"So who's a metrosexual?"
"This is the first time I ever heard of this word. How was it used? I mean that may tell us what it means."
"I am so glad you didn't jump to conclusions. I mentioned it to a Maulana and he was ready to put me in jail for saying an evil word which was how he put it."
"Didn't he have any children?"
"Don't be facetious. They are God's gift."
"Sorry I guess I am not with the latest literature on the subject. But what stopped the Maulana from putting you in jail? They are the government in two of our provinces, you know."
"We weren't in Peshawar at the time. As a matter of fact we were in the evil city of Lahore and as you know the PML (Lotas) have their stronghold there. I mean the PML (L) have never had any religious pretensions other than occasional rhetoric to please their constituents, but as the present big man in Islamabad doesn't appreciate that kind of religion they are mostly quiet merely wanting to keep him happy and therefore in power themselves."
"Yeah, but I wonder if the Maulanas are that different about wanting to hang on to power for as long as they can, notwithstanding the bargains they make that neither side keeps."
"Anyway metrosexual, according to the right wing fundamentalist television Fox, is defined as an urbane male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and life style."
"Oh, did someone think Musharraf is metrosexual? Or was it our other Brown Sahib the Chosen One?"
"Why would Fox News bother with them? They are too small fries, especially with the upcoming US presidential elections."
"They couldn't have referred to Bush as the metrosexual because he is not an urbane male, just a monkeyish looking guy. So it had to be Kerry."
"Right. Anyway the Fox News apparently alleged that Kerry said, ' I'm metrosexual - he (Bush) is a cowboy' and women voters 'should like me! I do manicures.'"
"They thought the women won't like a man getting manicures!"
"I don't think that is right. I mean I don't think women have problems with men getting a manicure."
"What do they have problems with?"
"A man who goes to war under absolutely no compulsion and no pretext. You know the manly-man - little brains and some brawn."