Growl! Cougars are on the prowl. On today’s show our pal Jim Pickett introduces us to a new term: COUGAR. Think of it as M.I.L.F. (Mother I’d Like to F*ck) but a little older and a lot more sexually aggressive.
Are we seeing a new sexual identify forming here? It seems it is becoming all the rage for older women to assert their sexuality and date much younger men just like Demi Moore is doing with Ashton Kutcher. The urban dictionary describes a cougar as ” An attractive woman in her 30′s or 40′s who is on the hunt once again. She may be found in the usual hunting grounds: nightclubs, bars, beaches, etc. She will not play the usual B.S. games that women in their early twenties participate in. End state, she will be going for the kill, just like you.”
On a sadder note, by some strange coincidence, just AFTER we taped this show and created the title, a real live cougar was killed on the north side of Chicago. It just breaks my heart that this beautiful creature got trapped in the city and was shot by police officers. There has never been a recorded instance of a wild cougar in the city since it was founded almost two hundred years ago. How strange is that?
Chicago has it all kinds of furry creatures romping the streets- rats, squirrels, snakes, skunks, opossum, deer and a even a coyote. Last year a coyote walked into Quizno’s sandwich shop presumably looking for some food. It’s just a matter of time before wolves and bears comes to town, and we’re not just talking about Bearapalooza. When is Bearapalooza anyway? Check the schedule but I know we’ll be introducing them at Milwaukee Pridefest on June 7th.
Some people worry about what preschool to send their kid to so that they can get into the right schools for the rest of their lives. After all, the foundation you lay for your toddler today will pay off for them way down the line. But what if you are a gang member and your baby momma is a member of a rival gang? What gang do you raise your kid in? We don’t know and this couple seems to have a hard time deciding it themselves. It seems daddy busted up mommy’s workplace he was so distraught that his kid may be raised in a rival gang.
At least those two have each other, unlike the sad lonely people in South Korea who spend April 14th dressed in dark clothes and eating black colored food. It seems first comes, Valentine’s Day on February 14 where women give men presents. Then, there is White Day on March 14th where men give women presents. Now, if you don’t have anybody in your life, you celebrate Black Day on April 14th and meet up with other singles to either commiserate or to hook up.
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Nice show! That forum you guys will be doing sounds very interesting! The whole teens exchanging nude pics on cell phones, it was a big scandal at my old highschool last year! A girl sent gross pics of herself to her boyfriend and then the next day everyone in the school had them on their phones! It was quite foul.( and illegal?)
I bet that boyfriend was in tro-ble!
that cougar story here in chicago is so sad since the life of a cougar is easily worth 2, maybe 3, humans.
i love jim’s and fausto’s view on drug (ab)use. where were they during my intervention?
i dug the variation of the opening theme!
Holla-back to Mark and Fausto from Jack and Phil! The Saugatuck offer still stands despite Fausto not remembering us. You guys should do a podcast from the Dunes Resort this summer.
Regina wants us to go to the Dunes the last weekend in April when she gives up her crown. I’d love to go but it’ll be hard to get Fausto to go.
Fausto knows his power. That is why he says NO to drugs. Just look at how many innocent people he has persuaded to sit on perfectly good cakes.
Jim is always great to hear on the show. Hope you all have a great week.
Thanks all. As always, it is a blast to come on the show. And I look forward to seeing the Chicago listeners at What Do Gay Men Want forum this Thursday – should be hhhhhhotttt!
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Another very fun show, guys. You always cover so much territory, it’s difficult to remember what I enjoyed most. Perhaps it’s telling, but I could definitely relate to Jim’s childhood obsession with Isis! See you at the forum on Thursday.
I was just gonna tell you what my South Korean friend Soo told me about it. Black day is for single people to let others know their single. Its kinda like speed dating mixed with a social club. Its like a way to let other single people know your single. And the single people can ask anyone else who’s single like them out. Its like a free pass for the single nerd to ask out the single cheerleader or the single nerd to ask out the single football jock.
Its the one day out of the year social bariers are ignored and anyone single can ask out anyone else who’s single no mater what their social status. Its usually only the most popular in High schools. Soo has also said in her opinion that “its just stupid and really drepressing for a lot of people in high school like me.” Well thought I would just give ya a little more in depth in sight on that holiday. I will ask her about “Green Day” next time I get a chance to chat with her.
Dang, I can’t get enough of Jim Pickett!
Fausto, Marc, Jim — you guys put the “fun” in Gay Fun Show. I kept doing crazy person giggles on the bus.
I don’t know about Korea but in Japan the ladies get the short end of the deal. First on Valentine’s Day women need to get chocolates not only for their boyfriends but also the “men” in their lives, i.e. co-workers, etc. These chocolates are known as “Giri-choco” basically “obligation chocolates”. Then on White day, the boyfriend (and just the boyfriend) gives his girlfriend something white, (i.e. marshmellow candies, or white chocolate). So the women are stuck with sickly sweets from one guy; while the men make out like bandits with pretty decent chocoate all day long.
At least that was what it was like 20 years ago when I lived there. Hopefully some equality has leveled it out.
As for being Gay, I think it was give whatever you darn well pleased.
Since when is Cougar a new term? I’ve been hearing it for at least 8 years now.
The gang thing is sad and hilarious all at the same time … interesting how similar it is to how rich, suburban white people raise their children, great comparison Fausto.
More Jim!
Yeah, the cougar lifestyle was just a new concept for ME and obviously, for the FoF.
I have heard from many people who were like, “Um, hello, where the hell have you been?” and I must say I am a titch mbarrassed to admit that I had never heard of it until the Saturday Nght Live “Cougar’s Den” skit this past weekend.
I may not be hip, but I sure am hippy!
Nevertheless, I am now OBSESSED with cougars and their voracious lifestyle – and can’t stop growling….
Surprised there was not a shit-storm of comment re: your little drug use discussion, but pleasantly so. I wanted to thank you guys and especially Jim for having the conversation. I find the unrealistic “just say no” messages unrealistic and frustrating. Thanks for another great show guys!
The April issue of “Instinct” features a humor article on men as Cougars and Kittens. I don’t feel like I’m a Cougar or a Kitten. Guess I’m a Bobcat.
Hey all —- on this show, we talked about the “Good” sex, “bad” sex forum at Center on Haslted…. It was last night, the room was PACKED, the Feast of Fools were on fire, the conversation was sometimes hot, sometimes sparkling and definitely pressed a few buttons on more than a few people…. Thanks to all that made it over there, thanks to FoF for superlative hosting and moderating, and look for the podcast in a couple weeks, right boys? In the meantime, if you were there, and had things to say you didn’t get a chance to, or have thought up more stuff that MUST BE SAID, please head over to the LifeLube blog [www.lifelube.blogspot.com] a little later today, say noon CENTRAL, and we will have a post there where you can comment, exclaim, bitch, digress, unpack, unload, rejoice…
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