# So go figure... I'm gay. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463 "2005-05-11T21:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/41 "2005-05-12T12:50:54Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Ahem… pardon the interruption… but, ummm, this thread is about > > ME! > > …dammit… Hey, **QuickSilver** , quit hijacking your own thread. Ok, so you’re not gay, but you sure are an attention whore. 😃 What’s up with that thumb ring? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/42 "2005-05-12T12:52:51Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Ok, so you’re not gay, but you sure are an attention whore.[/SIZE] A whore? For which team, may I ask? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/43 "2005-05-12T13:11:05Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > A whore? For which team, may I ask? Uh, **Scott\_plaid** … I really need you to focus now mate. M’kay? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/44 "2005-05-12T13:13:20Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > What’s up with that thumb ring? \ \*Shhh… it confuses the straights… \* \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/45 "2005-05-12T13:16:36Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > Hmm… I’m straight, male, and I also wear a thumb ring. I say go for it. What other finger would I put a ring on? Or is it supposed to be no ring at all? Welcome to the revolution man! We’re fighting ignorance. Bleeding edge stuff I tell ya. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/46 "2005-05-12T13:22:39Z")
Times sure have changed. I was only ever considered to be gay when I was hanging out with gay guys. But then I didn’t dress well, smell good or wear a thumb ring. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/47 "2005-05-12T13:26:37Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > Hmm… I’m straight, male, and I also wear a thumb ring. I say go for it. What other finger would I put a ring on? Or is it supposed to be no ring at all? None at all. Only a wedding ring. I don’t consider it “gay”, but I don’t know why a guy wants to adorn himself in anyway, be it tattoos, combing his hair, earrings, nose rings, bracelets, necklaces. Brush your teeth and wear some unscented deodorant. That’s all a guy should have to do. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/48 "2005-05-12T13:30:40Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Brush your teeth and wear some unscented deodorant. That’s all a guy should have to do. :rolleyes: It’s a miracle we stumbled out of the cave. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/49 "2005-05-12T13:38:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > :rolleyes: > > It’s a miracle we stumbled out of the cave. > 😃 We were forced out. . .because the cave had no place for window treatments. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/50 "2005-05-12T13:40:17Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > Hell, let the women think you’re gay. > > Let the women also think that, maybe, just _maybe_, they can “fix” you. > > What’s the problem? 😃 Friend of mine had this exact “problem” at a fairly large company. All the women in the officer were convinced he was gay, and over the course of a year and a half he managed to convince most of them, one at a time, that he wasn’t gay… funny that they never told their friends… So, **quicksilver** , is anything shaved below the neck? Do you have any piercings? Use mousse? Pluck your eyebrows? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/51 "2005-05-12T13:43:09Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’ve consulted my magic 8 ball and it said definately not gay. > But what I’m hearing you all say is… lose the thumb ring. Yes? I’d get rid of the ring and, although I’m sure they look _great_ on you, the assless chaps may be sending the wrong message. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/52 "2005-05-12T13:44:34Z")
Yeah, I know he keeps on saying he’s straight, but I just don’t believe it, due to those leather leggings, Balle\_M. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/53 "2005-05-12T13:51:28Z")
Hmmm… I don’t dress particularly well, I don’t wear a thumb ring, I don’t stink, but nobody ever says I smell good and I talk about sports. :eek: People at work are gonna think I’m straight! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/54 "2005-05-12T13:56:12Z")
Wait…do blowjobs count as “gay”? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/55 "2005-05-12T13:57:41Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > I _occasionally_ suck a little cock, and suddenly everyone’s claiming I must be gay. Just 'cause you can auto-fellate doesn’t mean you’re gay. And don’t worry, it’s not the size that matters anyway, err, well that’s what I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/56 "2005-05-12T14:02:22Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So, **quicksilver** , is anything shaved below the neck? Do you have any piercings? Use mousse? Pluck your eyebrows? :dubious: This isn’t looking good for me… ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/57 "2005-05-12T14:18:19Z")
I can’t believe that no one’s done this yet. So, **quicksilver** , how _you_ doin’ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/58 "2005-05-12T14:22:55Z")
> [@Cynical Optimist](#): > > I mean really now, we don’t speak with a lisp and we didn’t sashay up to her. I guess the concept of two straight guys shopping was a bit much for her. Perhaps you shouldn’t have had your tongue in his ear. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/59 "2005-05-12T14:28:57Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So, **quicksilver** , is anything shaved below the neck? Do you have any piercings? Use mousse? Pluck your eyebrows? :dubious: So somebody was saying something interesting a little while ago about those LoTR movies and stuff… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463/60 "2005-05-12T14:31:25Z")
I have already told an old (female) friend that I want this said at my funeral. " **Kunilou** was a perfect friend. He had fashion sense, he loved show tunes, and he could dish gossip with the best of us. He let me cry on his shoulder when I had boy problems and he never, ever violated my trust by trying to make a pass at me. “Who the hell would have ever believed he was straight?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-go-figure-im-gay/303463.md?page=4)