So...
this evening my neighbor (and good friend) and I went to Sam's Club. For the few of you who live not in the real world, Sam's Club is a discount warehouse type store, just like Costco. I don't have a membership there, but Troy does, and since you cannot buy ANYTHING in single guy portions, it makes sense to go with someone who you can split it with. Example: I was low on maple syrup. So we buy the 2 pak of 64oz. Mrs. Butterworth for about $6. Basically we can stock the cubbards for a reasonable price.
It was intimated to me that two guys grocery shopping together was "gay". By intimated I mean when I told another friend that's what I had going on this evening, he said "that's gay!" Did I miss a meeting at the guy club? Someone fill me in -- is there something homoerotic about buying food with another guy that I missed? Am I supposed to sing "Rainbow Connection" now?
Sorry, but I found that notion to be pretty damn funny. To ALL my friends, remember I mean no disrespect -- ever!
posted by Roger C. @ 8/07/2006 09:21:00 PM
5 Comments:
i know you're not gay, baby, (-not that there's anything wrong with that) but two grown men buying syrup together...inspires an interesting mental image or two...
reminds me of "the outing" episode of seinfeld...
Jerry: I've been "outed"! I wasn't even "in"!
George: Now everyone's going to think we're gay!
Jerry: Not that there's anything wrong with that...
George: No, not at all...
Fag!!!
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
When you're friend said, "That's gay!" did he mean, "That's homosexual!" or did he mean "That's stupid!"?
Too often I hear folks using the word "gay" to mean stupid, idiotic, worthless, lame, etc. Personally, I'm getting tired of it. Call me a weiner-smoker, fine, but don't call me stupid.
As far as two guys shopping together? If it's for cars, sporting equipment, or electronics, you're safe. But for clothing, housewares, or groceries? Totally gay.
By the way, you're dangerously close to actually turning gay. You've already admitted to performing in musical theatre and you've shared a shopping cart with another guy. All you need is to use the word "fabulous" in a sentence and you're in. This month's welcome gift is an iPod Nano. I have all the forms when you're ready.
1. Since when is "Rainbow Connection," (Kermit the Frog's opening number from the "Muppet Movie") some sort of gay anthem? Are banjo-playing frogs now gay, too? (Does Miss Piggy know?)
2. Guidance please:
Are two guys at ANY store seen as automatically gay? Two guys at the hardware store? At the auto parts store? Two guys at Best Buy?
What about two guys at the movies? Doesthe kind of movie change the rules? Is an action movie safe for two straight men to see together?
What about at a restaurant? (And what kind of restaurant? Is Taco Bell safe? Is Burger King?) Where else? What about two guys at Disneyworld?
Where is the line currently being drawn?
Does adding a guy make it different? Are three guys automatically NOT seen as being gay? Is that the rule of thumb straight single men have to follow in order to be seen as who they really are?
And Sam's Club doesn't sell syrup in 3-packs...what's the answer there? This is making my brain hurt.
3. And the word is "cupboards" and not "cubbards." (Correcting spelling is so gay...not that there's...you know...)
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