Ah, Jake ...
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:50:59 +0000, J. J. Young wrote:
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> Ackshully, it's Earnest in the title, and the two bachelors assume
> the name of Ernest for their wooing. The play (and the film of it
> broadcast yesterday) are funny enough without subtexts, but it's great
> if the Gay community can view it on another level. We could imagine
> Lady Bracknell repeating "A handbag?" when hearing that Tinky-Winky
> is a Gay icon due to "his" carrying of a "purse".
> What's the gayest icon on your Desktop?
Leave it to you to remember Tinky-Winky and the handbag! But, of
course, T-W & friends is yet another Brit intellectual invention. <G>
As to the gayest icon ... I had to search and search, and I finally
found it!
M$ PC Paintbrush icon -- complete with phallic symbolism.
l.d.
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