Arthur @ AmeriNZ, that blogger and podcaster from New Zealand via Illinois asked:
Oddly enough, recently I bought "This is the Moody Blues" on iTunes (to replace the vinyl copy I had), and this was one of the songs. I still love it.
A question? Well, by way of preface, there's an Australian talk show host called Rove McManus (the show is called "Rove Live") who ends every celebrity interview with the same question: "Who would you turn gay for?" The current Prime Minster of New Zealand answered Brad Pitt, though he as asked by some one not quite the stature of Rove.
So, in my best imitation Australian accent, I ask, who would Roger turn gay for?
When I was in high school, I had this conversation among some of my male friends. I suggested one of the guys from our high school swim team. Interestingly, at least three of that group of friends turned out to be gay, though they were in the closet at the time, at least to me.
I suppose if you had asked me 25 years ago, I might have said Tom Selleck. This in spite of the fact that I almost never actually watched Magnum, P.I. In fact, the only time I specifically remember watching the show is when it had a crossover with Murder, She Wrote, a show I'll admit to watching fairly religiously. Cabot Cove, Maine: highest per capita murder rate in the WORLD. But Selleck's politics, I've discovered are rather right-wing, so not him.
I suppose George Clooney. He's rich, handsome, talented, and his politics don't suck. Incidentally, it was never Brad Pitt for me, even in his Thelma and Louise days.
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No one asked me, but I do have rooting interests on this last weekend of the regular season of the NFL:
The New York (New Jersey) Jets: I'd like them to beat Miami, which COULD go from being the #3 seed to out of the playoffs. So, I'm also rooting for Buffalo to get to 8-8 and beat New England. For good measure I think I want Jacksonville to beat Baltimore, but it ain't gonna happen.
The Philadelphia Eagles: this for Greg. Not only must the Eagles beat the Cowboys (I ALWAYS root against the Cowboys), but Oakland should beat Tampa Bay AND Houston must beat Chicago. Yeesh.
The Carolina Panthers: my mom, one sister, one niece live in Charlotte. They'll probably still be in the playoffs, but it'd do them well to beat the Saints.
The San Diego Chargers: the other sister and one niece live in the San Diego area. So if the Chargers beat the Broncos, they'll be in the playoffs! At 8-8. Yuck.
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Thanks for the answer! Back in the day, probably a lot of men would've chosen Tom Selleck (if only under duress), but I was never one of them. What I found even more interesting about your answer, though, was yet the discovery of another connection we share: I never missed an episode of "Murder, She Wrote," though even I began to think the town would start running out of people sooner or later.
This is a question that back in high school I would've run a mile to get away from, so as not to be "found out". Now, I find it fascinating how heterosexual men answer the question, but even more how they approach it.
By the way, the Australian Prime Minister ducked that question when Rove asked him shortly after the Aussie election. Kevin Rudd is a bit on the Evangelical side, despite leading the centrist Australian Labor Party, and maneuvered his answer so that he could say something like his wife was all he'd ever need. Whatever—hardly in the spirit of fun the question's asked in.
I like your answer much better!
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