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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:26 PM
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Poll question: What is your sexual orientation?
It's hard to get accurate numbers on this. I've seen numbers as high as 10% of the population is gay, and of course conservatives want to claim it's less than 1% (but somehow they think that 1% is a threat to the rest of us).

If you have a good source with numbers on this, please post it as a reply.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:27 PM
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1. I'm a big old mo
:hi:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:33 PM
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5. like Mo Gaffney?
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:46 PM
Response to Reply #5
17. Hee hee!
I thought that too! I love Mo Gaffney!

:bounce:
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:08 AM
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122. please
you're the one who got me to start saying mo
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:50 AM
Response to Reply #122
123. and how does Santa greet Mo? Ho, ho, Mo!
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:51 AM
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124. One more Mo joke: What do you call a gay person who bought a house?
Home owner
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:35 AM
Response to Reply #122
150. A Gay DUer...
...told me in a thread that I started that he and his partner play "spot the mo" when they watch HGTV.

ChicaAzul and I got a big chuckle out of that!
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 11:27 AM
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152. I used to do that when reading "Metropolitan Home" magazine
Live action is more fun, though. HGTV is the best for that, especially Candace Williams "Divine Design." Did you see the episode with the Hairdresser and the Photographer's loft? She had to ask them not to cry for happiness!
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 11:52 AM
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153. "Devine Design" & Kenneth Brown...
...are ChicaAzul's favorites.

Mine is "House Hunters"!
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 06:23 PM
Response to Reply #153
157. Wouldn't it be funny to have
Divine Design, starring Devine as Dawn Davenport? :evilgrin:
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:28 PM
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2. other
my orientation is "sunny side up"
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:31 PM
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3. Straight male, here.
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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:27 PM
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59. Same here n/t
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:33 PM
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4. No stuffed animals ?
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:34 PM
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6. Only for cuddling, you perv.
:P
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:34 PM
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8. do your kids look like sock monkeys?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:34 PM
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7. Always North, just like a compass.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:35 PM
Response to Reply #7
10. Okay, so you do Ollie, but are you gay or straight?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:30 PM
Response to Reply #10
60. 45 and always been straight but the gays are brainwashing me
you just can't away from it.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:45 PM
Response to Reply #60
90. wear white shoes after labor day--they'll know you're not one of them
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:35 PM
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9. Kinsey said 10%, religious wrongdoers say 1 or 2
Many unbiased studies have put the range of percentage of gays in the population at about 5-7%
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:36 PM
Response to Reply #9
12. I'm familiar with Kinsey, but other numbers are harder to come by
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:58 PM
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24. Do a search on "paul cameron"
and you will come up with links to virtually every bogus statistical study ever done on human sexuality.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:13 AM
Response to Reply #24
107. Ugh, Paul Cameron
He has no right calling himself a researcher, or what he does research. :puke: The APA and ASA were right to throw him out.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:38 AM
Response to Reply #9
151. I've Occasionally Heard...
...that it may even be as high as 15-20%!

There are a lot of Gays and Lesbians in my wife's family!
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caelestissurf Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:36 PM
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11. Well...
my wife tells me I like women.
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FormerRepublican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:41 PM
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13. 3 George Bush's? He BETTER NOT be cloning himself!
I can't even stand the one!

(I don't think we at DU could tolerate more than 1 George Bush - and even 1 is VERY taxing!)
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:01 PM
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25. Hey HAVEN'T you heard of the Bush Inc. Cloning Program...here
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 09:01 PM by ...of J.Temperance
If there's three Junior's now...then obviously Junior's cloning Mini-Me-Me's :scared:



On Edit: Dammit spelling error.
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FormerRepublican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #25
47. LOL! Lord, I hope they shut that place down QUICK! We can't take any...
...more of them!

:rofl:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:46 PM
Response to Reply #13
91. just one--with a short term memory problem...
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:43 PM
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14. Gotta say homosexual...
I don't think very many are 100% utterly homosexual, but many 90-somethings undoubtedly exist. :7

Going through the personals a couple minutes ago, I can't deny who I am... :rofl:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:18 AM
Response to Reply #14
108. Sounds like the same here
I'd put myself as one of the 90-something gays.%
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Freedomfried Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:44 PM
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15. I'm buysexual...
anything sexual I seem to always have to pay for.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 12:01 AM
Response to Reply #15
96. :)
:rofl:
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Liberaler Donating Member (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:46 PM
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16. Bi and couldn't be
happier! How can I not be happy with that? I have more to choose from and I luuuuuuuv it! :-)
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:49 PM
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18. I'm a straight female...I only like men
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 09:22 PM by ...of J.Temperance
I like men a lot.

On Edit: I've changed that from I like boys, to I like men...which of course is the same thing.
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FormerRepublican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:50 PM
Response to Reply #18
19. LOL! You said it for me. :)
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:53 PM
Response to Reply #19
21. What, ya mean you were going to post the same thing as me
Huh?

:)
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FormerRepublican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:31 PM
Response to Reply #21
46. I meant I'm a woman and I prefer men. I was laughing at the...
"I like men a lot" comment. And was saying ditto.
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:33 PM
Response to Reply #46
48. That's okay, I knew that :)
So I did.
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:13 PM
Response to Reply #18
35. Don't like men?
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 09:37 PM by kliljedahl
What's your upper limit, 10 -15?


Keith’s Barbeque Central
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:19 PM
Response to Reply #35
39. Gosh...
I'm a girl, so I just call them boys ya know, they have to be over 30.

It's funny, but I think men under 30 aren't...grown-up enough yet, not mature enough you know.
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:22 PM
Response to Reply #39
40. Well you did say "boys"
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 09:38 PM by kliljedahl
Just askin'


Keith’s Barbeque Central
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:24 PM
Response to Reply #40
42. It's okay
I've changed the word boys to the word men, in the subject title :)
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:51 PM
Response to Reply #18
68. as my campaign manager I need you to keep your head in the game...
So no men for the whole campaign!!!! :) Men weaken the brain!!!
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:01 PM
Response to Reply #68
76. Mr. Bill
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 11:02 PM by ...of J.Temperance
As your campaign manager...hold on, you ARE a man...I can't POSSIBLY avoid some form of contact with my candidate...which is you.

Honey, my brain's already weakened ;)

On Edit: Dammit spelling error.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:07 PM
Response to Reply #76
77. well if it's me than that is different....
because I have no will power and couldn't resist you anyway, so yes, you'd have to break the rules in that case. :)

Yes, don't you hate those spelling errors. This morning I couldn't even type at all. I quit editing my posts I had to do it so much after a while, lol.
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:18 PM
Response to Reply #77
81. Well you know what they say?
Rules are made to be broken and steers are made to be ridden ;)

The spelling errors are like minor too, really simple stuff, like me missing a letter off the end of a word or something.

See...I told you my brain was already weakened!
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:20 PM
Response to Reply #81
83. hahaha
the line about steers killed me. That's good.

:rofl:

I like it when you do the "ah like mah" stuff. I can almost hear the accent. :)
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:29 PM
Response to Reply #83
86. Yeah, ah thought you'd like mah line there :)
You know, that line about the steers...that was just spontaneous, just popped right into my head, so it did :)

:rofl:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:42 PM
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88. you do know that it is illegal......
to use an accent to trap men. Almost like how a raccoon will grab anything shiny and never let go, men, like the dumb creatures we are, are helpless when it comes to accents. It's just not sporting. :)

Not that I'm telling you to stop or anything.

Yes, I did like your line. I hope you're that sharp on the campaign trail. Otherwise I'm hiring Mary Matalin. :puke:

Oh, I just made myself sick. :)
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:57 PM
Response to Reply #88
95. Illegal = good...legal = bad...that's mah motto :)
Men are like raccoon's...and raccoon's are pretty cute :)

Not that you're telling me to stop. The chances of me stopping are between slim and none...and slim just rode outta town.

Oh yes, I'll be very sharp on the campaign trail. In political campaigns I don't think that you can take the middle of the road. I'll tell you why too...because there's nothing in the middle of the road, except a yellow stripe and a dead armadillo ;)

Mary Matalin...AS IF :spank:
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:51 PM
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20. Among arty types I know, it's like 25% +
If it's really only 1%, they're an incredibly visible 1%, eh?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:54 PM
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22. I wish I was a lesbian
alas I have always been attracted to men
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:56 PM
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23. Hetero but wife is allergic to sex.
At least with me she is.
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:09 PM
Response to Reply #23
34. Oh heck
I'm sorry about that. Things will be okay, don't worry :)
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William Bloode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:19 PM
Response to Reply #23
82. I wish i had your problem!
I'm 38 and fading, while i have two women 26 and 27 who are clearly trying to kill me :yoiks:

If not for the fact that they can get distracted with each other once and awhile i would most likely be dead now :scared:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 06:35 AM
Response to Reply #23
110. Maybe you're bad at it.
Welcome to DU.
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UDenver20 Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:01 PM
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26. I prefer LOTS of sex.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:03 PM
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27. I like (take a wild guess)!
It rhymes with :kick:
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:08 PM
Response to Reply #27
32. Hey that
Is...Jaysus, your comments are getting as risque as...my comments!
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:08 PM
Response to Reply #27
33. quick, Bic, Mendrick
:rofl:
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unkachuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:55 PM
Response to Reply #27
72. honkey?......n/t
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:28 AM
Response to Reply #27
103. Honky? Gas?
;-)
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:03 PM
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28. No choice for "bi but have mainly lived straight
because I'm so damn lazy"

:)
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:14 PM
Response to Reply #28
36. I also wish that choice was on there!
Queer as a 3 dollar bill- happened to fall for someone of the opposite sex though. :shrug:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:16 PM
Response to Reply #36
37. Accidents happen.
Lol! :hug:
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foreigncorrespondent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:53 PM
Response to Reply #36
54. So...
...are you saying that the person you fell in love with was a choice you made? Help me understand this.
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lakemonster11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 09:34 AM
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114. I don't really know, but I imagine what they're saying
is that they're almost always attracted to the same sex, but occasionally to the opposite, and their SO just happens to be of the opposite sex.

Therefore, they consider themselves (almost entirely) gay, but happen to be in a straight relationship due to a rare attraction to the opposite sex.

It's like if I ended up falling for one of few women I'm attracted to---even though I'm about 99% hot for men, most people would see me as gay.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:04 PM
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29. I'd be thrilled just to get some sex.
}(
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:47 PM
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92. someone here probably makes house calls.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:06 PM
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30. 10%? Seems higher than that, most of the women who...
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 09:11 PM by Up2Late
...I try to get with tell me their gay?!?

Just kidding. I prefer no sex at all, or at least not going around trying to find a sex partner all the time, doing that make guy do crazy and foolish things and can be very depressing. It also involve a lot of lies, to yourself and your sex partner.

I like how Santa Barbara, CA writer/philosopher Ashleigh Brilliant, said it years ago,

"Now that I've given up hope, I feel much better."

<http://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/>
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:06 PM
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31. If facing north I'm oriented somewhere between
north and north north east.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:17 PM
Response to Reply #31
38. So, what's your beef with my dyslexic bros and sistahs?
:rofl:
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 12:31 AM
Response to Reply #38
97. I'm a vegetarian you insensitive clod
;)
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:22 PM
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41. Straight, but at my age nobody gives a damn.
Sucks to be old.
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:25 PM
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43. Three of us are George W.?
Boy, is Laura ever going to be surprised.
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:45 PM
Response to Reply #43
51. Hey, Jeff Gannon's going to be surprised too!
Oh yeah...AND we know it :)

And of course...Condi's the after-dinner chaser! She'll be darned surprised too :)
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Dances with Cats Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:52 PM
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53. Like Lois Lane
got surprised by the Invisible Man (an old joke)
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Time for change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:47 PM
Response to Reply #43
64. I think it's against DU rules to join if you are *
The mods should kick all 7 of them off of here.
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mb7588a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:26 PM
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44. I orient with humans. Why must I expound beyond that? nt.
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:31 PM
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45. I like the Kinsey scale better, more shades of grey,just like in real life
0- Exclusively heterosexual

1- Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual

2- Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual

3- Equally heterosexual and homosexual

4- Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual

5- Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual

6- Exclusively homosexual
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:15 PM
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58. 2- Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
That would be me.
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Dances with Cats Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:36 PM
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49. trisexual
Try anything....
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Sapphocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:36 PM
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50. It's not a "preference".
It's an orientation. A "preference" indicates there's some sort of choice involved.

For the record, I also detest the phrase "sexual orientation" as it reduces us all (you straights, too!) down to the function of our genitalia.

But, since it's probably going to be impossible to get the phrase "emotional orientation" to catch on, I'll settle for "sexual orientation."

Whatever you call it, it's not a preference.
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:00 PM
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55. Emotional orientation is a term I'm not familiar with.
Yes, Google is my friend, but, what's your favorite book on the subject?

Cool!
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:48 PM
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94. Affectional orientation
is what I try to employ. More on the money than "emotional" imho.
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Sapphocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:14 AM
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100. Much better, rug!
But will it play in Peoria? :)
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 12:02 PM
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154. Interesting, because
I personally can be sexually attracted to women (although not as much or as often as men), but I'd much rather be in an emotional relationship with a man.

That being said, I'm of the opinion that sexuality isn't as easily defined as gay straight or bi
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raysr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:49 PM
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52. Let's see
I had my orientation to sex in the front seat of a '56 Chevy 2 door hardtop.
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nolabels Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:05 PM
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56. "haven't started yet"
Remember just say "NO" or then again was that for the war on drugs :shrug:
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MarsThe Cat Donating Member (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:11 PM
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57. i'm a hetero male, attracted to bi-sexual women.
very attracted.
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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:33 PM
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61. Ok are liberals morelikely Homo's or Are more homos liberal...
I guess i was homo first then liberal second. Actually I'm thought I was conservative, but yesterdays' Nixon is today's Kucinich.
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Dances with Cats Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:34 PM
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62. You are probably
going to catch hell for that post homo or no, :-)
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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:43 PM
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63. All I'm saying is if Kinsey is right and 10% are gay we seem to have
more than our share here.

So are gays, liberal because they are gay. Or are 'gay people' just more liberal. I think both are true.
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Time for change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:53 PM
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70. This poll doesn't appear to be too scientific
Seven of us are George W. Bush.

That's an even more disproportionate result than 25% gay.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:11 PM
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79. well, we are godless savages you know?
:)
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:49 PM
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65. I prefer the opposite sex, yet does it count if I never get any?
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Dances with Cats Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:00 PM
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75. HAHAHAHA
I know what you mean, I know what you mean!
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:50 PM
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66. Prefer?
PREFER?

:eyes:
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:51 PM
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67. Not sure, never been sure.
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 10:54 PM by WritingIsMyReligion
Never really "loved" either sex.... I could just be asexual altogether :P :P :P Though I suppose still being a teen has something to do with my lack of romantic involvement.... I WISH I could love someone.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 06:55 AM
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112. you have your whole life for love......
But don't deny it when if comes along....
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 02:24 PM
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129. Very true. nt
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:51 PM
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69. Bisexual female
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 10:52 PM by Chovexani
I'm pretty much a Kinsey 4, though it fluctates. :hi:
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:54 PM
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71. Do I dig that girl
I like big ones tall ones short ones small ones.
Beggers camt be choosers after all.
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:58 PM
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73. Whatever works.
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Err Donating Member (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:59 PM
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74. Straight male looking for SO.
I'm lonely. :(
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:08 PM
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78. "Prefer"? You prefer a brand of coffee. Or make of car.
:hi:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:48 PM
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93. My question says orientation!
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:53 AM
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126. Mr. Bluebear...I've whipped out the Oxford Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary defination of the word:

Prefer: "1. choose, rather; like better (would prefer to stay; prefers coffee to tea)"

So, one could say that yes...someone prefers a brand of coffee, or a make of car.

Then we also have the word:

Preferable: "1. to be preferred. 2. more desirable."

So, the word preferable could be used here as opposed to prefer.

"Are you heterosexual - you find the opposite sex preferable (ie. more desirable)"

"Are you homosexual - you find the same sex preferable (ie. more desirable)"

See, there's a logical explanation for everything :)
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William Bloode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:13 PM
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80. My option is not on there.
I consider myself a trysexual. Which means i'll try anything once :evilgrin:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:22 PM
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84. just as long as you don't choke somebody
out MMA style in the middle of the deed. :)
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:32 AM
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118. fatfinger dupe delete
Edited on Mon Nov-28-05 10:32 AM by sui generis
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:32 AM
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119. you gotta try it twice
you never know it could be better the second time.

:evilgrin:
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:24 PM
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85. North? nt
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happyasaclam Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:34 PM
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87. Bisexual Male
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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 01:48 PM
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156. Same here
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:43 PM
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89. heterosexual...
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 12:36 AM
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98. Straight, but not narrow
nt
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 12:43 AM
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99. Gay, but I also like women.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:16 AM
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101. Your first choice ...
is my choice ...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:26 AM
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102. I'm a hetero female......
I LOVE hetero males.....
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:33 AM
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104. Low and to the left.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:34 AM
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106. we'll keep that in-mind
:hi:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 01:33 AM
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105. Hetero.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:18 AM
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109. Lesbian
I like
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:07 AM
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121. that has to be the funniest smiley I've seen in a long time
:rofl:
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 06:52 AM
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111. Strictly hetero - I'm female. nt
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 06:58 AM
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113. Gay Male
Who passes for straight all the time. Does that count? :rofl:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 09:53 AM
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115. I'm here, I'm queer, I'm participating in your poll!
:-)
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 02:25 PM
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130. Tha cadence is off on that.
:) :hi:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:58 PM
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135. I know...it did sound a bit off....
I should have worked on that more. :-)

:hi:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:43 PM
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142. Forget the cadence; it just sounds kinky.
:P :hi:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:07 AM
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116. i prefer the term pansexual but bi will do!
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:52 AM
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125. any port in the storm?
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:56 PM
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133. mmm. Port...
a nice glass of Port sounds wonderful on a cold day like today.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:15 AM
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148. mmmm warm tawny port
by a fire with a little pussy, I mean, my crazy little growly Jazz cat curled on top of me. Other than that queer as a two dollar bill.

Love the one you're with.

:hi:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 09:48 PM
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141. hi pri
:hi:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 07:50 AM
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147. hello love!
:hi:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:08 AM
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117. I'm I'dliketohavesexual
With a woman, of course. Soon would be nice.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:55 AM
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127. Have you got your vacation scheduled yet?
:evilgrin:
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:45 AM
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120. slut
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JPZenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:59 AM
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128. Straight Women Attracted to Gay Men
Unfortunately, there are too many straight women who are attracted to gay men.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 02:56 PM
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131. Sound like my kind of guy
But I knew that already.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:58 PM
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134. hee
:hi:
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cfield Donating Member (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 03:25 PM
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132. I'm a bisexual female
If I had to choose one or the other I'd choose to be with a guy (my husband has spoiled me to straight sex). But if the opportunity arises, I'll love my women too!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 06:01 PM
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136. Gay male (nt)
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 07:21 PM
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137. kick
:kick:
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 08:59 PM
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138. What if you would prefer to BE the other sex?
Hey, are we leaving out the TG's here? BTW I'm straight male married with one son - but there was a time I thought I was TG. I'm not TG though. I have wondered what it would be like to be the other gender - but never followed through with anything like that.

Mark.
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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 09:01 PM
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139. Heterosexual n/t
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MODemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 09:21 PM
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140. I'm a heterosexual woman
I'm almost too old to be anything, but even now, at my age, I definitely prefer the male species.
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dpbrown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:45 PM
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143. Itch, meet scratch.
Ahhhhhh....
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 10:47 PM
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144. BTW, and please sing this with me: I'm a little homo, short and stout...
Hypno's my handle, you awanna see my spout? :rofl:
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pro_blue_guy Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 11:26 PM
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145. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
100% Gay :)
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 12:07 AM
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146. If you tip him over, this is what he shouts...
Sock it to me, baby! Let it all hang out!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:23 AM
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149. I'm a Heterosexual,...
Edited on Tue Nov-29-05 09:27 AM by MarianJack
...but I respect and support the Gay/Lesbian community!

In fact, in my current job hunt, I'm thinking that I might have something to offer the GLBT community in Maine as a Roman Catholic, happily married man who strongly supports my fellow citizens who love those of the same sex.
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 12:31 PM
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155. I would say bisexual, prefer EITHER.
Prefering BOTH is kind of hard to maintain.

:evilgrin:

Tho' it can be done.
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