# Wow. I work with a Bruce. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401 "2008-02-20T19:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/1 "2008-02-20T19:03:21Z")
An actual limp-wristed, lisping, mincing queen of a Bruce. This guy looks like he steppped out of about 1973. Male pattern baldness, overcompensating beard, the full-on flaming stereotype. I had no idea there were any Bruces left in the wild. I feel like Jane Goodall, except not as butch. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/2 "2008-02-20T19:17:46Z")
I guess it’s a valid stereotype. As soon as I saw the name that’s what I thought. I guess that would be judging a book by it’s title. I really try not to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/3 "2008-02-20T19:42:11Z")
I saw the OP and thought that you worked with the professors at the University Of Wallamaloo School Of Philosophy. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/4 "2008-02-20T19:47:29Z")
Oh Lord, we beseech Thee… Amen! ETA: Crack a tube! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/5 "2008-02-20T20:04:43Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] I saw the OP and thought that you worked with the professors at the University Of Wallamaloo School Of Philosophy. [/QUOTE] What does it say when I admit that the first thing I thought of was Batman? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/6 "2008-02-20T20:08:09Z")
What’s a Bruce? ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/7 "2008-02-20T20:09:27Z")
Say, do you think this limp-wristed Bruce that **Otto** works with could win a fight against Batman if he was prepared enough? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/8 "2008-02-20T20:23:12Z")
_Emmanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable…_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/9 "2008-02-20T20:28:16Z")
I actually have a cousin named Bruce, a limp-wristed mincing sweetheart of a _hairdresser_. Talk about stereotypes! I love him to death, he’s wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/10 "2008-02-20T20:32:09Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight] What’s a Bruce? [/QUOTE] I need help on this one too. I have no idea what is being referred to here. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/11 "2008-02-20T20:33:27Z")
I thought of Springsteen. But there is only ONE Bruce Springsteen, so I knew that couldn’t be it. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/12 "2008-02-20T20:37:15Z")
_Heidegger Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could drink you under the table_ ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/13 "2008-02-20T20:37:32Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] I thought of Springsteen. But there is only ONE Bruce Springsteen, so I knew that couldn’t be it. [/QUOTE] And no one works WITH Bruce Springsteen. They work FOR him. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/14 "2008-02-20T20:40:22Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] And no one works WITH Bruce Springsteen. They work FOR him. [/QUOTE] What about Chuck Norris? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/15 "2008-02-20T20:41:04Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] What about Chuck Norris? [/QUOTE] Chuck Norris works alone. Always. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/16 "2008-02-20T20:41:25Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] I saw the OP and thought that you worked with the professors at the University Of Wallamaloo School Of Philosophy. [/QUOTE] [Woolloomooloo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolloomooloo,_New_South_Wales) (though the actual university is mythical, the place is not). ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/17 "2008-02-20T20:41:35Z")
_David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/18 "2008-02-20T20:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I need help on this one too. I have no idea what is being referred to here. [/QUOTE] If I’m not being whooshed, Bruce is a long-time stereotypical name for a gay guy. And the OP works with one, a flamboyantly gay guy named Bruce. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/19 "2008-02-20T20:45:38Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] If I’m not being whooshed, Bruce is a long-time stereotypical name for a gay guy. And the OP works with one, a flamboyantly gay guy named Bruce. That’s it. [/QUOTE] Interesting. I’ve never heard that before. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/20 "2008-02-20T20:47:53Z")
You’re all spelling it wrong!!! It’s **Bruce_tthhh_**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401.md?page=2)