Author Topic: Brokeback Mountain meets the World of Interior Design! (Read 17698 times)

ptannen · « **on:** January 03, 2007, 02:41:35 pm »

There is a wonderful article on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle “Home and Garden Section” that definitely validates (cute

) same sex couples who love horses!

My summary of the article:

John Bragg bought a double-wide trailer from a woman with a terminal cancer diagnosis. She lived there and ran the Folger Stable for 35 years. John assumed the stable lease from Wunderlich County Park, in which the stable is located. He trains jumper and hunter horses and shows the animals. His domestic partner, Doug Dolezal, who considers himself an amateur rider, is also an interior designer and they “fixed up” the trailer.

Be sure to see the pictures in this article (I only copied two) and don’t miss all the horse photos in their "trailer"!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/03/HOGF4N8OOB1.DTL&hw=trailer&sn=001&sc=1000

David · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:35:55 pm »

Dammit! I already decorated my livingroom just like this!

Of course the wax statue of L.D.Newsome does get in the way. LOL
I just walk by and say: "Sit yer ass down before I knock your ignorant ass into one of those ugly purple chairs in the dining room"

SFEnnisSF · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2007, 03:54:01 pm »

MaineWriter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:02:38 pm »

Now those guys are what I call CUTE!!

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Lynne · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:09:03 pm »

So am I to understand that all well-appointed homes have weather vanes in the bathroom for gauging the direction of the wind?

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:29:24 pm »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 03, 2007, 04:02:38 pm

Now those guys are what I call CUTE!!

L

You think they'd do a feature article on a couple of UGLY gay guys?

belbbmfan · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:37:01 pm »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 03, 2007, 03:35:55 pm

Dammit! I already decorated my livingroom just like this!

Of course the wax statue of L.D.Newsome does get in the way. LOL
I just walk by and say: "Sit yer ass down before I knock your ignorant ass into one of those ugly purple chairs in the dining room"

belbbmfan · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:38:17 pm »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2007, 04:29:24 pm

You think they'd do a feature article on a couple of UGLY gay guys?

here's my very original reply:

MaineWriter · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:42:19 pm »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2007, 04:29:24 pm

You think they'd do a feature article on a couple of UGLY gay guys?

Ugly gay guys exist? I thought the rule was that all the good looking guys were either 1) gay or 2) married...

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David · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2007, 04:56:20 pm »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 03, 2007, 04:42:19 pm

Ugly gay guys exist? I thought the rule was that all the good looking guys were either 1) gay or 2) married...

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LOL ! My ex girlfriend bought a keytag that says: All the Good men are Married, Gay or Crazy".

Boy was she right! After I broke up with her, the next guy she met was also gay, then she ended up with a married guy. He left his wife and married her. Now which one was crazy?

TheStudDuck! · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2007, 08:59:08 pm »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 03, 2007, 04:56:20 pm

LOL ! My ex girlfriend bought a keytag that says: All the Good men are Married, Gay or Crazy".

Boy was she right! After I broke up with her, the next guy she met was also gay, then she ended up with a married guy. He left his wife and married her. Now which one was crazy?

Depends on who her new hubby was originally married to. If it was, say... Ann Coulter... then the crazy one is Gay Guy #2.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2007, 10:45:02 pm »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 03, 2007, 04:42:19 pm

Ugly gay guys exist? I thought the rule was that all the good looking guys were either 1) gay or 2) married...

L

That rule doesn't work both ways. "All good-looking guys are either 1) gay or 2) married" does NOT mean "All guys who are 2) married or 1) gay are good-looking."

TheStudDuck! · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:21:42 pm »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2007, 10:45:02 pm

That rule doesn't work both ways. "All good-looking guys are either 1) gay or 2) married" does NOT mean "All guys who are 2) married or 1) gay are good-looking."

Good catch, Jeff! I didn't even realize that!

In philosophy, they refer to this illogical argument as "Affirming the Consequent."

You see, the logical argument that it uses as an attempt to be rational is "Modus Ponens" which states: "If p then q." (Affirming the Consequent assumes that the consequent [q] goes hand-in-hand with the proposition [p], which isn't so.)

Sorry, I'm a philosophy / sociology major. I got an A in deductive reasonsing.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:37:53 pm »

Quote from: TheStudDuck! on January 03, 2007, 11:21:42 pm

Sorry, I'm a philosophy / sociology major. I got an A in deductive reasonsing.

Cool! Congratulations, David! Maybe some day you can explain Descartes to me. Never did quite get that Cogito, ergo sum business. ...

TheStudDuck! · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2007, 11:46:51 pm »

Descartes! "I think, therefore I am." (I've seriously considered tattooing "cogito ergo sum" on my body.)

There's really only one thing that you need to know, and it's that he thinks nothing can be proven other than that you, yourself exist. He tried to disprove everything that he could and go back to the roots of what he could no for sure, and in doing so he only knew one thing for certain. That being that he was actually able to question and doubt beliefs, which meant that he was thinking. And if he's thinking, then he, himself, must exist, for even if something was deceiving him... the fact that he was actually being deceived proved that there was something to deceive. (If that makes sense.)

And if I'm not mistaken, I do believe that "I think, therefore I am," is a misquote... much the same way "play it again, Sam" is.

nakymaton · « **Reply #15 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:23:25 am »

So does that mean that my favorite philosophy joke doesn't work?

(Descartes was in the grocery store, looking for some Jiffy chunky peanut butter. He couldn't find any, so he asked his local Monroe-equivalent where it was.

Monroe looked, but there wasn't any left. "How about some creamy peanut butter instead?"

Descartes huffed "I think not!" and disappeared.)

David · « **Reply #16 on:** January 04, 2007, 07:25:05 am »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 03, 2007, 04:42:19 pm

Ugly gay guys exist? L

Bruce Vilanch

Penthesilea · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2007, 07:39:01 am »

Quote from: nakymaton on January 04, 2007, 12:23:25 am

his local Monroe-equivalent ....

Love this

MaineWriter · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2007, 07:49:19 am »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 03, 2007, 10:45:02 pm

That rule doesn't work both ways. "All good-looking guys are either 1) gay or 2) married" does NOT mean "All guys who are 2) married or 1) gay are good-looking."

Similarly, to err is human, to forgive, divine.

Therefore, we are all divine humans.

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MaineWriter · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2007, 07:49:51 am »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 07:25:05 am

Bruce Vilanch

Ha ha, you can have him in your club, David!

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j.U.d.E. · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2007, 08:34:06 am »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 07:25:05 am

Bruce Vilanch

Yeah, but is he crazy? Yes! Married? No! See?

Hmm.. I don't really have a point here..

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 07:25:05 am

LOL ! My ex girlfriend bought a keytag that says: All the Good men are Married, Gay or Crazy".

Boy was she right! After I broke up with her, the next guy she met was also gay, then she ended up with a married guy. He left his wife and married her. Now which one was crazy?

"All Good men" - ?

David, what are you saying? Now all unavailable men are not only good looking, married, gay or crazy but also simply 'good'? What's left for me? And when you say your ex-girlfriend was right, do you mean you are gay, good, crazy AND good looking? Do I believe this?

I REALLY don't have a point here..

j. U. d. E.

David · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2007, 08:43:31 am »

Boy did we steer this way off the original topic! LOL

Anybody have a good pic of the Twist Dining room with those lovely purple chairs?

MaineWriter · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2007, 09:21:37 am »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 08:43:31 am

Boy did we steer this way off the original topic! LOL

Anybody have a good pic of the Twist Dining room with those lovely purple chairs?

Not handy, no.

And it's all because I said those two guys were cute! And I still think they are...

L

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2007, 09:41:46 am »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 04, 2007, 07:49:19 am

Similarly, to err is human, to forgive, divine.

But it takes a computer to really f*ck up. ...

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #24 on:** January 04, 2007, 09:46:21 am »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 04, 2007, 09:21:37 am

Not handy, no.

And it's all because I said those two guys were cute! And I still think they are...

L

I don't think anybody disagrees with that. I sure don't. I just made the misanthropic observation that if they weren't cute, the newspaper wouldn't have done a feature on them with lots of photos--and in a previous incarnation, I used to work for a newspaper!

Meryl · « **Reply #25 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:44:42 pm »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 08:43:31 am

Boy did we steer this way off the original topic! LOL

Anybody have a good pic of the Twist Dining room with those lovely purple chairs?

Here y'go:

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #26 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:52:09 pm »

Quote from: Meryl on January 04, 2007, 12:44:42 pm

Here y'go:

Anybody up for a yummo bowl of Lureen's Cheesey Potato Soup? Otherwise we'll be eatin' it for the next two weeks!

David · « **Reply #27 on:** January 04, 2007, 10:32:15 pm »

Now you sit down Rodeo and let the stud duck do the carving around here.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2007, 11:09:22 pm »

Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 04, 2007, 10:32:15 pm

Now you sit down Rodeo and let the stud duck do the carving around here.

Daddy? Daddy. ...

ptannen · « **Reply #29 on:** January 05, 2007, 12:55:21 am »

Meanwhile, back in Riverton . . . . .

dot-matrix · « **Reply #30 on:** January 05, 2007, 01:13:19 am »

Ya'all are nuts, you know that doncha?

ptannen · « **Reply #31 on:** January 05, 2007, 01:14:30 am »

Yup!

MaineWriter · « **Reply #32 on:** January 05, 2007, 07:26:27 am »

And I'll say it again, those two guys that started this whole thing are really cute. I think we need to look at them again...

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Ellemeno · « **Reply #33 on:** January 05, 2007, 07:56:35 am »

Well, I went over to Striped Wall to look for those purple chairs for you too, David (which I like quite a bit), and wound up getting sidetracked by other realizations, which I posted about here: http://72.232.132.224/forum/index.php/topic,7264.0.html.

You never know where a thread is gonna take ya.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #34 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:05:23 am »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 05, 2007, 07:26:27 am

And I'll say it again, those two guys that started this whole thing are really cute.

Yeah, if you like Ken dolls. ...

MaineWriter · « **Reply #35 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:11:33 am »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 05, 2007, 10:05:23 am

Yeah, if you like Ken dolls. ...

Sorry Jeff, there's no comparison...LOL

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southendmd · « **Reply #36 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:13:16 am »

Sorry, Jeff, Leslie, I had to do it:

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #37 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:17:15 am »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 05, 2007, 10:11:33 am

Sorry Jeff, there's no comparison...LOL

L

Respectfully disagree. They've got that same plastic sheen. ...

MaineWriter · « **Reply #38 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:25:45 am »

Quote from: southendmd on January 05, 2007, 10:13:16 am

Sorry, Jeff, Leslie, I had to do it:

Oh Paul....

LOL

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Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #39 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:26:36 am »

Quote from: southendmd on January 05, 2007, 10:13:16 am

Sorry, Jeff, Leslie, I had to do it:

I wonder if they ever did "Billy" as a cowboy? I know he's been a sailor. ...

(Personally I preferred his buddy Carlos. ...

)

MaineWriter · « **Reply #40 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:27:24 am »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 05, 2007, 10:17:15 am

Respectfully disagree. They've got that same plastic sheen. ...

I think we have talked about this and my preferences for no facial hair...

"How does a grown man have such a soft face...?"

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Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #41 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:32:59 am »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 05, 2007, 10:27:24 am

I think we have talked about this and my preferences for no facial hair...

"How does a grown man have such a soft face...?"

L

Who said anything about facial hair? That sheen is all over.

ptannen · « **Reply #42 on:** January 05, 2007, 02:38:12 pm »

Thanks for reposting the photo, Leslie!

My preference is for facial hair, but having said that, I think that John and Doug are still cute and I wouldn't sent them back to their trailer if they appeared on my doorstep!

Readin all these posts, I'm glad I started this thread!!

MaineWriter · « **Reply #43 on:** January 05, 2007, 02:42:18 pm »

That's what I say too, Pete. If they came riding up on their horses, I'd say, Cowboys, wanna get us some grub?

And then we'd end up at the local trattoria for some penne and shrimp, washed down with a pinot grigio!

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Shakesthecoffecan · « **Reply #44 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:10:30 pm »

Being in Real Estate for a liviing, I am still caught on the fact this is a doublewide trailer.

I love what they have done with it. Maybe there is a HGTV show in here somewhere...Pimp My Trailer...

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #45 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:17:04 pm »

Quote from: ptannen on January 05, 2007, 02:38:12 pm

My preference is for facial hair, but having said that, I think that John and Doug are still cute and I wouldn't sent them back to their trailer if they appeared on my doorstep!

Oh, I suppose if they got down on their knees and begged me. ... One can always kick 'em to the curb afterwards.

Quote

Quote from Shakestheground:
Being in Real Estate for a liviing, I am still caught on the fact this is a doublewide trailer.

I noticed that, too, and I'm not in real estate. Guess maybe that makes 'em TTWM.

Meryl · « **Reply #46 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:41:04 pm »

Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 05, 2007, 03:17:04 pm

I noticed that, too, and I'm not in real estate. Guess maybe that makes 'em TTWM.

Two Twee White Men?

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #47 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:42:27 pm »

Quote from: Meryl on January 05, 2007, 03:41:04 pm

Two Twee White Men?

TTWM: Trailer Trash With Money.

MaineWriter · « **Reply #48 on:** January 05, 2007, 03:59:09 pm »

Somehow, their teeth are too nice for that moniker, Jeff...LOL

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Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #49 on:** January 05, 2007, 04:07:57 pm »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 05, 2007, 03:59:09 pm

Somehow, their teeth are too nice for that moniker, Jeff...LOL

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That's where the money comes in. ...

dot-matrix · « **Reply #50 on:** January 05, 2007, 07:13:02 pm »

You guys!

this bears repeatin!

Ya'all are nuts, you know that doncha?

Ken and Gay Bob( does Barbie KNOW about this?) , plastic sheen all over!

TTWM indeed!

Pimp my Traileron HGTV!

Oh if they begged me on their hands and knees!

Thanks again I needed that laugh

::Dottie now wipes tears of mirth from her now glowing cheeks::

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #51 on:** January 05, 2007, 08:25:16 pm »

Quote from: dot-matrix on January 05, 2007, 07:13:02 pm

Thanks again I needed that laugh ::Dottie now wipes tears of mirth from her now glowing cheeks::

Glad to oblige, ma'am!

MaineWriter · « **Reply #52 on:** January 05, 2007, 09:40:41 pm »

Dot,

You should see us when we are REALLY funny! LOL

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dot-matrix · « **Reply #53 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:16:28 pm »

Quote from: MaineWriter on January 05, 2007, 09:40:41 pm

Dot,

You should see us when we are REALLY funny! LOL

L

Gosh if ya'all were really TRYING to be funny I'd need a damn case of Depends just to read this stuff!

MaineWriter · « **Reply #54 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:35:34 pm »

Quote from: dot-matrix on January 05, 2007, 10:16:28 pm

Gosh if ya'all were really TRYING to be funny I'd need a damn case of Depends just to read this stuff!

Damn! There is a joke in there somewhere...

The other day I said to my husband, "Gerald Ford, James Brown, and Saddam Hussein all died in the same week. There has got to be a comedy joke in there somewhere."

And my husband said, "Thank God I am not that comedy writer."

LOL

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Lynne · « **Reply #55 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:51:58 pm »

Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2007, 04:09:03 pm

So am I to understand that all well-appointed homes have weather vanes in the bathroom for gauging the direction of the wind?

OK..I do not have to be the funniest person in the room - I freely admit that I'm usually slightly warped when it comes to humor, but since we're now discussing being funny...I must ask -

Tell me honestly, did no one else find this picture hilarious??!??!

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #56 on:** January 05, 2007, 11:09:16 pm »

Quote from: Lynne on January 05, 2007, 10:51:58 pm

OK..I do not have to be the funniest person in the room - I freely admit that I'm usually slightly warped when it comes to humor, but since we're now discussing being funny...I must ask -

Tell me honestly, did no one else find this picture hilarious??!??!

Since I didn't follow the link and read the article, this is the first I'm seeing it. Maybe that "weather vane" is actually to hold the fingertip guest towels. ...

Meryl · « **Reply #57 on:** January 06, 2007, 01:13:57 am »

Where better than in the bathroom to have a representation of wind?

dot-matrix · « **Reply #58 on:** January 06, 2007, 01:46:16 am »

That's a running horse weathervane. All those old early american images have loads of symbolism... Running horses are associated with fertility, empathy, travel, power, freedom, peace, sincerity, wealth and loyalty. They are referred in the bible and their tradition dates back to the Celtic mythology. In the bible, they are used to represent virtues like righteousness, holiness and purity and also stand for salvation. White horse weather vanes hold very strong symbolic messages. They are also particularly relevant for Irish people since their folklore and fairy tales consider white horses to be very majestic. Arabian horses represent peace, friendship, sincerity and honor.

Of course these guys may not even be aware of all that...maybe it's just there coz it's a horse and these two guys LOVE horses and it's odd and unusual to have it in the bathroom...

not to make too much out of it or anything

besides I like Jeff's idea, darn thing makes a great hand towel rack!

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #59 on:** January 06, 2007, 01:57:04 am »

And ain't that a heckuva bathtub for a double-wide?

A heckuva bathroom altogether?

My guess is, no peeing in the sink for these boys!

MaineWriter · « **Reply #60 on:** January 06, 2007, 09:41:46 am »

Quote from: Lynne on January 05, 2007, 10:51:58 pm

OK..I do not have to be the funniest person in the room - I freely admit that I'm usually slightly warped when it comes to humor, but since we're now discussing being funny...I must ask -

Tell me honestly, did no one else find this picture hilarious??!??!

Lynne,

Remember at the Lazy L, Ennis wanted to put all of Hal's knickknacks away because he saw them only as dust collectors? Obviously these boys share Hal's design sensibilities--they all like tschotkes. Why else would you have a weathervane in the bathroom. Bah to fertility and fingertip towels! LOL

And yes, the picture did give me a chuckle.

L

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Author Topic: Brokeback Mountain meets the World of Interior Design! (Read 17698 times)