Gastrosexuals?
Ah, it's
nice when I come across an article that explains what I'm doing with my life. I
like labels. They let me know exactly where I fit in and it helps the marketers
figure out just what kind of mouthwash I need to attract the female of the
species or to avoid social pariahness.
Like gastrosexual.
What is it with Brits and appending, or is it prefixing, gastro to everything?
First there were gastro-pubs - which is just a fancy dancy way to say a bar
that serves food. Now there's gastrosexuals. As far as gastro anything is
concerned, anytime I hear it, all I can think about is gastrointestinal
distress which I'm pretty sure is the complete opposite thought picture the
jargoneers are looking for. And why is everything male, sexual? I didn't accept
metrosexuals and I'm sure going to fight like the blazes against being labeled
as a gastrosexual.
The article
itself is pretty amusing, even without the gastro stuff. First, there's the
statistic that 48% of people say that being able to cook makes a person more
attractive to them. So 52% of people either don't like food, or cooking, or
spend all their time eating at fast food joints (or are they gastro-joints)?
Are there people who find people who can cook less attractive?
Then there's
this proposal that men are finding cooking more acceptable because of the
rise of the celebrity chefs. Personally I find the majority of the current
celebrity chefs uninspiring to say the least. I mean I've watched Jamie Olivier
a few times and all I can say is - wow, everything's better if you slosh some
more fat on it. Which is pretty much true but isn't helping my waist line. As
for Gordon Ramsey, well, I find the concept that screaming obscenities and
belittling people a debatable means of enhancing one's attractiveness, but then
perhaps I'm strange.
Please,
leave us alone. We're not gastro-anyones or anything-sexuals. We're guys who
cook.
