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-Happy Halloween
Subject: Happy Halloween
http://users.1st.net/wscott/Holidays/Halloween/m_halloween.htm
Happy Halloween everyone. :o)
Tonka
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Subject: Embarrassing moments
Embarrassing moments -- we all have them
The cute story on this list yesterday sent in
by Dennis O about the college girl embarrassed
in front of the class when the impulsive
question she asked the professor, about
why doesn't semen taste sweet, backfired
and everybody realized she had been a
cocksucker (like some of the rest of us)!
I have suffered from many embarrassing
moments in my long life, but Dennis's
story brought vividly to mind an experience
I had in a history class when I was
a freshman in college.
The professor was a lady, a very stern and
serious-minded character who never cracked
a smile. She was a brilliant historian
as well, and her husband was even the director
of the U. S. National Archives in Washington.
She was also Dean of Women on campus and
put the fear of God into every young lady who
crossed her path, meaning the girls who got
into enough trouble to be summoned to her
office.
So on this particular day in class (120 other
students and me), the topic of the origins
of European banking came up, a totally
boring subject for most people, but not for
nerds like me. I had read somewhere that
a great Italian family in the Renaissance
had something to do with it.
That usually conjures up visions of the
Borgias and Machiavelli and other sinister
types of the period, and those were names
that students were tossing into the discussion
that ensued. Being the type who is always
onstage, I was in the middle of it, throwing
bits of knowledge around.
At some point near the end of the class period,
the professor started reeling in the bits and
pieces in order to make her final points. She
was a bear on giving quizzes, so we all took
copious notes on everything she said.
"I think Mr. Boxer has made a point about the
DiMedicis and how they started the banking
business by lending out their vast wealth
at high interest and in the process inventing
banks. Now, Mr. Boxer, I have a project
for you to bring next time we have this class.
I have heard that the globes that hang
outside every pawnbroker's shop derive from
the DiMedici family crest. Can you check that
out for us, please?"
I did, and found that she was right. The next
class period, I came with all sorts of notes and
pictures for a sort of show-and-tell to share
with the others. It was a great opportunity for
me to show off. I needed as many of those
as I could get because I was running for
freshman class president and, like Gore and
Bush, you gotta strut to win the votes!
As was usual, the din of students' voices was
like a mob scene, with people milling
everywhere in the huge classroom, but as soon
as the professor hit the door and strode into
the room, there was a scramble for seats,
notebooks unfolded, and were poised in the
air as the great silence fell.
Not a breath. All ears. There she stood, ready
to address with words that would doubtless
be on a later quiz. She folded her hands and
walked around to lean on the front of her desk.
Poised for action, she opened her mouth and
uttered the words, "Mr. Boxer, how did you
make out with the pawnbroker's balls?"
A slight pause, then the roof fell in. Raucous
laughter flooded the room. Some fell in comic
hysteria to their knees. Not me. I tried to
shrink out of sight, infinitely distressed in those
early days by anything that vaguely hinted at
my terrible secret, that I was gay.
The staid professor, realizing then what she
had said, grew even redder than I. Without a
smile, her gaze cast down, she picked up her
satchel and hurried from the room, shouting
over her shoulder as she walked out the door,
"Class dismissed!"
She never mentioned the pawnbroker's balls
again, nor did I. But it somehow worked for
me. The story spread all over campus, and
the following week I was elected president,
a lot of the voters choosing me because the
pawnbroker incident had made mine a
celebrity name.
Yeah, I rode to glory on my fame, but I still
blush even today when I remember my
embarrassment that awful day.
I hope some of you guys will share your
embarrassing experiences with us. I'm all
ears. Well, not quite. I guess I'm mostly
butt, as in head, that is!
Subject: Goodnight
Goodnight, Gents!
I am going to bed after a hard 24 hours.
But I got results. I created 12 Halloween
cards for you to send to lovers and
friends when the right time comes.
Then I made another dozen new General
Purpose cards. Only three of the old ones
are still on the site, one of them being
a shot of Joe Kelly, the Desert Rose, which
has been there for more than a year and
is still popular, like him!
Go have a look.
http://www.pisgahweb.net/maturemen/cards/
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Subject: A groaner
Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each
other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the
bride broom and the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very
beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his
tuxedo. The wedding was lovely.
After the wedding at the wedding dinner, the bride broom leaned over and said
to the groom broom "I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!!!
"IMPOSSIBLE !!" said the groom broom.
"WE HAVEN'T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!"
Subject: Dancin' Dubya!
Somebody sent me this great page. Enjoy!
http://george-w-dance.homepage.com/
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Subject: Court Defends Tolerance
Ben Boxer comments: "I said
it yesterday, and I say it
again, "Judges may be our
best friends."
Headline:
Text:
The American Family
Association (AFA) was in the
unfamiliar position of
arguing for separation of
church and state as a federal
judge rejected its effort on
behalf of a group of
Lexington, Massachusetts,
residents to block their
school system's support of an
interfaith community
program for National
Coming Out Week. The
attorney for the Lexington
School Committee couldn't
resist pointing out that
Donald Wildmon's Tupelo,
Mississippi-based
organization has a contrary
position and is usually
fighting to get more religion
into schools. In the case of
Lexington's "Respecting
Differences: Creating Safer
Schools and a More
Inclusive Community for Gay
and Lesbian People and
Their Families" events, no
school funds or facilities are
being used, but the Lexington
School Committee is listed as
a co-sponsor because
teachers attending the
tolerance workshops can
earn professional
development credit. The
Committee's attorney also
said there are no religious
message, content or activities
in the program, although
some events will take place
on church grounds and
involve clergy. U.S. District
Judge Joseph Tauro
concluded October 12 that,
"The weight of the evidence
before me is that this is a
secular event without any
religious purpose or
activity."
Attorney Stephen Crampton
of the AFA Center for Law
& Policy argued that the
school system's name should
be removed from the
sponsorship list and schools
should be barred from
distributing flyers about the
event. Referring to the
extended controversy earlier
this year about an AIDS
prevention workshop at a
privately organized weekend
conference for
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/questioning
youth held at Tufts
University, Crampton called
homosexuality "a topic that
both politically and
religiously divided the town
of Lexington" and "turned
this state upside down." The
failed lawsuit pitted five
Lexington residents against
the Lexington School
Committee members,
superintendent and high
school principal.
"Respecting Differences" is
a privately-funded program
open to the community
featuring a documentary film
showing, panel discussions
and anti-bias workshops
October 14 -15. All local
congregations were invited
to participate, and four local
churches and a synagogue
signed on as co-sponsors --
as did the Lexington Board
of Selectmen and the
community group No Place
to Hate. One discussion
panel composed of clergy
will be held at First Parish
Unitarian-Universalist
Church, which is also
displaying a photo exhibit of
lesbian, gay and transgender
families. The clergy panel,
along with gay
Congressmember Barney
Frank (D-Mass.) and gay
Massachusetts state
Representative Jay
Kaufman, will be discussing
how Lexington can become a
more tolerant community.
The School Committee took
its own first step towards
developing a more tolerant
community with a public
meeting October 4 to explain
how "sensitive" issues are
taught in Lexington's public
schools. A big crowd of
interested parents turned out
and wrote down many more
questions than could be
answered in two hours. In
particular the school district
wanted to dispel myths and
rumors about the diversity
and human sexuality
curricula and the general
approaches teachers use to
respond to questions students
raise and incidents on the
grounds such as
name-calling. Superintendent
Patricia Ruane said, "We
want a dialogue with the
community about this. We
want to provide some sort of
guidance. We see mixed
practices and we need to get
on the same page."
School personnel described
the state-mandated health
curriculum and parents'
option to have their children
excused from it, as well as
describing in detail the
materials used in teaching
about diversity (of race,
religion and sexual
orientation), intolerance and
hate crimes. The youngest
children learn about families
around the world and many
of their questions they're
advised to take home to their
parents. Fifth graders, it was
noted, are most puzzled by
"where twins come from."
One parent asked
specifically if "Heather Has
Two Mommies" or "Daddy's
Roommate" had been read
to any kindergarten classes,
and the answer was no --
they're not even in the school
libraries. Bridge Elementary
School principal Barbara
Manfredi was heartily
applauded for a powerful
speech that included, "The
children of gay and lesbian
parents deserve to be in a
school where their families
are accepted. This is not
teaching homosexuality. It is
doing our job."
End of silverfoxesclub-digest V1 #15
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