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Title: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 10:49:10 AM
Last night on Larry King Live Eric Massa was asked if he was gay.  He responded "Why don't you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy."  So you know, I figured Grumbler might be one of those sailors.  So is he gay?
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Ed Anger on March 10, 2010, 10:54:02 AM
:XD:
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: grumbler on March 10, 2010, 11:00:40 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 10:49:10 AM
Last night on Larry King Live Eric Massa was asked if he was gay.  He responded "Why don't you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy."  So you know, I figured Grumbler might be one of those sailors.  So is he gay?
Wasn't one of the Ten Thousand, sorry.

Why not ask razgovery?  He might be one of Massa's friends.

He might be an imaginary friend, by Massa needs every friend he can get.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 11:02:27 AM
Worth a try.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 11:09:12 AM
Quote from: grumbler on March 10, 2010, 11:00:40 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 10:49:10 AM
Last night on Larry King Live Eric Massa was asked if he was gay.  He responded "Why don't you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy."  So you know, I figured Grumbler might be one of those sailors.  So is he gay?
Wasn't one of the Ten Thousand, sorry.

Why not ask razgovery?  He might be one of Massa's friends.

He might be an imaginary friend, by Massa needs every friend he can get.

I'll ask Raz but he doesn't always respond to me.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Martinus on March 10, 2010, 11:48:23 AM
I approve of this thread. :D
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 10, 2010, 12:37:56 PM
Who is Eric Massa?
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 12:44:50 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 10, 2010, 12:37:56 PM
Who is Eric Massa?

Someone Grumbler denies knowing.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Syt on March 10, 2010, 12:54:42 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 10, 2010, 12:37:56 PM
Who is Eric Massa?

The namegiver of Polis Massa (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Polis_Massa)?
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Caliga on March 10, 2010, 01:13:26 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 10, 2010, 12:37:56 PM
Who is Eric Massa?
He's your new master, boy.  You've just been sold down river.  :)
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Jacob on March 10, 2010, 04:54:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 10:49:10 AM
Last night on Larry King Live Eric Massa was asked if he was gay.  He responded "Why don't you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy."

Sounds like a "yes" to me.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: DGuller on March 10, 2010, 05:00:22 PM
 :lmfao: That's quite a quote.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Malthus on March 10, 2010, 05:35:05 PM
Cue chorus:

In the Navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the Navy
Come on people and make a stand
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Caliga on March 10, 2010, 07:57:47 PM
Quote from: Jacob on March 10, 2010, 04:54:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 10:49:10 AM
Last night on Larry King Live Eric Massa was asked if he was gay.  He responded "Why don't you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy."

Sounds like a "yes" to me.
If you are ever asked a "yes" or "no" question, and you refuse to give a "yes" or "no" answer, it's because you are afraid to tell the truth, but don't want to be on the record as lying.  I'm pretty sure Mark Sanford and John Edwards answered questions this way when they were questioned about their own sex scandals.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: DGuller on March 10, 2010, 08:05:54 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 10, 2010, 07:57:47 PM
Quote from: Jacob on March 10, 2010, 04:54:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 10, 2010, 10:49:10 AM
Last night on Larry King Live Eric Massa was asked if he was gay.  He responded "Why don't you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy."

Sounds like a "yes" to me.
If you are ever asked a "yes" or "no" question, and you refuse to give a "yes" or "no" answer, it's because you are afraid to tell the truth, but don't want to be on the record as lying.  I'm pretty sure Mark Sanford and John Edwards answered questions this way when they were questioned about their own sex scandals.
Sometimes I deliberately not say either "yes" or "no", even when I could just go ahead and do so without lying or implicating myself.  I'm doing it exactly to thwart such reasoning, to be able to give a non-answer without actually giving away my answer.  I've been doing that ever since I was little.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Caliga on March 10, 2010, 08:14:14 PM
Quote from: DGuller on March 10, 2010, 08:05:54 PM
Sometimes I deliberately not say either "yes" or "no", even when I could just go ahead and do so without lying or implicating myself.  I'm doing it exactly to thwart such reasoning, to be able to give a non-answer without actually giving away my answer.  I've been doing that ever since I was little.
Seems like a necessary survival skill to have in the Soviet Union. :)
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 11, 2010, 06:51:44 AM
Quote from: Martinus on March 10, 2010, 11:48:23 AM
I approve of this thread. :D

I started another one, just for you.
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: grumbler on March 11, 2010, 07:47:52 AM
Quote from: Malthus on March 10, 2010, 05:35:05 PM
Cue chorus:

In the Navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the Navy
Come on people and make a stand
Our verses were a bit different than the broadcast version
In the Navy
You can be an engineer
In the Navy
You can take it in the rear
In the Navy
'cause all engineers are queer
In the Navy
In the Navy
Title: Re: Question for Grumbler: Is Eric Massa Gay?
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 11, 2010, 10:15:41 AM
Quote from: DGuller on March 10, 2010, 08:05:54 PM
Sometimes I deliberately not say either "yes" or "no", even when I could just go ahead and do so without lying or implicating myself.  I'm doing it exactly to thwart such reasoning, to be able to give a non-answer without actually giving away my answer.  I've been doing that ever since I was little.

Also, sometimes you can answer the question without actually using the word "yes" or "no." So by "ask my wife" he could have meant "No. I'm married, duh  :rolleyes:." OTOH, "ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy" does sound a bit fruity, so perhaps his answer was an evasion.

Edit- as apparently he is a politician, I think the weasel interpretation is better.