# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/41 "2008-02-21T00:56:34Z")
Also cricketers! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/42 "2008-02-21T02:53:32Z")
Hales of derisive laughter, Bruce! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/43 "2008-02-21T03:30:32Z")
Anyway, Bruce is a good Sheila and not at all stuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/44 "2008-02-21T03:31:33Z")
Well spoken, Bruce. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/45 "2008-02-21T03:41:38Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] This here’s the wottle, emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand. [/QUOTE] EYE-men. [w **A** ttle](http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/934/675123.JPG) Lovely little emblem, that. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/46 "2008-02-21T03:51:45Z")
When I was growing up in Wisconsin in the 70s, the dad of one of my friends was named Bruce, and he was a big beefy guy, not at all flaming. I heard about the Bruce = gay thing after that, but I’ve never quite assimilated it. Maybe because of that early association and because it’s similar to “brute.” I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/47 "2008-02-21T04:49:36Z")
**THERE IS NO RULE SIX!!!** Eh, new Bruce, are you a poofta? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/48 "2008-02-21T04:53:24Z")
[QUOTE=SparrowHawk] EYE-men. [w **A** ttle](http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/934/675123.JPG) Lovely little emblem, that. [/QUOTE] The interesting thing about that wattle is that the rounded bits that look like leaves are actually the petioles, leaf stems, that have been modified to act in place of the true leaves which, I found to my surprise, fall off the plants within a few months of germination. Now, who’s in charge of the sheep dip? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/49 "2008-02-21T04:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] …Now, who’s in charge of the sheep dip? [/QUOTE] Bruce. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/50 "2008-02-21T07:14:27Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] Jenner? Banner? [/QUOTE] I had dinner at Bruce Jenner’s house. Cute wife. Ten (!) kids. Not swishy at all. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/51 "2008-02-21T07:23:13Z")
The ultimate threesome is surely Bruce Lee, Bruce Campbell and Lenny Bruce. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/52 "2008-02-21T13:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] I had dinner at Bruce Jenner’s house. Cute wife. Ten (!) kids. Not swishy at all. [/QUOTE] Yes, but there’s that whole Village People movie thing. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/53 "2008-02-21T15:40:05Z")
Rule 4 - I don’t want to catch any of you Bruces not drinkin’ in yer room after Lights Out. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/54 "2008-02-21T16:49:01Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Yes, but there’s that whole Village People movie thing. [/QUOTE] My buddy who was at the same dinner was talking to Bruce and said “Somewhere in this house you’ve got a copy of Can’t Stop The Music and I’d like to watch it with you.” Mr. Jenner looked at him for a second, laughed and then took him into the laundry room where a large poster of that movie is on display. And yes he’s got the Wheaties boxes on the shelf. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/55 "2008-02-21T17:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] I used to work with a guy named Francine. I think he was more flaming than any Bruce I’ve ever met. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure how he spells it, but I know a very straight guy whose name sounds exactly like Marilyn. Yeah, and he’s of the “A Boy named Sue” mentality… ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/56 "2008-02-21T17:37:01Z")
Homer Simpson: “… and they stole all our good names, like Bruce and Lance and Julian!” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/57 "2008-02-21T18:03:42Z")
Huh, upon further review it turns out that Bruce Jenner, despite the whole VP thing, is not gay, but is instead an [old lesbian](http://www.cracked.com/article_15788_top-25-men-who-look-like-old-lesbians.html). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/58 "2008-02-21T18:23:02Z")
Rule six: there is no rule six! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/59 "2008-02-21T22:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] My buddy who was at the same dinner was talking to Bruce and said “Somewhere in this house you’ve got a copy of Can’t Stop The Music and I’d like to watch it with you.” Mr. Jenner looked at him for a second, laughed and then took him into the laundry room where a large poster of that movie is on display. And yes he’s got the Wheaties boxes on the shelf. [/QUOTE] Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401/60 "2008-02-21T23:57:47Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] I’m not sure how he spells it, but I know a very straight guy whose name sounds exactly like Marilyn. Yeah, and he’s of the “A Boy named Sue” mentality… [/QUOTE] Well, pahdner, John Wayne’s name was Marion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-work-with-a-bruce/438401.md?page=4)