Hague Banditry news item.....

[R1Geezer]

It seems this is all based on the fact that they once shared a twin room. So are 2 people of the same sex sharing a room now deemed Gay by default?

[Sqad]

R1Geezer.....I was not trying to ridicule you as i was trying to put over a point by "humour" and if I failed, then I apologise.

I was educated in a profession where one was taught by humour and ridicule and it clearly has rubbed off on me.

I have been ridiculed and made a fool of more times than you have had hot dinners and you learn to ride with the comments.

[craft1948]

I worked with a guy in the 60's when homosexuality was illegal, we all knew he was gay but it was never mentioned. When it was decriminalised, he overnight, turned into a rampant queen (his words). We were rather stunned with his change of character, but it must have been dreadful for him, hiding his sexuality for so long.

[Answerprancer]

...so the big question amongst gay gentlemen:
is banditry manditry ?

[McMouse]

How do you seat William Hague, Peter Mandelson and Chris Smith on a stool?
............turn it upside down.

[McMouse]

Bone smuggler, Cock jockey

[eyethenkyew]

Human nature being what it is, would anyone feel comfortable if it transpired that their husband/wife/partner was habitually sharing hotel rooms with one other person of the same sex?

In fact, even it it was someone of the opposite gender? Be totally honest. I certainly know I'd be deeply suspicious of my "most significant other". Wouldn't you of yours?

[craft1948]

Rubbish......when I umpired on the tournament circuit the umpires were often asked to room share with same sex colleagues to save on expenses.

[McMouse]

Hague is worth quite a few bob craft and could easily have paid for an additional room.

[craft1948]

But surely it would be from his election expenses.

[sp1814]

R1Geezer

The Larry Grayson/Mr Humpries campery is still around (cf. Graham Norton and Alan Carr), but now there are so many different 'types' (comedian Stephen K Amos, presenter Simon Amstell, basketball player John Amaechi, politician Chris Smith etc)of gay men that it's best to assume nothing until told otherwise.

Similarly, there are men who you would lay money on being gay (David Walliams), who aren't...they're just camp.

[Sqad]

craft....election expenses or not, I would not share a room in a hotel with another fellow.............another woman..Yes, but not another bloke.

[McMouse]

Share with another woman sqad? Do you mean as a threesome or what?

[Sqad]

McMouse....now....that is my language that you are talking.

[craft1948]

Sorry sqad you must have a complex....I've often shared a twin room with another female.......in fact I share a cabin every holiday with my female friend.

[McMouse]

I always thought Turd burglar had a certain ring to it.

[Sqad]

craft...you are probably right.....at home we have separate bathrooms by choice and certainly if I was staying at a hotel, I wouldn´t share a bathroom wit another bloke, especially if I was a millionaire............and I am not.

Personal hygiene, I suppose.

[sp1814]

Just seen Sqad's response to 'how to spot a gay' from earlier today:

A guy comes "mincing " down the street in a pink shirt, tight trousers, well coiffured hair, stupid inane grin on his face, head moving from side to side and with a limp wrist says "helooow sailor"

Yes, that would be a gay man...if it was 1972 and you happened to live in a Carry On film.

Tell you a mostly foolproof way of telling if a chap is gay?

<generalisation warning>

1. He's over 35, but still has a six pack
2. He has attractive female mates (not just women that his wife/girlfriend knows)
3. He has never thrown up or urinated on the street
4. He knows the difference between Emporio Armani and Georgio Armani
5. (and this is the really important one) He sleeps with men, rather than women.