Comments on: A small town boy in the Big City

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:40:14 +0000

Its good to see not only women have these issues of being out of place, not wearing the correct items of clothing but there is never a need for a budgie smuggler ever and certainly not for £200.

By: Adam Ward

Adam Ward — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:35:35 +0000

Hmmmm.

I am unimpressed.

Entering a posh restaurant AND wearing Speedos.

Now THAT takes some balls.

By: Rudy Cutter

Rudy Cutter — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:36:18 +0000

Fear ? or is it just being intimidated because of a lack of self-esteem ?
Yet these often intimidating DoorMen are us, but working for only minimum wage, perhaps it’s the uniforms.

Unless you are under 30 & a competitive swimmer or getting ready to march in the ‘Gay Pride Parade’, there is no reason to even think about buying ‘Speedos’.
Being fearful of entering posh places, yet bravely able to consider wearing ‘Speedos’ – seems like somekind of oxymoron-ism.
Maybe you could wear ‘Speedos’ when entering intimidating places.
That lunch sounds like it may have cost as much as those ‘Speedos’ – those ‘Speedos’ in comparison may not be such a bad deal after all.

“Guys are scared shitless to admit they’ve got a knob” ??? – not if they are out drunk on a Friday night in any town-center in this country, not only will they admit it, they’ll show it off.

By: Phil Ralph

Phil Ralph — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:29:10 +0000

I’m right with you on this one. To this day, even though I now personally have enough money to be able to walk in to one of these establishments and piss with the big boys, I still feel certain that the maitre’d will look me up and down, snort through his nose and show me the door. Fundamentally, the point for me is not about money or lack of it but the assumption that one is somehow LESS than other people. This intrinsic fear that others are therefore MORE is at the heart of what our society lives and breathes on and we need to face our fears daily and recognise them for what they are: whiny little spineless voices that will continue to force us to keep our lives small. My personal philosophy – though believe me, sometimes I really wish it weren’t – is that if I’m afraid of something it probably means that I should do it … Take that, fear!