The capacity of gay men to find double-entendres in just about anything is, uh, bottomless. So I suspect I’m not alone in smiling slightly at all these “search for the bottom” stories that are currently in circulation. This one, from Sunday’s New York Times, deserves special mention because of its use of quotes from Russell Napier, a consultant with Credit Lyonnais who also happens to be the author of this great title:

Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons From Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms

The link, sadly, is safe for work.

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...

14 replies on “In Search of the Bottom”

  1. @ 2 & 3: trust me, there are WAY more harmless phrases that mean something to gay guys than there are for straights.

    Just the other day I was thinking that “hands-free” means something completely different for gay boys than it does for the rest of society.

  2. Buttfucking! Putting a dick in a male anus and getting poopoo on it from the other man’s butthole! Cuz buttholes are where shit comes from! Gay fuck shit! Gay homofucking buttsex getting weenies covered with poopoo is the most important thing in the universe!

  3. @ 6: it is when the bottom (me) has an orgasm strictly from the pleasure his boyfriend is giving him from anal sex. I.e. he comes without using his hands.

    Mike the Mo? I like it.

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