100 Things That Are Great About Being
Gay:
1. You truly don't care who Julia
Roberts is sleeping with.
2. You understand the difference between
43 brands of imported vodka.
3. You can call anyone "honey" including
pets.
4. You know someone who definitely
was in the emergency room with Richard
Gere and the gerbil.
5. You understand the immense importance
of good lighting.
6. You can be at a crowded disco the
size of two football fields and still
spot a toupee.
7. You can tell a woman you love her
bathing suit, and mean her bathing
suit.
8. You can explain the nuances between
steady date, boyfriend and lover.
9. You really have "been there, done
that,"
10. Your women friends will tell you
everything you want to know about
their boyfriends. And that means
everything.
11. You're the only type of male who
gets to say "fabulous,"
12. You can have naked pictures of
men you don't know in your home.
13. You can have naked men you don't
know in your home.
14. You know how to handle the telephone
like a Stradivarius.
15. You understand why the good Lord
invented spandex.
16. You understand why the good Lord
didn't intend everyone to wear it.
17. You know how to get back at just
about everyone.
18. You know who Edina and Patsy are.
19. You only wear polyester when you
mean to.
20. You can smile to let someone know
you can't stand them.
21. You can freeze a troll from 20
feet away.
22. You're good pals with women other
people can't stand.
23. You've always got an opinion.
24. You've read the book, seen the
movie, done the musical.
25. You know how to dress strategically.
26. Your car has an amusing female
name.
27. You're the only one at your high
school reunion who looks a lot better
than you did in high school.
28. You've got at least one framed
picture of a pet.
29. If your mattress could talk, it
would be Joan Rivers.
30. You know that sex complicates
things. So?
31. You know that being called a "cheap
slut" isn't actually an insult.
32. There's a married guy somewhere
who is terrified of you.
33. Nobody tells you what to do in
bed...unless you tell them what to
tell you.
34. You have a medicine chest stocked
for any occasion.
35. You have at least one movie musical
on video.
36. You're embarrassed by people who
sing in piano bars.
37. You're not embarrassed to sing
in a piano bar.
38. You never hold a grudge for longer
than a decade or two.
39. You know how to make an entrance.
40. You know when to make an exit.
41. You worry about people you don't
even know -- like Liza Minnelli.
42. You choose the most fabulous greeting
cards.
43. You know how to program your VCR.
44. You've got sunscreen at every
conceivable SPF level.
45. You have a cologne display worthy
of Bloomingdales.
46. You understand, viscerally, Joan
Crawford.
47. Some of your best friends are
your ex lovers.
48. You know when to play dumb.
49. You know what to do for a hangover.
50. Yes, you do have a condom.
51. You've called someone "girlfriend"
who is neither a girl nor a friend.
52. One or more of the following apply
to you:
a) You adore Judy Garland
b) You hate Judy Garland
c) You hate people who adore
Judy Garland.
d) You hate people who hate
Judy Garland.
e) You don't give a damn about
Judy Garland.
f) Who is Judy Garland?
53. You can supply the last names
to the following list:
a) Bernadette
b) Chita
c) Barbra
54. You made Donna Summer a star.
55. You made Donna Summer a has-been.
56. Tanning salons were invented for
you.
57. You've made sunbathing a performance
art.
58. You know when the party's over.
59. You know where to go after the
party's over.
60. You're fearless about fighting
the elements, especially gravity.
61. When you hear "a stitch in time
saves nine" you think of
a) Your grandma
b) Your face lift
c) John Wayne Bobbit.
62. You know that pigs and bears are
not necessarily rural wildlife.
63. Your roommate can be your roommate
and not your "roommate,"
64. You know that referring to someone
as "a real lady" isn't necessarily a
compliment.
65. Your favorite dinner accessory
may also be your dinner companion.
66. You know that the most important
part of a party's decor is the
catering staff.
67. If your cat is a female, you swear
it's a lesbian.
67. If your cat is a male, you swear
it's a lesbian.
68. You sing along heartily with songs
that make most females cringe,
like "Stand by your man".
69. You've been to a bris, a barmitzvah,
a christening, a first communion
and too many weddings. You have
a carefully considered evaluation of the
food after each.
70. You'll never have to hear your
mother complain about your wife.
71. A two seater convertible seems
perfectly practical to you.
72. You have a favorite Disney character
and it's usually a nasty one.
73. You've left someone totally
speechless.
74. You've shaved something other
than your face.
75. All your friends do not have to
"get along".
76. You have a large collection of
anniversary pictures. They may be with
different guys, however.
77. Your love handles are actually
used as such.
78. When someone turns his back on
you, you actually consider it an
opportunity.
79. You've got a large assortment
of movie star biographies.
80. You've got the most interesting
coffee table books.
81. You know where to find a meat
rack and it ain't in your kitchen drawer.
82. You have a sexual persuasion with
its own flag.
83. At some moment in your life you've
envisioned having back-up girls.
84. You know your enemies.
85. After a workout at the gym, you
feel like a new man. And he's right
there in the shower.
86. You're Barbra Streisand's biggest
fan.
87. You know that Barbra Streisand's
biggest fan is Barbra Streisand.
88. Not only have you added spice
to your life - sometimes you've
added side dishes.
89. You know that "small talk" can
be about spirituality or politics, and
"important issues" can be about
Hair.
90. You've actually lived out some
of your fantasies.
91. Unlike most straight women, you
have no problem being treated solely as
a sex object.
92. You have no doubts about the accuracy
of the Kinsey Report.
93. You know, by heart, every line
in:
a) All about Eve
b) The Rocky Horror Picture
Show
c) Your face
94. You are ALWAYS ready for your
close-up.
95. You have 412 ways to tell someone
to get lost. 136 are nonverbal.
96. You can lip-sync to at least one
Supreme's song.
97. You have a carefully selected
Yiddish vocabulary.
98. Even if you're in Kansas, you're
not in Kansas anymore.
99. You know exactly how many martinis
it takes.
100. When throwing a party, you know
how to put out quite a spread.
Sometimes after the party, too.