# What is so lesbian about Home Depot?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 7, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-lesbian-about-home-depot/159611 "2003-03-07T00:11:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-lesbian-about-home-depot/159611/21 "2003-03-07T17:32:30Z")

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I think a snippet from the British comedy “Coupling” is in order here. From memory, but I think I’ve got it fairly close.

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> **Susan** Oh yea, that’s right. Sally likes those handy guys. Craftsmen, plumbers, that sort.  
> **Sally** There’s just something about a guy in a tool belt. And nothing else…  
> **Susan** (laughs) Yea. I mean think about it. It’s all right there. A man like that sends the message “I can fix your cistern, and _I can fix your cistern_”. Sometimes you just want to break something on purpose so you have an excuse to call a man who works with his hands over to your flat.

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-lesbian-about-home-depot/159611/22 "2003-03-07T17:37:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OldBroad \*  
> \*\*As a mechanically inclined flaming hetero female I’m here to tell ya that not all women in Home Depot are lesbians. For example, I’m not. I love hardware and gadgets and the smell of wood - and MEN. \*\*

Ditto for me on this one. And at HD, the chances of seeing big handy men, in faded jeans and battered work boots goes through the roof. ::swoon:: Sometimes they’re even wearing toolbelts and it’s all I can do to restrain myself. 😃

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