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TERMINOLOGY

Some terminology relating to the Bear community includes:

* Admirer - a term that refers to someone who is sexually or romantically attracted to Bears (this term is often used in various communities to describe an outsider who has sexual attraction to people within that community). Also often referred to as a Chaser. Admirers/Chasers can be of any weight, hairy or hairless and any age.
    * Bear - a hairy man with a stocky or heavyset build and facial hair. Can be clean shaven and of any age.
    * Bear run - a gathering or circuit party for Bear/Cub types and their Admirers.
    * Cub - a younger (or younger looking) version of a Bear, typically but not always with a smaller frame. The term is sometimes used to imply the passive partner in a relationship.[8] Can be hairy or hairless.
    * Chub - a heavier bear
    * Daddy bear - is an older guy sometimes looking for a daddy/son relationship with either a younger Bear, Cub, Otter, Wolf or Chaser.
    * Ginger bear - a red-haired bear.
    * Goldilocks - a female, often heterosexual, who is often in the company of bears (a bear's fag hag).
    * Leatherbear - a bear with a leather fetish.
    * Muscle bear - a muscular version of a Bear. A muscle cub is a younger or smaller, yet muscular, version. Can be hairy or hairless and of any age.
    * Otter - a man who is hairy, but is not large or stocky - typically thinner, or with lean muscle.
    * Panda bear - a bear with mixed white and black body hair - this definition is usually mistaken with Asian descent.
    * Pocket bear - a short Bear.
    * Polar bear - a silver- or white-haired Bear.
    * Woof - a greeting often used when a Bear spots another Bear in public and wants to express physical attraction. He might make a growling noise ("Grrr!") or say "Woof!"

BEAR CODE

Main article: The Natural Bears Classification System

"Bear codes" are sometimes used in e-mail (often as part of a signature block), web postings, and online profiles to identify Bear-related attributes of the author or poster. See, e.g., "The Bear Codes" on the Resources for Bears Web site. A sample Bear code is:

B4 s- m g++ w d+c t+ f+ k+ r e+(+?)

Bear Code may be the earliest example (1989) of Internet self-classification codes. Familiarity with this classification system is concentrated in the subcommunity of Bears who were early adopters of Internet communications, and is not widespread within the general community.

The Classification Scheme

The most obvious characteristic of a bear is understandably his facial fur. So, that is the most logical place to begin. Using a capital "B" to denote "BEAR", we have added a sub-class characterizing "beard type" which combines a bear's beard's length, thickness, and overall "keptness", numbered from 0 to 9 and defined in the following way:

0 - (Little/no beard, or incredibly sparse) Such a beard is the absolute minimum that could ever be classified as a beard. We're talking 5-o'clock shadow, here! And yes, we are of the opinon that the beardless can still find company among the ursines!

1 - (VERY slight beard) This is the kind of beard that people have who want to have a beard, but can't grow one. Or someone who is contantly at the 1-week phase.

2 - (Slight beard) A beard kept VERY short at all times, or thinned out.

3 - (Thin beard) A beard in all respects but kept thin and short.

4 - (Mostly full) A beard that is full except for a few noticable bald spots, or kept trimmed.

5 - (Full beard) A full beard not generally trimmed, though not generally bushy. May have a few bald spots on inspection. Usually full and roundish beards fall into this category.

6 - (Very full) A full beard, not trimmed. May be slightly bushy but very full. Thick, full beards (moreso than B5's) are B6's. B6's beards also generally are higher up on the cheeks than B5's.

7 - (Longish/bushy beards) A full beard or slightly thin beard with longish fur. This beard is not trimmed and does come away from the chin.

8 - (Very Long Beards) These beards are usually very bushy and haven't seen clippers for a very long time.

9 - (Belt-buckle-grazing long beards) The prototype is ZZ Top. Need we say more?

Ok… Using this scheme, it shouldn't be hard to narrow a person down to within 1 sub-class, although occasionally people may fall between two classes, and then the end result is left up to the person classifying, or one may use a hybrid designation (for example: B7/4) for those who vary across time (in the given range they spend more time near the first number).

Other Classifiers for Bears

While beards can be an observable trait of bears, there are other things that different people take into consideration as to "what makes up a bear", and things that people like in their bears. So, bearing that in mind (pun intended) there are other criteria that can/should optionally follow the "B" designation.

N.B. It is not necessary to have a "grade" for each of these traits! For each there is a "neutral" value, which basically describes someone who is "average" or "unknown" within that trait. These "neutral" values are given below, but would not be reported --- treat them as either "default" or "assumed".

f - "The FUR factor". Some bears are particularly hairy about the rest of their bodies, others INCREDIBLY furry, yet others though rightfully bears, have little or no fur on their chests, arms, legs, back, butt, etc. So, one of the following may be added to better describe a bear's fur:

f++ WAY above average fur
            f+ above average fur
            f furry in a bearish sense
            (none) "neutral", avg. fur from a sample population of
            both bears and non-bears f- below average fur
            f-- WAY below average fur--"Nair-smooth to the max!"

t - "the TALLNESS factor". To describe bears that are tall or short for their frame.

t++ a virtual giant bear
            t+ taller than average
            t tall but not very tall
            (none) average height
            t- shorter than average
            t-- a bear of very small stature

w - "the WEIGHT factor". For those who prefer their bears more or less fluffy.

w++ a round bear/BIG TEDDY bear
            w+ a big boned bear
            w bear with a tummy
            (none) average weight for frame
            w- a thin bear (otters!)
            w-- a bony bear

c - "the CUB factor". For the junior up and coming bears.

c++ complete daddy's boy
            c+ definite cub
            c cub tendencies
            (none) not "cubbish"
            c- looks like a cub but isn't

d - "the DADDY factor". For the cubs, etc.

d++ DADDY with a vengeance (even his parents call him SIR!)
            d+ definite DADDY
            d daddyish tendencies
            (none) not a daddy
            d- looks like a daddy but isn't

Note there are now also HYBRID classes "cd" and "dc":

cd A cub with "daddy tendencies"... Sort of like a "grown up cub".
            dc A daddy with cub-like tendencies/features.
            dc- More daddy than cub
            d+c REAL daddyish and also VERY cubbish
            (etc.)

g - "the GROPE factor": This is the amount one likes to be touched or pawed etc.

g++ Love to grope/paw/touch etc. Will attack without
            warning. Gives hugs to hot otherwise unknown bears on the street in open daylight.
            g+ likes to be touched most of the time
            g Generally outgoing with ursine affection, a little more reserved about place/person...
            (none) Average amount of receptivity to being touched
            g- Generally doesn't like people to invade his personal aura/lair.
            g-- You touch my bod, I break your face!

k - "the KINKY factor"... for those who dare.

k++ likes just about EVERYTHING... we mean EVERYTHING!!!
            k+ picks and choose according to likes; willing to consider new ideas
            k open minded. Might choose SOME things on the "menu"
            (none) kinky neutral
            k- has definite ABSOLUTE dislikes
            k-- totally vanilla

s - "SEX (ok, SLUT) factor.
          In SOME people's bear codes, "s" might really mean "k"
          (since "k" WAS originally "s" in the earlier versions...).

s-- strictly monogamously/relationship oriented. No outside affairs, or in some cases, sex ONLY in relationships
                s- relationship oriented. Prefers a formal sort of relationship over playing around, however the scope of the word relationship is not defined here.
                (none) relationship neutral
                s neutral wrt to relationships/monogamy.
                s+ will form relationships which are generally open-ended
                s++ strictly polygamous, prefers very open relationships ONLY.

m - "the MUSCLE factor"... for those who like meat on them bones.
                (N.B. "semi-"official --- may be dropped w/ V2.0)

m++ Arnold Schwartzineger is that you?
                m+ definitely works out or is a ranch hand
                m some definition/blue collar
                (none) muscle neutral

e - "the ENDOWMENT factor"... sometimes a size queen's gotta do
                what a size queen's gotta do.
                (N.B. "semi-"official --- may be dropped w/ V2.0)

e++ gets complete respect even from straight men
                e+ gets attention
                e noteworthy
                (none) endowment neutral

h - "the BEHR factor"... for behrs (men without beards but bears).
                You might also put a parenthesized number for the "B" designation to give an idea of WHAT the person would look like with a beard.

h behr (mustache no beard)
                h+ Definite BEHR (mustache no beard)
                h- no beard OR mustache! (very rare but still cave dwelling)

r - "the RUGGED/OUTDOOR factor".

r++ "Grizzly Adams"
                r+ Flannel/jeans/C&W really are second skin
                r Spends some time outdoors/camping
                (none) rugged neutral
                r- prefers indoor-type activities (techie or 3-piece)
                r-- never seen in the outdoors at all.

p - "the PECULIAR factor"

p Some idiosyncrasies --- no judgment made to whether these are "good" or "not so good"

q - "the Q factor (ahem)"

q for bears who are out - WAY out - and love every minute of it. Stereotypes be damned, break out the chiffon and everything else, because girlfriend, as Auntie Mame says "Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death!" (For the stunned reading this - yes, Virginia, "q" is a GOOD thing just like "t-- and t++ are GOOD things", "w-- and w++ are GOOD things"; nothing negative should be associated with the labels pertaining to classification!)

ADDITIONAL PUNCTUATION

The following aren't graded, they are just flags attached to the overall classification:

v    for variable, said trait is not very rigid, may change with time or with individual interaction (e.g. some guys who are generally REAL daddies, may turn into REAL cubs occasionally, etc.)
                ?    for traits where there is no HARD information available and the value is completely guessed at: eg. a picture of a hot bear that LOOKS like a rugged outdoors man, r+? but in reality could be a 3-piece suit bear.
                :    for traits which are observed but uncertain, eg. a guy who is wearing a lot of clothes, so you can't be SURE he's an f+, but his forearms REALLY suggest that he is, hence f+:
                !    for cases where the trait is as close to a prototype as possible, or an exemplary case of a specific trait... eg. the ultimate f++!
                ()    for indicating "cross-overs" or ranges. A guy who goes from k to k++ depending on the situation (ie mostly "k") could use k(++)

You can make the punctuation as detailed as desired, although the best ones to read are the ones which are the most clear and simple to understand.

NOTE: None of the classification materials in any way suggests a ranking or value judgement, in terms of what constitutes a "better" bear. Every person has their own favorite type!


BEAR DEFINITION'S

*Bear (gay culture)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bear is LGBT slang for those in the bear communities, a subculture in the gay/bisexual male communities and an emerging subset of LGBT communities with events, codes and culture-specific identity. It also describes a physical type.

Bears tend to have hairy bodies and facial hair; some are heavy-set; some project an image of working-class masculinity in their grooming and appearance, though none of these are requirements or unique indicators. Some bears place importance on presenting a hyper-masculine image and may shun interaction with, and even disdain, men who exhibit effeminacy.[1] The bear concept can function as an identity, an affiliation, and an ideal to live up to, and there is ongoing debate in bear communities about what constitutes a bear. There is also, anecdotally, more acceptance of tattoos and body piercing in the bear community.

"Bears" are almost always gay or bisexual men, although increasingly transgender men (transmen) and those who shun labels for gender and sexuality are also included within bear communities.

*Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Douglas Harper

Modern English "bear" derives from Old English "bera", which itself derives from Proto-Germanic "*beron" meaning "the brown one". (Compare Old Norse "björn", Dutch "beer" and German "Bär" all meaning "bear").

Both Greek ("arktos") and Latin ("ursus") have retained the Proto-Indo-European root word for "bear" ("*rtko") but it was ritually replaced in the northern branches of the Indo-European languages (The Germanic, Baltic, Celtic and Slavic branches) because of the hunters' taboo on the names of wild animals. For example the Irish word for "bear" translated means "the good calf", in Welsh it translates as "honey-pig", in Lithuanian it means "the licker" and in Russian it literally means "one who leads to honey".

BEAR History ~ 2 sources

Contact: [email protected].

In the beginning there were no bear clubs, there were few formally organized groups in the earliest days. The bear community originated in the 80's by men who felt that mainstream gay culture was unwelcoming to men who did not fit a particular bodily norm (thin, hairless, gym toned and young).

The opening of the Lone Star Saloon in San Francisco in 1989 is viewed by many as the most significant event in establishing the bear community. Known as "Bear Bar U.S.A." – and for some people as mecca -- gay men tell stories of visiting the bar and for the first time seeing men who looked as they did. Lone star was located in the South of Market district of San Francisco along with other bars in the area, which were primarily Leather/Levi bars.

In the begining, Lone Star was frequented by the Rainbow Motorcycle Club and other bikers. The Rainbow Motorcycle Club was another key element in the formation of SF's Bear community. They weren't into fashion leather - only biker leathers. The original Lone Star was closed due to the October 'quake of '89 and opened shortly after in its present location. When the original owner Richard died, it was sold by his survivors to the bar's present owner.

Today's bear runs are an outgrowth of the motorcycle runs of the 50's and 60's.

Originally, Bear had nothing to do with size - they weren't a group of guys that went to the gym but neither were most of them big Girth & Mirth sized. That is evidenced by the early couple years of Bear Magazine where there were many thinner guys featured as "models" in the magazine. Many of the "centerfold models" were just guys that hung out at the Lone Star back then. Common denominator was facial hair and a masculine, friendly attitude. But the simplest definition of Bear comes from that magazine's tag line -”Masculinity Without the Trappings" - a line that was coined by the original owner of Bear Magazine, Richard Bolger (who has been seen on Bear411 recently).

Girth and Mirth members (an organization for large guys) started to merge in with the bear community in the early-90s. Bears eventually began to be associated with size. In recent years, websites like Musclebear.com & Lazy Bear Weekend have had a huge impact on the so-called definition of a “Bear,” further dividing much of the community into 2 camps (gym and no gym - or muscle and chub). Bear Magazine was sold in the 90s. It became more of a showcase for porn stars. American Bear was the next magazine on the scene aimed at our community.

The early Bear gatherings in San Francisco were called Bear Expo. Many of the men involved in putting those on created International Bear Rendezvous (Rainbow MC members Lurch, David Dysart, Steve Stafford - all now gone)so the funds could go to charity. By the mid-90s the triple crown of Bear events was considered to be IBR in SF, Bear Pride in Chicago and Bear Bust in Orlando. Many men traveled the circuit making new friendships and renewing old ones. By that time Bear Clubs were all over the US and beyond.

We're Everywhere Now  = webb site

by Les Wright 2006

In a mere twenty years, bears have evolved from small clusters of buddies, playmates, and guys recognizing a tacit bond of kindred spirit to the largest, and fastest-spreading, new expression of gay (queer, bi, lesbian, trans, and even straight) identity. Bears today come in all shapes and sizes, across the socioeconomic spectrum, and across the range of sexual self-expression.

We’ve Come a Long Way, Cubsters  = webb site

by Les Wright 2006

Back in the 1980s when the idea of gay “bears” emerged, it was a rather vague, undifferentiated, and not quite defined notion. “Bear” was more a loose umbrella under which many different kinds of gay men began to forge a new way of connecting. “Gay,” which had become a radical identity in the late 1960s was out, and “queer” was the new radical “in.”

The Wired Network: Bears in the 1990s = webb site

by Les Wright 2007

As a collective gay identity, bears emerged in the 1980s in many places, but most evidently in San Francisco. If the 1980s were the halcyon pioneering days for bears, and San Francisco once again the gold rush capital of this ursine Wild West, then the 1990s were the era of settlers, homesteading the new community, pushing the cyber frontiers, consolidating loose social groups into more formal ones, bringing order and stability to the new community. In a repeat of familiar history, the subsequent decade of the 2000s would see the meteoric rise of the bear community catapult to center stage, closing the bear frontier forever.

Les Wright founded the Bear History Project in 1994. From that came The Bear Book (1997), Bear Book II (2000), four Bear Icons art exhibitions in the Northeast (1999-2002), the Nashoba Institute (5013 nonprofit), and the online cultural journal of “non-hegemonic masculinities” Verisimilitude. Cornell University provides permanent repository for the BHP archives.

A founding member of the SFBA GLBT Historical Society, he taught humanities for 12 years at Boston-area College. In the 1970s he was involved with gay left activism in Germany, lived through the AIDS epidemic in the Castro during the 1980s and 1990s. He left Boston to return to San Francisco in 2005.

Currently he is a freelance writer, photographer, and independent scholar. Current goals include: re-launching the BHP (hXXp://www.bearhistory.com), Verisimilitude, re-instating the Homo Macho art series, and curating the “History of Homo-Masculinities.” He is training to become a grant writer.

Contact: [email protected].

Wikipedia

Origins
A bear group marching in San Francisco Pride in 2004

Bear in LGBT communities is a metaphorical reference to the animal of the same name with similar notable features. These features include the animal's hairiness, its solid proportions, and also its perceived masculine power. The bear is both fat and powerful, and the reconciliation of these two qualities is at the heart of the Bear concept's appeal. It is also no coincidence that Bears are typically very similar in appearance to the ideal of the North American lumberjack. Lumberjacks often encounter bears and the two have always been associated with each other. A romantic conflation of the bear and the lumberjack image provides the Bear trope its metaphorical appeal. Lumberjacks were romanticised and fetishised in gay culture long before the arrival of the Bear concept, and the Bear concept retains strong traces of this older ideal. Lumberjacks appealed to gay men at aesthetic levels but also for reason of their homosociality, the fact that they were working class, and for the fact that their isolation from urban society (and hence from mainstream gay culture) opened up a fantasy of both secrecy and liberation, within an idyllic, rural, North American setting.

The self-identification of gay men as Bears originated in San Francisco in the 1980s as an outgrowth of gay biker clubs like the Rainbow Motorcycle Club, and then later the leather and "girth and mirth" communities. It was created by men who felt that mainstream gay culture was unwelcoming to men who did not fit a particular "twink" body norm (hairless and young).[citation needed] Also, many gay men in rural America never identified with the stereotypical urban gay lifestyle, and went searching for an alternative which more closely resembled the idealised blue collar American male image.

Richard Bulger, publisher, and his partner, Chris Nelson, started Bear Magazine–originally a photocopied flyer--from their apartment in San Francisco in 1987. Over a 5-year period, the magazine grew to an internationally distributed high-gloss format, but still intentionally kept the stark look of Chris' black and white photography. Their company, Brush Creek Media Inc.,[2] obtained a trademark on the name "Bear" for a men's magazine in 1991.[3] Bearded, blue-collar, rural, and working-class men were idolized in the magazine.
The International Bear Brotherhood flag designed in 1995 by Craig Byrnes (VA Copyright 760-763), digital graphic by Paul Witzkoske for Bear Manufacturing[4]

Richard's friend Rick Redewill, who had founded San Francisco's "Lone Star Saloon" bought full-page ads in every issue of Bear; they soon found themselves with a huge success nationally, especially among rural gay Americans, who would travel to San Francisco just to find a unique "blue collar" gay bar, filled with a masculine-identified crowd who were radically different than the stereotypical gay bar image.

The Lone Star became "ground zero" for the incubation of the Bear Community between 1990 and 1993. Unlike other gay clubs where dance music was the norm, the Lone Star played rock music for the appreciation of a more masculine-identifying customer base.

Much of the Lone Star staff, including its owner Redewill, were overwhelmed by the AIDS pandemic which enveloped San Francisco's LGBT communities. The bar was turned over to new owners in 1993. Richard Bulger sold Brush Creek Media Inc. to Bear-Dog Hoffman in 1996 and retired to a home in the Sierra. Brush Creek Media Inc. continued to publish, expanding into several special-interest gay magazine and video series genres. Brush Creek Media Inc. ceased operation in 2002. Bear Omnimedia LLC became the new publisher of Bear Magazine in 2008.

Though the Bear subculture preceded the mainstream usage of the Internet, it can be closely tied to the growth of online social networking. Gay men who felt they were not welcome at their local gay meeting places (or who just wanted a quick hookup) found easy access to and acceptance from similar people online. Gay men became early adopters of the online Bear communities.

At the onset of the Bear movement, some Bears separated from the gay community at large, forming "bear clubs" to create social and sexual opportunities for their own. Many clubs are loosely organized social groups; others are modeled on leather biker-patch clubs, with a strict set of bylaws, membership requirements, and charities. Bear clubs often sponsor large yearly events–"Bear runs" or "Bear gatherings" like the annual events such as International Bear Rendezvous, Bear Pride, TBRU, BearBust, drawing regional, national and international visitors. Many LGBT events attract a significant bear following, such as Southern Decadence in New Orleans. A feature at many Bear events is a "Bear contest," a sort of masculine beauty pageant awarding titles and sashes (often made of leather) to winners. One of the largest and most notable contests, International Mr. Bear, is held each February at the International Bear Rendezvous in San Francisco. It attracts contestants, often with local titles, from all over the world. The first International Mr. Bear was held in 1992. The contest includes Bear, Daddy, Cub, and Grizzly titles with the contestant who receives the highest score winning the bear title, regardless of what type he is. Example: "Mr. Washington, D.C. Bear, 2006.")
Mr. DC Bear Cub 2006 and Mr. DC Bear 2006

Gay "leather-bears" have competed in leather contests, and "muscle-bears" are another subculture noted by their muscular, often very large muscle body mass.

The Bear community has spread all over the world, with Bear clubs in many countries. Bear clubs often serve as social and sexual networks for older, hairier, sometimes heavier gay and bisexual men, and members often contribute to their local gay communities through fundraising and other functions. Bear events are common in heavily-gay communities.

The gay Bear community constitutes a specialty niche in the commercial market. It offers T-shirts and other accessories as well as calendars and porn movies and magazines featuring Bear icons, e.g., Jack Radcliffe. Catalina Video has a bear-themed line: the "Furry Features Series." Other adult studios who feature Bear-type men are Bear Magazine, 100% BEEF Magazine, BearFilms, Bear, Butch Bear, Raging Stallion, and Titan Media.

As more gay men have identified themselves as Bears, more bars, especially leather or western bars, have become Bear-friendly. Some bars cater specifically to Bear patrons. As Bears have become more common in the larger gay culture, and as more gay and bisexual men identify themselves as Bears, Bears have not segregated themselves as much as they once did. Gay Bears are now a mainstream element of the gay community at large because of the community

LBC will do that asap!!!

Voodoo Dildo

There was this businessman who was getting ready to go on a long
business trip.
He knew his wife was a flirtatious sort, so he thought he'd try to get her something to keep her occupied while he was gone, because he didn't much like the idea of her screwing someone else.
So he went to a store that sold sex toys and started looking around. He thought about a life-sized sex doll, but that was too close to another man for him.

He was browsing through the dildos, looking for something special to please his wife, and started talking to the old man behind the counter. He explained his situation. The old man said,
"Well, I don't really know of anything that will do the trick. We have vibrating dildos, special attachments, and so on,
but I don't know of anything that will keep her occupied for
weeks, except – " and he stopped.

"Except what?" the man asked.

"Nothing, nothing."

"C'mon, tell me! I need something!"

"Well, sir, I don't usually mention this, but there is the
'voodoo dick.'"

"So what's up with this voodoo dick?" he asked.

The old man reached under the counter, and pulled out an old
wooden box, carved with strange symbols.
He opened it, and there lay a very ordinary-looking dildo. The businessman laughed, and said "Big fucking deal. It looks like every other dildo in this shop!"

The old man replied, "But you haven't seen what it'll do yet."
He pointed to a door and said "Voodoo dick, the door."
The voodoo dick rose out of its box, darted over to the door, and started screwing the keyhole. The whole door shook with the vibrations, and a crack developed down the middle.

Before the door could split, the old man said "Voodoo dick, get back in
your box!"
The voodoo dick stopped, floated back to the box and lay there, quiescent once more.

"I'll take it!" said the businessman.

The old man resisted, saying it wasn't for sale, but he finally
surrendered to $700 in cash. The guy took it home to his wife, told her it was a special dildo and that to use it, all she had to do was say "Voodoo dick, my pussy."
He left for his trip satisfied that things would be fine while he was gone.

After he'd been gone a few days, the wife was unbearably horny.
She thought of several people who would willingly satisfy her, but then she remembered the voodoo dick. She got it out, and said "Voodoo dick, my pussy!" The voodoo dick shot to her crotch and started pumping. It was great, like nothing she'd ever
experienced before.
After three orgasms, she decided she'd had enough, and tried to pull it out, but it was stuck in her, still thrusting. She tried and tried to get it out, but nothing worked.

Her husband had forgot to tell her how to shut it off.
So she decided to go to the hospital to see if they could help.
She put her clothes on, got in the car and started to drive to
the hospital, quivering with every thrust of the dildo.
On the
way, another orgasm nearly made her swerve off the road, and she was pulled over by a policeman. He asked for her license, and then asked how much she'd had to drink.

Gasping and twitching, she explained that she hadn't been drinking, but that a voodoo dick was stuck in her pussy, and wouldn't stop screwing.

The officer looked at her for a second, and then said "Yea, right. Voodoo dick, my ass!"

Gay Bear

One day in the great forest a magical frog was walking down to a water hole.

This forest was so big that the frog had never seen another animal in all his life.

By chance today a bear was chasing after a rabbit to have for dinner. The frog called for the two to stop.

The frog said "Because you are the only two animals I have seen, I will grant you both three wishes… Bear, you go first."

The bear thought for a minute, and being the male he was said, "I wish for all the bears in this forest, except for me, to be female."

For his wish, the rabbit asked for a crash helmet, and immediately put it on.

The bear was amazed at the stupidity of the rabbit, wasting his wish like that.

It was the bear's second turn for a wish. "Well, I wish that all the bears in the next forest were female as well."

Rabbit asked for a motorcycle and immediately hopped on it and gunned the engine.

The bear was shocked that the rabbit was asking for these stupid things, after all, he could have asked for money and bought the motorcycle.

For the last wish the bear thought for awhile and then said, "I wish that all the bears in the world, besides me, were female."

The rabbit grinned, gunned the engine, and said "I wish that the bear was gay..."

Three blonde friends died together in a car wreck. They found themselves standing in front of the pearly gates with St. Peter. He told them that before they could enter heaven, they had to tell him what Easter was about.

The first blonde said, "Easter is a big holiday where we give thanks, have a big feast and eat turkey."

"Nooooo," said St. Peter. "You don't get in."

The second blonde said, "Easter is the holiday that we celebrate Jesus' being born of the virgin and give gifts to each other."

"Nooooo," said St. Peter. "You don't get in, either."

The third blonde said, "Well, I know what Easter is all about. Easter is a Christian holiday which coincides with the Jewish Passover. After Jesus celebrated Passover with His disciples, He was betrayed by Judas and turned over to the Romans. They crucified Him on a cross. After He died, they buried him in a tomb and put a huge boulder in front of it."

"Very good!" said St. Peter.

The blonde continued. "Now, every year, the Jews roll the stone away and Jesus comes out. If He sees his shadow, we have 6 more weeks of basketball."

St. Peter fainted!

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I assume this is the 8 ball mentioned above!!! ;D

Magic 8-Ball
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Magic 8-Ball, manufactured by Mattel, is a toy used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. The device was invented in 1946 by Albert Carter, son of a clairvoyant, who marketed and sold the device with Abe Bookman of the Alabe Crafts Company (a company named for the first letters in Carter's and Bookman's first names). Although Carter is the inventor, Bookman is often credited for the invention of the device. It is a hollow, plastic sphere resembling an over sized, black and white 8-ball. Inside is a cylindrical reservoir containing a white, plastic, icosahedral die floating in alcohol with dissolved dark blue dye. The die is hollow, with openings in each face, allowing the die to fill with fluid, giving the plastic die minimal buoyancy. Each of the 20 faces of the die has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed on it in raised letters. There is a transparent window on the bottom of the 8-ball through which these messages can be read.

To use the ball, it must be held with the window initially facing down. After "asking the ball" a yes-or-no question, the user then turns the ball so that the window faces up, setting in motion the liquid and die inside. When the die floats to the top and one of its faces is pressed against the window, the raised letters displace the blue liquid to reveal the message as white letters on a blue background. Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary (or recommended) to shake or jostle the ball before turning it, as doing so can create air bubbles that may visually distort the answer.

The 20 standard answers on a Magic 8-Ball are:

● As I see it, yes
    ● It is certain
    ● It is decidedly so
    ● Most likely
    ● Outlook good
    ● Signs point to yes
    ● Without a doubt
    ● Yes
    ● Yes - definitely
    ● You may rely on it

● Reply hazy, try again
    ● Ask again later
    ● Better not tell you now
    ● Cannot predict now
    ● Concentrate and ask again

● Don't count on it
    ● My reply is no
    ● My sources say no
    ● Outlook not so good
    ● Very doubtful

:-[  It is Green Lantern!!!!

Link is for his Blog!!

hXXp://fmxunderworld.blogspot.com/

:-[ Changed the joke

What a drag it is getting old…

When I went to the bar tonight, I noticed this old boy about 75-80 years sitting all alone in the corner and he was crying over his cocktail.

I stopped and asked him what was wrong.

He said: “I have a 22 year old lover at home. I met him a month or so ago, right here in this very bar!” He continued; “He makes love to me every morning and then he makes me pancakes, sausage, fresh fruit and freshly ground, brewed coffee.”

I said: “Well, then why are you crying?”

He said: “He makes me homemade soup for lunch and my favorite brownies and then he makes love to me half the afternoon.”

I said: “Well, so why are you crying?”

He said: “For dinner he makes me a gourmet meal with wine and my favorite dessert and then he makes love to me until 2:00 am.”

I said: “Well, for goodness sakes! Why in the world would you be CRYING!”

And he said: “I CAN’T REMEMBER WHERE I LIVE!”

We also find it very frustrating that at least Image Grabber pics are missing on so many torrent posts. We have not posted any torrents at this site,However I always made my posts as detailed as possible ie: cast photos, scene photos and screencaps!!! I think maybe it is because folks are not aware of the bitbucket function here at GT.ru. Dead easy to use and would add much to the descrptions section of a torrent post!!! 2cents worth 

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If we had this secret power it not be secret for long!!! The list is so extensive that if we started "turning" them it would be on CNN due to huge #s turned!!!

Start in Hollywood with Victor Webster!!!!

THE HANKY CODE

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the hanky code (also refered to as 'flagging')it is an important aspect of the Leather lifestyle. Below is a list of colors or materials used in flagging.

Handkerchief is worn partially hanging out of your back pocket. If it is worn on the left the person is a dominate (or top), if worn on the right is a submissive (or bottom). Having a hanky hanging out of both of your back pockets (or one tied to the middle belt loop) means Versatile: "looking for someone, don't matter what role I have to play." The different colors (and materials) have different specific meanings to indicate the wearers additional preferences.

The hanky code is mainly used by the gay leather community, however, some heterosexuals do use a few of them, for instance the black or gray colors to indicate whether they're seeking heavy play or soft play during BDSM.

Color/Material Means
(kurbydog:  the * indicates the original 8 as laid out by Larry Townsend)

• black = heavy s&m
  leather = leather fetish
• gray = bondage / light s&m
  charcoal = latex
• navy/dark blue = intimate sex included
  medium blue = into "police" games
  robin egg blue = 69 or "french" (oral sex both)
• light blue = oral sex by bottom only
  teal blue genital torture
  kelly green = into "hooker" game
  khaki/olive = into "military" games
  hunter green = daddy
  lime green = sex with food
  lemon = enema
  cream = licking
  pale yellow = spitting
  doily/yellow = watersports (urine games)
  beige = rimming (licking anus)
  gold = into threesomes
  mustard = big penis (has or wants one)
  apricot = wants overweight partner
  coral = foot worship
• orange = anything, anytime
  rust = into "cowboy" games or pony girl
  fuchsia = spanking
• red = anal fisting
  light pink = dildo/ass play
  dark pink = breast/nipple torture
  burgundy = razors/knifing/scarification
  red polka dots = menstruating
  mauve = navel fetish
  magenta = armpit fetish
• purple = piercing
  lavender = drag
• brown = scat (feces games)
  brown lace = not circumcised
  brown satin = circumcised
  gray flannel "square" = (suits, dresses, black tie)
  white = whipping, flogging
  red/white stripes = shaving
  black/white stripes = likes partner of black race
  brown/white stripes = ikes partner of latino race
  yellow/white stripes = likes partner of oriental race
  white lace = likes partner of white race
  paisley = into boxer shorts
  fur = animals included
  silver lame = romantic
  gold lame = like body builder types
  leopard = tattoos
  tan = smoking (cigars) a must
  kleenex = into smelly games
  handy wipe = into oil and grease
  chamois = motorcycles
  cocktail napkin = bar type


   

For the serious Leatherman, the leather subculture denotes practices, styles of dress, and behaviour organized around sexual activities and eroticism. Wearing leather is one way that participants in this culture self-consciously distinguish themselves from other sexual cultures. The leather culture is most visible in gay communities and is most often associated with gay men ("leathermen"), but it is also practiced in various ways in the lesbian, bisexual, and straight worlds.

Many people associate the leather culture with BDSM (Bondage/Discipline, Dominance/Submission, Sado/Masochism, also called "SM" or "S&M") practices and its many subcultures. But for others, wearing black leather clothing is an erotic fashion statement that expresses heightened masculinity or the appropriation of sexual power; love of motorcycles and independence; and/or engagement in sexual kink or leather fetishism. To have a leather fetish does not mean you have to participate in a hardcore leather “lifestyle”. Some of us just like the look, feel, and smell of leather. Some of us just like the look of leather on a male body.

The gay leather culture has existed since the late 1940s, when it likely grew out of post-WWII biker culture. Early gay leather bars were subcultural versions of the motorcycle club. Pioneering gay motorcycle clubs included Satyr, established in Los Angeles in 1954; Oedipus, also established in Los Angeles, and the New York Motorbike Club. Early San Francisco clubs included the Warlocks and the California Motor Club. These clubs, like the motorcycle culture in general, reflected a disaffection with the mainstream culture of post-World War II America, a disaffection whose notoriety–-and therefore appeal---expanded after the sensationalized news coverage of the Hollister "riot" of 1947.

The 1953 film “The Wild One” starring Marlon Brando wearing jeans, a T-shirt, a leather jacket, and muir cap, played on pop-cultural fascination with the Hollister "riot" and promoted an image of masculine independence that resonated with some gay men in a culture which stereotyped gay men as effeminate. To that end, gay motorcycle culture also reflected some gay men's disaffection with the coexistent gay cultures more organized around passing, high culture, popular culture (especially musical theater), and/or camp. Perhaps as a result, the leather community that emerged from the motorcycle clubs also became the practical and symbolic location for gay men's open exploration of kink and BDSM.

The Leatherman's Handbook by Larry Townsend, published in 1972, epitomizes the association of the leather subculture with BDSM. This book also encoded what is retrospectively described as Old Guard leather culture. This code emphasized strict formality and fixed roles. Old Guard practices emphasize discipline, honor, brotherhood, and respect, and are said to promote a stricter lifestyle, education, and intra-community privilege based on successive ranks or levels.

The New Guard, or new leather (which describes an era in leather culture that started roughly around the early 1990's), embraced switching and a greater variety of approaches to eroticism. These clubs were less strict concerning traditional 'standards' within the Old Guard Community.

The 10,000 square foot, two-story Leather Archives and Museum, based in Chicago, has much information and details on the beginning of the leather subculture. In addition to activities in Chicago, the LA&M serves the leather world by preserving material from various leather communities and Clubs, and sends traveling exhibits around the country. hXXp://www.centerstagechicago.com/other/leather.html

Colors-of-Leather and Gay Leather History are 2 wbb sites that offer unique views on Gay Leather Men history as well.One from Clubs perspective and is an archive of Club Colors and logos and the latter from personal historical life stories.
hXXp://www.aboutus.org/Colors-Of-Leather.com            hXXp://www.cuirmale.nl/history/fetish.htm

Leather Terminology

24/7 (BDSM): A relationship in which protocols are in place continuously.

Animal transformation fantasy: Fantasy in which the focus is on the sub entering the altered mindspace of a different species, typically a dog, pony or horse.

Abrasion: Using something rough (such as sandpaper).

Aftercare: The time after a BDSM scene or play session in which the participants calm down, discuss the previous events and their personal reactions to them, and slowly come back in touch with reality. BDSM often involves an endorphin high and very intense experience, and failure to engage in proper aftercare can lead to subdrop as these return to more everyday levels.

Age play: Usually referring to Daddy/daughter or Mommy/baby role play. Does not usually include or imply aspects of incest, but rather the nurturing relationship of Parent/child or Teacher/student.

Anal torture: The BDSM practice of inflicting pain on the anus.

Animal Play: The sub acts or dresses like an animal (puppy, pony, cow, etc.).

Auctioned off: Dom/me auctions off the Slave to the highest bidder (usually supervised and for temporary use).

Bad pain: Good pain and bad pain are terms used lightheartedly by BDSM practitioners, signifying that whilst BDSM may include an element (often quite pronounced) consensual pain, there is a purpose to it, and some pain is consented to and accepted whilst other pain is not. "Bad pain" is pain which is outside hard limits, non-mutual or non-valued, not wished for, and of limited or no value in this context.

BDSM: Bondage/Discipline, Dominance/Submission, Sadism/Masochism

Bottom: submissive or one who gives up control, or simply one who receives physical sensation from a Top in a scene.

Breath Control: The Dom controls the sub's breathing.

Butt plug: Much like a dildo, only shaped slightly differently. They come in a variety of sizes; some can vibrate.

Chastity: a form of erotic sexual denial or orgasm denial whereby a person is prevented from access to, or stimulation of, their genitals, save at the whim or choice of their partner, usually by means of a device (called a chastity belt or sometimes for men a cock cage) that prevents contact and is controlled by means of a lock by the partner.

CBT: Cock and ball torture

Collared: Submissive or slave who is owned (usually in a loving intimate relationship)

Collaring: The formal acceptance by a dom, of a sub's service. Also the Ceremony when a Dom commits to a sub (much like a wedding).

Consent: Mutual agreement to the terms of a scene

Consensual non-consensuality: A mutual agreement that within defined limits, or subject to a safe word or other restrictions, and commonsense, consent will be given as read without foreknowledge of the exact actions planned. As such, it is a show of trust and understanding and usually undertaken only by partners who know each other well, or otherwise agree to set clear safe limits on their activities.

Contract: A written-out agreement between the Dom/me & sub. It can be either formal or non, and is usually written after much negotiation by the Dom/me and the sub, outlining what structure, guidelines, rules and boundaries to the relationship are agreed upon by the two . It is NOT legally binding but should be taken seriously.

DM: Dungeon Monitor, a person who volunteers to supervise the interactions between participants at a play party to ensure their safety.

Dom: Man who takes control (from Dominant)

Dominant (dom/domme) (also dominatrix)

Domme: Female who takes control (contraction of dominatrix)

D/s: Domination/submission

Dungeon: Usually referring to a room or area with BDSM equipment and play space

Edgeplay: SM play involving blood, permanent marking, knives, or fire, sometimes with a greater risk of danger.

Endorphin rush: Endorphins are the chemicals responsible for the "high" people often get from activities such as sex, or high-risk sports, and is the body's response to heightened or intense experiences of certain kinds. BDSM activities, especially those incorporating a degree of sensation play often cultivate the endorphin rush as part of their "payoff" to the sub. But also see aftercare for the care needed to ensure that subdrop does not occur afterwards as the body returns to normal.

Erotic sexual denial: keeping another person aroused while delaying or preventing resolution of the feelings, to keep them in a continual state of anticipatory tension and inner conflict, and heightened sensitivity. Also see tease and denial and chastity.

Fetish: A specific obsession or delight in one object.

Fire play: Using flammable liquids to create quick, fleeting instances of flame on the skin of the bottom. Risk of injury is increased and the Top should be learned with fire play skills.

Genitorture: Torture of the genitals

Good pain: Good pain and bad pain are terms used lightheartedly by BDSM practitioners, signifying that whilst BDSM may include an element (often quite pronounced) of consensual pain, there is a purpose to it, and some pain is consented to and accepted whilst other pain is not. "Good pain" is therefore pain that is mutually agreed, desired or permitted by the submissive partner to be experienced, and seen by them as of enjoyment or value.

Golden showers: Urinating on, or being urinated on by, another person.

Gorean: A BDSM sub-genre based upon the rituals and practices created within the world of Gor in the erotic novels by John Norman.

Gunplay: The practice of including actual (or simulated) firearms into a scene.

Handkerchief codes: visible signs to indicate to others your area of BDSM interest

Hard limits: What someone absolutely will not do, usually non-negotiable.

Harem: A group of subs serving one or more Dom/mes.

Impact play: Part of sensation play, dealing with impact such as whips and riding crops.

Infantilism: Parent/child or parent/baby role playing.

Knife play: Slow, methodical sensation of the bottom with the edges and points of knives, usually without cutting the skin. Fear of the weapon plays a large part in the stimulus of the bottom.

Limits: What someone "won't" do or is hesitant to do

Masochism: Act of receiving pain for sensual/sexual pleasure.

Masochist: Person who enjoys pain, usually sexually.

Mummification: Immobilising the body by wrapping it up, usually with multiple layers of tight thin plastic sheeting. Breathing and other safety measures must be appropriately taken care of, often by leaving the face (or at least the mouth and nose) open. Body temperature (maintained to an extent by movement) may also be affected so a warm environment and warm aftercare may be important. Mummification is often used to enhance a feeling of total bodily helplessness, and incorporated with sensation play.

Munch: A group of people that are into BDSM meeting at a vanilla place. Sometimes this is a club. You might see an announcement like, "This weekend's munch is at Denny's"

Needle play: Temporary piercings done with sterile needles of varying gauges, usually only for the duration of a scene.

Newbie: Someone new to BDSM.

OTK: Over the knee (spanking).

Painslut: A person who enjoys receiving a heavy degree of pain but may or may not necessarily enjoy submitting.
Paraphilia

Play party: A BDSM event involving many people engaging in Scenes.

ProDom: Male professional dominant (charges money)

ProDomme: Female professional dominant (charges money)

Ponygirl or Ponyboy: Sub is dressed in a pony outfit, with mouth bit and anal plug with a tail. They are told to prance or behave like a pony.

Puppy Play: Sub is made to act like a puppy. Sub barks, whines, eats from a bowl, etc. Such play is almost never sexual, but rather focuses on the altered mind-space of bottom/pup.

RACK - Risk Aware Consensual Kink

Rape fantasy: The pleasurable fantasy of inflicting or being a victim to an act of consensual play-rape.

Sadism: The act of inflicting pain.

Sadist: Person who enjoys inflicting pain, usually sexually.

Safe, Sane and Consensual - SSC

Safeword - When a participant utters a safeword, BDSM activity stops.

Scat play: Feces play

Scene: A time period of BDSM activities.

Sensation play: BDSM play where the intent is to push people's sensory limits, thus exploring texture, sensory deprival, through to whips, flaggillation and edgeplay.

Session: A time period of BDSM activities with a ProDom/me.

Slave: Person who gives up a great degree of control in an ongoing D/s relationship, sometimes with few remaining limits. Often those who identify as "slave" have a great desire for being of service to their dominant, sometimes referred to as "service-oriented submission."

Slave Position: Also called The Pleasure Position. Sub is kneeling, legs spread, head down and hands on thighs, with palms up

Soft Limits: Something that someone is hesitant to do or nervous to try. They can sometimes be talked into the activity.

Subdrop: A physical condition, often with cold- or flu-like symptoms, experienced by a submissive after an intense session of BDSM play. This can last for as long as a week, and is best prevented by aftercare immediately after the session.
submissive, or "sub" for short. Person that gives up control either all the time or only during a scene

Subspace: A "natural high" that a sub gets during a scene or when being controlled.

switch: Someone who likes being both Dominant and submissive, either in one scene or on different occasions.

Tease and denial: keeping another person aroused while delaying or preventing resolution of the feelings, to keep them in a continual state of anticipatory tension and inner conflict, and heightened sensitivity. Also see orgasm denial.

Top: Dominant person either all the time or only during a scene.

Topping from the bottom: A submissive who nonetheless wants to direct the top.

Training: Either referring to a short period of time (a scene) or an ongoing effort of the Dom/me teaching the sub how to act. Can either be a playful thing or a serious thing, depending on the couple.

Vanilla: Someone who is not in the lifestyle. Alternatively, sexual behaviour which does not encompass BDSM activity. The term is sometimes used in a derogatory sense.

Wannabe: Someone who thinks or claims to be knowledgeable about BDSM, but is not. Especially prevalent with new Doms.

WIITWD: What it is that we do. A broad term referring to all forms of alternative sexuality.

Wax play: The Dom/me drips hot wax on the sub.

Note that some people in the BDSM community begin dominant terms with an upper case, for example: Top, Master, Dom, Domme, etc, as well as to begin submissive terms with a lower case, even where normally incorrect, chiefly in acronyms and abbreviations, such as D/s for Dom/sub.

In addition, high protocol refers to groups that adhere to strict roles and role-based rules of conduct, whereas low protocol refers to groups that are more relaxed. Old Guard refers to high protocol groups, particularly gay leather BDSM groups


Four men went golfing together one day; three headed to the first tee and one went into the club house to take care of the bill. The three men started talking, bragging about their sons. The first man told the others, “My son is a home builder and he’s so successful that he gave a friend a new home - for free.”

The second man said, “My son was a car salesman and now he owns a multi-line dealership. He’s so successful that he gave a friend two Cadillacs.”

The third man, not wanting to be outdone bragged, “My son is a stock broker and he’s doing so well that he gave his friend an entire stock portfolio.”

The fourth man joined them on the tee after a few minutes of taking care of business. The first man mentioned, “We were just talking about our sons. How is yours doing?” The fourth man replied, “Well, my son is gay. I’m not totally thrilled about it, but he must be good. His last three boyfriends gave him a house, two cars, and a stock portfolio.”

 

HAPPY PINK PIG DANCE!!!!