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Grex > Homme > #33: The "REMOTE CONTROL" Controversy | |
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bubu
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The "REMOTE CONTROL" Controversy
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Oct 30 21:21 UTC 1995 |
"REMOTE CONTROL"
Ah Yes, the remote control. A symbol of control and dominance in the life
of the mondern male. What is it about this singular item that can destroy
marriages, families, and seperate life long friends. Some suggest that it
is a way for modern male to exercise that power that he has lost to
government, work, and families. Some suggest that it is a simple matter of
penis envy. I mean really have you ever looked at a modern remote control.
Mine is about 10" long and 2" wide. What would Freud have thought of this
affixiation the modern male has with the remote control. What do you think?
Maybe We as men can put our heads together and figure out this modern day
phenominon.
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bubu
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response 1 of 31:
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Oct 30 21:22 UTC 1995 |
Let's have some fun with this one....I have noticed that most of the items
posted here are of a somewhat serious nature. Which in itself is good. But
I also believe we need to just have fun sometimes..
I think its the penis envy thing by the way.
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mcpoz
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response 2 of 31:
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Oct 31 02:29 UTC 1995 |
I would not have even remotely thought that possible.
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brighn
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response 3 of 31:
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Oct 31 02:57 UTC 1995 |
I keep losing my remote control. Brings to mind the song "Detachable
Penis"...
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remmers
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response 4 of 31:
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Oct 31 10:05 UTC 1995 |
Now I understand why, whenever the remote control has fallen
on the floor or between the cushions of the couch or something,
so that I can't find it right away, I get this feeling of
terror...
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matthew
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response 5 of 31:
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Oct 31 14:57 UTC 1995 |
Have you seen the new wristwatches with built in TV/stereo/VCR remote
controls ? It looks sort of like a calculator watch, but with a set of
remote control buttons instead.
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remmers
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response 6 of 31:
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Oct 31 15:31 UTC 1995 |
Gives new meaning to the concept of wearing your masculinity
on your sleeve.
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brighn
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response 7 of 31:
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Oct 31 16:39 UTC 1995 |
Too small for me. I prefer a remote you can hold onto. >8)
Actually, I don't watch enough tv to be a remote addict. Now, when
the develop a remote control for Grex... then I'll be happy.
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bubu
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response 8 of 31:
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Nov 1 22:22 UTC 1995 |
I saw a commercial the other nite. This fella was looking for his remote
control. He yelled out to his wife, "Honey where is the remote." She
replied, "Why dont you use the remote locater." He thought this was a good
idea so he hit a button on the tv and the remote started to beep. *BEEP*
*BEEP* He followed the beep as it lead him to the bedroom where his wife was
holding the remote, but also laced in a lovely teddy. He took the remote and
left.. GOD what a jerk... Ya know I wonder if there was something there with
her and the penis thing......HMMMMMM...?
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brighn
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response 9 of 31:
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Nov 2 01:48 UTC 1995 |
Isn't there something sick, twisted, and wrong when you go to the television
and press a button to find a small device that you use to press a button to
use the television. Is it just me, or is that just bizarre? :)
I saw that ad too. That, along with the beer ad with "I love you man"
are on my shitlist for ads that make guys look like jerks in order to
seel products to males. Have we allowed self-deprication to become
such a part of our identities that we will buy products that insult us
(see also the "Dos for Dummies" book series... Yes! Insult me! I
will buy your product!)
(The beer ad in question: a man is fishing with his father. He turns to
his father, and says, "Dad... there's something I wanted to tell you..
I... *tears welling up* I love you, man." His father replies, stoney-
faced, "You're not geting my beer, son." After a blurb on how desireable
the beer is, the ad cuts back to the same man, saying to a third man,
"You're my brother, and, well, I just wanted to say..." when he's cut off
with "You're not getting my beer." There's a related ad in which the
same man is sitting on a beach blanket with a gorgeous woman, and he's
saying, "Well, we've been seeing each other for a long time, now, and
I just wanted to say, well, I love you." She replies, "You're not getting
my beer." Blurb about how wonderful the beer is. Cut back, the man is
further down the beach with another woman... you can guess the rest.)
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aruba
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response 10 of 31:
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Nov 7 03:06 UTC 1995 |
Hmmm... Never thought of the penis envy thing before. I have noticed that
I've handled mine so much that you can't read the numbers on the buttons
anymore.
You know, I've seen remotes that were a lot slenderer than the standard.
I wonder how it would feel to have one of those...
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katie
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response 11 of 31:
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Nov 7 13:30 UTC 1995 |
That's an interesting first paragraph, there.
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md
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response 12 of 31:
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Nov 7 13:55 UTC 1995 |
ROTFL!
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brighn
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response 13 of 31:
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Nov 7 17:18 UTC 1995 |
What happens when you run out of juice, Mark? Does the end come off
some you can put in more batteries?
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bubu
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response 14 of 31:
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Nov 8 21:56 UTC 1995 |
heh!!!
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bubu
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response 15 of 31:
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Nov 15 21:18 UTC 1995 |
I wanna know what happens when it just stops working all together....Can you
just go out and buy another..Do you take your wife with you so you can pick
one out together?
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popcorn
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response 16 of 31:
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Nov 16 17:22 UTC 1995 |
This response has been erased.
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brighn
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response 17 of 31:
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Nov 16 19:06 UTC 1995 |
If you don't use it enough, though, the batteries explode and corrode...
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scott
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response 18 of 31:
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Nov 17 17:13 UTC 1995 |
No, you don't take your wife. You go out alone and buy a massively
complicated programmable universal remote so advanced that you can't figure
it out. then your wife goes and buys one of those simplified ones with just
channel and volume, which you end up using after claiming that you the one
you bought was defective.
Just kidding! And feel free to substitute ("non gender-specific SO" for wife)
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bubu
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response 19 of 31:
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Nov 17 22:32 UTC 1995 |
HOw did we end up with two active items in this conf...both talking about the
phalice?
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mcpoz
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response 20 of 31:
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Nov 18 00:56 UTC 1995 |
What are phalice?
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bubu
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response 21 of 31:
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Nov 18 22:15 UTC 1995 |
Let's just say that most men have a phalic member...
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remmers
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response 22 of 31:
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Nov 19 14:16 UTC 1995 |
Yeah, the House Unamerican Activities Committee held hearings
about that back in the 1950's: "Have you now, or have you ever
had, a phallic member?"
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mcpoz
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response 23 of 31:
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Nov 19 14:51 UTC 1995 |
Oh! I am glad you cleared that one up. I was afraid they were some kind of
insect.
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bubu
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response 24 of 31:
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Nov 19 19:02 UTC 1995 |
An insect...That would be know as Head Lice....
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