Gym bunnies gotta get with it
You're gonna find out quick
If you ain't got Gym Etiquette
Then you ain't gonna get shit

So yesterday I was at the gym doing my little cardio thing on the elliptical machine and enjoying the big ol' industrial fan blowing right on me...and Mr. Anti-Fan trundled his carcass into the room.

If there were any poetic justice in the world, the PA system would have stopped playing whatever C+C Music Factory crap was on, and music from "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" would have started.

He walked over to the machines and stared at the fan as if it were a bucket of botulism.

I stared at him staring at the fan, with a look on my face like Divine made in "Female Trouble" when the school snitch catches her eating a meatball sandwich in class.

He stepped closer to the fan, then looked at me. I doubled the sourness of my expression. By this point, other people were using the machines too, so he'd have several people to contend with if he turned off the fan, and at least one of us was giving him the stinkeye of death already.

He skittered away, then came back with the remote control and, apparently looking for something to lord over other than the airflow, started changing channels instead.

Control queens.
[Edited 8/3/06 5:40am]

Gym bunnies gotta get with it
You're gonna find out quick
If you ain't got Gym Etiquette
Then you ain't gonna get shit

Anx said:I stared at him staring at the fan, with a look on my face like Divine made in "Female Trouble" when the school snitch catches her eating a meatball sandwich in class.









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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

THAT'S TOTALLY IT!!!!



"I was NOT eating!!"

Anx said:

I changed my avatar to that scene! I can't wait for it to be approved. The way what's her name raises her hand, cracks me up every time.


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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

"MISTER Weinberger, DAWN DAVENPORT is eating a MEATBALL SANDWICH right out in CLASS! ....aand she's been PASSING NEUTS!!!"

"I got a knife in my pockeybook and I'm gonna CUT YOU UP after class!"
[Edited 8/3/06 17:28pm]

Anx said:

"By the looks of it doesn't look like you ever stop eating."

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Mission: must get all John Waters' films on dvd.

Anx, I was going to mention this a few weeks' back but it was a bit random... I'm going away for this weekend and one of my mate's colleagues, who we're meeting up with, is one of John Waters' friends! He's originally from California.

I met him the last time I went to visit and I'm DYING to fam out about Serial Mom. I think I'll maintain my composure.
[Edited 8/4/06 5:04am]

I just came from the gym... WHY do people like to choose the machine RIGHT NEXT TO YOU when there's a whole ROW of machines empty???

I mean really - who doesn't like SPACE???

onenitealone said:

i would totally fam out. i'd get all zelairish on his ass.

{smartarse remark here}

Anx said:

MaYBe i sHouLd stART TalkinG LiKe tHIs??

He's a lecturer in media studies and - apparently - did one of his lectures on John Waters once. By hook or by crook I'm gonna get some info out of him.

onenitealone said:

pussywillow.....


Hey, if John Waters ever does a lecture in England you need to go. It's like a stand-up comedy routine. I saw him several years ago. HILARIOUS!!!!!

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Anx said:I stared at him staring at the fan, with a look on my face like Divine made in "Female Trouble" when the school snitch catches her eating a meatball sandwich in class.









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I just came from the gym... WHY do people like to choose the machine RIGHT NEXT TO YOU when there's a whole ROW of machines empty???

I mean really - who doesn't like SPACE???

onenitealone said:

i would totally fam out. i'd get all zelairish on his ass.

CalhounSq said:

Gyms have become a substitute for clubs. A pick-up place. Maybe the person wanted a closer look?

Anx, I thought about you and this thread yesterday, while I was on the treadmill at the gym I attend.

A few machines down from me, a woman was digging up her nose while walking.

And, I"m not talking a few random probes.

I'm talking ... an archaeological excavation that lasted a while.


It was a



"Because, you're not as clean as you think you are..."

moment.

Anx, I thought about you and this thread yesterday, while I was on the treadmill at the gym I attend.

A few machines down from me, a woman was digging up her nose while walking.

And, I"m not talking a few random probes.

I'm talking ... an archaeological excavation that lasted a while.


It was a



"Because, you're not as clean as you think you are..."

moment.

Anx, I thought about you and this thread yesterday, while I was on the treadmill at the gym I attend.

A few machines down from me, a woman was digging up her nose while walking.

And, I"m not talking a few random probes.

I'm talking ... an archaeological excavation that lasted a while.


It was a



"Because, you're not as clean as you think you are..."

moment.

Anx, why don't you talk to management about the egregious behaviour of this joker?