Applying to be @ChrisEvans' #WingMan ("Haaave You Met Chris?") | flying in #aStartingPoint-formation @ASP | @insideHook
jREAL TIME with BILL MAHER featured an interview with Chris Evans, where he sorta mentioned a politics-website he's co-founder of (introduced in the video below). But 'what stuck in my mind' was "that Chris Evans needs a wingman."
He needs a wingman, for close to the same reason I do—he's just fine with 'being alone' (making people think maybe he spends too much time alone?)
More thoughts later, but first ... 'That word' (below-hyperlinked to a bit about 'why #wingmen are so crucial') is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
He needs a wingman, for close to the same reason I do—he's just fine with 'being alone' (making people think maybe he spends too much time alone?)
More thoughts later, but first ... 'That word' (below-hyperlinked to a bit about 'why #wingmen are so crucial') is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Wingman”–word for the Pilot of the |Plane-beside-the-Lead in a |Flying-Formation, originally a 'Football'-position (I assume that's '|American Football,' but it might be the Soccer-precedent (I'm not 'deep into Sports')), later a Dating- (well, a 'picking up dates in a bar') |Sidekick–is from Wing + Man.
And I'm going to explore/explain a bit more about 'what I think it means to be a wingman'; but first ...
Haaaave you met Chris?
When I think of 'dating'-wingmen (which Etymonline says was only definitely in the lexicon by 2006); sure, Barney Stinson (portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris) is definitely up there. But the first one that comes to mind is Maverick's Iceman in 1986 (Val Kilmer portraying the pilot who flew beside the lead-pilot played by Tom Cruise)—yeah, he was 'his actual wingman'; but I think there was also a scene-or-two where the two TOP GUN pilots 'rocked the bar-room.'
It shows 'what the-purpose-of-it-all is'—not 'huntin` `em down' or 'notchin` your conquest-belt' or whatever, but rather "establishing your place as a crucial gear-wheel in society's machine.'
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