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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:44 PM
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My co-workers think I'm hetero yet they didn't notice me...
checking out the cute bartender!

I just don't understand!

Come on, I simply reek queerness! Outrageous clothes, flowered shirts, I sometimes dye bits of my hair, I say "oh grapefruits!" instead of "SHIT!!!!!! :grr: " in a masculine tone... I wear a pinky ring for pity sake! Not just a pinky ring, one that changes color depending on my mood!!! My car has a rainbow bumper sticker! I like pretty flower arrangements! I'm much more comfortable around women than men! And if you listen to my voice, there's even a hint of the stereotypic lisp! (fortunately, my years of watching British TV on PBS hav given me a faux British accent which somewhat hides the lisp... :eyes: )

On the minus side, my cube is always in a mess and I struggle not to look at boobs at times, so maybe I do seem slightly heterosexual? :shrug:


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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:48 PM
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1. you forgot to add
that you also like the power puff girls... :bounce:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:52 PM
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2. Good point! I'll get a screencapture from a DVD and
use it as wallpaper.

That ought to freak 'em out!

Of course, half of those in my dept like the Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, and the rest... can't blame them... but they're all hetero! Well, I'm partly curious about one who might be a lesbian, but that's none of my business. :evilgrin:
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TheBigGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:57 PM
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3. The powerpuff girls?
oh dear.
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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:59 PM
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4. Why don't you just tell them?
Though I suppose it's not easy to work into conversations.

"Yes my reports done, and by the way, I'm gay..."

Oh well.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:11 PM
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5. Sometimes I Stare At Boobs Too...
The big giant ones just amaze me. Strictly from an architectural point of view, I wonder how it is that these women don't have back problems and how they can stand upright.

-- Allen
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:16 PM
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7. They have their own gravitational pull
There is no denying The Power.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:19 PM
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8. Some of them do
That's why some women get breast reduction surgery
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:19 PM
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17. Got milk?
:D

Hey, if ronnykmarshall can recruit under the auspices of the Gay Agenda, maybe I can drum up some business for Team Hetero....



Stare deep into the boobies....the boobies are your friends.....




Talk about an engineering project. Phew.

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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:32 PM
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20. oh......MY...............GOD
is that shirt spandex?
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:35 PM
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22. Well,
it is now, if it wasn't before...
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:35 PM
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23. Do you mind?
I've got some kid looking over my shoulder asking questions.

Like....why?
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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:37 PM
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25. trogL
well be sure the kid doesn't see YOUR photos...ahem
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:29 PM
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19. TRUE STORY
my first week of work on the job as a computer operator in a huge complex, I sat in a row of consoles between Edwin, suave guy, and Joyce, HUGE LADY with tits like MISSILES that DEFIED GRAVITY. We were working third shift and it was really slow. Then there was this exchange:

Edwin: Joyce, how about you cut your bra in half.......paint it black......I'll use it on my car.

Joyce: Edwin, how you gonna see with two black eyes?

Edwin: What do you mean?

Joyce" After I'm through titty-whipping you.




I KID YOU NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:15 PM
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6. hypno
post a pic, let your DU brethren decide your ranking on the gay scale... you know we'll be honest... :-)

it'll be fun, we'll make it into a poll... 1 being "hulky butch" and 10 being "big ole gurl"
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:35 PM
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11. I'm comin' out so let's get this party started!
Edited on Fri Aug-15-03 09:38 PM by HypnoToad


NOT, I repeat, NOT:


(those ARE Christmas lights hanging up, not lit though, in August...)

or, worse,



How about




</ego>
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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:58 PM
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14. and to think
i was expecting a lanky red-head, dressed in all black sporting a kid's "hello kitty" backpack!

shame on me :spank:


no, thermo, it's "hulky butch" as far as the eye can see.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:15 PM
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16. So cute. Too bad for the single gals but great for the single guys.
ARe you serious about letting them know?
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:37 PM
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24. I'm in love
:* :* :* :*
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:20 PM
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9. Do you suppose
that maybe they just like you a lot and don't care? Wouldn't that be a first now? Not that they would like you but that so many in a group would not care if you were gay or not. I hope you get the point I am trying to make, I'm not sure I do by now!! Gotta stop drinking.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:37 PM
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12. Well, I'd agree except
They've made comments to me about "____ (chick's name), and we're guys" and "I should set you up with my daughter" and so on...

The last time I looked I'm a guy, but I'll spare you the plump'n'juicy details... :evilgrin: LOL!
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:01 PM
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15. Man, they really don't know!
Must have caught you staring at boobs.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:38 PM
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26. Doesn't your office have a sexual harassment policy
that kinda stuff doesn't belong in the workplace
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:20 PM
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10. Show them this picture of us having a beautiful moment, then


Where did you put ypur other leg in this picture, anyway, dude? No, not that one, I mean the one with the shoe on it.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 09:48 PM
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13. You could do anything, dress any way, speak however
As a co-worker, you could do anything, dress any way, speak however and it would never occur to me to think about whether you are gay or straight. It's just not a question I would wonder about. Not my business, unless I wanted to ask you out or something.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:20 PM
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18. Not everyone's gaydar is switched on
Its always interesting watching the reactions when people find out what the rainbow means. They start to say "But I see those all over the place".
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 10:34 PM
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21. Swish a bit
Why struggle not to look at boobs? I'm bi and and I do it all the time (except where it will get me in trouble).
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