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As happy as a sissy in a cc camp

Posted by ESC on September 09, 2009 at 23:10

In Reply to: As happy as a sissy in a cc camp posted by Cassie on September 09, 2009 at 21:51:

: My parents used to say "he was as happy as a sissy in a cc camp"? Any idea what a CC Camp is?

It was a federal (U.S.) public works project created in 1933. See en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps The idea being that a homosexual man would like being in an all-male environment.

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