# Gay.com chat: you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981 "2003-07-21T19:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/41 "2003-07-22T04:13:26Z")
Good gracious… we’re in the presence of royalty! _bows_ Welcome to the dope! ---
**Author:** ![thegaydeceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@thegaydeceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegaydeceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/42 "2003-07-22T04:22:44Z")
Matt, I’m assuming that you in all likelihood are referring to me, so I’ll thank you kindly. I’m simply making one of my rare appearances, is all. Warren C. E. Austin Toronto, Canada ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/43 "2003-07-22T04:49:50Z")
Language does evolve… ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/44 "2003-07-22T05:18:14Z")
**matt** , do you know this phantom lurker? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/45 "2003-07-22T07:01:37Z")
I figured our deciever got his handle from this: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0064363](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0064363) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/46 "2003-07-22T14:24:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\*I’m quite familiar with what [gay.com](http://gay.com) is, you bimbo. > \*\* Don’t you mean “Himbo”? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/47 "2003-07-22T14:28:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Don’t you mean “Himbo”? \*\* Wanna find out? _waggles eyebrows_ God, I am SO bad at flirting… ---
**Author:** ![thegaydeceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@thegaydeceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegaydeceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/48 "2003-07-22T15:18:07Z")
## I figured our deciever got his handle from this: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0064363](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0064363) Thank you, I’m quite flattered that you might think so; but, in truth I was given the name by my Mother, the details, should you be at all interested you’ll find here: [[http://www.iomfats.org/message/board/posts/7419.html](http://www.iomfats.org/message/board/posts/7419.html)] She was a child through the Depression, and I suppose she chose the name based upon her recollections of the Celebrated “original” Gay Deceiver (q.v.) [[http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.com/greatart/exhibitions\_weegee.shtml](http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.com/greatart/exhibitions_weegee.shtml)] or perhaps the children’s toy from the early 1950’s (q.v. ) [[http://www.kiddstoys.co.uk/gaydecvr.htm](http://www.kiddstoys.co.uk/gaydecvr.htm)] Hell who knows at this stage of the game. I never thought to ask her, and that’s been an impossibility for nigh on 10-years. She applied it, it stuck, and I’ve been known as such for almost 40-years, predating your movie reference by one or two. Warren C. E. Austin Toronto, Canada ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/49 "2003-07-22T15:38:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Thank you, I’m quite flattered that you might think so I don’t know that I’d be too terribly flatterd if someone associated me with that awful movie. Still, it’s better than being associated with another product of which I am aware, not linked in your post, known as a “gay deceiver” (AKA “cheater”). ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/50 "2003-07-22T19:20:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Don’t you mean “Himbo”? \*\* I think of a Himbo as being stupid, and jayjay is quite well spoken, so I don’t see him in the Himbo catagory. Next, we’ll see about mancandy. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/51 "2003-07-23T02:31:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\* > Next, we’ll see about mancandy. \*\* Like [these?](http://www.ausomecandy.com/us/static/products/frooze.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/52 "2003-07-23T04:01:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cleophus \* > \*\*Like [these?](http://www.ausomecandy.com/us/static/products/frooze.html) \*\* No. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/53 "2003-07-23T04:05:18Z")
Hey Priam, don’t bother with [gay.com](http://gay.com). Just come up to Montreal some time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/54 "2003-07-23T15:19:27Z")
**matt** do you mind? I’m workin’ this side of the border! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981/55 "2003-07-23T17:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\ ***matt** do you mind? I’m workin’ this side of the border! \*\* Really, Colonel Sanders? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-com-chat-you-will-never-find-a-more-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/189981.md?page=2)