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angel is offline angel Post #1  April 19,2009, 4:57pm
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I am gettingto know a guyand he said he has a long fuse. Is that somethig good or bad. And should I be worried about it.
 
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Ask him if he kept his powder dry.


Traditionally the term “short fuse” equates to short tempered. Not seeing the context, I would assume he means he is stable and does not lose his temper readily.


It sounds like a boast of a quality I would call desirable.
 
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Definately need the context for that quote. Just to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, I think it is a down-to-earth way of saying he doesn't lose his temper easily. Why don't you just ask him, "Long fuse, what does that mean? Is that something I should be worried about?"
 
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WOW. Talk about missing information.


I have no idea what that means. His temperment or a part of his anatomy?


Someone with a short fuse is easy to get angry. I've never heard someone use the long fuse phrase before. Since you're starting to get to know this guy, why don't you ask him yourself what exactly he meant by this?? It will be good practice for both of you to exercise your communication skill with each other anyway.
 
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I think he's trying to tell you what he has in his pants. Just kidding. He needs to clarify what he's talking about because I've heard short fuse before but long fuse is an odd way of describing a trait
 
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Could use the context of the comment.


This could be good or not so good(bad, very bad).


GOOD - He doesn't anger easily.Just rolls with the punches, doesn't takethings personally.In my opinion, someone who has character.


OR NOT SO GOOD - Keeps his feeling to himself, doesn't like to express how he really feels, so his feeling get bottled up until he explodes. Probably over something minor.


If my guess on the context of the question is correct, then you probably want to do a little investigating and find out which one he is.


Hope this helps.
 
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Tyym is offline Tyym Post #7  April 19,2009, 5:32pm
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angel, wrote :

I am gettingto know a guyand he said he has a long fuse. Is that somethig good or bad. And should I be worried about it.
So long as he's not being derogatory, it's a good thing... it means that he is slow to anger. Maybe find out how angry he gets.
 
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I have heard the expression. My impression is that he is saying that he is slow to anger, but that he can get angry over what he belives is a good reason. A fuse is still a fuse no matter how long. This could be a more explosive insident than any of the minor incidendents from someone with a short fuse.


But you should still ask him what the expresion means to him.
 
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people here seem to high on the context of the conversation, which, i guess is important *just in case*, but to hear it randomly in passing conversation, i see that as something like "not easily getting mad". then again, i consider myself to be the sameway, so maybe thats why?


i vote good thing.
 
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