Give It, Take It, Fucking Around
I ran this post about the “gay hanky code” a while ago but it’s worth another airing as I believe the hanky code is dieing out.
Some years ago I was informed that which ear you wore your earring in indicated your sexuality. But I have no idea now which way round they should be. So for all I know there could be lots of ladies thinking I’m lesbian. Come to think of it how good would that be? Note to self: check out which side I should be wearing my earring to attract the ladies. Whoops, there I go again.
You’re probably all shouting at me now, that you already were aware of this. In which case I’m sorry it took me a while to catch up but bear with me. I particularly like the Lime Green code, perhaps coupled with the Grey Flannel code. Check out this site and study your hanky code now http://www.gaycityusa.com/HANKYCODES.htm .
These codes were apparently adopted for use in noisy bars and clubs. The idea being that you can visualise a person’s preference with no margin for error. Verbal communication in such an environment could possibly lead to all sorts of mix-ups.
It does rather simplify the whole pick up procedure. You don’t need to ask those embarrassing questions of your partner, the answers are there for all to see. Perhaps the heterosexual world could take a leaf out of this book. The only problem I can foresee with this method of sexual preference communication is not having enough pockets to contain your hankies. LOL.
You may have 20 different hankies and only 2 pockets. Ahhh, what a dilemma. I can just see it now. Me standing there pulling hanky after hanky out of my pocket, just like a magician. A naughty thought just occurred to me. How about having a little fun, instead of giving your uncle Sam a boring white monogrammed hanky next birthday…
suze,
you could string them together like prayer flags in tibet, hang them from your closed umbrella, and hold the contraption above your head when you are out to simplify the pickup process in your local. but but but, isn’t specifying what you will and will not do via bits of colored cloth kind of odd? where is the spirit of adventure in bits of colored cloth?
charlie brown and i went to a department store in birmingham, alabama back in 1967 to get our ears pierced in a sale event that provided you with a starter pair of earrings and the punching process, all for five dollars. we convinced the lady that two ears were two ears, even if they were on two heads. she asked us which ear we wanted done, and i chose the right ear. charlie chose his left ear.
several years later, when teaching at the university of miami school of medicine, my boss told me he didn’t know i was gay. i indignantly asked what the hell he was talking about, and he informed me it was my right eardness. i took it out and never used that hole again. i later got the left one pierced to prove i still trendy. and heterosexual.
ringo starr once stated he wore two earrings in his left ear to be trendy. i think now that i am old, and heterosexual, i should get another left-hand hole, to be like ringo.
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Damn. There’s something else for me to worry about – what colour hanky I use.
Reminds me during the mid 90’s teens (USA) would wear different colored wristbands, (this was before the color coded social issue wrist bands became so vogue), indicating what sex acts they would participate in.
Being in management my kinky proclivities are listed on my business card.
~JM