THE THAI guy who created energy drink Red Bull died the other day at the age of 89, the newspapers reported.Īctually, I think he was 40 he just looked 89.Xandir realizes that he's gay and tries denying that it's true. I imagine President Kim Jong Un will immediately deny the accusation in a strongly worded message chiseled on stone tablets and distributed by a network of trained woolly mammoths. NORTH KOREA has missed years of human progress and is stuck in a time warp, President Obama said last week. LAST WEEK’S news report that warmonger Dick Cheney had a “heart transplant” implies he had one to start with. Get back in the army.Īnd sorry, Rudy, you’re “outed” as straight. If you ticked “B” more than six times, you’re not gay enough.
#THE GAY TEST MOVIE#
So here it is, prepared with love for the Turkish Army:Ī) Contemporary swing with a little retro body-popping ī) Standing at the bar with a drink, nodding slightly not quite on the beat.Ħ) Movie trailers that excite you feature:Ī) People looking intensely at each other Ī) On a series of racks, coordinated by color and season Ĩ) Have you ever drunk an alcoholic drink containing a small umbrella?Ī) Are you kidding, creating fab cocktails is MY LIFE ī) I thought drinks with umbrellas were for children?ĩ) Do your shirt, tie, or other garments ever co-ordinate?ġ0) To you, the word “cooking dinner” means:Ī) Yes, my earth-toned living room sets off the autumn chaise-longue set perfectly ī) Yeah, I whitewashed the apartment myself including the table and the cat.ġ2) Is there a movie you would refuse to see, even if threatened at gunpoint?
In a jovial mood, he was happy to help draft some questions towards a tongue-in-cheek gay test. He acknowledged that stereotypes can be crass, but “they are also useful because they exist for good reasons”.
Reader Jaya Wicks also confirmed that gaydar exists. I don't think this had been done before, either.” But I did a study of gaydar at uni and actually got statistically significant results. Is it about stereotypes or the fact that we are biologically different in some way? I'd venture that it's too complex to boil down to any one thing. “Gay men often have a kind of pinched look, which I think comes from all the self-monitoring, blinking or flaring the eyes, gestures, something about the voice. “Things like facial expressions,” he said. He offered a list of super-subtle measures: “The idea that gay men are educated, gym-toned aesthetes is just a yawn,” he said. The sharpest comments came from publisher Marshall Moore (below). Surely there must be a way to tell for sure? I canvassed readers with an interest in the subject for ideas.Īlmost all said it WAS possible to test for gayness, insisting that many people have “gaydar”, a radar-like ability to detect it. How riddikulous, er rediculouse, er, silly.)īut I admit the whole issue can be confusing. (He thinks gay people are seen as intelligent. The issue put me in mind of my banker friend “Rudy” who wants his friends to think he is gay, but convinces no one.
It’s hard to imagine guys in Asia suing someone who said they were not gay.) Three guys won a court case recently against people who accused them of not being gay.
#THE GAY TEST UPDATE#
I was shaking my head at that grim story when a reader sent me an update on an earlier story from this column. Instead, guys are required to just hand in an “inappropriate” photo. Finally, there’s a way of telling for sureĪRMY LEADERS IN Turkey exempt gay men from serving-but lack a test for gayness, it was revealed last week by the BBC.