Socialist Swine:

Brock,
It’s always struck me that you’re a gay man trapped in a homosexual’s body.

I can’t quite figure out if that’s a compliment or not. But I’ll assume it’s one until you tell me otherwise.

PSOTAS, thanks for the offer. We might just do that.

Brock,

It was more of a comment about Shaft’s question.  One that was geared towards providing Elwed and zilch with a giggle.  Elwed seems to have complied but zilch either hasn’t seen it yet or didn’t think it was as funny as I did.  Though, if you want to take it as a compliment, that would be appropriate.  What I said was expressed with the utmost esteem for you.

P.S.  I also had a roommate named Brock back in the day who was so gay that I did actually used to always say to him that he was a gay man trapped in a homosexual’s body.  In fact, he was so gay that his father used to joke about him sending the “Gay Alliance” after me to “turn me over to the dark side”.  That was a family that really liked Star Wars.

SS- I did get a laugh out of your comment, but I got tied up in trying to outdo it, and couldn’t, and so I let it ride…

Penetrator- I can imagine gaydar (as explained to me by gay friends) functioning in the physical presence of others, but from bits of pixellated text?  Ok, here’s a test.  These are two texts from two friends of mine, one straight, one gay.  Which is which?

a) I don’t know but I’ve been told
Can’t get to heaven in a jello mold

b) I don’t know where the keys are.  You had them last.

Brock, I never even considered you being gay as it has little to no relevance in our dealings.  I guess I should have clued in from some of the comments on the Hawai’in shirt thread!  lol
  zilch, I’ll go with candidate “b”, although I am probably wrong.  I just chose that because it sounded somewhat fastidious and I usually associate fastidiousness with gay men.  Of course, there are always the exceptions as with any other generalization.

That’s cool, Warbi. I don’t mind if you don’t peg me. I’m a poor voice for the gay movement anyway; I don’t do feminine mannerisms convincingly, I wish drag would just go away, I’d rather die than do housework and when I try to scream like a girl, people think a vicious bear suddenly entered the room.

Sometimes I wonder why I ever mentioned being gay here in the first place (It took me a while to do so), and then I remember it was in answer to someone who called homosexuality a sin or stated that gays have no rights to marry.

Most of the time I would rather speak of other things, but now and then I’m compelled to discuss it. I’m moved to speak as one who has an inside knowledge of what it means to be gay in America. If I ever were to wish to be straight, it would only be because I was tired of feeling like an oddball in a room full of normal, respectable individuals. More often, I’m too busy struggling with the same challenges we all face in life to even feel I’m any different.

I guess what I’m really trying to say with all this is that I value a lot people here. I crave the acceptance of most of you because I am impressed with intelligence. I read your thoughts and opinions and I feel a kinship and I know I am more like most of you than you are unlike me.

If you ever think I speak of being gay too often, just remember that most of you made me feel comfortable enough to do so and that is…a good thing.

Zilch, my guess is friend A. He has the sense of humor of a member of the club.

Zilch, my guess is also friend A. Creativity seems to be linked to the “gay gene” and he showed more than B. And, yes, he has the sense of humor of a member of the club.

And would this law also apply to gay editors or publishers? Does Allen know that King James I was gay? Where would that put the Bible?

Not to mention that straights love to place blame on others rather than taking the blame themselves. “I didn’t lose the damn keys. You did!“

Odd how I’m using so many LSFGI’s these days. You breeders must be rubbing off on me.

Well, warbi wins the prize, which is: huzzah!  It was of course a trick question.

Text a) is from my brother, who is straight, even though he’s pretty creative; and b) from my friend Harold, who in an unguarded moment sounded “normal”, even though he’s gay, short, Polish, Jewish, and a violist to boot…

And Brock, you know this already, but it bears repeating.  We all think you’re the cat’s pajamas, and don’t give a hamster pellet what your sexual orientation is.

Brock,

Straights don’t like to place blame on others, it’s just that gay people misunderstand us.

Straights don’t like to place blame on others

Squeak for yourself, Sus Socialisticus.

Does Allen know that King James I was gay? Where would that put the Bible?

Hmmm, leguru- where would that put the KJV?
James didn’t author it, just authorized it.  Even so, it’s pretty suspicious, and I think we’d all be better off following a text untouched by unclean hands- namely, The Origin of Species.

But I’m really not a fan of those who would reduce my worth, or elevate it, due to the gender I tend to sleep with. 98% of each day I am as normal a human as anyone else here.

I would seriously doubt that the 2% of the day that you are not normal has anything to do with your sexuality. 

Besides, “normal” is not all it’s cracked up to be.  However, “cracked up” is.

Brock, I live in a town called Normal, and have a sexual attraction to - get this - women, and I can tell you normalcy is not in itself a virtue.  There’s a reason “dull-normal” is such a common phrase.

I’m actually surprised this didn’t pass into law in Alabama. They have already decided that adults should not be allowed to buy sex toys.
Obviously the state lawmakers feel that the citizens of AL would be unable to control their depraved behavior if they were allowed to purchase vibrators- Can you imagine the levels to which they would stoop reading gay literature?!?!

Next month hopefully they will get around to criminalizing masturbation and making it punishable by cutting off the offending hand.

(*Ponders* Hmm, however would the men of Alabama beat their women properly with only one hand?)

There’s no such thing as normal.It’s a matter of whats normal for you.How many southerners
want to ban gay books, but than wish to poke the little hefer with big brown eyes.
I’m sure a cow nailing hick would argue that he’s still “normal”
Did any one hear about a new law in Florida allowing people to shoot first and ask
questions later… a model for the rest of the nation a conservitive right wing wild
wild west.People should organize more to thart this erosion of human rights.
Two Ben Franklin quotes, and he was a pretty “normal” person:

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safty.

Next month hopefully they will get around to criminalizing masturbation and making it punishable by cutting off the offending hand.

(*Ponders* Hmm, however would the men of Alabama beat their women properly with only one hand?)

That would be the silver lining, Sketchy, but I’m afraid it’t not the offending hand they would cut off…

Cindi:

I would seriously doubt that the 2% of the day that you are not normal has anything to do with your sexuality.

Well, that was just an estimate. Sometimes it’s probably more like 1.53% or even 4.6%, depending on the day and whether I have a date or something. Sometimes I have a more normal day than 19.8% of all heterosexuals in Normal, Illinois over the age of 25. But I digress…

Thanks guys for proving once again that I worry too much about what others think of me and that you’ll be there for me if I decide to run for Gay Pope.

Thanks guys for proving once again that I worry too much about what others think of me and that you’ll be there for me if I decide to run for Gay Pope.

Brock:  Since I am a seriously lapsed catholic, I’ll be your campaign manager for Gay Pope.

Dude, if you run for Gay Pope I volunteer to head up your security entourage.

I said NO AUTOGRAPHS!!!

Brock, I would call this a mandate.

Huh-huh-huh ... she said “man-date” ...

And just think, Brock, of all the people who would “prostrate” themselves before the Gay Pope!!!

“prostate”?

Eeeuuuu, leguru! Such an image I got with that remark. If any guys back up to me wanting their butts blessed, I’m running or sending Les to ask them “What the fuck is wrong with you worshipers?“