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April 24, 2006
Classification
I remember the good old days when I just came out of the closet.
"I'm gay!" I shouted, and I had no idea that answer was insufficient, at least in NYC.
So many people wanted to classify what kind of gay I was. Was I a twink? Was I a Chelsea boy/Muscle Mary? Was I an alterna-fag? Was I a butch boy? Was I a guppie, a leather man, a nancy nellie, or a Miss Julie Mary Mariposa?
No, if someone insists on a label for purely physical reasons, apparently I'm an otter, which is a sub-class of the bear group. Thank you so much, fascinating and informative Wikipedia. Being an otter means that I am the only marine mammal that insulates with fur instead of blubber, and I am also one of only a handful of mammals that use tools. I am also very playful, as evidenced by my penchant for frolicking in freezing water. If you saw a group of us, we would be known as a bevy or raft of otter (the plural does not require an 's').
In natural settings, a group of bears is known as a sleuth or sloth of bears. However, gay bears need a better grouping. I'm proposing a brew of bears, as they like beer. For some of the snobby, exclusive ones that only function as a single entity, I have also thought of a 'frat' or 'shit in the woods' of bears.
Posted by G at April 24, 2006 07:04 PM
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Methinks sloth fits far too perfectly
Posted by: sam at April 24, 2006 09:28 PM
There will be one or two "frats" of bears jammed into the basement at Snaxx on Friday.
I'll prolly be over at Phoenix, though, with the alterna-fags. :-)
Posted by: circleinasquare at April 24, 2006 10:12 PM
I'm a Panda!!!!
Woohooo.
Go me. Go me. I'm Asian. I'm husky.
Ling ling ain't got nothin on me.
*cabbage patch**cabbage patch**cabbage patch*
Posted by: Mike P. at April 25, 2006 12:58 AM
I was thinking a "Woof" of bears seemed like the proper collective noun. Or perhaps a "buffet" of bears. Heh. Or how about a "purse" of bears to point out that, no matter how pleasantly furry, they're still just big nelly boys. :)
Posted by: Alan at April 25, 2006 10:02 AM
Otter?
I loved it when you boinked Dean Wormer's drunk wife and then left her passed out on her front lawn. Good times. Too bad about that glass coffee table though, eh?
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests -- we did. But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg -- isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America! Gentlemen!"
- Eric "Otter" Stratton, "Animal House" (1978)
Posted by: palochi at April 25, 2006 11:14 AM
Your people are such labellers. ;-)
Posted by: goblinbox at April 25, 2006 12:48 PM
I propose "a buffett of bears." You could pronounce it like Jimmy Buffett, but the word "buffet" (as in food) comes to the mind.
Posted by: MikeProv1 at April 25, 2006 03:06 PM
Yeah, I fall into the "bitter old queen" category. **sigh**
Posted by: GayProf at April 25, 2006 05:03 PM
I was classified as an Otter a while back from some bears. They explained it to me in detail. Then I asked, "Wouldn't an otter be food for bears?"
"Exactly" was their response.
Posted by: mark at April 25, 2006 05:50 PM
Whenever someone claims me for a group, my kneejerk reaction is to nod and smile politely. Whatever the group is, I probably can fit in it.
Posted by: Randy McDonald at April 25, 2006 06:46 PM
I'm a monkey. My bf's a monkey too. No particular reason, we're both just monkeys.
Posted by: Bubala at April 26, 2006 09:38 AM
sea otters are one of my favorite animals. they're adorable. i like the way that their idea of cleaning up after dinner, is to roll over and let the food fall off of their stomachs. do you think there's a parallel there too?
Posted by: kelli at April 26, 2006 06:14 PM
I know you can refer to multiple twinks as a "party" of bois.
I would call a grouping of bears a "tub" of bears.
Posted by: jimbo at April 26, 2006 06:30 PM
I still don't really like the word "bear."
But cubs and otters totally turn me on. Just saying.
Posted by: Scott at April 27, 2006 09:41 AM
I'm a moose.
Fuck the bear shit.
Posted by: Mark at April 27, 2006 02:11 PM
Oh my, oh my. How about a Bundle of Bears. That's cute enough. WOOOF.
Posted by: BT at May 1, 2006 01:18 PM