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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

We May Be Fired for Taking This Photo Surreptitiously and Posting It On Slog—But Whatever

Posted by on Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:09 PM

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Lindy West and I are trying to figure out what's on Savage's shirt. Help us?

What's on Savage's shirt?

(Only one is correct!!!)

 

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TheMisanthrope 1
The question is what is on his pants? Seriously? Those pants and that shirt?

Dan? You're gay. Dress like it.
Posted by TheMisanthrope on June 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM
2
You look homeless wayyyy too often, Dan. It's nasty.
Posted by Mr. Poe on June 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM
3
IT'S TOTALLY POO.
Posted by breklor on June 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM
JF 4
Savage went to Hopkins? I'd hate to see what that lacrosse team did to him.

/commenter assumes all white lacross players who attend elite east coast schools with awesome lacrosse teams have a tendency to perform rape.
Posted by JF on June 3, 2009 at 4:17 PM
5
I forgot to say why it is poo.

(I saw this all happen TOTALLY IN FRONT OF MY EYES.)

Dan was out on his lunch hour looking for cupcakes and a little old lady was crying that her kitten was stuck up a tree. Dan, defender of the weak and helpless everywhere, went up the tree in a shot and rescued the wee moggie, then returned it to the poor old lady. But, being a Savage Love fan from waaay back, the old lady had a shrieking fit like a teenage Beatlemaniac, and the poor kitten was so terrified that it shat itself in fear. Some of the poo landed square on Dan's shirt. So for the rest of the day you can type it "shi(r)t".
Posted by breklor on June 3, 2009 at 4:22 PM
hartiepie 6
Letters.
There are letters on that shirt.
Letters.
Posted by hartiepie on June 3, 2009 at 4:26 PM
elenchos 7
I exploit my kid for money. Dan Savage gave me the idea, both the kid an the exploiting.

It builds character, you know. If I hadn't had it so easy and had been exploited a little more, maybe I'd have done a little better for myself and wouldn't need to figure out ways to profit off the little guy and force him to go to the Sorbonne to fulfill my own failed aspirations. He better fucking thank me for doing all this for him.
Posted by elenchos on June 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Julie in Eugene 8
Looks like chocolate ice cream, so my guess is custard. But, geez, I think we could do a second poll on the age of that shirt. I'm guessing 10 years, based on the frayed collar and faded letters. I mean, I wear shirts like that to work all the time, but I work from home (often in my pajamas).
Posted by Julie in Eugene on June 3, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Loveschild 9
Aren't homosexuals supposed to be hygiene freaks? maybe this is a sign that he's changing sides. Greater miracles have been known to happen!
Posted by Loveschild http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/responding_to_haiti_earthquake/ on June 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
zephsright 10
If the shirt is stained...well it must come off immediately to be washed...oh and those shorts have to go too...probably dripped on them as well. Now where does that leave us? You're posting more pictures right? While the shirt and shorts are in the wash?
Posted by zephsright on June 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
11
I can't believe the boyfriend let him out of the house looking like that, even if the stain was acquired since this morning.
Posted by keshmeshi on June 3, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Jonathan Golob 12
Sadly or not, I wore almost the exact same outfit earlier this week: plaid shorts and a Hopkins t-shirt.

My stain was from chocolate ice cream.
Posted by Jonathan Golob http://dearscience.org on June 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM
13
But Jonathan, you're excused because you're our lovable geek; Dan is our spokesgay and has a different image to uphold.
Posted by Patti on June 3, 2009 at 4:44 PM
kim in portland 14
I went for the Custard:

a) New custard place opens, is rummored to rival Molly Moon.

b) The man is known to enjoy his sugar rushes, and it is hot outside. Custard is refreshing.

d) Chocolate cake and/or chocolate chip cookies with pecans wasn't an option.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on June 3, 2009 at 4:49 PM
heywhatsit!? 15
I don't know. I kinda like it.
Posted by heywhatsit!? on June 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
16
all i know is he looks like a hunk
Posted by cc on June 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Renton Mike 17
@9 Maybe he's the opposite of a straight metrosexual.
Posted by Renton Mike on June 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
hartiepie 18
@9---"Aren't homosexuals supposed to be hygiene freaks?"

You of all people ought to know that stereotypes are only sometimes true.....

One look in my apt and you'd start questioning whether I was gay --- but I could prove it easy enough.
Posted by hartiepie on June 3, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Urgutha Forka 19
How old is that shirt? "Hopkins" is faded, it's stained, and the collar is about to unravel.

Dan, if clothes are older than your kid, something is wrong.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 3, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Jocelyn 20
I think we're all missing the wonderful significance of the fact that Loveschild made a joke, and it was kinda funny. Nice work, you crazy bat.
Posted by Jocelyn http://wtfwouldjesusdo.com on June 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM
21
@6 For the win!
Posted by Take it all in on June 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM
mr. herriman 22
If it ain't chocolate ice cream, then I just have to say, "I don't know." I bet it's custard. Dang. Shoulda voted custard.
Posted by mr. herriman on June 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM
23
Forget the shirt, what is up with those pants? They look a lot like a couch my aunt had back in the '70s.
Posted by mdurango on June 3, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Brian Geoghagan 24
chocolate custard. i know because i now have the same stain on my shirt. bummer.
Posted by Brian Geoghagan on June 3, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Lily Fluffbottom 25
I'm wearing the exact same thing. Creepy.
Posted by Lily Fluffbottom on June 3, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Y.F. Redux 26
Boxers work? Flannel boxer shorts? And frozen custard? Damn, the Stranger staff have it good.
Posted by Y.F. Redux on June 3, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Jocelyn 27
plus they get to look at lindy west's zac efron poster collection all day.
Posted by Jocelyn http://wtfwouldjesusdo.com on June 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM
28
looks like a skidmark.
Posted by guy on June 3, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Hyzenthlayk9 29
Like Kim @14 I went with custard - since that is very much a chocolate stain - and neither cake nor cupcakes were listed as an option.

Julie @8 you noticed the frayed collar too. Glad I'm not seeing things. But you have to admit, he wears it well.
Posted by Hyzenthlayk9 http://oystermind.blogspot.com/ on June 3, 2009 at 5:53 PM
30
or maybe, frizzelle ran over Dan (since bicyclers have a right to go anywhere they want) and it's a skidmark in the literal sense.
Posted by guy on June 3, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Reverse Polarity 31
What stain? I'm totally distracted by those biceps.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on June 3, 2009 at 6:39 PM
32
DeLaurenti once joked, completely unseriously of course, that puke on a lapel was a babe magnet.
Posted by Amelia on June 3, 2009 at 7:02 PM
33
does dan often wear his pajamas to work?
Posted by ellarosa on June 3, 2009 at 7:19 PM
34
if those are pants they must be burned.
not even a faggot should be seen in them.
here's hoping they are PJs.
Posted by Kitty on June 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
piminnowcheez 35
Huh, Dan has kinda nice arms. I didn't know that. Filed for future observation.
Posted by piminnowcheez on June 3, 2009 at 8:09 PM
tjc 36
I want to know why he's wearing a "SHOP KING" shirt. Obviously it must be ironic.
Posted by tjc on June 3, 2009 at 8:25 PM
very bad homo 37
A perfect example of how married people let themselves go.
Posted by very bad homo on June 3, 2009 at 8:55 PM
38
chaw juice... it's chaw juice!
Posted by natalukas@hotmail.com on June 3, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Hyzenthlayk9 39
Is it wrong that I keep going back to that picture and staring - and trust me it isn't the stain that I'm studying.
Posted by Hyzenthlayk9 http://oystermind.blogspot.com/ on June 3, 2009 at 9:43 PM
kim in portland 40
No, it's a nice picture, I'm kind of fond of the Monday Shaving Tutorial post, too.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on June 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
BombasticMO 41
Damn, for a man his age, he's still got a pretty kicking figure. Just sayin'.
Posted by BombasticMO http://www.BombasticMo.com on June 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM
42
Question: is there a clever, preferably rhyming term for the opposite of a metrosexual (i.e. a non-stylish, poorly groomed gay)? In this post-90s, nearly post-gay culture of ours, one should have been already coined.
Posted by Judith on June 3, 2009 at 11:45 PM
43
Christ you're a slob. And is that a vericose vein in your left arm?
Posted by Slobbers McSlobbin on June 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM
lizzie 44
Frozen milky mayonaisse. I mean frozen eggs mixed with sugary milk. I mean foie gras.
Posted by lizzie on June 3, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Rob in Baltimore 45
I work for Hopkins, (Gee, a guy in Baltimore who works for Hopkins, how unusual.) and last night I met a Dr. from visiting Seattle who says he knows Dan.
Posted by Rob in Baltimore http://www.wishbookweb.com/ on June 4, 2009 at 5:27 AM
46
HA! I remember seeing those pants go by my office yesterday! I thought - dang, that guy has guts... Good for him.

And that's saying something coming from a trans person who gets their fair share of "looks!". :)
Posted by trans i am on June 4, 2009 at 5:40 AM
47
43
You can only shoot up so much heroin before the veins blow out :(
Posted by but hey- everyone's veins blow out, eventually! on June 4, 2009 at 6:23 AM
Christin 48
I didn't see them as boxers; I saw it as a blanket.
Posted by Christin on June 4, 2009 at 11:29 AM
49
@41 - *high five*
Posted by MT3 on June 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM

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