# Did my neighbors hear me? Am I still a man? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727 "2000-11-26T04:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/1 "2000-11-26T04:34:35Z")
:šŸ˜­: I was listening to Sixpence None the Richerā€™s ā€œKiss Meā€ at full volume. And I liked it! :o I fear I can never claim to be a manly man. Am I still allowed to watch football, at least? I beg forgiveness. What can I do to atone? ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/2 "2000-11-26T04:46:43Z")
Assume the position. Now. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/3 "2000-11-26T04:52:47Z")
::runs in listening to ā€œKiss Meā€:: Iā€™m ready, tiggeril. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/4 "2000-11-26T04:56:20Z")
::flips a coin:: Hmmm. Who first? Why, it landed on edge! ::grabs two paddles:: 3ā€¦2ā€¦1ā€¦ _ **WHAP!!** _ _ **WHAP!!** _ _ **WHAP!!** _ _ **WHAP!!** _ There. Youā€™ve both atoned. To me. I donā€™t know what the rest of the TM will do. šŸ˜ƒ Now, how about some salve for that? ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/5 "2000-11-26T05:00:37Z")
I have both ā€œKiss Meā€ and ā€œThere She Goesā€ on MP3, and listen to them often. (Aside: There, Lisa, you needed something to blackmail me with? There you go. Now no one need know about you andā€¦ well, you know thatā€¦ and no one at school need know about this, either.) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/6 "2000-11-26T05:04:57Z")
Wow, I got off easy. I thought I would have to make a pilgrimmage to Lambeau Field and do a hundred naked pushups in sub-zero temperatures. Or something. Argh, wait, I only atoned to you, tiggeril? And youā€™re not even a man! _The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step . . ._ **SanibelMan** , I delegate to you the task of buying beer for the road trip up to Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/7 "2000-11-26T07:39:30Z")
Then youā€™ll have to wait 5 years for atonement. ā€“Tim ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/8 "2000-11-26T08:38:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-coloured uppers, downers, screamers, laughersā€¦ also a quart of tequila, quart of rum, case of beer, pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. And a fast red car. ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/9 "2000-11-26T13:15:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanibelMan \* > **I have both ā€œKiss Meā€ and ā€œThere She Goesā€ on MP3, and listen to them often.** You could get the original 80ā€™s version of There She Goes by The Laā€™s. That way you could claim you have it as a retro thing and not because youā€™re a girly-man. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/10 "2000-11-26T17:47:09Z")
I want to address something Iā€™ve come to believe about the characters in ā€œKiss Meā€ (i.e. the singer and the person sheā€™s singing to). Namely that theyā€™re both women. Hereā€™s my evidence: [ul][li]The singer says in verse 1, _ā€œyou wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.ā€_ This clearly implies that the singer is female (which we could, of course, already have deduced from the fact that a woman sings the freaking song). The remark about the shoes is non-conclusive; however, it seems unlikely that a woman would care what shoes a male date was wearing, but it seems plausible that she would be interested in a female dateā€™s footwear.[/li][li]In the second verse, the singer says, _ā€œBring, bring/bring your **flowered hat** ā€¦ā€_ I think this provides the additional evidence needed to declare this an official lesbian sighting. No man would wear a flowered hat ā€” or if the singer is singing to a man who **would** wear a flowered hat, she should not reasonably expect him to kiss her. If you know what I mean and I think you do.[/li][li]Hi Opal. [/ul][/li] My point in bringing all this up is to give neuroman a face-saving reason for listening to the song. Namely, he isā€¦ like all heterosexual menā€¦ fascinated by lesbians. No charge, neuro. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/11 "2000-11-26T18:01:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*I want to address something Iā€™ve come to believe about the characters in ā€œKiss Meā€ (i.e. the singer and the person sheā€™s singing to). Namely that theyā€™re both women. > \*\* Yes Troy, I always thought the same thing. I heard one mention on MTV that the song was supposed to be a ā€œbittersweet song about a really strong crush that (the singer) had on another girl when she was 14ā€, but never anything definite from a ā€œproofā€ standpoint. Itā€™s still a nice song, regardless. But I always take it to be referring to two young girls. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-neighbors-hear-me-am-i-still-a-man/42727/12 "2000-11-26T18:27:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*I want to address something Iā€™ve come to believe about the characters in ā€œKiss Meā€ (i.e. the singer and the person sheā€™s singing to). Namely that theyā€™re both women. > > My point in bringing all this up is to give neuroman a face-saving reason for listening to the song. Namely, he isā€¦ like all heterosexual menā€¦ fascinated by lesbians. > > No charge, neuro. \*\* Uh, yes, those fascinating lesbians! (Dare I say ā€œsilver-tonguedā€? Ok, I dare not.) Thatā€™s why I was listening to the song. Woohoo! Iā€™m off scot-free! Thanks for _reminding_ me, Chef Troy. Havok, I still think that sounds like an excellent idea. However, the only thing that really worries me is the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.