[Drew68]

Have fun with this one!

[Feiny]

I smella show topic......

[Tredge]

Read American Psycho...it's not an entirely new phenomenon.

[liberalnot]

i saw this in the sunday print edition, and promptly thru' it in the trash!

stupid.

was it the los angeles times that also had an article on men who wear women's jeans?

next it will be panties!

[Mr. Mojo]

America has a long tradition of sensitive guys. Alan Alda, John Lennon, even Al Gore

Anyone here ever see Al Gore (attempt to) throw a football? I saw a film of it during the 2000 campaign, and he looked more "homo" than "metro."

[RLK]

I don't believe Mr. Martinson and I have much in common. If I ever share his state of mind, I encourage you to shoot me.

[Mr. Mojo]

Mr. Martinson likes wine bars and enjoys shopping with his gal pals, who have come to trust his eye for color, his knack for seeing when a bag clashes with an outfit, and his understanding of why some women have 47 pairs of black shoes

There was a word for this sort of thing back in the day:

Fruity

[Rudder]

30-year-old Karru Martinson would sure be a real big hit here in Appalachia. We could use him to troll for snapping turtles.

[yankeedame]

"...."metrosexuals" —... urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides..likes wine bars and enjoys shopping with his gal pals, who have come to trust his eye for color, his knack for seeing when a bag clashes with an outfit, and his understanding of why some women have 47 pairs of black shoes. ("Because they can!" he said.)

[ladyinred]

Next stop:

The Twlight Zone

[ikka]

A man who insists on Grey Goose has to get comfortable with paying $14 for a martini.

Well I am a little ashamed. I paid $14 for a double of Glen Rothes single malt, a whiskey that is so delicious and smooth, it makes Macallan 12-year taste like it was brewed from used sweat socks and gravel.

[Our man in washington]

I wonder if there are any freepers who are also metrosexuals. I've met a lot of both groups, and yet to meet anyone who would fall in both categories, although it's not impossible.

[longtermmemmory]

"metrosexual" is just a marketing attempt to get straight men to act like homosexuals. no thank you.

[right way right]

Metrosexual a new word that means pretentious snobbish girly man.

[GOP Jedi]

The fonts recall the masculinity of an old barber shop, but a funny picture of a goat on the label implies, he said, something out of the ordinary.

Ah, yes, the metrosexual and his GOAT. It gives him an air of mystery, don't you know: could he be?

There's been a trend along these lines in Tokyo for years. Some guys shave all their body hair off (except for scalp and eyelashes), which is an odd trend considering how few Japanese men are actually hirsute.

I don't think Joe Sixpack is gonna embrace the metrosexual lifestyle for one important reason: he doesn't make a metrosexual salary.

[Oschisms]

into Diesel jeans, interior design, yoga and Mini Coopers, and who would never think of ordering a vodka tonic without specifying Grey Goose or Ketel One.

I don't know what the heck minicoopers are, don't wear diesel jeans and I'm more partial to Stoli or Absolut Mandrin in my tonic water.

But with the yoga and interior design I still sound like a rump ranger. Guess I'll haveta find some gaysex on the weekends. Or start drinkin' Wild Turkey again.

[Rytwyng]

a team of five gay men "transform a style-deficient and culture-deprived straight man from drab to fab

Wearing work boots, flannels, and blue jeans 24/7 is NOT a sign of me being "style-deprived", it's normal male work wear. And I'm most assuredly not "culture deprived", in fact I'm a much more loyal, knowledgeable upholder and defender of American and Western culture, than those poor pathetic saps.

Sodomites have NOTHING to teach me about anything whatsoever.

They'd do well, instead, to abandon both their sodomite sin, and the unnatural sense of "style" that goes with it, and adopt my "rednecked" ways.

[Rytwyng]

"Now it's all, `Gee thanks, I'm straight but I'm really flattered.'

A real man would be mortally offended.

[Rytwyng]

asked by a friend in marketing to be part of a focus group of "metrosexuals" — straight urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides.

Marketing is the root of all evil. Read Dilbert regularly, soon you'll understand.

[Rytwyng]

asked by a friend in marketing to be part of a focus group of "metrosexuals" — straight urban men willing, even eager, to embrace their feminine sides.

Marketing is the root of all evil. Read Dilbert regularly, soon you'll understand.

[Russian Sage]

sigh..., I use rubbing alcohol for after-shave and Dial for shampoo...