My car is a drag queen
Jack Hamilton
At the party after our concert last night, a few of us were talking about
our cars. (Cars and trucks and real estate are what gay people always talk
about when we get together, n'est-ce pas?)
One fellow said that his current car was a him, but his previous car was a
her. A woman said that her cars were always women, and in fact the current
one is a lesbian.
I don't give my cars sex, throbbing engines and hot tailpipes notwithstanding,
but I asked what the gender of my car might be (I have a 1973 Cadillac Coupe
de Ville, white with bright red leather). After discussing it, they
decided, mostly on the basis of the red leather, that it's a gay male drag
queen car.
Maybe that explains why it needs to be lubed so often.
Any trangender cars out there?
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Neil Hamilton
>
>At the party after our concert last night, a few of us were talking about
>our cars. (Cars and trucks and real estate are what gay people always talk
>about when we get together, n'est-ce pas?)
>
>One fellow said that his current car was a him, but his previous car was a
>her. A woman said that her cars were always women, and in fact the current
>one is a lesbian.
>
>I don't give my cars sex, throbbing engines and hot tailpipes notwithstanding,
>but I asked what the gender of my car might be (I have a 1973 Cadillac Coupe
>de Ville, white with bright red leather). After discussing it, they
>decided, mostly on the basis of the red leather, that it's a gay male drag
>queen car.
I've always heard that our cars (among other things) are just an
extension of ourselves.
Jack, really, in your wildest dreams. ;-)
Jim Wood
My current car is a staid and conservative middle-aged suburban housewife:
I drive a dark grey 1991 Nissan Maxima.
My last car was a hot and hunky Italian guy: I used to have a dark brown
1986-1/2 Toyota Supra. Four valves per cylinder, and hung like 200 horsepower!
I want my Supra back. :-):-)
Jim Wood [wo...@siemens.siemens.com] (609) 734-3643
"I can't talk now, Clarice. I'm having a friend for lunch."
- Dr. Lecter on vacation in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
Donn F. Pedro
>
>I've always heard that our cars (among other things) are just an
>extension of ourselves.
Then I must have Multiple Personality Disorder.
Honda Wagon: Paid for
1972 Ford 3/4 ton pickup: Paid for
1970 Ford Falcon: Paid for
1991 Ford Escort: Still paying
Why four vehicles? The Honda blew up shortly after
I purchased the Falcon. I leased the Escort to have a
commuter car while I took my damn sweet time tearing a honda
motor apart (I like pain). I got the Honda running and
bought the pickup for a song - all within the same week.
It wasn't planned - it just happened.
Why keep so many? Because three are paid for.
Then there's the sailboat. :-)
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Taylor Gilbert
> In article <+hbkjj#.j...@netcom.com> j...@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) writes:
> >
> >At the party after our concert last night, a few of us were talking about
> >our cars. (Cars and trucks and real estate are what gay people always talk
> >about when we get together, n'est-ce pas?)
> >
> >One fellow said that his current car was a him, but his previous car was a
> >her. A woman said that her cars were always women, and in fact the current
> >one is a lesbian.
> >
> >I don't give my cars sex, throbbing engines and hot tailpipes
notwithstanding,
> >but I asked what the gender of my car might be (I have a 1973 Cadillac Coupe
> >de Ville, white with bright red leather). After discussing it, they
> >decided, mostly on the basis of the red leather, that it's a gay male drag
> >queen car.
>
i drive an old Volvo (volva) and it is safe a womans womb and strong as one
too. its masculine attributes are its small put powerful engine
it is blue ( a typically boys color)
it has a stock radio that does the job and has been seriously over used
and yet it keeps on working (female attribute)
it does not like to get cleaned ( i use coffee grounds to freshen up)
the vanity plate is NE14tag(tag is my nickname)
it is transgender? YOU MAKE THE CALL
TAG
Rod Williams
>> ni...@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Neil Hamilton) writes:
>>I've always heard that our cars (among other things) are just an
>>extension of ourselves.
>
>Then I must have Multiple Personality Disorder.
>
>Honda Wagon: Paid for
>1972 Ford 3/4 ton pickup: Paid for
>1970 Ford Falcon: Paid for
>1991 Ford Escort: Still paying
I've been called self-effacing, but this is ridiculous!
(haven't owned a car for the last 6 years (except for
that $300 wreck I used to get from the train station to
work and back in New Jersey because there was no bus
service))
:-)
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> At the party after our concert last night, a few of us were talking about
> our cars. (Cars and trucks and real estate are what gay people always talk
> about when we get together, n'est-ce pas?)
>
> One fellow said that his current car was a him, but his previous car was a
> her. A woman said that her cars were always women, and in fact the current
> one is a lesbian.
>
> I don't give my cars sex, throbbing engines and hot tailpipes notwithstanding,
> but I asked what the gender of my car might be (I have a 1973 Cadillac Coupe
> de Ville, white with bright red leather). After discussing it, they
> decided, mostly on the basis of the red leather, that it's a gay male drag
> queen car.
Well, this brings up an interesting question: How much do our vehicles
resemble us or we resemble our vehicles? Sort of like owners resembling
their pets or vice versa? Are vehicles a good indicator of personality?
In other words, is Jack a drag queen? :-)
I personally drive what has been refered to as a 'yuppie truck.'
It's a black 2WD S-10 blazer with tinted glass and running boards.
Someone this weekend remarked about how butch it was, like me,
well sort of. Yeah, its a truck, but it is a 2WD and only a 2.8
liter V6. So it appears butch, but doesn't carry it to an extreme,
like me. ;-) I also like to wear black, too. My truck is most
definately male, but most definately gay.
- jay g
Michael Bryan
I don't give my cars sex, either. I make them find it on their own!
:-)
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Donn F. Pedro
>> dfp...@uswnvg.UUCP.UUCP (Donn F. Pedro) writes:
>>Honda Wagon: Paid for
>>1972 Ford 3/4 ton pickup: Paid for
>>1970 Ford Falcon: Paid for
>>1991 Ford Escort: Still paying
>
>I've been called self-effacing, but this is ridiculous!
It is ridiculous! I hadn't planned it this way, to be sure.
Haven't decided what to do about it yet.
I do have the sailboat so I need a tow vehicle.
Vehicles that can haul 3000lbs don't get great mileage.
I commute 25 mi each way so I need a commute car.
>(haven't owned a car for the last 6 years (except for
>that $300 wreck I used to get from the train station to
>work and back in New Jersey because there was no bus
>service))
Not possible for me at this time, but preferable.
>:-)
I know.
Steve Eastman
a 500 cubic inch engine (8.2 liters)
Oh please, oh please, oh please, please, please be a BUTCH car.
Steve Eastman
Research Libraries Group, Inc./Stanford University
Rob Bernardo
>At the party after our concert last night, a few of us were talking about
>our cars. (Cars and trucks and real estate are what gay people always talk
>about when we get together, n'est-ce pas?)
Not sex and tricks and parties? Heavens, I think the yuppie crowd has taken
over. :-)
>One fellow said that his current car was a him, but his previous car was a
>her. A woman said that her cars were always women, and in fact the current
>one is a lesbian.
>
>I don't give my cars sex, throbbing engines and hot tailpipes notwithstanding,
...
That's interesting. Not only do I not assign gender to my vehicles,
but gender hardly comes to play in my mental picture of even Oriana (newbies:
Oriana is a mare). She's just Oriana.
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Scooter Corleone
>
>I don't give my cars sex,
...I'm surprised they still carry you around.
No worries,
Scooter Corleone
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Steve Eastman (BR....@forsythe.stanford.edu) offers:
> Well, I drive a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado, Black w/ black leather interior, and
> a 500 cubic inch engine (8.2 liters)
Damn!
That's one BUTCH car!
Bet it's at LEAST 3" longer than
a Lincoln Continental Mark IV, too.
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George Dalton Madison
>Well, I drive a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado, Black w/ black leather interior, and
>a 500 cubic inch engine (8.2 liters)
>
>Oh please, oh please, oh please, please, please be a BUTCH car.
Sorry. That's just a piggy, oversized and wasteful car.
(Unless you habitually carpool with 4 other people....)
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Jack Hamilton
>Steve Eastman writes:
>>Well, I drive a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado, Black w/ black leather interior, and
>>a 500 cubic inch engine (8.2 liters)
>>
>>Oh please, oh please, oh please, please, please be a BUTCH car.
>
>Sorry. That's just a piggy, oversized and wasteful car.
You certainly have pigs on the mind a lot these days.
>(Unless you habitually carpool with 4 other people....)
Steve *is* in a carpool, although I don't know how many other people are in
it. He also keeps his car tuned up.
Jess Anderson
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r...@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US (Rob Bernardo) writes:
>gender hardly comes to play in my mental picture of even
>Oriana (newbies: Oriana is a mare).
It would if you were a stud. But we both know you're not! :-)
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Donn F. Pedro
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:Steve Eastman (BR....@forsythe.stanford.edu) offers:
Size queen. :-)
jgl...@ducvax.auburn.edu
> Well, I drive a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado, Black w/ black leather interior, and
> a 500 cubic inch engine (8.2 liters)
>
> Oh please, oh please, oh please, please, please be a BUTCH car.
Oh, isn't it obvious it is? I'm sure it comes complete with its
own tire chains and whips, too, huh?
500 cubic inches? Hmph! Size queen!
- jay
Jim Wood
>That's interesting. Not only do I not assign gender to my vehicles,
>but gender hardly comes to play in my mental picture of even Oriana (newbies:
>Oriana is a mare). She's just Oriana.
^^^^^
Don't you mean to say, "He or she's just Oriana," or better yet,
"It's just Oriana?"
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>I don't give my cars sex, throbbing engines and hot tailpipes
>notwithstanding, but I asked what the gender of my car might be.
Well, I drive a blue 2-door '87 Ford Tempo with the "bigger" engine,
stick shift and tinted windows. Despite all these masculine trappings,
I came upon the car quite without design and am convinced to this day
that it's a very female car. It likes men and women (although women
less so) and I'd have to say that my car is female, Kinsey-2 and just
likes to dress butch because she's comfortable that way, even if it
doesn't always "look right."
Elf !!!
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JON THUMIM
I thought that Oriana was the Queen of England?
Peace.
Jon
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be."
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Rob Bernardo
>
>>That's interesting. Not only do I not assign gender to my vehicles,
>>but gender hardly comes to play in my mental picture of even Oriana (newbies:
>>Oriana is a mare). She's just Oriana.
> ^^^^^
>Don't you mean to say, "He or she's just Oriana," or better yet,
>"It's just Oriana?"
Language usage does not reflect the saliences of mental images. Also
for me, using "it" for a sentient creature seems distancing and
inappropriate for a pet, esp. one which one knows well. Additionally,
"he or she" refers to someone of unspecifiable gender, such as a
hypothetical person who might be of either gender, or a person who's
gender is unknown to the speaker.
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