Oh. My. God. If this is remotely normal, I must be a monk in a cloister.

[Tyler Durden]

http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/

Don't even ask how I got to this page. Proof positive that web surfing can be hazardous to your mental health.

Really, I'm not too shocked this page exists: what creeps me is the 9 million plus hits on the counter.

Yikes.

[SKKY]

1. That is just so many different kinds of wrong, I really don't know where to begin...

:wtf:

[Tyler Durden]

2. There's delusional, then there's fucking batshit crazy.

Then there's that guy. No offense to anyone in general, but someone needs to drop a NET over that guy.

[Left Is Write]

61. Why is it wrong?

[SKKY]

65. A 53 year old man who basically lives his life as Peter-freakin'-Pan???

You don't think that's wrong???

[Left Is Write]

66. No, I don't. He's an adult when it count - he doesn't expect other people to take care of him -

and he isn't hurting anybody.

I don't see anything "wrong" with his lifestyle.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. He says he's 50! Wow!

Aged well! I'm reading his "ISO Tinkerbell" page.... :o

[BlueIris]

6. Yoikers!

And...that's kinda creepy.

[BlueIris]

4. Did you check out the "Looking for that special girl" ISO page?

I was scared to click on that.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. I'm reading it!

:o

[buddhamama]

7. he's redefining gender roles

and writes eloquently on the subject. he's also a performer. maybe i am missing something but i don't get what is so objectionable about this man. :shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. I don't get it either. I applaud his ability to not worry about what

society is thinking of him. He's rather creative and it appears he has brought in quite a bit of money for various children's charities. :hi:

Somebody posted a link a long time ago and I put it in my favorites.

[Heidi]

9. I find the site's content neither shocking nor creepy.

I don't understand why anyone else would.

[buddhamama]

11. there is symbolism and meaning

behind the Peter Pan 'role'. i guess it is missed by some.

[Christa]

16. Neither do i

he's not hurting anyone.

We all have little kids inside of us ;)

[Heidi]

18. He's certainly ahead of me. I couldn't design and sew as well as he does

to save my life. :hi:

[Christa]

44. Neither can I

We should get out of our "adult life" boxes more, life would be much better if we were not so serious all time ;)

[Left Is Write]

59. I don't either. He's really quite a nice person.

[JVS]

10. This isn't as bad as Bucky's anatomically correct plush pig costume people...

Still a tad creepy

[RebelOne]

12. Listen to some of his music.

He has a fairly good voice.

[Tyler Durden]

13. Fine. I take it back.

He's a well-meaning, philanthropic and civic minded but rather odd person.

I guess at 54 I'm getting a little bit curmudgeonly, but in my own defense; this person is so far outside the mainstream that he hasn't even SEEN the stream in years.

[Deep13]

14. I think it's creepy.

Kind of in the same catagory as people who live as their own Star Trek characters, except with an extra dash of disfunctional escapism thrown in for good measure.

[Heidi]

15. He's not hurting anyone, and in fact, probably is helping some people.

I genuinely don't understand what's creepy about the guy. I'm a lot more creeped out by mean-spiritedness (not referring to you or anyone posting in this thread), for example. :shrug:

[Deep13]

19. It is an emotion reaction, not a value judgment.

There is no objective reason I can point to. It is only an impression.

[datasuspect]

25. most sex offenders are also die hard star trek fans.

forgot where i read that, but there is a statistic somewhere to support this claim.

[buddhamama]

28. i would like to see the study

and the numbers.

there's a very serious discussion to be had here.

if we are to judge this man simply on his costume and symbolism and label him as dysfunctional for his "escapism", then would it be a stretch to suggest the same is true of Priests, Nuns, Monks, Pagans, etc? the only real difference i see in the equation is the latter are deemed sociably acceptable.

[datasuspect]

30. i usually joke a lot

but i read this in a study somewhere.

due to massive brain damage from alcohol consumption, i have a bad case of CRS

[Heidi]

34. It wasn't a study. It was an April 27, 2005 article in the LA Times

about the Toronto Police sex crimes unit. One detective apparently claimed that "all but one" of the sex offenders arrested by the Toronto sex crimes unit weas a "hard-core Trekkie."

When contacted later by email, a spokesperson for the Toronto Police sex crimes unit backed down on the claim, saying, ". . . all but one" was a bit of hyperbole. However, the cops do stick by their claim that the vast majority of people that they bust seem to have an obsession with sci-fi. And that most of them seem to really like Star Trek. Whether that's the original series, TNG or Deep Space 9, remains open to debate."

http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/04/28/la_times_claim_about_pedophiles_wrong.php

http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/30/hopefully_the_last_post_on_the_star_trekpedophilia_connection.php

One article in a major daily US newspaper does not constitute credibility or a peer-reviewed study.

[datasuspect]

35. like i said

i get my studies and my newspapers mixed up.

i'm still trying to find the source for that "73% of registered republicans thought Forrest Gump was based on a true story" stat that is floating around in my head.

please understand that posting in the lounge is a leisure activity for me and not at all a serious endeavor.

[Heidi]

36. datasuspect,

you should know by now that I kinda like you. :pals:

(At the same time, I'm married to a Trekkie, so I've gotta defend Trekkies' honor, dontcha know. ;) )

[datasuspect]

37. i know

you ain't so bad yourself.

salaam

[cobalt1999]

32. I'm with you on this one.

There is something inherently disturbing about that guy, but, like you, I'm don't wander off the mainstream into the tidal pools very often.

[Carni]

52. I have to agree this guy is a weirdo IMO eom

[crim son]

17. He's 53!

:rofl: You aren't getting off the "hook" :spray: that easily, Tyler Durden. Enquiring Lisa needs to know how you found yourself at pixyland. :rofl:

[Tyler Durden]

22. Through the "weird deaths" page.

The link was a tinkerbell opposite a picture of Anna Nicole.

The original link was from page on famous/weird deaths. They had a story on the Death of Lawson Deming at 94, a kind and gentle man who played a character named "Sir Graves Ghastly" showing cheesy horror films on Saturday afternoons in Detroit. A staple of my childhood.

http://www.sirgravesghastly.com/

[Carni]

53. Oh lord--you watched the dreaded Sir Graves Ghastly?

LOL! So did I as a kid!

Of course *back in the day* we had no options on a Saturday, because cable didn't exist yet--too funny!

Did Sir Graves die in some weird manner?

Do you remember the ghoul BTW? lol

[Courtesy Flush]

20. Can I click it at work?

[Heidi]

21. Yes. There's nothing NSFW that I could find on the website.

It's just a 53-year-old guy who likes to dress up like Peter Pan; he seems very genuine in trying to redefine gender roles.

[Tyler Durden]

23. TURN OFF YOUR SOUND FIRST!!!

The background was very loud and unexpected.

[RebelOne]

24. I much prefer Peter Pan than this man.

He wants to be a tiger.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/silly/story/0,10821,531386,00.html

[Tyler Durden]

26. Another Computer/I.T. guy.

Doesn't speak well of this profession....

KIDDING!

[GoneOffShore]

29. Have you seen the Comcast Digital phone commercial?

Sorry, Roger you tiger now. Tattoo permanent.

But I'm calling on my new Comcast Digital Phone?

[eyepaddle]

27. Isn't this guy in some commercial right now?

I can't think which one--but I know I've seen it recetnly. I've gotta admit, his voice wasnt anyting like I was expecting.

Also, I first saw this guy's site a few years ago, I had much the same reaction you did, but the shock wears off pretty quickly and you just thin of him as odd, but harmless and maybe a bit amusing.

[datasuspect]

31. yeah, i found it around 2000

he ain't no mahir cagri.

[Shell Beau]

33. Yes, I do wonder how you got there and all!!

Sounds a little suspicious!! :P

[Tyler Durden]

40. See #22: a convoluted trail

Hey, if we're all only 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon, it shouldn't take more than 6 links to get to this guy from anywhere on the web.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

38. I think he had a feature in Food Court Druids

Pretty funny author.

http://www.foodcourtdruids.com/

[KG]

39. he's real, he lives in Tampa. i've seen him in Ybor City.

he's just living his life, not hurting anybody.

[Tyler Durden]

41. Hey, I don't think he should be persecuted...

...but anyone over the age of 10 walking around dressed as Peter Pan on any day other than Halloween, well, suppositions WILL be made.

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. Which is kind of a sad commentary on the society he refers to on

his page. My daughter and I smiled through all of his fashions. Which is a very good thing. :hi:

[Tyler Durden]

46. The hammer always finds the tallest nail first.

Frankly, in this day and age, attracting undo attention is not exactly a survival trait.

I wish it were otherwise, but it's not.

[Lex]

56. best to conform or you're just wanting trouble

[Left Is Write]

60. I remember the first time I heard his voice. It was so NOT what I was expecting!

I have a friend who lives in Florida who was well aware of why I used the screenname "petersgirl" just about everywhere, and she told me she thought of me the day she saw Randy out shopping.

[rug]

43. Admit it. You were trolling myspace.

[graywarrior]

45. Greeeeeeeeen. You know, some of these people could be working in the POD next to yours.

[JackBeck]

47. I will never be the same.

I clicked on the fashions link.

[Squatch]

48. An internet CLASSIC.

[electron_blue]

49. Huh. the age is about right. Is this Michael Jackson gone undergound?

[matcom]

50. the gay police must all be asleep

:eyes:

[bicentennial_baby]

54. Why? He's straight...

:eyes:

[Lex]

57. LOL!

Whhhaaaaaa . . . ?

[Critters2]

51. I'm at my office, so give me a hint...

is this something that will get me disciplined if I look at it on a church computer? Two guys ("guys" being the operative word) just got disciplined for looking at porn on church 'puters. I don't want to make it a threesome.

[Lex]

55. No, it's totally harmless. I can't imagine being offended by it.

Just a guy who likes dressing up as Peter Pan or something. Not sexual at all as far as I could see.

[Left Is Write]

58. I love Peter Pan. I've known about him for years and years.

My old username (petersgirl) was inspired in 2001 by Peter Pan himself.

[hunter]

62. I always feel that way when I visit so many places in America.

Oh. My. God. If this is remotely normal...

I've been in Midwestern towns that completely freak me out, where the most eccentric people you see are teenagers trying to be radical by imitating something they saw on television.

I once did a job for a guy in West Hollywood who was a jolly large purple fairy. He was gay too, but that didn't have anything to do with it. Mostly I think he wanted to live in a flower and fly around the garden creating mischief among the other fairy people.

It's pretty cool when someone can live their dreams.

[Lex]

63. I'd rather live with a large purple fairy than a boring-ass average mofo.

nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

64. Strange, but I don't really find it objectionable.

:shrug:

[Tektonik]

67. I find it strange, but nowhere near objectionable

btw why am I not surprised he lives in FL