I’m trying to think of something to write about the Sharm trip, but I was bound by the Code of Geographical Silence so many times that it’s safe to say they weren’t kidding. No one got laid. we all got pretty good sleep, danced and drank a good amount, ate a sick amount, laughed a lot, and bled money (some more than others). The homies are lovely and everything, but I am stocked up on testosterone for a looooong time. I was compelled to indulge in horseplay…hitting people and throwing stuff at them and threatening them with water and biting them and all kinds of activities I thought I had left behind at the age of 10, but which appear to still be current among men of 25 (well, it was just me who did the biting – I also punched people in the nuts). At one point a friend asked me if I would get his phone when I got up to get mine, and I said no. When he asked why I said, “Because your phone is IN MY ASS.” It was at this point that I began frantically calling my female friends, trying to gather them unto my bosom as soon as possible, so that they can tamp down this newly unleashed sophomoric humour. In fact in a few minutes I am going off to meet Spaz, who although ungirly, is frighteningly mature (but can boogie down).
They all recommended certain incidents for blog documentation which weren’t very funny, and spoke volumes for either 1) how weird I am/my sense of humour is or 2) their lameness. So here’s my selection (lots of things have faded though as a result of…a variety of factors, shall we say):
Rocker Broker Guy, in an air-conditioned bus: “If you try and cuddle up to me for warmth on this bus ride, my nipples will cut your face.”
Anonymous
September 11, 2007
The answer to your question: Is there no word for male harem? is ‘Yes there is’- It is “Gigolo”.I don’t know if there is one in arabic
Forsoothsayer
September 11, 2007
nope. that’s not it exactly.
Basil Fawlty
September 11, 2007
Rivetting. The warm Sharm nights must have simply flown by. That said, you’re not lying: something about Sharm compels us to revert to behavior that is less than adolescent. Good times, though..
Anonymous
September 13, 2007
actually gigolo is a male hooker…hareem are women owned by men and locked away for sexual pleasure… i dont think men were ever locked away for sexual pleasure only…hmmmm. probably no word for it too
Forsoothsayer
September 13, 2007
several historical queens have had stables of young men. hareem are in fact NOT women owned by men and locked away for sexual pleasure. i was just using the orientalist understanding of the term. hareem just means women, and it was used to designate the women of an arab house in the past…
OpeRon®
September 14, 2007
sounds like HELL of a time 😀
Binxy
September 14, 2007
This is my first time here. I’ve read a number of your posts today so my next comment refers to your writing as a whole not just this particular post. At the risk of giving you a big head… you are very funny in a dead-pan, can’t -be -bothered sort of way. Keep up the good work.(Obviously I love to read people who are funny in a dead-pan, can’t -be -bothered sort of way!)
Binxy
September 14, 2007
This, I needed to call out for funniness extra credit (from below):”friends have taken to recommending men solely on follicular qualities.”Funny AND erudite. Now THAT is a unique combination.
Forsoothsayer
September 14, 2007
thanks, binxy!