Renovator, Car Man or Poonce??

22/8/08 | Teddy Betts

[Teddy Betts]

Is there a problem with enjoying modern stylish fashionable furniture as a hobby? I have been advised that talking about cars around the office is far more acceptable and manly than talking about the modern sleek lines of furniture or the leather interior of a car is far tougher than talking about soft Italian leather from a perfectly handcrafted Italian leather Sofa / Masterpiece that sits in my loungeroom for me to admire that I purchased from Home Concepts in Melbourne. I would much prefer to go to a site like www.fivekings.com.au than carsales.com and does this mean I’m a poonce? I honestly believe that just because I choose interior design over changing a diff makes me less of a man because I too would be happy to learn how to change a diff rather than be closed minded and besides all the so called men out there are told that they have to buy what they are told anyway and I’m sure in many cases they too are coming home to well designed and spacious pieces from furniture stores in Melbourne.

[darkwing104]

Have you tried turning your computer on?

You have to be careful on how you ask that question...

[Fresh Wind]

Secretly, it’s because they’re jealous.

That, and the fact that confiscation is cheaper than buying.

[Allegra]

Hey, I was talking to this guy once who had MAJOR dandruff in his eyebrows.

I mean, it was really freaky.

[Mr. Silverback]

BTW...if you're worried about being considered unmanly, you may want to choose a new screen name.

Now mate, consider this plan:

1. Get yourself a car you can work on a bit, but not a major project. Something your mates will dig and women will find cool.

2. When the car makes you a chick magnet, pay the most attention to the girls who are into design stuff.

3. Pick one. Go on a few dates. Have fun. If you don't have fun together, pick another girl and repeat.

4. This step is applicable after things are working out well from step 3. Girl realizes that you have a good car, appear to be handy (a slick car gives that impression) and you have something in common. Pretty soon she'll be pressuring you to get married. Go with it.

5. Your mates at the job will no longer wonder about your orientation when you have a cool car, a hot young wife and a couple of kids. Relax and enjoy life. Problem solved.

Or, you could just ask your mates why, if decorating types are all gay, American decorating shows are hosted by women like this?

That's Tanya Memme, she was Canada's Miss World a few years back and she hosts a decorating show on American TV.

And then there's Paige "Host of Trading Spaces" Davis:

Now, I don't watch decorating shows, but you'll notice those ladies ain't Rosie O'Donnell.

[Darksheare]

Cracked in the acre with a shovel by a shiela that was maggery.

[Mr. Silverback]

According to urbandictionary.com, poonce either means a general insult with gay overtones or a gay asian man.

FR, where you learn something new every day.

[Mr. Silverback]

Yes, but did he know how to order at Sonic?

[steveo]

I cut down trees. I eat my lunch.
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shoppin'
And have buttered scones for tea.

[bamahead]

[Delta 21]

[dynachrome]

If this is your day job.....

[Repeal The 17th]

I forget who she was but I used to have the hots
for that carpenter chick they had on trading spacers.
She could miter a joint like nobody else.
If you know what I mean.
wink wink nudge nudge

[csvset]

Mmmmmmmm.......Tanya

[csvset]

[Repeal The 17th]

Amy Wynn Pastor

[Fred Nerks]

I think he means PONCE:

ponce Offensive slang, chiefly Brit
Noun
1. an effeminate man
2. same as pimp
Verb
[poncing, ponced]
(often foll. by around, about)Brit & Austral to act stupidly or waste time [from Polari, an English slang derived from the Mediterranean ports]
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

[Old Sarge]

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[Old Sarge]

[MHGinTN]

I think Lisa LaPorta is cute.

[dljordan]

I once visited the house of a guy who had a Maxim gun with the brass water jacket like the one in the fore ground (I think thats a Maxim). As you walked in the front door there was a staircase leading to the second floor and the gun was sitting at the top of the stairs pointing down. Weird sense of humor, beautiful piece though.