Friends of Dorothy?

[OrlandoMike]

Years and years ago, this was code for being gay.

"Are you a friend of Dorothy?"

"Why yes I am!" (think Wizzard of Oz)

Well a lot of Cruise Lines have special meets for "Friends of Dorothy".

Great move!

But my question is, isn't it time for just a plain old "Gay Cruisers Meet"?

Are people gonna picket or what? Why do they have to put it in "code"?

 

[ConcKahuna]

But my question is, isn't it time for just a plain old "Gay Cruisers Meet"?

Isn't that what the P-House is for?

That being said, I have seen different phrases used in different markets. A cruise company may advertise in say The Advocate as a gay cruise, but the same company may be a bit more subtle in other media.

I'm a fan of the gay print ads with the "Roving Gnome" myself.

 

[MouseketeerOvaHere]

We just returned from a RC cruise this weekend and we had a FOD meet listed on the community board. To be honest, I was kinda glad they called it that because it helps keep those out that would only show up to harass or cause drama to the meet. We overheard a lot of straight people saying, "what is Friends of Dorothy mean?" Turns out most of them thought it had to do with film production.

 

[kingLouiethe1]

How about something catchier? Like "Big Honkin' **** Hoe-down!!"

 

[kingLouiethe1]

well dang this thing! I can't say **** on the gay board? It rhymes with como!

 

[OrlandoMike]

Nope! And you cant say the name of the guy who played Burt in the movie Marry Poppins either!

You know....Dick Van ****!

 

[ConcKahuna]

I wish I could find a video of that TV skit (think it was MadTV) about Colonel Angus...

 

[kingLouiethe1]

Nope! And you cant say the name of the guy who played Burt in the movie Marry Poppins either!

You know....Dick Van ****!

But I can say big nellie flamer, thats so wrong.

 

[Disneysoloist]

So you can't say van ****, but you CAN say his first name?? Weird!

 

[cybertheo]

So you can't say van ****, but you CAN say his first name?? Weird!

to this I say in my best MTM voice, "OH, Rob".

 

[mikelan6]

We were on a Princess Cruise in April ... their meets are called "GLBT get Togethers."

On Cunard's QM2, they are also called "Friends of Dorothy" meetings.

 

[Tony-NJ]

I'm kind of glad they call them FOD meetings - as said above - no need for anyone to show up just to make trouble. We've showed up at a couple of these on RCCL and NCL - not many others show up. We're cruising on Carnival and they have them at 11:30 at night That's almost bedtime!

 

[OrlandoMike]

I'm kind of glad they call them FOD meetings - as said above - no need for anyone to show up just to make trouble. We've showed up at a couple of these on RCCL and NCL - not many others show up. We're cruising on Carnival and they have them at 11:30 at night That's almost bedtime!

We ran across a lot of younger guys who were "Who is Dorothy, and why does she have so many friends?" We had to explain! And ya, on a cruise, 11:30 is getting towards bedtime!