Do cosmetics maketh the metrosexual man?

The Scotsman ^ | August 7, 2004 | FRANK O'DONNELL

[MadIvan]

David Beckham is the uber-metrosexual.

No.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Blech.

Give me a REAL man, any any ANY day of the week.

[GeronL]

Me? I’m confused

No that would be them.

[sonofatpatcher2]

As a Robosexual I use a little Bond-O now and then...

[Jeff Chandler]

I'm a Neanderthal-sexual.

I did watch an opera once, but it was just a singspiel, so I don't think that counts.

Does the fact that I know what a singspiel is mean anything?

[NYC GOP Chick]

The metrosexual must reside in the city (tick); he must consider his mien at all times (I don’t part my hair on the side, so tick); and he should be sensitive and romantic (er, tick).

Well, no. Living in the city, caring about how he looks and being romantic don't necessarily make a man metrosexual. I know someone who fits this description fairly well and is as far from metrosexuality as one can get.

[marron]

I think just using that word is enough.

[valkyrieanne]

AM I metrosexual? Retrosexual? Technosexual? Or even pomosexual?

Maybe the writer's just a male lesbian.

[Desdemona]

I'd give $100 to watch those two shoot the rapids on a level 5 stretch. Can you see the shower caps?

[Larry Lucido]

This is the only "cosmetic" I'm wearing.

[TalBlack]

"Does the fact that I know what a singspiel is mean anything?"

Hell, I'd say so!

If you also know what a 'tone poem' is you're TOTALLY gone!

[aruanan]

Do cosmetics maketh the metrosexual man?

Man, I wish these guys would learn English. "Do" takes the infinitive form of the verb, ie., "make". Besides, "Do" isn't either third person plural or singular ("cosmetics" could be either singular or plural) and "maketh" is third person singular present tense.

[GWfan]

I am so turned off by metros that I could only read through about 3/4 of this article.

My husband is the farthest thing from a metro that there is. He likes me to buy the same shirt and pants for every day of the week. He goes hunting and fishing and he is hairy. I have to beg him to take me to the movies and he will never, ever watch a chick flick.

While I was growing up, M*A*S*H* was probably the most popular show on TV. I picked someone who doesn't even remotely resemble Alan Alda to spend the rest of my life with.

I like men to be men, not wussies.

[toomanygrasshoppers]

"I like men to be men..."

AMEN to that, Sister.

[theFIRMbss]

>I did watch an opera once...

Well, I've seen this one about a million times. But Bugs is okay, right?

[headsonpikes]

Bugs is okay, right?

Bugs is secure in his sexuality!

[johnb838]

I don't consider smearing some moisturizer on my face to be cosmetics. I do have to laugh when I see some of these guys showing up on the talking head shows with obvious lipstick on to put some life in their pale, bloodless lips. Algore and Weasly Clark look the funniest in makeup. During the contention over the results of the 2000 election I saw James Baker with so much makeup I thought he was a closet cross-dresser. Dubya even came out in one of the debates with some lipstick and pancake. I've never seen him do it again. I bet I never will.

[johnb838]

I've never seen the archaic "maketh" in the slang term "make the man" before. I think the original was "Clothes make the man", so "Do clothes make the man(?)" should be OK(sl.)

[johnb838]

I used to be metro, but now I don't care. I don't like euro stuff.... AAAAARrrtgh! Lost my train of thought listening to Susan Ostrich screech. Had to turn the TV off. I hate Fox.