--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > I always thought Bevan was gay. > > > > > > > > > > Sal > > > > > > > > Some where in the archives, in the mid eight thousands, > > > > is a less than charitable post lsiting twelve ladies whose > > > > eggs Bevan is supposed to have covered; a selfless > > > > accomplishment for a "friend of Dorothy". > > > > > > I'm not sure I get the reference to a "friend of Dorothy," > > > but the use of the term "covered" had me LOL. :-) > > > > Dorothy as in "Wizard of Oz" as in Judy Garland, > > I believe. > > I Googled it, and this seems unclear. It could > just as easily have been Dorothy Parker, with her > circle of gay friends at the Algonquin in New York, > or Dorothy King, with a similar circle of friends > in Oscar Wilde's time.
These days, it's Dorothy as in "Wizard of Oz" as in Judy Garland. Wherever it originated, it > seems to have been a closeted shorthand for, "Are > you gay?" <duh> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
