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Can anyone outweird my secret crush?!

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SweetFamilyAddams · 16/05/2025 18:17

I have developed an inexplicable crush on Uncle Fester.
I've had a few odd crushes over the years but this one is by far the oddest.
Does anyone else get weird crushes for absolutely no good reason?

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felldown · 17/05/2025 17:43

I don't think it's that weird.
I have seen men who look like uncle fester and they have a partner and children so physically some women are at least ok with Uncle Fester appearance..

as far as Uncle Fester's personality, there are women with his personality! Into creepy things, immature and naive in certain aspects, enmeshed family dynamics so he could find his match and I could envisage a woman finding him attractive.

He was quite sweet and romantic when he was being manipulated so and I can imagine a woman melting for this sort of 'misunderstood' beast. We have all seen women lusting after creepy, strange looking men specially if she is an emo/goth who likes to play the rescuer and imagines he'll be loyal to her.

Calliopespa · 17/05/2025 17:58

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 17/05/2025 17:34

I just misread this as "I would love to havs sat on his voice" and spent at least a minute by the clock trying to picture what you meant

We all know you thought her autocorrect had changed it to voice from …

QueenOfThorns · 17/05/2025 19:43

Calliopespa · 17/05/2025 17:58

We all know you thought her autocorrect had changed it to voice from …

Well, obviously that too, but my iPad hasn’t developed telepathy yet Grin

LittleBitofBread · 19/05/2025 09:26

DonewhatIcando · 16/05/2025 19:21

Fatima Whitbread, I'm a straight female.
I dunno, there's just something about her

If we're talking girl crushes, then I'm super-straight, but find myself strangely attracted to Gemna Whelan.

LittleBitofBread · 19/05/2025 09:27

Piginapokie · 16/05/2025 19:30

Neil Oliver

Giles Coren

Oh yes, I secretly fancy Giles Coren too, and I know how much of a twat he is.
God forgive me. It's his eyes.

TeachMeSomething · 19/05/2025 09:51

ChaToilLeam · 16/05/2025 18:48

I have always had a bit of a crush on Captain Scarlet 😳

And a couple of the Tracys from Thunderbirds! (Scott in particular.)

Ohgodohgod · 19/05/2025 13:14

LittleBitofBread · 19/05/2025 09:27

Oh yes, I secretly fancy Giles Coren too, and I know how much of a twat he is.
God forgive me. It's his eyes.

Do you remember when he used to ask people to write in and suggest restaurants for review and he’d take them as his companion for an evening? He often called them ‘a random flopsy’ in the write up. I WROTE TO HIM!!!!! And he (or whoever) replied and said yes, and the production team would be in touch…and that was the last I heard. I still think about it.

EscapeTheCastle · 19/05/2025 15:30

Endofyear · 16/05/2025 22:22

Are these weird crushes? When I was little I had a big crush on Chewbacca from Star Wars 😂 Robin Williams too, is that weird?

My biggest crush has always been Ray Winstone - don't know if that's weird but all my friends think it is!

I agree about Ray Winstone.
I found him to be extremely attractive in Robin of Sherwood where he had stiff competition from the teenage catnip that was Michael Praed. He played a rough and tough Will Scarlett so i think I was just picking the outlaw that would actually keep me alive in medieval England.

LittleBitofBread · 19/05/2025 17:06

MoistVonL · 16/05/2025 21:07

Roger Allan’s voice could drop my knickers in a heartbeat. Particularly as Douglas in Cabin Pressure.

Alan Rickman’s voice was to die for. So many people have superb voice. Kathleen Turner to turn a straight woman.

If we're talking Cabin Pressure we have to mention Benedict Cumberbatch. Voice 'like a jaguar in a cello' in the deathless words of Caitlin Moran.

LittleBitofBread · 19/05/2025 17:06

Calliopespa · 16/05/2025 21:18

Kermit the FROG!!?

Actually … you’re right … there is something.

He's witty.

thecatneuterer · 19/05/2025 17:06

So am I the only one with the hots for a drag queen? (Not in general mind you - just Conchita).

LittleBitofBread · 19/05/2025 17:10

Ohgodohgod · 19/05/2025 13:14

Do you remember when he used to ask people to write in and suggest restaurants for review and he’d take them as his companion for an evening? He often called them ‘a random flopsy’ in the write up. I WROTE TO HIM!!!!! And he (or whoever) replied and said yes, and the production team would be in touch…and that was the last I heard. I still think about it.

No, I don't remember that... Maybe you dodged a bullet!

Andoutcomethewolves · 19/05/2025 17:15

Shane McGowan was my first crush. Still would, even though he's dead.

I did have a bit of a thing for Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds (yes, both together) when I was about 11 though. Oh and Mr Motivator and Wolf from the gladiators.Maybe I'm just inherently depraved 😬

Andoutcomethewolves · 19/05/2025 17:18

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 16/05/2025 18:41

That actually reminds me of my very own shameful secret crush: Priti Patel. She's got a lot of absolutely appalling views but there's something about her smirk that is strangely appealing.

🤮

MoistVonL · 19/05/2025 17:37

Shane McGowan was my first crush. Still would, even though he's dead.

Jesus, that got weird.

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 19/05/2025 17:45

MoistVonL · 19/05/2025 17:37

Shane McGowan was my first crush. Still would, even though he's dead.

Jesus, that got weird.

No, it started weird and got so much worse

1AngelicFruitCake · 19/05/2025 20:43

I really liked Fleabag’s brother in law but as his character (when the character was being vulnerable in the break up scene). I found that weird as he’s so awful all of the way through!

Ohgodohgod · 19/05/2025 21:14

Andoutcomethewolves · 19/05/2025 17:15

Shane McGowan was my first crush. Still would, even though he's dead.

I did have a bit of a thing for Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds (yes, both together) when I was about 11 though. Oh and Mr Motivator and Wolf from the gladiators.Maybe I'm just inherently depraved 😬

Do you think you’re confusing attraction with visceral fear?

Andoutcomethewolves · 19/05/2025 21:27

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 19/05/2025 17:45

No, it started weird and got so much worse

Still would 😊

Andoutcomethewolves · 19/05/2025 21:28

Ohgodohgod · 19/05/2025 21:14

Do you think you’re confusing attraction with visceral fear?

Quite possibly

PGmicstand · 28/05/2025 10:20

Many of my crushes are weird!

Notably Richard O'Brien as RiffRaff in the Rocky Horror show and my longstanding crush on Peter Garrett who's about 10 foot tall and dances like a puppet wired up to the electrics.
As a child I was very drawn to the camp figures of Mr Claypole from Rentaghost and prior to that, Hartley Hare.

foreverblowingbubbless · 28/05/2025 10:23

Billy Crystal now in the Hellmans ad 🤷‍♀️

Calliopespa · 28/05/2025 10:27

foreverblowingbubbless · 28/05/2025 10:23

Billy Crystal now in the Hellmans ad 🤷‍♀️

I definitely think he is more appealing now than before somehow.

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 28/05/2025 10:35

Hartley Hare!? That thing looked like it had been run over. It used to give me the fear.

LittleBitofBread · 28/05/2025 10:38

Hartley Hare seems to come up on here with sinister regularity. It still gives me the fear and I'm fifty.

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