# Aunt Flo Is Visiting **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946 "2008-04-04T16:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/1 "2008-04-04T16:49:07Z")
Ah, we love our euphemisms. What are some for the onset of menses? There are the delicate ones – _it’s that time of the month_. There are the slightly more piquant – _on the rag_. There are the almost too descriptive – _surfing the crimson wave_. Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – _the tomato boat has docked in Tuna Town_. Add your favorites to any category, or create your own category. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/2 "2008-04-04T16:51:52Z")
Play has been rained off. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/3 "2008-04-04T16:56:45Z")
It’s shark week! (Blood in the water.) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/4 "2008-04-04T17:05:12Z")
There are the delicate ones – Going number two There are the slightly more piquant – taking a dump There are the almost too descriptive – giving birth Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/5 "2008-04-04T17:08:59Z")
Growing up with a midwife for a mother, euphemisms had little place in our house. “Period” was the closest to a euphemism we ever got, and “menstruating” was actually pretty common. But here are a couple I like that I’d never offend my poor mother with: It’s Anal Sex/Blowjob Week! I’m at the end of my sentence. The Communists have arrived. ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/6 "2008-04-04T17:11:04Z")
One that my girlfriend tells me off for using; _up on bricks_ ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/7 "2008-04-04T17:21:21Z")
Riding the cotton pony. _And see_, [The Onion | America's Finest News Source.](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/36834) ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/8 "2008-04-04T17:24:18Z")
She’s fallen to the Communists. It’s red tide season. Time to pay the bills. Going number 3. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/9 "2008-04-04T17:27:21Z")
**Gfactor** took my favorite! Um…the cardinal has landed. My husband actually has an Aunt Flo, and didn’t know why I thought that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/10 "2008-04-04T17:27:22Z")
Trolling for vampires Taking Carrie to the prom ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/11 "2008-04-04T17:28:28Z")
There are the innocent ones – _Oh my god, I’ve been shot!_ ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/12 "2008-04-04T17:29:53Z")
I say ‘I’m on the blah’ to my boyfriend so I don’t gross him out, haha. He can’t handle any TMI talk, which is cool, don’t feel the need to spoil the romance only a year in 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/13 "2008-04-04T17:36:52Z")
Puttin’ salsa on my taco. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/14 "2008-04-04T17:41:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] There are the delicate ones – Going number two There are the slightly more piquant – taking a dump There are the almost too descriptive – giving birth Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl [/QUOTE] My favorite: Dropping the kids off at the pool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/15 "2008-04-04T17:42:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] There are the delicate ones – Going number two There are the slightly more piquant – taking a dump There are the almost too descriptive – giving birth Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl [/QUOTE] Dont forget 1) Dropping the kids off at the pool, and 2) pinching a loaf (my favorite). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/16 "2008-04-04T17:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] There are the delicate ones – Going number two There are the slightly more piquant – taking a dump There are the almost too descriptive – giving birth Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl [/QUOTE] Dropping the kids off at the pool. There are the delicate ones – Pleasuring herself There are the slightly more piquant – Jilling off There are the almost too descriptive – Stirring the soup Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – Auditioning the finger puppets ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/17 "2008-04-04T17:50:27Z")
'Bama made the Cotton Bowl (Crimson Tide) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/18 "2008-04-04T17:56:10Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Dropping the kids off at the pool. There are the delicate ones – Pleasuring herself There are the slightly more piquant – Jilling off There are the almost too descriptive – Stirring the soup Then we have the misplaced poetry entries – Auditioning the finger puppets [/QUOTE] And: Dialing 0 on the pink telephone. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/19 "2008-04-04T18:06:15Z")
I’d just like to point out that I, too, have an actual Aunt Flo. But my mother had only boys, so it didn’t really mean anything when we said that Aunt Flo was coming for a visit. Such a waste. I wonder what it was like in my cousin Cathy’s house. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946/20 "2008-04-04T18:11:16Z")
I have a gross (and slightly offensive to some) euphemism for menstruating: “Overtime at the Japanese Flag Factory” At a time when my menstruation started on the dot around noon on Tuesday, I’d mention that I’d be menstruating soon by saying “[Tuesday’s coming; did you bring your coat?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI)” This will not make any sense to those who haven’t seen the cartoon linked. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aunt-flo-is-visiting/443946.md?page=2)