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- From: mhr@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Mike Reaser)
- Subject: Re: Dances with Dunces (was Re: Dances with Lesbians)
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:48:13 GMT
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- In <mattm-200193140458@mcmelmon.apple.com> mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon)
- strives for the wit of Molly Ivins but can manage only Miles Kimball:
-
- >There's a lot of life in this bear, I'll give him that.
-
- I _do_ tend to be lively, just ask my friends.
-
- >> 1. AFH's: The basic Attitude From Hell queens -- their shit
- >[read: people who turned him down, hard]
-
- Read: People Matthew knows better than to glance at, even once.
- >
- >> 2. CRQ's: Confused Redneck Queens; they know they're queer,
- >[read: people who turned him down, soft]
-
- Read: People Matthew cruised who slung the same amount of (if not
- more) attitude at him as he threw at them.
- >
- >> 3. AHO's: Assorted Hangers-On. May show up with an AFH, but
- >[read: people he turned down, but doesn't want to take reponsibility
- >for]
- >
-
- Read: Matthew's target trick du jour who, once they cleared out
- of the smoky bar (hey, let's tie as many threads together
- as possible), excused himself to go to the bathroom.
-
- In Alaska.
-
- >> Occasionally, you'll be luck and find that rare person from the fourth
- >> category -- a real person.
-
- >[read: him]
-
- Read: Or anyone who values the strength of their neurons as opposed
- to the holding strength of their mousse, gel, or hair spray.
-
- >> Alter these basic descriptions from "queen" to "dweeb", and you've
- >> got most SF conventions.
-
- >[read: he wasn't very popular in high school, either]
-
- (Let's see, I have to translate this into prissyqueenspeak for Matthew.)
-
- Au contraire, sweetheart. The crowd of which I was part was one of the
- two "in" crowds -- one composed of the jocks and cheerleaders, the other
- containing the "brains" and musicians.
-
- But, then again, I didn't (and don't) give a damn about the opinions held
- by self-proclaimed "divas" about my friends. I've never needed to use
- strangers to try to validate my life. Parking tickets, yes, life, no.
-
- >> And some of us haven't had to in years, since we found our husbear
- >> (who gets off work an hour before I do <dot> <dot> <dot> )
-
- >[read: to many AFH, CRQ, and AHO's to keep track of]
-
- Read: Nope, just one, and out of category four. And next month we'll
- reach our third anniversary.
-
- *!SNAP!*
-
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