WE'RE A LITTLE GAY. SUE US.
Things that have, in the past, made us just an eeninesiest bit gay.
1. We'll pay money for a haircut. Loads of it. This afternoon, we'll shell out fifty to sixty bucks to get a haircut appreciably different from the one we'd get at Fantastic Sam's only in its being a.) in a place where they give you free champagne, and b.) in the exorbitantly expensive hair products made from the ground up bladders of actual blue whales. Metro at the least.
Brother Cuddles, on the other hand, went to Great Clips this weekend and paid what we imagine was no more that sixteen dollars for his trim--um, haircut. His hair products are made from the bits of petroleum not supposed to go in your gas tank. Not gay at all.
2. We love the movie Bridget Jones' Diary. Hugh Grant has the life in that movie: sexually harassing women who welcome it, guzzling beer and watching cricket in his spare time, and hobnobbing with Salman Rushdie in between banging women and fighting his way through Greek restaurants with Colin Firth. It's only nominally gay, since Hugh Grant's character is really the ideal of every straight 20 year old English major: an employed, glamorous editor drowning in cash, tail, and booze.
3. Liking this video:
We can't defend it--no, it's well past that.
It's obviously a Grease/Brady Bunch/Beach Blanket Bingo musical number takeoff, with goofy transitions, la la la harmonies, and gloriously amateur choreography taken on an overcast day on the University of Florida campus. Butch it ain't, even with the hot girl who's standing on the right, baring some midriff, and slapping girl around about not caring about the game. That last bit is what really makes her hot.
However, it is clever, cheekily done, and contains las, which along with hand-clapping make any song a better song. (Make that number four on the list of things that make us a little bit gay while you're at it.
BUT IT'S THE GAYEST THING I'VE EVAH SEEN!!!
...you scream. Think about that for a second. Ever seen a photo of Liberace? Gayer. Made orzo salad when you could have had ribs? Gayer. Sucked a man's cock? Totally gayer, even if you called it "Just two guys helping each other out."
The femme-iness of the thing actually makes sense for our team. Our qb was prettier than 95% of the population. Joakim Noah is half-French, and the first thing he did after winning? Ran up in the stands to find mom. Our colors are like something out of The King and I, our logo is in lacy cursive, and our male cheerleaders, frankly, are just as good-looking as the female cheerleaders. (Um, make that number five while you're keeping score.)
Anyway, we're a little gay. So was Rome, and ancient Greece, and those rock-ab'd circuit boys from 300 who turned the tide of history by defeating a group of Persian drag queens bent on turning their Spartan gym into a drag revue and cocktail bar. All flaming, and completely badass. And like all empires, Florida's reign will end--but for now, we rule you, high heels and all. Kiss the ring, sweetie.
This is Sparta, and we're kicking bitches down the well.
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‘This is Sparta, and we’re kicking bitches down the well.’
Well, I’ve found my exiting line for the next couple months.
by italiangator on Apr 10, 2007 10:17 AM EDT reply actions
How the French view Thermopalye:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jacques-Louis_David_004.jpg
by winstongator on Apr 10, 2007 10:20 AM EDT reply actions
Does anyone remember the “Gators got that ramma jamma” cheer, mostly around the mid-90’s?
by winstongator on Apr 10, 2007 10:29 AM EDT reply actions
That should be the school’s commercial for the next school year.
by Bill on Apr 10, 2007 10:32 AM EDT reply actions
Orson – now you’re just fucking fibbing to get higher ratings. You do not like that video of the Grease knockoff video. There’s no way. Oh, like me you liked it for a few seconds, but that ended when you realized that the hot piece of ass wasn’t going to strip naked in the radio station studio and down a kielbasa sausage, masturbate on a speaker cranking out bass, or kiss Robin. Now you’re selling out.
by Out of Conference on Apr 10, 2007 10:38 AM EDT reply actions
WTF?! Is this what we’ve got to look forward to until August? I thought the “it’s cool to be gay” fad went out several years back!
I do appreciate your courage to delineate several examples of your gayness. However, this post is just…well…gay.
I eagerly await a follow-up post on what makes you a man. A man’s man.
by Aerobab on Apr 10, 2007 10:44 AM EDT reply actions
It’s really all an excuse to post the “well kick’d” vid from 300, OOC.
by Orson Swindle on Apr 10, 2007 10:45 AM EDT reply actions
that’s the best someone’s done of defending this video so far, and frankly i don’t see anyone else doing a better job…
yeah sure. the video sucks but i’m sure a bunch of the attention it’s getting is because people are sick of hearing about how good florida has looked during the last year or so while paving the rest of division I-A college men’s athletics.
brace yourself, florida fans… this is just the beginning of what i see as the most virulent championship backlash in the history of college athletics~
by rjsplow on Apr 10, 2007 10:46 AM EDT reply actions
I remember that cheer winstongator. Kind of glad it has fizzled out, but as someone in their early 20s it’s always fun to run into a random 30 something wasted dude at The Swamp yelling that cheer. Reliving his hay-day. He’ll look around to see if anyone catches it. Most of the time it falls on deaf ears, but I always give them a nod. Good times.
by fat randy on Apr 10, 2007 10:52 AM EDT reply actions
I am on board with certain musicals/camp, but $16 for a haircut is an outrage. I got a good, manly, no-small-talk cut for half that throughout high school and I cringe any time I pay into the double digits these days.
by smq on Apr 10, 2007 11:01 AM EDT reply actions
6. You use words like “eeninesiest” without irony.
by DevilGrad on Apr 10, 2007 11:09 AM EDT reply actions
Just got to K-Mart (Target is also gay) and buy a $20 pair of clippers. I haven’t paid for a haircut since high school.
by Todd on Apr 10, 2007 11:10 AM EDT reply actions
I think it’s great that Turtle from Entourage decided to be a part of the video.
by EZ on Apr 10, 2007 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
#4, thats “…ramma jamma…OOOH, AAAH”, said with apparent orgasmic satisfaction and repeated until you’ve pissed off everyone within earshot.
by sb on Apr 10, 2007 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
4 & 17: That was a staple of the G’town Red Devils back in the late 80s, always always ALWAYS to be followed with, “Shove that ball across that line, shove that ball across that line, SHOVE it… SHOVE it!” Nothing gay there, nope. No gayness at all.
by panhandler on Apr 10, 2007 11:21 AM EDT reply actions
Orson,
While I applaud your jorts-wearing enlightenment, I think you got the adjective wrong for this video. While it certainly does have some gayishness in it, that’s not the problem. The really truly embarrassing part of this video is how… WHITE the video is.
It’s like the anti-matter to Miami’s 7th Floor Crew.
FWIW, I’ll own up to liking Lalas and handclaps, and I gladly pay $50 for my haircut. But I’ve got long hair and live in Los Angeles.
by dogtown gator on Apr 10, 2007 11:30 AM EDT reply actions
Just remember boys, it ain’t gay if you don’t kiss.
by dawgpound on Apr 10, 2007 11:44 AM EDT reply actions
I don’t want any more crap about cheesey MBA tailgating videos.
Seriously, was that produced on a dare? Even gay people would find that gay. Overly so.
by FilthyLooker on Apr 10, 2007 11:50 AM EDT reply actions
First heard the ramma jamma cheer in 1984 at the Auburn game. 24-3 natch. That was back in the heyday of the 3rd quarter cup fights. Um, sorry about the 80’s references. I’m old and I need to go take my stool softener.
by Gus Witgenstein on Apr 10, 2007 12:02 PM EDT reply actions
Damn it.
Everytime I see that video I feel like UF is Cartman, everyone else is either Stan, Kenny or Kyle, and they’ve secretly caught us having tea with Polly Prissy Pants.
“Dude, this is pretty f#cked up right here.”
Oh well, envisioning Earl Everett kicking Troy Smith into that well makes up for it a little bit.
by BDoc on Apr 10, 2007 12:07 PM EDT reply actions
Even I don’t like Bridget Jones’ Diary. 300, yes; Colin Firth, yes – sappy romantic comedy, no.
Orson, I have a ton of hair products you can borrow to show off that haircut.
by Texas Gal on Apr 10, 2007 12:11 PM EDT reply actions
As long as the small part of Orson that is gay is not located in his pants, fine by me (not that there’s anything small in there anyway, heh heh heh). His hair looks way better with a little Bumble and Bumble Brilliantine in it, anyway.
by The Conscience of a Nation on Apr 10, 2007 12:24 PM EDT reply actions
Oooh, TCOAN- I was going to suggest b&b Surf Spray! Or Kiehl’s Creme with Silk Groom. Wonder products, both.
by Texas Gal on Apr 10, 2007 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
bitches – Tea Tree gives me the hair to put the SEC on notice….also, I like the natural homemade stuff from Lush
alright, I need to go kill an animal with my bare hands now
by Jerkwheat on Apr 10, 2007 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
I dropped $100 in ten minutes at Lush in Boulder last month— have to stay away from that place!
Would it make Orson look gayer if I mentioned that he uses Sonic Death Monkey body wash?
by The Conscience of a Nation on Apr 10, 2007 12:37 PM EDT reply actions
You are my people. Lush is an addiction of mine since I lived in London years ago. Just the smell of the store is enough to drive me crazy.
Any man who can proudly rock a Lush product is a gem.
by Texas Gal on Apr 10, 2007 12:41 PM EDT reply actions
I hate to break it to you, but that video is not gay. I suppose maybe if you were dealing with some severely closeted individuals from some small town in Nebraska, but come on. (So to speak.)
FWIW, when I lived in LA I got a few $60 haircuts, but I was banking on averaging them out via male pattern baldness. Working like a charm so far.
by DC Trojan on Apr 10, 2007 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
The jorts will be your giveaway…it’s like a straight-dar beacon.
by Holly on Apr 10, 2007 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
TCOAN, I bought that stuff just for the name and agree that it is fantastical. Between myself and Miss Jerkwheat, I think we dropped 150 at Lush.
It’s not that either Orson or myself are gay – it’s that we are simply good southern boys who like to keep up appearances. What with his being from a Florida swamp and my being from a filthy dirt floor shack in the Ozarks, we couldn’t help ourselves once them city folks showed us how to be clean and attract the ladies…
by Jerkwheat on Apr 10, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions
If all men realized the power the smelling gooood (clean, not cologne-y) gave them over women, we ladies would be in t-r-o-u-b-l-e.
by The Conscience of a Nation on Apr 10, 2007 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
Also, Lush will be the undoing of me. But I’ll smell pretty!
by Holly on Apr 10, 2007 12:52 PM EDT reply actions
The smell of a man, when you get up close and nuzzle in his neck, is… guh. Week knees!
I blame you, Orson, for starting us down the path with talk of haircuts!
by Texas Gal on Apr 10, 2007 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
Lush is finally opening up here at Tyson’s Corner soon, I think the Missus had to change her pants after she saw that. Also, there is some kind of fancy pants “man salon” that just opened at the mall too, tell Orson to come on up and we’ll have a man date.
HA!
by Jerkwheat on Apr 10, 2007 1:05 PM EDT reply actions
I’ll bite on any product that gets female endorsements about going weak in the knees. Any specific Lush products that you would reccomend?
by Dave K. on Apr 10, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
Real men lose their hair.
Or, rather, they allow it to slide down onto their back.
TESTOSETRONE, BITCHES!!!!!
by NewAZTiger on Apr 10, 2007 2:26 PM EDT reply actions
I shave my head (not gay)
But then I exfoliate and moisturize (gay)
Guess it all evens out since I’m bald by choice, not necessity.
There’s a shop in Mandalay Bay, Vegas that will shave your dome for $30. I woulda done it, but I had just shaved before I went out there. Next time…
by tOSU_radar on Apr 10, 2007 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
OK, that was gayer than Nathan Lane playing Liberace, but NOT as gay as the G-Town Red Devils.
Are we going to have to call it Gaynesville from now on?
by sjs1959 on Apr 10, 2007 2:31 PM EDT reply actions
Well, FSU had a male baton twirler a couple of years ago…so maybe it’s a state thing.
Nothing wrong with spending on a nice hair cut, damn it. I shell out $40 a month for mine. Course, the boob slappin’ I get from the clumsy yet cute blonde negates some gay points.
by NoleinTexas on Apr 10, 2007 2:36 PM EDT reply actions
3 years removed from college, the $20 cost of a set of clippers amortized over 6 years finally gave way to the $52 Emerson Joseph cocktail / haircut / shoe shine / “hand detail” (read: MANicure). The MANicure may be the one-up. Nothing wrong with that.
by Mike Honcho on Apr 10, 2007 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
I’m a Dapper Dan man, myself… sorry, just had to throw in a vague reference to when male hair products were at their zenith. Gotta say I was really taken by any product/aroma making female knees go weak and require pants changing… that gets my blood raging, unlike Orson’s latest display of gaydom… not that there is anything wrong with that…
by sb on Apr 10, 2007 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
I guess I was mistaken when I thought Senor Willy the Cockfighter went to Columbia.
by Mike P. on Apr 10, 2007 2:45 PM EDT reply actions
Will get back on the products that smell good to ladies.
Now, I’m not a brand snob, not at all, but generally, if you can buy a cologne at the drugstore, you’re going to smell like a drugstore. This goes for women’s frangrances too.
And Drakkar Noir smells like puberty and desperation.
by The Conscience of a Nation on Apr 10, 2007 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
My favorite part was the chicken dance.
You really need to get someone to write a kickass rap song for you.
by CouchBurnin'Girl on Apr 10, 2007 2:57 PM EDT reply actions
You know how I know I’m gay?
I responded to this thread.
by NewAZTiger on Apr 10, 2007 2:57 PM EDT reply actions
See: http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=2604
I miss the link feature.
by CouchBurnin'Girl on Apr 10, 2007 2:58 PM EDT reply actions
First, I have to say I agree with TCOAN: the best smell is just clean- pure man. Yum.
If we’re talking colognes, I think a solid pick would be Acqua di Gio or Black (both by Armani)- but if you splurge and go for anything made by Creed (Green Irish Tweed is my particular weak-kneed favorite, Imperial is another excellent choice), you will not be disappointed.
Just don’t go with anything too cloying or heavy.
by Texas Gal on Apr 10, 2007 3:08 PM EDT reply actions
sorry, salon haircuts are most defintely NOT GAY. for $30 you get stunningly beautiful women wearing wonderfully revealing clothes running their fingers through your hair and their bosoms across your face. you pay that much for a peroxide-hair bimbo with a nasty meth habit to perform something approximating a lap-dance at any place named “hardbodies.”
and as for lush… great band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Df_JW6DBnE
by kleph on Apr 10, 2007 3:21 PM EDT reply actions
You want us to smell like Creed?
Ugh. I have a notion that’s like the guy who always stands next to you at small club concerts, whose leather jacket smells like sweat, urine, and old pepperoni.
But with an extra whiff of hypocrisy.
by DC Trojan on Apr 10, 2007 3:59 PM EDT reply actions
IT SMELLS LIKE JESUS!!!
..and right guard sport.
by Orson Swindle on Apr 10, 2007 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
Well this is just great…Not only did we get our asses kicked twice, but it was practically done by the white sneakers of Sean Hayes in time to a musical score…NTTAWWT…
by Pants McPants on Apr 10, 2007 4:17 PM EDT reply actions
… I refuse to get my hair cut anywhere that costs more than $10, doesn’t have a dog on the front doorstep, and the Braves on TV. And I live in Ireland. And I still manage to keep a respectable haircut. None of that ‘down to the collar’ hippie crap for me.
by Will on Apr 10, 2007 4:37 PM EDT reply actions
Great, just freaking great, are you trying to bankrupt me? I went to the LUSH site and got out before I ordered everything and handed them my bank account….
That all looks FAAAABULOUS, and my inner Metro has been unleashed.
by sjs1959 on Apr 10, 2007 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
IT SMELLS LIKE JESUS!!!
I suppose that eliminate the pepperoni then.
by DC Trojan on Apr 10, 2007 5:21 PM EDT reply actions
This stuff is pretty much the best smelling bath product ever.
by The Conscience of a Nation on Apr 10, 2007 5:36 PM EDT reply actions
TCOAN and TexasGal,
You kick ass! I have tendencies that I need to get over w/r/t grooming:
-It’s morally wrong to pay more than $15 for a haircut; hair is just dead skin cells.
-All shampoos are the same: SDS or a similar surfactant is the active ingredient in every shampoo, and the rest of them are just in there for marketing purposes.
I’m pretty sure these are pretty common notions among engineers. It’s a wonder we tend to suck with women, right?
by Kakistocrat on Apr 10, 2007 6:27 PM EDT reply actions
Engineers are diamonds in the rough— rational, smart, and no-bullshit. And usually quite well employed. I don’t understand why more women don’t snatch y’all up (heh) and gradually, with your full knowledge and consent, give you a makeover. Well, except for the fact that a made-over, well-employed engineer then becomes the target of other women.
As far as the hair cut thing goes, I prefer Orson with a salon cut, but I know plenty of women for whom a $5 high and tight is more erotic than a stack of lady-porn romance novels. You’ve just got to figure out what looks best on you.
by The Conscience of a Nation on Apr 10, 2007 6:46 PM EDT reply actions
Orson’s pushed EDSBS Live back to 8 PM – he’s behind schedule on his spinach-dip-in-a-bread-bowl.
by DAve on Apr 10, 2007 7:15 PM EDT reply actions
Nothing wrong with a salon cut, except I want mine cut SHORT and most women don’t seem to be able to do that.
As far as what makes me gay, well, I live with two gay men, so I guess that kinda counts. Though I know as long as I continue to loath Barbara Streisand, I’ll not cross over fully to the Dark Side.
by Hates Bawbwa Streisand on Apr 10, 2007 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
So Orson, when does the “I love it when balls are in my face” bumper sticker go on the car?
I also subscribe to the buy a set of clippers and never again pay for a haircut philosophy.
by Oski and ye shall receive on Apr 11, 2007 2:15 AM EDT reply actions
Puberty and desperation, finally I have found my scent.
by Hovan on Apr 11, 2007 8:28 AM EDT reply actions
A day later and still lovin’ the “weak knees for aroma and wet pants for retail outlet” image… trying to find that key to my engineer wife’s heart…
by sb on Apr 11, 2007 9:02 AM EDT reply actions
“If all men realized the power the smelling gooood (clean, not cologne-y) gave them over women, we ladies would be in t-r-o-u-b-l-e.” – TCOAN
I get the “Oh man you smell good” all the time and all I use is soap (BAR SOAP BITCHES) and deoderant. Smelling clean is a matter of actually being clean, not spending $75 on a product that comes out of the same pipe at the same plant that P&G gets their stuff from just in a much gayer bottle.
I will occasionally whip out the Safari for the Mrs.
by PeterPumpkinhead on Apr 11, 2007 5:10 PM EDT reply actions
Sorry but as a Florida fan that video is completely embarassing. I’d prefer a bad rap song to that trash (wasn’t there a “it’s dem Gators” song somewhere on the web?).
BTW since I’m totally NOT gay and there are some gals dispensing advice on the board, what’s a good laundry detergent for a straight guy? I’m not going to wear cologne everyday but I’d like to remain at least somewhat attractive to the opposite sex. Thanks for the tips.
by Ahab on Apr 11, 2007 5:30 PM EDT reply actions
“Welcome, class, to the first lecture at Johns Hopkins International Studies Graduate Program. Before we go on, let me get one thing squared away to all you future diplomats in the room: NEVER, by any means, EVER have your back to a well. Moving on . . .”
by MCab on Apr 11, 2007 6:33 PM EDT reply actions
How am I gay? I’m still posting here…
I remembered the reason I never wear cologne: Every time I go to the bar I always end up smelling like shitty cigarette smoke anyway.
by Kakistocrat on Apr 12, 2007 7:40 AM EDT reply actions
Haircuts are like booze; you pay for what you get.
And I second your opinion on cologne, Kakistocrat.
by Robert on Jul 11, 2007 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
no soap on a rope for Gaytor boys, they like to go down the hershey highway, we all knew you guys were rump rangers.
by W on Sep 13, 2007 2:04 PM EDT reply actions

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