Hee.
Even better if you add:
“If she outright refuses to have sex with me: Probably is.”
manhattan: She won’t go out with you anyway, so what does it matter?
Carnac the Magnificent!: Not the response I’d expect from a former SDMB moderator, as it seemingly imposes a litmus test on the suitability of questions and has a potential chilling effect on general discussion. Curiosity drives this message board. If you think something is silly or inappropriate, simply look the other way.
Huh? Am I missing something here? Is manhattan’s comment not a joke?
I sure thought it was a joke, and such an obvious joke that it didn’t need a smiley to clearly be a joke. Why the ponderous, drenched-in-seriousness response? And even if we posit it wasn’t a joke, how could it be conceived that it “imposes a litmus test on the suitability of questions and has a potential chilling effect on general discussion.” Where does one comment get such awesome oppressive power?
Don’t make no sense.
Well, if her lover is a Doper, that would also serve to deliver a factual answer.
Not neccessarily. Unless we are talking in-vitro fertilisation* then the chances of getting knocked up are the same more or less the same. I know plenty of women who have tried for over a year to conceive either through artifical insemination or regular old boinking. So while a gay woman is much less likely to get pregnant accidentily, there would be no real reason for her not to continue with her career or other plans while trying to conceive.
*A possibility since the person in question is very wealthy, but not likely as it is a rather invasive technique and less neccessary if the participants can concieve by themselves. Presumably if one had no particular conception issues then the embryos would “stick” during the first few goes.
Was it the experience of Freaky Friday or the rape role that won her an oscar? Perhaps kissing Matthew McConnaghy(sic)?
Let’s speculate for about 6000 posts and maybe we’ll learn the truth.
Or maybe someone could just ask her.
Not really. I could have a sexual relationship with a woman, but that doesn’t mean it’s my primary orientation.
For what it’s worth, I thought Jodie had a long-time female partner.
Historic context. My comment is based not on one response or on one respondant, but on a pattern of really inappropriate responses that have only chilled discussion in similar threads. Someone asks a fair-game question about a celebrity’s orientation and others rebuke him or her for his/her curiosity or prurience. Why? As long as you’re in the right forum (preference MIPS), what’s the problem here? Which leads to…
Sorry, Cranky, but the OP’s Prurience Quotient doesn’t hold a candle to some of the recent GQ fare that has graced this board. And, yes, sexual orientation among celebrities is often “on the record,” as it were, so there’s a strong possibility this question might have been answered factually. Not that I give a rat’s ass who Foster is sleeping with.
Did I overreact? Yes. Apologies. In the spirit of John Riggins, I should have said: “Chill, Manny, baby. You’re too tight.”