"And I don't want to sound like one of the boys, that's not what I'm trying to do"
I'm a smoker.
If I run out of fags & haven't had one for a while it's perfectly acceptable within smoking circles to ask an acquantaince or even, in extreme cases, a stranger; "Please can I have a cigarette, I'm dying for one as I haven't had one for ages"
Generally a ciggy will be forthcoming.
How come it's not acceptable to ask the same question but with shag instead of fag?
If I run out of fags & haven't had one for a while it's perfectly acceptable within smoking circles to ask an acquantaince or even, in extreme cases, a stranger; "Please can I have a cigarette, I'm dying for one as I haven't had one for ages"
Generally a ciggy will be forthcoming.
How come it's not acceptable to ask the same question but with shag instead of fag?
And that's what Flash thinks today @ 20:41
11 Comments:
At 11:04 pm,
Anonymous said…
Hmmmm. I guess that circle isn't as tight?
Try it Flash...start a revolution.
Becareful you don't confuse the two, definatly here in the states.
Cheryl
At 1:27 pm,
Mike Davis said…
Ahh, Cheryl is so right. When I arrived in the States I made a few mistakes. It took me a while before I realised 'going outside to smoke a fag' indicated to my American colleagues that I was going outside to kill a homosexual.
At 3:50 pm,
GJC said…
Depends on who you're asking, I would imagine. :)
At 4:32 pm,
HistoryGeek said…
Actually, there are circles where you could probably ask for a shag. I'm hearing more and more often the term "friend with benefits" which seems to be the less blatant version of the term "fuck buddy." (Or maybe it's just the straight version since I've really only heard gay men talk about fuck buddies.)
At 5:37 pm,
Hyde said…
I think it is possible to ask that. It just requires copious amounts of alcohol and some smooth talking...
lol!
hyde
At 8:39 pm,
Erika said…
I'm with Spinsterwitch - I think it does happen, though perhaps with a tad more subterfuge.
Example. Several years back, sitting in a hostel in Edinburgh with eight of my closest friends-who-would-be-gone-forever-tomorrow, playing the drinking game "I Never." If you don't know this one, shame on you - it's a good 'un: basic premise is you go around in a circle saying "I never blah blah blah" and everyone who HAS blah blah blahed takes a shot. So. At the table. Someone says "I've never slept with anyone since leaving my home country." Everyone at the table drinks except me. I joke "yeah, bit sad, really."
That night, I get eleven offers.
See, all you have to do is ask...
At 5:50 pm,
HistoryGeek said…
Wow, Ka, eleven offers from your 8 friends. Some people must have been really interested.
At 7:09 pm,
Erika said…
That does sound like wonky math, doesn't it. Remember: we were in a hostel. Many people around who were not playing. And casual sex is the national sport of hostellers.
At 7:54 pm,
HistoryGeek said…
Well, hey then, Flash, maybe you should go a-hostelling!
At 11:14 am,
Flash said…
Damn right, I should!
At 9:32 pm,
GJC said…
See now, y'all have just added to my motivation for the big trip I'm planning...someday. Because in that trip? Hostels. Lots of 'em.
WOOHOO!!!
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