"Gay as a picnic basket" (1993)

[Erik Hoover]

I don't think the picnic basket is being stereotyped here.

Wm. Burroughs describes a character in a later work as "gay as a
carnival."


On Jan 28, 2006, at 2:11 AM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> GAY AS A PICNIC BASKET--870 Google hits
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> Angie and I are thinking about wedding songs. Against my wishes, she
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> CDs by Lionel Ritchie and Barry Manilow. She thinks the song "Endless
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> would make a perfect wedding song. Yeah, for 1986 (and it was old
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> This led to a discussion about Barry Manilow. What's this about the =20
> sexuality of a picnic basket? Anyone know?
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> _http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?
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> (http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?
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> Barry Manilow gives gay fans the blues at NYC  concert=20
> Will he make it right at Palace stopover?=20
> By Jason Michael=20
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> OK, is there anyone out there reading this who does not think Barry=20
> Manilow is gay? If so, raise your hand.  Go on, raise your hand.=20
> There, now you've just proved yourself foolish on two counts!=20
> Barry Manilow, as Joan  Rivers might say, is gay  as a picnic basket
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> queer as a three-dollar bill.=20
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> _Scooby-Doo's sister?_=20
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> sket"&rnum=3D48&hl=3Den#2a6b9dda770c6cec) =20
> ...  oh-so-form-fitting turtleneck? Of course, the question is moot
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> Freddie is as gay as a picnic  basket. I'm still basing the ...  =20
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