Top Secret: THE RETROSEXUAL CODE

Rumple Foreskin

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Greetings,

A friend sent this to me. I thought the AH Irregulars would want to be alerted and might wish to make comments or additions.

Rumple Foreskin :cool:
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Subject: Retrosexuality
Author: Unknown

OK folks, I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars, the Retrosexual movement.


The Retrosexual Code:

A Retrosexual DEALS with IT, be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you DEAL WITH IT.

A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be.

A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "Queer" in the title.

A Retrosexual does not let neighbors screw up rooms in his house on national TV.

A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak tree chipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city, favorite bird dog expiring, etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH IT. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you.

A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie - and ONLY a Windsor knot.

A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can - or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a Retrosexual may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is swearing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a Retrosexual can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

A Retrosexual man's favorite movie isn't "Maid in Manhattan" (unless that refers to some foxy French maid sitting in a huge tub of brandy > or whiskey), or "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Acceptable ones may include any of the Dirty Harry or Nameless Drifter movies (Clint in his better days), Rambo I or II, the Dirty Dozen, The Godfather trilogy, Scarface, The Road Warrior, The Die Hard series, Caddyshack, Rocky I, II, or III, Full Metal Jacket, any James Bond Movie, Raging Bull, Bullitt, any Bruce Lee movie, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, etc. etc.

A Retrosexual will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged in a serious healthy relationship - i.e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A Retrosexual knows how to sharpen his own knives and kitchen utensils.

A Retrosexual man can drive in snow (hell, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20 mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride on a plow berm.

A Retrosexual man can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. (Wherever it lands IS where he damn well wanted it to land.)

A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT.

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To these, the Rumple unit adds these addendums, and caveats:

There are two exceptions to the rule that Retrosexuals do not cry at movie. IF alone and IF at home, a tear, two at the max, may be shed if the Retrosexual is watching “Old Yeller” get shot or a sports star die, as in, “Brian’s Song.” (note: John Wayne getting plugged in “Sands of Iwo Jima does not qualify. Everybody knows the Duke was just faking.)

Retrosexuals do not eat raw Japanese fish bait, unless it’s part of a survival exercise.

And like Real Men, Retrosexuals don’t eat quiche. EVER!
 
Yay! Whoop whoop for the Retrosexual male! :D

Thanks for sharing that, Rumple; it's all so very true.

Lou :rose:
 
Thanks Rumple! I just realized one of the main reasons I so love my West Texas homeland - the overwhelming presence of the Retrosexual Man! This is still a place where all those other, effeminate "men" are ashamed to come out in public. It's a place where if you don't meet at least 3/4 of your criteria, you might as well move away or start dressin' like the woman you are, because the rest of us won't stand for it.

We don't put up with that whatever-the-hell-I-feel-like-sexual bullshit, thus my screen name. I don't know where you are, but if you're not in Texas, you should be. I'm with you all the way!
 
I don't know where you are, but if you're not in Texas, you should be. I'm with you all the way!
I've been told by numerous local authorities that I don't live in the real Texas since my house is in Dallas and my wife's an import from New York City. :)

Rumple Foreskin :cool:
 
Cool article Rumple. :)


Just a Big Picture question:

When did the label ####-sexual become the whole barcode to our behaviour, and not just a description of the kind of people we want to fuck?

somewhat retrosexually,
#L
 
Rumple Foreskin said:
Greetings,

A friend sent this to me. I thought the AH Irregulars would want to be alerted and might wish to make comments or additions.

Rumple Foreskin :cool:
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Subject: Retrosexuality
Author: Unknown

OK folks, I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars, the Retrosexual movement.


The Retrosexual Code:

A Retrosexual DEALS with IT, be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you DEAL WITH IT.

A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be.

A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "Queer" in the title.

A Retrosexual does not let neighbors screw up rooms in his house on national TV.

A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak tree chipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city, favorite bird dog expiring, etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH IT. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you.

A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie - and ONLY a Windsor knot.

A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can - or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a Retrosexual may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is swearing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a Retrosexual can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

A Retrosexual man's favorite movie isn't "Maid in Manhattan" (unless that refers to some foxy French maid sitting in a huge tub of brandy > or whiskey), or "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Acceptable ones may include any of the Dirty Harry or Nameless Drifter movies (Clint in his better days), Rambo I or II, the Dirty Dozen, The Godfather trilogy, Scarface, The Road Warrior, The Die Hard series, Caddyshack, Rocky I, II, or III, Full Metal Jacket, any James Bond Movie, Raging Bull, Bullitt, any Bruce Lee movie, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, etc. etc.

A Retrosexual will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged in a serious healthy relationship - i.e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A Retrosexual knows how to sharpen his own knives and kitchen utensils.

A Retrosexual man can drive in snow (hell, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20 mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride on a plow berm.

A Retrosexual man can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. (Wherever it lands IS where he damn well wanted it to land.)

A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT.

--

To these, the Rumple unit adds these addendums, and caveats:

There are two exceptions to the rule that Retrosexuals do not cry at movie. IF alone and IF at home, a tear, two at the max, may be shed if the Retrosexual is watching “Old Yeller” get shot or a sports star die, as in, “Brian’s Song.” (note: John Wayne getting plugged in “Sands of Iwo Jima does not qualify. Everybody knows the Duke was just faking.)

Retrosexuals do not eat raw Japanese fish bait, unless it’s part of a survival exercise.

And like Real Men, Retrosexuals don’t eat quiche. EVER!

Guess I'm a bit of a Retrosexual at times then.
 


A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "Queer" in the title.


I can only think of one at the moment - 'Queer as folk', which I watched a couple of times. It was Okayish.

Does a retrosexual man try and remember Tv programs with the word Queer in their titles?
 
GodBlessTexas said:
Thanks Rumple! I just realized one of the main reasons I so love my West Texas homeland - the overwhelming presence of the Retrosexual Man! This is still a place where all those other, effeminate "men" are ashamed to come out in public. It's a place where if you don't meet at least 3/4 of your criteria, you might as well move away or start dressin' like the woman you are, because the rest of us won't stand for it.

We don't put up with that whatever-the-hell-I-feel-like-sexual bullshit, thus my screen name. I don't know where you are, but if you're not in Texas, you should be. I'm with you all the way!

Also you get to dress up in all those lovely leather boots and wear big hats. And the rhinestone jackets are to die for. Wait, that's somewhere else... oh never mind, they're still gorgeous.

Kinky Friedman for President. All the fucking way.
 
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dirtylover said:
I can only think of one at the moment - 'Queer as folk', which I watched a couple of times. It was Okayish.

Does a retrosexual man try and remember Tv programs with the word Queer in their titles?

They're referring to "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", which is complete shit, and intensely irritating.

Basically a retrosexual is another word for slob. In the U.S. there's an understandable backlash against rich, snotty gay guys taking the piss out of poor, straightforward familiy guys.
 
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dirtylover said:
Does a retrosexual man try and remember Tv programs with the word Queer in their titles?
dl, get out of this thread right now. Endearing young blokes can never be retrosexual.

with affectionate queerness,

Perdita (Mum-like)
 
Rumple Foreskin said:

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie - and ONLY a Windsor knot.

Windsor knots are gay. In fact ties are gay. In fact anyone who works in an office is gay. Retrosexuals like me crawl around on the floor with their ass showing, and like to get dirty.
 
Crying rule

I would say you are allowed a public tear or two on behalf of a sports team if you root for the Red Sox, Cubs, Indians or any team in any league for at least 30 years without a championship that actually ends up winning one. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED IF YOU ARE A BLEEPING YANKEE FAN AND A-ROD GETS A BOO-BOO.

Oh, plus guns are a wimpy weapon. Stand way the fuck over there and pull a little lever. Let me take this sword off the wall and show you how a man deals with home invaders. I need practice for scaring high school boys when Alyssa grows up.

*covering my ass in case the Pads actually live up to their potential one day*
 
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Belegon said:
I would say you are allowed a public tear or two on behalf of a sports team if you root for the Red Sox, Cubs, Indians or any team in any league for at least 30 years without a championship that actually ends up winning one. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED IF YOU ARE A BLEEPING YANKEE FAN AND A-ROD GETS A BOO-BOO.

Oh, plus guns are a wimpy weapon. Stand way the fuck over there and pull a little lever. Let me take this sword off the wall and show you how a man deals with home invaders. I need practice for scaring high school boys when Alyssa grows up.

*covering my ass in case the Pads actually live up to their potential one day*
Belegon,

I know you mean well, but swords are a pain to pack. Now a big, shiny Bowie knife or Rambo-style survival knife has a certain appeal. However, none of them can shoot-off while making a loud, BANG!, which is, of course, the primary appeal of guns.

Rumple (retrosexual is me) Foreskin :cool:
 
Guns, knives, etc are all gay. You guys should visit Yorkshire where they use their fists and heads, as God intended. Shitty weather up there, though, so bring a nice warm sweater and mittens.
 
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perdita said:
dl, get out of this thread right now. Endearing young blokes can never be retrosexual.

with affectionate queerness,

Perdita (Mum-like)

:D
 
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Rumple Foreskin said:
Belegon,

I know you mean well, but swords are a pain to pack. Now a big, shiny Bowie knife or Rambo-style survival knife has a certain appeal. However, none of them can shoot-off while making a loud, BANG!, which is, of course, the primary appeal of guns.

Rumple (retrosexual is me) Foreskin :cool:

OK, the loud bang part I agree with, it's just that swords can be so much fun. If I lived in Texas I'd say to hell with the gun rack and put a Claymore in my back window. Knifes are better for cutting the clothing off of the lovely young female captive.
 
Sounds like a mook to me. Sorry guys:rolleyes:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/tour/tour2.html



The Mook is what critics call the crude, loud, obnoxious, in-your-face character that can be found almost any hour of day or night somewhere on MTV. He's a teen frozen in permanent adolescence.

"He' s a creation of marketers, designed to capitalize on the testosterone-driven madness of adolescence. He grabs them below the belt and then reaches for their wallets."



Rumple Foreskin said:
Greetings,

A friend sent this to me. I thought the AH Irregulars would want to be alerted and might wish to make comments or additions.

Rumple Foreskin :cool:
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Subject: Retrosexuality
Author: Unknown

OK folks, I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars, the Retrosexual movement.



 
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I dunno, guys, gotta hand it to you though.......

Married, not once, but twice, to "Retrosexual" men, according to your definition........and refuse to even consider a relationship with a man not big enough to throw me over his shoulder and carry me off...........Gimme "retrosexual" any time!

:kiss: Cloudy
 
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perdita said:
dl, get out of this thread right now. Endearing young blokes can never be retrosexual.

with affectionate queerness,

Perdita (Mum-like)

Yeah, but I don't like Queer as folk either! C'mon, let me stay...

I'm so retrosexual I live in a hole in the ground, with my 13 other siblings and each of us has the deadliest swiss army knives to defend our home(supplied my Flicka). Also - I never wipe my bum properly, leave the toilet seat up, even though all my piss is on the floor, fart, and shoot cuddly animals that happen to stray down the road.

Actually, don't think I'm old enough to be retrosexual - -more kinda just sexual really...
 
As I recently said, in another thread...

I want a dude with the wickedest slam,
I need a one, two, three holla man
I want a dude who will tie me to the fan,
a thug that can handle his biz like a man
I want a dude with the wickedest slam,
I need a one, two, three holla man
I want a dude who will do me in his van,
a thug that can handle his biz like a man
- Dude, Beanie Man

Now, I class *that* as retrosexual.

Lou :devil:
 
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dirtylover said:
Actually, don't think I'm old enough to be retrosexual - -more kinda just sexual really...

:D :heart:
 
Tatelou said:
As I recently said, in another thread...

I want a dude with the wickedest slam,
I need a one, two, three holla man
I want a dude who will tie me to the fan,
a thug that can handle his biz like a man
I want a dude with the wickedest slam,
I need a one, two, three holla man
I want a dude who will do me in his van,
a thug that can handle his biz like a man
- Dude, Beanie Man

Now, I class *that* as retrosexual.

Lou :devil:

But that's current...
cool tune though, have you seen the video?, mm mmmm - the girl is so fine.
 
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