Queer theorists get their wish in stupid English town

[thefuriouscynic]

If you are in Canterbury, say, drinking in a pub or at a twee little concert or something, and if someone asks you if you're gay, you shouldn't be offended! And not just for all the usual blah blah tolerance reasons, either. The real reason you shouldn't be offended is because 'gay' here doesn't denote one's predisposition to lusting after and

Comments

[shinyobject]

twee!
i love that word.
Brits sound really gay. in the sense that it means overly complicated and not worth understanding since it's different.
that's all.

[thefuriouscynic]

'Twee' is an awesome word. It's almost 'tweed' and it's 3/4 'wee', making it 100% booyah.

[ice_fighter]

Too bad that subversive magic hasn't made it as far as the fun-opolis of Norwich!

[thefuriouscynic]

Do you have the city dyke/country wife phenomenon there, though? I think it's a phenomenon of all towns, but it's where women are all big and butch and burly with mullets and plaid shirts... but that's only because they've got like 50 kids and a farm to run.

[thefuriouscynic]

But your taste in music sucks. BURRRRRNN!!!!

I actually think that there's a gay club/bar in Canterbury, but I'm not sure. It's got rainbows on it, but that just might be because whoever owns the bar thinks that rainbows are pretty.

[thefuriouscynic]

It's such a common expression here that I think any potential for innuendo would go WOOOSH over their heads.

[bluesmurf]

i hate gay people.

[thefuriouscynic]

Move to Canterbury!