Manliness

[tim]

barista: "I like the way you touch my monkey."
guy: "It's very cute."
[...]
guy: "My wife doesn't let me say 'cute', because she thinks it's unmanly. So I try to say it as much as possible when she's not around."
[...]
barista: "I have a question. Do you think it's manly to let your wife tell you what words you can say?"

Comments

that's one for the euphemism books

[talia_et_alia]

..."I like the way you touch my monkey." ?!?

Re: that's one for the euphemism books

[tim]

The guy was stroking a little plastic monkey sitting on the cash register. But I thought it was funnier to leave that part out.

[wkfauna.livejournal.com]

A better question would have been, "does your wife think it's manly of you to let her dictate what words you can say?". After all, "guy" didn't seem to think "cute" was unmanly...