luckily CFH, i didn’t have the same predilection for showing my tadger that some of the other early stwers did so no one will ever know (except mrsmw and she no longer posts on here)

Emsz – you’re noticable on here because you are a YOUNG female who rides bikes – this blinds the STW denizens so much your actual sexuality doesn’t register with us, we’re still amazed that women really do ride bikes! 😆

What’s Emsz’ sexuality got to do with owt?

Quite a lot in this game of cat and mouse…

Oh and to me your noticable as we have a laugh and you talk rubbish on the same threads that I do.

I’m not hairy! It’s a suit I wear… all will be revealed in season 42 episode 12.

Muddydarwf I only came here ‘cos mentioning Bottom Brackets on pinksofa gets an entirely different answer!

Edit. I get to be Jerry, ok? I always thought he was a bit gay anyway!

<goes of to google pinksofa with increased heartrate…..>

ah – pinksofa – that will be the dating site that is banned by Vodafone but match.com isn’t…

Rachel

<googled>

Oh, don’t think i’ll go there…… 😳 😳

I get to be Jerry, ok?

… and because Tom never gets what he wants! 😀

Darwf???? (Can i flounce now Mr Director???)

muddydwarf – it’s not quite as exciting as you make out!!!

Rachel – i googled, then actually blushed, didn’t even click on the link !

Interesting that anything which deviates from an assumed ‘norm’ then becomes a defining feature of a person

Not really. When I worked in Finland I was that British chap. When I worked in Aldershot, I wasn’t. If I had a bunch of gay mates I hung out with I’m sure I’d be described as ‘the straight one’. It’d be a bit daft if we didn’t do that.

“Molgrips. You know, the one of average height. Two eyes, nose, mouth, you know? From Earth?”

I get called “the fat one”. But only behind my back 🙁

EDIT: Oh and by Molly and TSY sometimes

DD, i get called that too……………bastids……. 😉

Molgrips – you’re absolutely right. I think, though, no matter where I go, I’ll always be described as Tall!!

Rachel

I don’t mean it Darcy… I don’t even think you are.

I get called hairy and perverted 🙁

Molly’s right though… Does my head in one someone’s trying to describe someone… They’re black, they’re the only black guy in the company, just say bloody say it and stop trying to describe them by the shoes they’re wearing!

“Tall”

Must be nice… 😥

There’s been no real evidence that deadly is fat, but there is evidence that fat is deadly.

The script writers find Fred hard to work with, so often he’s silenced.

This thread is amusing me. 8)

Please don’t stop!

Also, stop picking on Elf cos he’s lovely in real life. 🙂

No he’s not C-G, he’s just written that way! 😛

“Tall” Must be nice…

Well, it’s handy when lifting the bike off the car but apart from that it’s pain – how many guys do you know that are fine with a gf that is 6 or 7 inches taller than them???

Rachel

he’s lovely in real life

Is this not real life? At what point in the script do we find that out???

*is confused*

Interesting that anything which deviates from an assumed ‘norm’ then becomes a defining feature of a person.

Well, how would you describe the hetereosexual bloke with the wonky eye?

Well, it’s handy when lifting the bike off the car but apart from that it’s pain – how many guys do you know that are fine with a gf that is 6 or 7 inches taller than them???

Er me??

Not that i have any choice of course being 5’2″ 😳

elfin and C_G Season nine cliff hanger ???

Elfin, it sort of does define who I am

Cool. I wasn’t having a go at anyone or owt, as I’ve said. Just interested in how people sort of compartmentalise each other according to particular defining features. I spose it simplifies how we are able to describe each other. A sort of social semiotics. On group rides, I’m the ‘little brown one’. I have no problem with that at all, in fact I quite like being particularly unique within a group. But another defining characteristic of myself is that I’m a Londoner, and this is also something that is used by others in defining who I am.

And obviously, if this were a forum where Lesbians were in the majority, then Emsz wouldn’t be ‘the Lesbian one’ any more, but ‘the one with x coloured hair/eyes’ or whatever.

Interestingly though, we were in a pub in Somerset on Saturday night, and I can’t recall any other non-white folk there come to think of it. Not that it matters, but to me, I’m just another person in the pub having a good time. But I wonder if anyone else there thought ‘oh, a small brown feller, that’s unusual’.

Or did they just see me as another idiot getting drunk?

Well, it wouldn’t be 6 or 7 inches then – more like 12 I’m afraid!!

Oh yeah – and that means size 9 shoes, too – now that IS a pain!!!

Rachel

Rachel, i’ll swap you my size 4/5 feet then – watching me waddle around in size 9’s will make anyone laugh!! 😆

But I wonder if anyone else there thought ‘oh, a small brown feller, that’s unusual’.

Or did they just see me as another idiot getting drunk?

I should think neither of those, but perhaps if someone had wanted to point you out to someone else they would have returned to your lack of height, or your colouring, depending on which was more noteworthy

Well, how would you describe the hetereosexual bloke with the wonky eye?

Erm, I spose he’d be ‘the bloke with the wonky eye’.

The Lesbian woman would be ‘the woman with x coloured hair/top/shoes’ or something. Cos in the context of drinking in the pub, her sexuality wouldn’t be of any consequence, relative to anyone elses. Does that make sense?

What I found interesting is that my neighbour described her as ‘the Lesbian bird’, although there were a number of other features which could just as easily be used to define her. TBH I had to ask him which one he meant, as her sexuality wasn’t something that was apparent. See what I mean? It’s interesting why he chose that particular aspect of who she was, rather than another, perhaps more visually obvious one.

i have a pair of size 43 girls POD school shoes with a 2″ platform heel that you are welcome too

only worn once…….

Just interested in how people sort of compartmentalise each other according to particular defining features.

This is interesting, do you not do this with other forum users based on their posts and little bits of information you’ve gained?

mrmichaelwright – dare I ask WHY???

See what I mean? It’s interesting why he chose that particular aspect of who she was, rather than another, perhaps more visually obvious one.

were there any known lesbians in? It might be that he thought you knew she was a lesbian and so chose a referent which didn’t require any visual prompts

fred – i’d find it hard to describe people on this forum on anything other than facts they had presented about themselves, it being words. it’d be like describing janet street porter as ‘that fit one off the radio’ because you liked her voice*

allthegear – school theme christmas party, gender reversal, back pain.

Mung-Bean; I suspect it had more to do with him being a bit ‘old-fashioned’ and narrow minded about stuff. I had never met any of the people before. I don’t believe he’s particularly homophobic, but the way he said it was almost as if he was implying some sort of ‘fault’, something abnormal and alien. Which maybe, because of his narrow-minded ness and lack of understanding, is how her sexuality appears to him.

He’d introduced me to her, as he had with several other people, so why not use her name? I noticed that he would refer to others by name, but to this particular woman as ‘that Lesbian bird’.

As though she wasn’t a ‘person’, but a ‘thing’.

Soz all a bit too serious and stuff really. Just find it fascinating, trying to figure out how and why people think and act the way they do really.

And I’m suddenly mindful of the ironic fact that I’ve made far more of a big deal about Emsz’ sexuality than anyone else on here has. 😳

I do hope my ramblings make some sort of sense to someone though. Human behaviour is just so complex; trying to work stuff out is something I really enjoy.

Fred, go and sit in the serious corner and think about what you’ve done.

Soz all a bit too serious and stuff really. Just find it fascinating, trying to figure out how and why people think and act the way they do really.

Yeah me too, see I have a wonky eye and it seems to me that folks are always ‘sticking up’ for our velcro companions, but never for folks like me