So Matt is perplexed at "cruising". He's quite the urbane sophisticate.

[Neshanic]

He says during the interview, "someone said that you were cruising him...whatever that is."

[seriousstan]

1. As a 70's person, I know at least 3 definitions of "cruising".

Could you be more specific?

[Neshanic]

Are you for real?

[seriousstan]

5. Yes

[Neshanic]

8. Ok tell me your three definitions, then I will tell you which one.

One concerns a boat.

One concerns a car.

You try the last one.

[seriousstan]

14. We used to cruise in a car, cruise for women, cruise to just cruise. (at the time, beer was involved

None of these involved bathrooms.

[Stephanie]

20. Yes, we used to "cruise the drag."

I'm so dating myself!

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[BushOut06]

3. Ask anyone in the gay community

According to Matt Lauer, cruising for anonymous sex is part of the "gay community", with universally recognized signs & procedures. Because, as we all know, all gay men are like Craig and George Michael, and can't help themselves. :sarcasm:

[seriousstan]

6. OK, I'll ask you. Are there recognized signs and procedures for getting a BJ in a bathroom?

[EST]

13. In the late eighties, I think, Playboy magazine

reported on restroom sex, then primarily concerned with places like bowling alleys, as I remember the article.
They described the events and the communication that was likely to take place and it resembled the description of the Craig episode. The one point they made that did not show up in this lurid exposé (Craig, et al) or maybe it did, was that one of the questors might drop a note on the floor asking, "do you blow?"

That's about the extent of my knowledge, although I've often wished there were equivalent sign signals for exchanges with the opposite sex.

According to everything I've read, casual "airport restroom" sex is not particularly a homosexual activity, being primarily engaged in by heterosexuals, for their own reasons.

The one thing I find most offensive about this whole thing is the prudish insistance by public figures and talking heads on referring to the meeting place as a "bathroom." It ain't--bathrooms usually smell better.

[seriousstan]

15. Heteros? In airport bathrooms? We are not discussing "mile high", right?

[Bluebear]

17. If you are looking for tips, try another website.

[BushOut06]

18. I'm just saying what Matt Lauer said

Don't get all accusatory at me. Matt Lauer was saying that Craig followed a procedure known throughout the gay community. HIS words, not mine.

[liberalmuse]

7. What a dumbass.

Hetero's NEVER cruise for anonymous sex. It's just those pesky gays with their happy hands and feet. (SIGH!)

[seriousstan]

16. How many times do heteros proposition sex in their own sex bathrooms?

[KurtNYC]

19. sexuality is a continuum

Some estimate that up to 50% of men who have sex with men identify themselves as "straight." Many are married. There is no universal "gay lifestyle" but rather a range of behavior that includes bisexuality, celibacy, monogamy, sexual compulsivity, etc.

[liberalmuse]

2. Matt Damon?

I'm very confused.

[Neshanic]

4. The guy that wakes up America every morning on NBC, with his perky gang. No not Damon.

[liberalmuse]

9. Oh, Mr. Metero.

He's probably too busy staring at himself in the mirror to even notice the "hand signals". I think the homosexual community needs to release an educational manual for people completely ignorant of the gay lifestyle before this gets out of hand, no pun intended.

[Neshanic]

10. That's why the unbelievability of that comment in the interview.

He's on top,(no pun intended)of all the news, is well educated presumably, and lives in New York, so I was a bit taken aback when he said that.

"Whatever THAT is" indeed.

[Stephanie]

21. I think he's just playing devil's advocate with Craig, trying to get HIM to explain.

He's playing dumb, leaving Craig an opening to offer more detail. Maybe? I just put up a thread with the transcript.

[Virginia Dare]

23. I thought it was more of a distancing himself from homosexuality..

kind of like saying "really, I wouldn't know anything about THAT!"..

From the sounds of it, Lauer wasn't leaving Craig any openings.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. So were my folks

They just didn't get it. :shrug:

[Virginia Dare]

22. I guess he missed the Al Pacino movie back in the 70's...

Lauer is a huge waste of air..:eyes: