Comments on: One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other Things*

By: Madame Dufarge

Madame Dufarge — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:50:50 +0000

Come the Revolution …

By: thomas

thomas — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:06:15 +0000

My wife became a fanatical knitter which, of course, resulted in my own education — I’ve subsequently learned more about knitting than I ever would have dreamt possible. And one of the things I learned is that there are indeed a few guys out there that knit. There was one guy, for example, who was both an employee and fixture at a local yarn shop. Until, that is, he very recently took his own life. Which made a whole lot of people immensely sad, I can tell you.

I wonder sometimes if the best that can happen to you in this world is that you learn about something that is real but seems unthinkable, because with learning comes understanding, and then something like caring follows. The primary drawback seems to be that selfishness and meanness begin to seem less of a nuisance and more a kind of life-threatening pollution. I guess most people can learn to live with it.

By: SamFromUtah

SamFromUtah — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:23:07 +0000

Porn is legal.

Depends where you’re sitting.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:47:28 +0000

Surely I’m not the only one wondering how such an episode could possibly turn out unfortunate.
I was 2 over par with the dead rat. It was an easy shot, dammit.

By: lawnguylander

lawnguylander — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:43:39 +0000

If it ever happens that the police are going door-to-door, asking for information about some unfortunate episode involving a potato cannon, a dead rat, and the golf course next door, I shall evade detection by saying “B**bies”

Surely I’m not the only one wondering how such an episode could possibly turn out unfortunate.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:06:04 +0000

Not the kind I like.

By: Doctorb

Doctorb — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:04:35 +0000

Porn is legal.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:04:15 +0000

Legalize porn!

By: pch1013

pch1013 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:37:20 +0000

“Still, not a good way to help the cause.”

Unless you happen to be a knitting-rights activist.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:53:52 +0000

indoctrinate kids into gay fisting.

Terrorist fist-bum.

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:50:10 +0000

Half my family lives in SoCal and they seem to honestly believe that a simple anti-discrimination law is going to abolish single-sex bathrooms and force teachers to indoctrinate kids into gay fisting.

I remember making signs for a gay rights rally and one of the suggested messages was “WE WANT MORE NEEDLES!” – meaning needle exchanges, under the broader umbrella of AIDS activism. Still, not a good way to help the cause.

By: Steve T.

Steve T. — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:08:56 +0000

Sweater-knitters and ice-skaters are not organized along political lines…

If he’s thinking about male figure skaters he’s picked a poor example. I’ve never heard of a one of them that wasn’t queer as a football bat.

By: sagra

sagra — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:07:34 +0000

Silk/wool blend? ABOMINATION!!

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:19:49 +0000

when gay men used coded female references to elude detection.
I hope this works for breeders as well.
~~Next time~~ If it ever happens that the police are going door-to-door, asking for information about some unfortunate episode involving a potato cannon, a dead rat, and the golf course next door, I shall evade detection by saying “B**bies”.

By: pch1013

pch1013 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:17:44 +0000

JF: You could have just said “yesterday I watched a movie on the Lifetime network” and the coded meaning would have been the same.

By: JF Sebastian

JF Sebastian — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:14:12 +0000

My favorite sportsjacket was a silk/wool blend.

You’re going to hell.

By: pch1013

pch1013 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:13:40 +0000

Not-Really-Shorter-Or-Longer Goober:

The fact that 37% of Democrats hate gays is far more significant than the fact that 68% of Republicans hate gays.

By: JF Sebastian

JF Sebastian — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:12:08 +0000

when gay men used coded female references to elude detection.

As a gay man, I often use coded female references to escape detection. For example, should you ever hear me say “yesterday my aunt watched a movie starring Meredith Baxter and Valerie Bertenelli on the Lifetime network,” it actually translates as “yesterday I s*cked my boyfriend’s c*ck.” In this way I cleverly and cunningly dupe unsuspecting heterosexuals.

By: Mooser, Bummertown

Mooser, Bummertown — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:06:51 +0000

Oh God, I love fabric blends. I bet that means I’m gay. My favorite sportsjacket was a silk/wool blend. Oh well, deep down I knew it all the time.

By: Mooser, Bummertown

Mooser, Bummertown — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:00:35 +0000

when gay men used coded female references to elude detection.

Oh, is that why they do it? And to think that I thought it was such a hopeful sign.