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Up2Late

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43. I still don't understand how anyone could make the leap necessary to think B & E are gay...

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 10:55 PM

Jun 2013

I mean, at most, they are two male roommates who share an apartment in New York or any town, USA, but even to think they are any more than two boys who hang out and play together, not "adult men in a relationship," is pushing it for me.

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Bert and Ernie snuggle on the cover of the New Yorker while watching the Supreme Court [View all] WilliamPitt Jun 2013 OP

Yeah. nt riqster Jun 2013 #1

Comment by the artist n2doc Jun 2013 #2

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #3

Awww avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #4

Which preschoolers... loyalsister Jun 2013 #5

Agreed. The whiff of defensiveness does somewhat undermine their own message. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #30

That's from a couple years ago. But it is unnecessary, at the least, if not misguided. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #29

Honestly, I never thought they were gay. Deep13 Jun 2013 #38

Before you know it Bert will be snuggling Big Bird -Rand Paul Johonny Jun 2013 #6

LOL Scurrilous Jun 2013 #8

DUzy! 11 Bravo Jun 2013 #19

+ 1 Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #42

Kermit and Miss Piggy are fair game. tclambert Jun 2013 #21

Made me smile! xxqqqzme Jun 2013 #7

I remember when mean spirited "christians" began to speak out solara Jun 2013 #9

Look at it this way WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #10

Yeah, I can see that.. solara Jun 2013 #12

"Why are these poisonous cretins still in charge?" WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #13

I didn't see it as cute, I saw it as, well, wonderful! mountain grammy Jun 2013 #27

And they threw a shit fit because SpongeBob Square Pants and Patrick occasionally hold hands. Rozlee Jun 2013 #35

... but wouldn't it be WONDERFUL if Bert and Ernie came out now? sibelian Jun 2013 #37

Kick & recommended. William769 Jun 2013 #11

So they are gay? Ter Jun 2013 #14

They were never intended to be gay. BlueStater Jun 2013 #16

Their names came from "It's A Wonderful Life" jeffrey_pdx Jun 2013 #32

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #15

I wonder if theyll get some flack from CTW SpartanDem Jun 2013 #17

As CTW has repeatedly said... eggplant Jun 2013 #18

Agreed! Phentex Jun 2013 #41

As its known, a picture can say a thousand words. SCALA13 Jun 2013 #20

Awww! OnionPatch Jun 2013 #22

I didn't know they were lovers BrainMann1 Jun 2013 #23

OK blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #24

Oh no!!!,,,, typeviic Jun 2013 #25

Ernie is a child. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #26

When I saw this on fb, I laughed and cried and immediately shared it. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #28

you knows it Phlem Jun 2013 #31

cute cover Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #33

Avenue Q - "If You Were Gay" Rod Walker Jun 2013 #34

K & R! jazzimov Jun 2013 #36

when I grew up they were brothers PatrynXX Jun 2013 #39

They are puppets on a kid show. tavernier Jun 2013 #40

I still don't understand how anyone could make the leap necessary to think B & E are gay... Up2Late Jun 2013 #43

What I find interesting... Behind the Aegis Jun 2013 #44

+1 FreeState Jul 2013 #45