Saturday, April 26, 2008

Too personal?

The internet has made hooking up a lot easier, sure, but a Gaydar profile just doesn’t have the poignancy of a good old-fashioned personals ad.
While not as prevalent as they used to be, these matter-of-fact little cries for help still crop up in the back pages of the gay papers and always provide a chuckle, if not an insight into the mating rituals of the modern homosexual.

The personals ad can also function as a platform on which to build a social network:


Mr SSE hasn’t called for likeminded friends for a few years now, so I hope this means he’s happily wallowing in bodily fluids as I type.

I’ve noticed this particular format is popular among the 'curious' and those who harbour a transvestite fetish, although the ads below could very well be from the one person:




The most important thing to remember when placing a personals ad over the phone is to prepare your message, otherwise you could end up with something like this:


I hope she at least bought some Soothers.

6 comments:

FireHorse said...

Keeping looking Lois. Your next partner could be amongst one of those ads. Skinny sperm eater wasn't the one?

Lois Steam said...

What?

FireHorse said...

Isn't that what people do when they search the ads. They are looking for their next possible partner. The part about SSE was a joke. Never mind.

Lois Steam said...

No worries. I still find the stilted nature of this sort of message board fraught with misinterpretation.
Fancy way of saying sorry if I/you misunderstood anything

T said...

oh Skinnyspemeater still puts out = he occasionally puts in a Post on the yahoo group SydBiMen calling for guys to give him what he likes :)

Lois Steam said...

yay - good to hear he's still at it, so to speak.
cheers!