I can’t even remember I heard this clever play on words the first time… but I was probably in high school. At the time it brought a chuckle of appreciation. I’m sure everyone else heard it long ago as well… it’s fairly common, after all.
So why is it that whenever someone says it on this board, several people jump in with the “oh my god, that is so funny! Cunning linguist! HA! I get it! Ha ha!”? And speaking of bringing it up on this board… I swear the concentration is just a tad high. I mean it’s like it comes up in every thread (no pun intended). I guess what I’m asking is… is this still a new joke to some people?!
My fault! My fault! I haven’t seen anyone else use this phrase here, so obviously I’ve been talking about my sex life waaaaay too much (which is the only time I use this phrase). I’m sorry I beat it to death, and I’m embarrassed to say that it is a new one for me…never heard it until the newest James Bond movie…sorry I lived such a sheltered life ::
Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians!
I may have heard it, but I was heavily intoxicated from 1973 to 1993. Lost a lot.
As far as it being a subject too talked about
…well, for most of human history the emphasis has been on male satisfaction. So if some of us are especially eager to pursue this delightful activity, maybe you oughta just lie back and enjoy it now that you can.
TennHippie: You misunderstood my post entirely. I have no problem at all with the discussion of oral sex. I have a problem with the recent overuse of the term “cunning linguist” and the people who seem to be endlessly impressed with this very old pun.
Perhaps my hunger for tongue-in-cheek puns alters my taste for oral overreaction. Stimulating conversation arouses my ballsy behavior. Swelling, I’ll thrust puns to and fro with a cocksuredness that pumps an asinine idea for all it’s worth. Virgin term or well-worn, I’m game. Is there a vas deferens between you and I? O, very.
While TeenHippie missed the point, rest assured I heard it loud and clear…you will never hear those words uttered from my lips again, I promise
I believe I’m the only one who uses that exact phrase, so I assume this thread was written about my posts. If I knew it was annoying I would have stopped before. Point taken. Loud and clear. Ten, four.
Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians!
Thanks OpalCat. I thought I was the only one annoyed with the term. I was beginning to feel like I was back in high school where all the corny puns were funny. Once.
I, too, don’t mind talking about sex, oral or otherwise. I just don’t like feeling like I’m discussing it with a man with his shirt unbuttoned down to the navel, hairy chest, bunches of chains around his neck and polyester pants, singing “I Got You Babe.”
trisha
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice - Albert Einstein
Although this has been brought up in the Pit recently, I don’t think I could spell the proper term every time…(and yes, I’m fairly inteligent, but I am not gonna chase down a dictionary at work to look it up)
Actually I don’t use either term…so that was just my WAG
I was over a friend’s house, and they had a catalog of women’s apparel, I think it was Victoria’s Secret, called The Country Collection. I said, “I would not have called it that.”
Nobody seemed to know what I was talking about. I quoted the lines from Hamlet famous for being frequently left intact when Shakespeare is bowlderized:
HAMLET: Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
OPHELIA: No, my lord.
HAMLET: I mean, my head upon your lap?
OPHELIA: Ay, my lord.
HAMLET: Do you think I meant country matters?
And still, I was the only one who thought “Country Collection” was a bad title for a Victoria’s Secret catalog. Ah, well.
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