explain "latex" comment
***haze***
anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment Mulder
made to Scully.
and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap like
that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.
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Mike Quigley
>>anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment
>>Mulder made to Scully.
>>
>>and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap like
>>that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.
>
> I believe the whole latex comment was about Scully snapping on
>those latex gloves...correct me if I am wrong, but that's what the
>context suggested to me, anyway.
Considering Mulder's interest in porno, this has a certain connotation of
"condoms" as well...
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think about it, that doesn't make much sense.
Center for Democratic Renewal
porn" come from. did i miss an episode or something?
nihilist
Ariane Wong
ach...@alpha.delta.edu says...
>
>
>anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment
Mulder
>made to Scully.
>
>and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap like
>that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.
I believe the whole latex comment was about Scully snapping on
those latex gloves...correct me if I am wrong, but that's what the
context suggested to me, anyway.
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Jeffrey C. Morton
>anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment Mulder
>made to Scully.
>and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap like
>that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.
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> "You know what burns my butt? A flame about
> this high." - Joel Robinson #308
> "Uh-oh... Romulans." - Mike Nelson #601
It was a joke; a sexual innuendo. And a very funny one as a matter of
fact.
JN Cotton
>
>In article <4f98g3$k...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ARW...@indiana.edu
(Ariane
>Wong) writes:
>
>>In article
<Pine.OSF.3.91.960206...@alpha.delta.edu>,
>>ach...@alpha.delta.edu says...
SNIP
>I agree with Ariane, since that was my take on it also. I'm a Medical
>Technologist, and I "snap on the latex" everyday. (Well, actually, I
>don't, since I'm allergic...so I snap on the 100% hypoallergenic
>non-latex, but the idea's the same. <g>) Medical gloves, latex or
>otherwise, exist to serve as barrier protection between the wearer and
>whatever they may come into contact with. I may be overanalyzing
Mulder's
>comment, but I think he meant it as a dig, implying that (in his
opinion)
>Scully puts up a barrier between herself and whatever
possibly-paranormal
>situation is at hand. "Snapping on the latex", as he sees it, denotes
a
>cold, clinical, sterile, rigid, by-the-book, scientific approach,
which is
>usually at odds with his own approach. Scully is analytical, while
Mulder
>is instinctual. Her scientific approach can seem aloof and passive
(more
>observation than participation), while Mulder's is more
down-and-dirty,
>hands-on, and involved. In their normal working relationship, these
>differences make for some wonderful teamwork. But, within the warped
>confines of "Syzygy", Mulder's comment was designed to strike an
unfair
>blow against Scully's methods, which are an essential part of her
>personality. In my opinion, *that's* what made the comment so cruel
and
>cutting.
>
That's a very thoughtful analysis. But the first thing I thought when
Mulder made that comment was, "condom joke" (particularly rude since
Scully [as far as we've seen] hasn't seen a condom in all its glory in
at least three years!). Anyway, my mind is always in the gutter....
Nancy (no clever sig)
Brian Moffet
>reference to latrex gloves and condoms is not a first for Mulder...in the episode Soft Light,
>Mulder casually asked Scully for a "prophyllactic." and, without even blinking a reaction, she
>handed him a latex glove (the better to touch possible evidence with...)
I think also this is an inside joke in the medical industry, that people will
kid about putting on prophyllactics, because in medicine the job is basically
the same, protection from disease and unwanted contamination :-)
That's what I thought the joke was, not necessarily a personal joke against
or to Scully.
I'm not sure where the "Snapping" came from in Mulders mind, but given the
gargoyle episode, there's a lot still to discover in his psyche...
brian
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Juliettt
possibilities. One was an obvious (surface) reference to the earlier
scene when he pointed out the "horny beast" and asked her "if it wasn't
too much trouble" to get some pictures made of the mark on the dead boy's
chest. She snapped on her gloves hard and said "Sure, fine" *snap!*
"whatever." Number two is, of course, the condom meaning.
But what about this? Mulder has specifically referred to his meetings
with Skinner as "bend-over-and-grab-your-ankles" sessions -- comparing
Skinner's verbal reamings to a proctology exam. Mightn't he be directing
a slam at Scully in this manner? Accusing her of not backing him, of
"reaming him out," as it were? Makes sense to me. . . .
I mention this because I have been thinking about it and haven't seen any
posts suggesting it. Sooo, what do y'all think?
J, who usually doesn't lurk here (hence the delay in discussion)
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John Webster
>Haze asks:
>>
>> anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment Mulder
>> made to Scully.
>>
>> and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap like
>> that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.
>
>enthusiasm (?) in an earlier scene at the charred coffin. But also, i think Mulder was not
>just referring to that earlier moment, but making a double entendre regarding the other purpose
>latex has...condoms. She likes to snap 'em on??? He was being shitty to her!! I mean, this
>reference to latrex gloves and condoms is not a first for Mulder...in the episode Soft Light,
>Mulder casually asked Scully for a "prophyllactic." and, without even blinking a reaction, she
>handed him a latex glove (the better to touch possible evidence with...)
>
>too!
>
>Kat
>
Well, the condom possibility did enter my mind but I
don't think that's what it was. I think Mulder was
just busting her ass...sorta like..."Oh, okay there
Miss Bigshot Medical Doctor Who's Gonna Dive Right
In There and Solve the Whole Thing...Miss Only Medical
Authority Qualified...Miss Nothing Gets By Me When I'm
Doin' the Doctor Thing...Miss I'm Into Needing Special
Little Work Tools Like Latex Gloves to Do My Special
Job So Much That You, Without the Need to Use Special Little
Tools Like Latex Gloves Could NEVER Understand...", you tell ME!"
Ya think?
John Webster
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Dave Moore
>anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment Mulder
>made to Scully.
Several folks have suggested a condom reference. I agree
that Mulder was making an emotional pun, as it were,
between Scully's enthusiasm for her work (which
quite legitimately requires gloves), and latex
sexual toys: not just condoms, but gloves, enema
bags, rubber lingerie, all that kinky stuff.
Dave Moore == djm...@uh.edu == I speak for me.
kimberle...@starcross.mhv.net
>nocternal activities (or as we philes know, lack there of)?
>I know she has to put the gloves on a lot, she is after all a M.E., but
>his comment was far from that genre. So that's why I'm asking. *What*
>did he *really* mean???
> ^^^^^^
>or am i just reaching.....
I think it was a "double-edged" comment--remember when M&S, & det. White
were looking at the boy's body in th acasket after the wake where it
suddenly burst into flame? When White tried to point out to Scully what she
and Mulder saw (the horns), And Scully blew it off, then White left and
Mulder snottily asked Scully to get pics of it (ok, here's the point I'm
trying to make--REALLY! <G>), Scully is putting on the latex gloves and as
she says her now-classic "sure. fine. whatever", she *snaps* the latex glove
on quite loudly (that must have hurt); I doubt Mulder missed it. I think he
was teasing her about it, letting her know he didn't miss it, and was
reminding here about it.
The other "edge" may very well be a sexual one...Mulder isn't above that
kind of thing, and it certainly would fluster the proper Dana Scully (who,
as far as we know, does *not* watch porno)! <G>
Kim
Trevor J. Zajac
>In article <4f98g3$k...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ARW...@indiana.edu (Ariane
>Wong) writes:
>
>>In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960206...@alpha.delta.edu>,
>>ach...@alpha.delta.edu says...
>>>
>>>
>>Mulder
>>>made to Scully.
>>>
>
>Technologist, and I "snap on the latex" everyday. (Well, actually, I
>don't, since I'm allergic...so I snap on the 100% hypoallergenic
>non-latex, but the idea's the same. <g>) Medical gloves, latex or
>otherwise, exist to serve as barrier protection between the wearer and
>whatever they may come into contact with. I may be overanalyzing Mulder's
>comment, but I think he meant it as a dig, implying that (in his opinion)
>Scully puts up a barrier between herself and whatever possibly-paranormal
>situation is at hand. "Snapping on the latex", as he sees it, denotes a
>cold, clinical, sterile, rigid, by-the-book, scientific approach, which is
>usually at odds with his own approach. Scully is analytical, while Mulder
>is instinctual. Her scientific approach can seem aloof and passive (more
>observation than participation), while Mulder's is more down-and-dirty,
>hands-on, and involved. In their normal working relationship, these
>differences make for some wonderful teamwork. But, within the warped
>confines of "Syzygy", Mulder's comment was designed to strike an unfair
>blow against Scully's methods, which are an essential part of her
>personality. In my opinion, *that's* what made the comment so cruel and
>cutting.
>
- Trev
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Amy Harper
anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment
Mulder
made to Scully.
and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap like
that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.>
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"You know what burns my butt? A flame about
this high." - Joel Robinson #308
"Uh-oh... Romulans." - Mike Nelson #601
Moulder was joking that snapping on latex gloves was a turn on for
Scully, or at least that's how I interpreted it.
-Amy
Vivien Osborne
A >Subject: explain "latex" comment
A >
A >
A >anybody know the reason behind the whole "snapping latex" comment
A >Mulder made to Scully.
A >
A >and don't say it was because of the planets aligning or any crap
A >like that. there has to be some underlying reason for it.
Um maybe he was talking about Latex gloves, seeing she is a phorensic
doctor! Perhaps the reference was saying she has a fetish for them?
rather than them being necessary to her job?
Well I haven't seen this episode yet so its a very rough guess!! ;->
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Lilith
CD>re: one of the comments. where does "considering Mulder's interest in
CD>porn" come from. did i miss an episode or something?
Apparently you've missed several episodes. He has been known to watch
porn in several episodes, and indeed in one of the first episodes was
perusing a magazine right in his office. Scully often jokingly berates
his interest in it.
Lbkinglet
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