"This was the original Floofy Stuff definition as promulgated in the Beltway Bandits 4 distribution earlier this year. So far as I know, it represents an innovation in a submission tournament: "Floofy stuff: In case you haven't noticed, the QB circuit is predominantly male. This category encourages knowledge of traditionally female ways: cooking, clothing, Barbie dolls, makeup, tampons, teddy bears, things that are unnecessarily or egregiously purple, and that "not-so-fresh" feeling." This is, unless I am wildly inaccurate, a functional definition for the less-aptly-called 'girl stuff.' I generalize it, with a neutral noun, simply because I, a male, own many teddy bears." Hear, hear, sir! Rah for teddy bears (or, in my BF's case, a frog, about whom I'm writing stories)! However, I have a few reservations about the remainder (bear in mind I watched the Ally McBeal "rerun" in which Billy embraced his pigness last night), namely: 1) Two of my BF's three housemates (all male) can cook better than me; my dad's a nearly-gourmet cook as well; 2) Y'all know how I dress; 3) The only Barbie I want to buy is "Joan of Arc Barbie with Real Sword Action(tm)" or "Dr. Barbie, Neurosurgeon(tm)"; 4) Well, OK, tampons *are* a girl thing...; :) 5) But purple is a fruit!!; 6) Don't men get that "not-so-fresh" feeling when they don't wash?? In conclusion, does this make me an honorary male, butch, or simply not-girly?? Patty
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