This joke is not inttended to offend. I got it from my daughter(15 yo) who felt the joke was so me. I wanted to share it becuse I think many of us here would see the humor in it ;)

My mother has the most amazing "gay-dar," which is the ability to spot a homosexual anytime and any place. Ironically, she can't pick her car out in a parking lot, and I laugh watching her walk up to the wrong car, not noticing, until she has her hand on the door handle and screams, "Wait a minute, I don't drive an ambulance!" - Scott Silverman

No offense taken here. And my daughter is gay. Her girlfriend is the one with the impeccable "gay-dar." It is funny listening to them to "activate" it. They start to speak this weird language I can not understand. It really cracks me up.

The ambulance thing....hilarious. Thats why I got one of those cars with the beeping thing when you hit the unlock button. I just keep hitting it until I spot my car.

My girlfriends husband went shopping on christmas eve 3 years ago at a large mall here in MN. He went in, purchased his one christmas present, then went to find his truck....in vien. He had to have mall security drive him around for 3 hours trying to locate his vehicle.

I am thinking that would be just about the worst thing to ever happen to a guy!!! I would have been laughing my butt off all day long. He swore off shopping malls for life.

Thanks for sharing Paula!!! That was a great one.

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Thats why I got one of those cars with the beeping thing when you hit the unlock button. I just keep hitting it until I spot my car.
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:D I do the same thing!!!

That either makes us quite a sad bunch, or smarter then the average bear.

That either makes us quite a sad bunch, or smarter then the average bear.
I vote for smarter then the average bear!!!

Ya, Ill go with that too. :D

does anyone else use their remote car alarm to help them find their car in a parking lot??? i *can't* be the only one!!! :D

wheezie....just use the lock, unlock button. It isnt as embarrasing when it beeps. Then the rest of the parking lot isnt staring at you as you get into your car. LOL

If I still cant find my car, then I panic and yes, I have use the alarm button.:p

Wheezie I had to use that when I couldn't remember if I was parked on level 2 or 3.
It was level 2 lol

I am adhd, have a very acute gaydar system, was not offended by the joke, thought it was cute and think it totally applied to me also.

When I am out and about, I am always aware of my surroundings yet when I am at home, I am lost in the clutter.

I can spot an add/adhd child in the checkout line across several aisles at Walmart yet I can't remember to pay bills.

I have a very keen sense of gaydar due to having a gay brother who is a major advocate of gay awareness, in addition to working with several gay and lesbian co-workers. My friends call me a gay magnet. Most of my closets friends are either gay or straight, single, and not married. I jokenly attribute that to their seeing how disfunctional my add/adhd family is and this is why they have chosen a different lifestyle.

I'm glad I didn't offend. I have no issues with anyone who's gay. My 15 yo daughter has many teen friends who are.

She thinks it's funny when she's says " ya know he/she is gay"
and I'll say "I know" ........

Im laughing here!!!! "I know" she says!!!!

My daughter still has to point them out to me. I knew she was when she was about 13. She didnt tell me until she was 19.

Now when we go out, she trys to "school" me at picking them out. I am getting the hang of it.....

When her girlfriend does it, I swear a little invisible antena pops up out of the top of her head. She is hilarious to watch.

I love the joke that started this thread, but I like where it is going better. I dont get to talk much about this subject, and really enjoy the light-hearted openness about it. Nice change of pace.

You guys are all soooo great, on soooo many levels.

Thanks so very much!!! :D

I'm glad I didn't offend. I have no issues with anyone who's gay. My 15 yo daughter has many teen friends who are.

She thinks it's funny when she's says " ya know he/she is gay"
and I'll say "I know" ........

crazymama {{{hugs}}}

I'm glad you feel that way. My DD isn't gay but she has taught me a great deal about acceptance.

Her addittude about people amazes me, she has great friends and a good out look on her life. She's in that group of teens called "straight edge".... no drugs, no drinking, no sex.

Your right , I like where this thread has gone also :)

where has it gone..............is it lost??

Do we need to send out a rescue squad to find it again???

Nope............

I know just were it is :)

Nope............

I know just were it is :)
wow you found it already...........you must have the radar on then!!


Where did you find it??

Do we need to put a lock on it so it does not go away again??

I have to agree with you fasttalking, my daughter has taught me alot about acceptance, and tolerance. Not that I ever had a problem with racism, of any kind, I just wasnt actively accepting it. (Know what I mean)

My daughter has a very large and dynamic group of friends. All walks of life are represented.

Talk about a well rounded life. On occassion I envy her. But in a way that I want to be more like her.

Your daughter sounds like someone incredible. Like she is the "sun" walking the earth, teaching unconditional love!

You must be so proud of her.

Can you give my mom lessons? Haha...only partially kidding. I came out to my mom...*thinks* ADDer with poor time/memory skills...doh!...I think it was 8 years ago now...wow! :eek: Anywho, I've been with my partner now for almost five years. My mom is getting better... she has her moments where she refers to my coming out as 'that thing you told us that summer' and 'that thing that no one but family needs to know about' (family being three of us, mom, dad and me.) But she's getting better. Baby steps...

Ironically telling her I'm ADHD might be tougher than when I told her I was a lesbian! :faint:

Anyway, thanks for brightening my day, ladies! *hugs to all of you for being awesome moms*

Ironically telling her I'm ADHD might be tougher than when I told her I was a lesbian! :faint:


I understand this very well...... :D

My family knows what a lesbian means so if I said I was they'd understand that, but ADD ? :eek: that's just an excuse ya know... :rolleyes:

{{hugs}} for sharing such a personal thing here.

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Talk about a well rounded life. On occassion I envy her. But in a way that I want to be more like her.

Your daughter sounds like someone incredible. Like she is the "sun" walking the earth, teaching unconditional love!

You must be so proud of her.

There you go, you made me cry !!! :)

in addition to that me my cuzin and friend went shopping at the providence mall we definitly forgot to remember where we parked,, and if you know how the prov malls set up,,, thats a HUGE problem ... theres so many levels of parking in the garage,, you gotta remember what side you came in frrom ,, ahh its gets confusing lemme tell u ... it took like a 1/2 hr to find it.

that damn mall!! thats not the only time the car got lost somewhere in the parking garage ... i went once alone to pick something up ... it was my roomates car ... i thought ahead this time and wrote a little note as to where i parked. when i tired to leave i couldnt understand the little note i wrote to myself thiking it would help,,, with a general idea in mind i got on the elevator got off the where i thought it was,,,, nope not there.... got back on..... i tried every single floor,, so whats that like 4 or 5 i dunno.... i would run off the elevator look really quick cuz i clearly parked it near the elevator... so this happen for a while i felt like a freakin fool, finally i try the floor i looked in once and thought it was DEFINITLY not there,,,, well it was,, and how i missed it,,, beyond me,,,, nothing like being alone in a huge mall with someone elses car and not finding it

its good to here people can be accepting.... most people i know are open to almost everything,,, so its a good surrounding to be in ... cuz i think i give off that whatever that helps people become more excepting ... plus my sister is into only dating "ghetto" thug like ya know black men... which i have no problem with cuz im open to anything myself ... plus along with that im bi-CURIOUS, though i havent told anyone or acted on it yet,,, long story,,,,, but with my sis being like that ive seen such a transformation in how my mother accepts all races now

My son, daughter and I are adhd. My husband is add. My brother is gay. People understand and accept my brother being gay more than they understand our being add/adhd.

I never really thought about that before. Hmmmmm?????

Here we are in the 21st century. Add/adhd has been around for many years and has been called different names, such as minimal brain disfunction. If it's been around for so long, and there's been a ton of medical research done on it that shows that it is a real disability, and it's part of the americans with disabilities act....why do I feel like I am defending our disability every day? Like I personally made it up or something?

Whether you have a mental disability or live an alternative lifestyle, it is hard to come out of the closet to friends and family. Once you do, it's so much easier. In both cases, it is a tough decision to come out at work. It is definitely a personal choice.

I know it's very tough for someone to have a mental disability. Since it's a silent disability, other people just don't believe it exists sometimes.

I do not have a physical disability, but that would have to be equally tough. Atleast other people could see your physical impairment. If they "see" it, they believe it.

If you are part of the GLBTQ Community, plus have either a mental or physical disability, you would have to be one of the strongest people around. You should be very proud of the fact that you can wake up each day, ready to face a world that is not always nice to people that are a little different.

I think that we were all put here for a reason. I am from a family of strong add/adhders. When we believe in something, we are the toughest advocates around. Persistent and relentless.

I fought for disability awareness with my son's elementary school for 5 years. They did not treat him fair and equitable and I let them know that on a daily basis.

Now that he is in 6th grade, I am not only fighting for his special education rights, but now also for gay awareness. He has been getting called gay or faggot for a few weeks now. We think it's because of his fashion and style. I am fighting to get harrassment and bullying classes for the teachers and students. (I have 2 other threads about this issue.) My brother is a Social Worker, works for the ACLU, is a volunteer for Growing American Youth, was a talk show host for Outspoken Radio (a glbtq station) , the list goes on and on. Between me and him, we will get this name-calling nipped in the butt. They will not know what hit them.

Hopefully we can make it easier for our sons and daughters to come out of the closet no matter what their issues are.

that was an awsome reply ... it good to hear you pushing ur beliefs,,, its incredible how this is something that is seen as deviantand made up,, that just shows how ignorant people can be ... i hate defending myself everyday cuz of my adhd,,, im not crazy, im not weird, im not whatever you wanna call me, were all taught about diversity, acceptance, equal etc, etc, societies norm perceives adhd to be deviant, sometimes i dont feel accepted by the "normal" people, just ignorance,,, but the way i see it is we are the gifted ones, we all have the ability to connect with one in other cuz of our "problem", also adders tend to be intersting,,, umm unique, and creative people,,, i see it as being free(to a certain extent) cuz most adhd people i know, just mainly posses this general quality , something .... but what im gettin at is i see in the future the societical norms will be reversed. we are lucky people (though there are many times i dont feel this way) without us the world would be everything weve tried to work away from,,,, weeeeee are luckyso keep fighting the fight ... everyday someone makes you feel anyless or says they are better, just keep in mind, its not there fault there trapped in a box and cant see that they are the ones who will fade away and out and a simple ,,,,,,,