Brokeback Mountain

After work today, I luxuriated for a few hours with the DVD of “Brokeback Mountain”. I seem to never get time to do stuff like that at the moment and it was an absolute joy. What a great, great film it is. I know that’s really uber-gay of me and I have to admit that my three all time favourite films (Talented Mr Ripley, Beautiful Thing and Brokeback Mountain) all have gay stuff at the centre or near the centre of the plot.

I was sent an email joke at the time of the film coming out that I dug out of my Outlook and thought I’d share with you. I know the people who invented this email and I feel it deserves wider dissemination as I think it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. If you don’t get it, you’re either not gay, not a fag hag or you don’t know enough poofs so you should go out more.

Brokeback Mountain Weekly Grocery Lists
for Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, Summer, 1963

WEEK ONE
Beans
Bacon
Coffee
Whiskey

WEEK TWO
Beans
Ham
Coffee
Whiskey

WEEK THREE
Beans al fresca
Thin-sliced Bacon
Hazelnut Coffee
Sky vodka & Tanqueray gin
K-Y gel

WEEK FOUR
Beans en salade
Pancetta
Coffee (espresso grind)
5-6 bottles best Chardonnay
2 tubes K-Y gel

WEEK FIVE
Fresh Fava beans
Jasmine rice
Prosciutto, approx. 8 ounces, thinly sliced
Medallions of veal
Porcini mushrooms
1/2 pint of heavy whipping cream
1 Cub Scout uniform, size 42 long
5-6 bottles French Bordeaux (Estate Reserve)
1 extra large! bottle Astro-glide

WEEK SIX
Yukon Gold potatoes
Heavy whipping cream
Asparagus (very thin)
Organic Eggs
Spanish Lemons
Gruyere cheese (well aged)
Crushed Walnuts
Arugula
Clarified Butter
Extra Virgin Olive oil
Pure Balsamic vinegar
6 yards white silk organdy
6 yards pale ivory taffeta
3 Cases of Dom Perignon Masters Reserve
Large tin Crisco