it to my nieces and nephews is when we watch sports and when we see someone behaving poorly. i've seen my sisters kids observe other children acting out of line in public. i never mention anything but watch them and their reactions to the other kids. some times they'll bring it up after about how that kid was crazy, or having a tantrum. i remind them to always remember we do not know what the situation was with that family but it is never polite to let your emotions get carried away. my oldest nephew was 6 or 7 when the panthers lost the super bowl. having been born in charlotte he liked newton. we talked after the super bowl and he said he felt sad for newton. we had a good conversation about sportsmanship which is part of class. in the past classy was demure. it was women like judy garland and all those folks. more recently it is more abstract. it is now classy to wear your social agenda of strong woman-hood on your head. it is now a sign of strength. in the past a man was classy when he smoked cigars and drank liquor as a night cap every night. now class is lost and grown men play xbox and wear rompers. we used to board airlines in our sunday best. now we are famous for getting kicked off of airlines for leggins whilst flying on a guest pass, we get dragged screaming in non compliance off of an airplane. it used to be folks worked hard all week to take their families to dinner friday night. now they go to walmart and buy the latest flip spinner or whatever that is called. if i had to choose between being my !@#$ self and being what amounts to modern day classy than i would choose whatever type of !@#$ i am. i do care and i do attempt to come off well with others but its a lot of effort i generally just don't care to use in the town i live in which would get me no where. [disclaimer - the only time you've met me BnIH is when i have been drunk. I am normally quite and polite.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Classy is too hard to define. I consider myself thoughtful of others and polite to a fault. 99% of the time I open the car door for my wife, pull out her chair and help her put on her jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 People define it as everything they and the people they like do, a free pass in a classy style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Think, what would boyst do? Then do the opposite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Think, what would boyst do? Then do the opposite Ain't that the truth! Tee he he... Yet, of ALL people out there he's going to set us straight on what is classy... You got to be kidding. Ouch! See... I am being "classy." One can connect the dots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 someone will always be offended by something you do. There's no point in trying to be perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 someone will always be offended by something you do. There's no point in trying to be perfect Yeah why even try. I worked for a company that did corporate dining. Their motto was Only Perfect Will Do. I hated that. Sets everyone up for failure. I'd tell my staff Strive for Perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 someone will always be offended by something you do. There's no point in trying to be perfect True... But let's not be defeatist. We used to read this poem to our children, I often revisit it from time to time. Robert Penn Warren: "Lullaby: Smile in Sleep" http://voiceseducation.org/category/tag/lullaby-smile-sleep Lullaby: Smile in Sleep Sleep, my son, and smile in sleep. You will dream the world anew. Watching you now sleep, I feel the world's depleted force renew, Feel the nerve expand and knit, Feel a rustle in the blood, Feel wink of warmth and stir of spirit, As though spring woke in the heart's cold Underwood. The vernal work is now begun. Sleep, my son. Sleep, son. You will see the nestling fall. Blood flecks grass of the rabbit form. You will, of course, see all The world's brute ox-heel wrong, and shrewd hand-harm. Throats are soft to invite the blade. Truth invites the journalist's lie. Love bestowed mourns trust betrayed, But the heart most mourns its own infidelity. The greater, then, your obligation. Dream perfection. Dream, son. When the diver leaves the board To hang at gleam-height against the sky, Trajectory is toward An image hung perfect as light in his mind's wide eye. So your dream will later serve you. So now, dreaming, you serve me, And give our hope new patent to Enfranchise human possibility. Grace undreamed is grace forgone. Dream grace, son. Sleep on. Dream that sleep is a sunlit meadow Drowsy with a dream of bees Threading sun, and a shadow Where you may lie lulled by their sunlit industries. Let the murmurous bees of sleep Tread down honey in the honeycomb. Heart-deep now, your dream will keep Sweet in that deep comb for time to come. Dream the sweetness coming on. Dream, sweet son. Sleep on. What if angry vectors veer Around your sleeping head, and form? There's never need to fear Violence of the poor world's abstract storm. For now you dream Reality. Matter groans to touch your hand. Matter lifts now like the sea Toward that strong moon that is your dream's command. Dream the power coming on. Dream, strong son. Sleep on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 someone will always be offended by something you do. There's no point in trying to be perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Hey Boyst, You make some good points and I agree that what's considered classy is changing. But I do think there are some things that are timeless (but less common these days): Restraint Humility Congratulating someone for doing well Self awareness Sincerity It's been awhile since we met, I think it was at the 2015 TBDHOT. Funny, I don't recall you being drunk, I'd call it "hospitable". As I recall you were discussing the pros and cons of Tinder with my kids. Even got my wife to try some of your 'shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Classy is too hard to define. It is hard to define. However, type in "Jean Beliveau class" on either Google and YouTube and you can see/read a great example of class. (For all you young'ns, he's a 1950-1960 hockey player) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 It is hard to define. However, type in "Jean Beliveau class" on either Google and YouTube and you can see/read a great example of class. (For all you young'ns, he's a 1950-1960 hockey player) Good example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsidethebox Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I am one classy mofo!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 You guys wouldn't know a classy broad if she took a dump on your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Miner Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Off the Wall is where one can find and understand the definition of class? Is that before or after clicking a Would Ya thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Respect (for yourself and others) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Off the Wall is where one can find and understand the definition of class? Is that before or after clicking a Would Ya thread? How about we consider this thread an island of class in a sea of......something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I spent 3 days at Rock on the Range this weekend, I'm oozing with class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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