from pornstache to beard, Jake G has single handedly changed my taste in men

[vkm91941]

LOL I have just realised that your avatar is like in Romeo and Juliette when I think it is Tybalt asks, "Do you bite your thumb at me, Sir?" to someone. I know that your avatar is a quote from a fan girl and she would never know about any of  Shakspeare's plays, but I am just pointing out the likeness.

I do bite my thumb, sir. 

I read an essay recently that this gesture, mentioned in Romeo and Juliet, is the precursor to the Sicilian taunt of biting the thumb nail and flicking the hand at an opponent.  Makes sense.  It is amazing how the gesture evolved.  Historically the biting of the thumb was a frequent insult in Elizabethan England  one that Shakespeare's audiences were sure to identify with.

[Becky]

LOL I have just realised that your avatar is like in Romeo and Juliette when I think it is Tybalt asks, "Do you bite your thumb at me, Sir?" to someone. I know that your avatar is a quote from a fan girl and she would never know about any of  Shakspeare's plays, but I am just pointing out the likeness.

I do bite my thumb, sir. 

I read an essay recently that this gesture, mentioned in Romeo and Juliet, is the precursor to the Sicilian taunt of biting the thumb nail and flicking the hand at an opponent.  Makes sense.  It is amazing how the gesture evolved.  Historically the biting of the thumb was a frequent insult in Elizabethan England  one that Shakespeare's audiences were sure to identify with.

Ah yes the essays! Damn my teacher she made me right a 6 page essay just on Romeo's actions. It was easy to right about a page but then I got really hard up on material. But hey, I got an A for the essay so I am happy. I enjoyed R+J but I like the film with Claire Danes better. Much better than Macbeth, that I had to do last year....snoozefest or what? I did like the murder bit and the symobolism but when we had to go and see the play it bored the pants off me! The only thing that amused me was the quality of the acting. I think the bus trip home was better, but that was mainly because it ended up with me daring someone to moon out the window at a passing lorry and he actually did it! Sorry I am re-living memories, I will shut up. 


Oh yes someone asked why Dill is called Dill. Well Dill is what we have christened Jake's beardy-beard. There is some method behind our madness though. Seeing as Jake has named his dogs after characters from "To Kill a Mockingbird" we thought we would continue the pattern by naming his beard after a character from that book.
Join the Dill fan club below:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350453/board/thread/40749950
We have 7 members signed up already and the numbers are growing. Thinof it like "The prisoner" where we refer to each other like numbers. I think I am right by saying the prisoner, please correct me if I am wrong.

[FuzzyChanny]

Thank you Vicky. That would be the profound meaning I was talking about.

I hated Macbeth too, but not as much as Anthony and Cleopatra. On a whole, I am not fond of Shakespeare. I do, however, ADORE the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Dead (which is nothing like Shakespeare but set, as they say, in the wings of Hamlet).

What Becky, you are useless! Not being able to PM me your egg. Don't know why I keep you around.

[delalluvia]

It wasn't Romeo or Tybalt involved in the 'biting the thumb' insult.

I think it was just a couple of retainers from the Montague and Capulet households who parried the words in the early part of the play.

I love Jake's days old growth look - not everyone can pull it off and not look sloppy - but I'm really against full facial hair.  That bias comes from my early days working for a Harley Davidson biker guy who had full facial hair who liked to comment on what he could still smell in his beard after intimate encounters.

Nice for him I guess, but yucky for everyone else.

Now, when I see a man with facial hair, all I can think of is that if I get close enough to kiss him, I'll probably be able to smell what he's been smoking, what he's been eating (and maybe see some of it  ) and possibly who he's been doin'.

Eech.  Clean shaven for me, thank you very much.

[Becky]

Oh no #1! Another one has been draged over to the dark side!

I am sorry, it is philips fault I can't PM you the egg! He should have the technology to send easter eggs as a holiday treat! LOL
But I can do the next best thing, I can show you the pictures! I will PM them to you in a minute, I am just uploading them at the moment.

[vkm91941]

 That bias comes from my early days working for a Harley Davidson biker guy who had full facial hair who liked to comment on what he could still smell in his beard after intimate encounters.

Nice for him I guess, but yucky for everyone else.

Now, when I see a man with facial hair, all I can think of is that if I get close enough to kiss him, I'll probably be able to smell what he's been smoking, what he's been eating (and maybe see some of it  ) and possibly who he's been doin'.

Yeah I have to say that is probably one of the grossest things I have heard in awhile ...but then again bikers and guys who are NOTclose friends with soap and water don't  EVER get that close to me anyway ...LOL

[Becky]

So who is a fan and who is not? What are the pros and cons in your view? I want these to be as stupid as possible please as I am doing research for my site. So bring on the stupid reasons!

[ptannen]

I agree that Jake's beard is very sexy   

[vkm91941]

facial hair on Jake? a fan....YOU BET!, 1 day scruff, a full beard or even that gawd awful fake mustache...That boy is goreous.  But he is absolutely beautiful clean-shaven too, almost too perfect. 

[Daniel]

I am quite certain that my reply (look above) has already revealed my attitude regarding Mr. Gyllenhaal's new look.