A football player and his boyfriend went out to dinner...

[Balance]

@Inner_Stickler

My goal in life is to leave as confusing an archaeological trail as possible. If I can get just one future historical linguist to write a paper on rice saucing, my life will have been worth it.

I think we need to find a sexual practice to make it a euphemism for, just to muddy the trail.

[Toucanna]

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I think we need to find a sexual practice to make it a euphemism for, just to muddy the trail.
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No need to invent one–it already exists. Look it up at urbandictionary.com. Warning: it’s NSFW.

[Toucanna]

[QUOTE=Roderick Femm]
{snip} The fact that he was out in public openly with his boyfriend is not the main point of the story is, I guess, the best part. {snip}
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I surmise the reason why the incident was reported with that level of detail had more to do with the arrested man being an ex-player with the town’s NFL franchise than with his being gay. Which, IMO, is as it should be.

[Digression]Although, I don’t quite get why he was charged with felony domestic abuse if they “weren’t in a formal relationship” (much less, living together). But that’s a discussion for another thread.[/digression]

[Roderick_Femm]

@Kimballkid

Do you mean the ‘Mall of America’ in Minneapolis (Bloomington actually, but that’s neither here nor there).

Yes I do, sorry (conflating with Great America amusement parks, I guess).

SpoilerVirgin, the point for me was not that he was in San Francisco, but that he was a (former) professional football player. So yes.
Roddy

[MeanOldLady]

@Roderick_Femm

That’s the reaction I got when I went to the Great America mall in Minneapolis. The occasional non-pale family stood out quite a bit (and the ones I saw seemed to huddle together for comfort).

Disclaimer: this was at least 15 years ago, so things may have changed there since then.

Nope. Everybody there is still pasty as ever.

[SpoilerVirgin]

@Roderick_Femm

SpoilerVirgin, the point for me was not that he was in San Francisco, but that he was a (former) professional football player. So yes.
Roddy

Ah, that makes sense. I guess I’ve seen enough stories about former athletes being gay that it didn’t make much of an impact. Now such a story about a current athlete in a major team sport would be a much bigger deal (although I sincerely hope that when I do read that story, it’s not about domestic violence).

[Balance]

@Toucanna

No need to invent one–it already exists. Look it up at urbandictionary.com. Warning: it’s NSFW.

I actually did check, once I was safely away from work, because I’m not sure I would be surprised at any phrase turning up there. I didn’t see an entry, though. (Or one for “muddy the trail”, the lack of which actually surprised me.)