Food & Drink Jun 30, 2014 at 2:05 pm

Missed Underground Marketing Opportunity

Dan Savage
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1
In addition to Twinkies, Hostess already has Ding Dongs, Ho-Hos, Sno Balls, Zingers, Fruit Pies, Suzie-Qs and Honey Buns. I'd say they've just about played their homo-slang out. Cupcake isn't gay enough?
Banna on June 30, 2014 at 2:24 PM Report this
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I think Banna @1 just closed this thread to further comments! Take a victory lap!
Urgutha Forka on June 30, 2014 at 2:29 PM Report this
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You're right, Urgutha. So I'm going to get offline now and go Hostess Cupcake the hell out of Terry.
Dan Savage on June 30, 2014 at 2:32 PM Stranger Staff
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Out of his Honey Buns. With my Ding Dong. No Sno Balling for us—that's gross.
Dan Savage on June 30, 2014 at 2:34 PM Stranger Staff
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@4 yeah shaved coconut is nasty....
CodyBolt on June 30, 2014 at 2:48 PM Report this
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@4,
Can't tell if you're hungry or horny...
Urgutha Forka on June 30, 2014 at 2:52 PM Report this
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Don't forget to brush your teeth after all these innuendos.
Jude Fawley on June 30, 2014 at 2:54 PM Report this
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Dan's going for white cake with cream filling?
seatackled on June 30, 2014 at 3:07 PM Report this
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@1 Personally, I think it's gay enough that they call themselves "Hostess".
The Beatles on June 30, 2014 at 3:13 PM Report this
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Im trying, perhaps too hard, to figure out how Zingers fit in to the theme of this hostess thread.

I guess if Dan gave Terry a "Zinger" in his cupcake...
longball on June 30, 2014 at 3:59 PM Report this
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Okay, maybe it's just 4PM on a Monday or maybe I'm the sheltered and naive gay in the room (which is doubtful), but I am just not getting whatever joke Dan is reaching for. What to twinks do that is an obvious name for Hostess Cupcakes?
LukeJoe on June 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM Report this
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I mean, are we connecting this more to the chocolate part? Or the white part? Cause in my experience most young gays need to be coached (at least a little bit) through the chocolate part!
LukeJoe on June 30, 2014 at 4:16 PM Report this
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@ 11 - I do not have one milligram of naivete in my body, and I don't get it either.

Dan, could you please explain?
Ricardo on June 30, 2014 at 6:24 PM Report this
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Aw thanks, all. Every once in a while I get lucky. Usually I fall flat.
Banna on June 30, 2014 at 6:39 PM Report this
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@11 & @13, I am totally with you... I don't get it. And I don't think of myself as anywhere near naive. But maybe I am.
morealex on June 30, 2014 at 7:18 PM Report this
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@15
Best I can do is google "What do Twinkies do?" and the answer comes here:
http://tinyurl.com/p9abe9e
"They last a long time."

Does that have anything to do with gay sex? No idea whatsoever.

Anything to do with this post? No idea.
caution&daring on June 30, 2014 at 9:08 PM Report this
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My conjecture is rather foul. But that cupcake is chocolatey with a cream filling. :\
venomlash on June 30, 2014 at 9:49 PM Report this
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@17
Like cream filling = cum?
That's worthy of trigger warning?
No, it sounds far more "advanced"-- something which we elderly conservative white male heteros really can't even imagine.
caution&daring on June 30, 2014 at 9:54 PM Report this
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Ok, sooo I'm female (and bi) and naive about gay sex but I totally get where Dan is going here.

I mean, hostess cupcakes are chocolate with cream filling and icing on top, owned by a company with products like twinkles and ding-dongs. If banna's post didn't get you there, I'm not sure what will.
wingedkat on June 30, 2014 at 9:55 PM Report this
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Without its cream filling, a twinkie is just flat and useless.
MarkyMark on June 30, 2014 at 10:38 PM Report this
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that cupcake looks like santorum
Drew2u on July 1, 2014 at 4:59 AM Report this
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@ 19 - Perhaps it's because English is not my language, but all I see is innuendo without an actual joke.
Ricardo on July 1, 2014 at 6:31 AM Report this
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I.do.not.get.it.
If they were strawberry cupcakes with cream filling, I would guess 'felching', but chocolate cake with cream filling? Twinks don't know how to douche?
Ick.
hamish108 on July 1, 2014 at 7:47 AM Report this
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They spend a lot of time on the phone? But when was the last time you saw a curly telephone cord?
Alison Cummins on July 1, 2014 at 10:33 AM Report this

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