oooooohkay –
didn’t I just say in some other thread that I acknowledge that language will move on with me or without me?
(But my reaction is still ouch!)
I would guess that perhaps 20% of the male population know the difference between the two…and I may be a bit optimistic there.
Vulva? An’t that one o’ them Yurrupian cars?
“Gibbous” sounds dirtier to me.
There should be a Mornington Crescent joke in there somewhere.
And supurbus pudendum is out of the question
Shepherd’s Bush?
Heh heh, you said “tit”.
But even if you take “vagina” to mean “vulva”, the hair is mostly above and a bit around the vulva, not on it, either. I mean, the whole point of the bikini wax is that you’re covering the vulva, but there are still hairy bits exposed that you want to de-hair.
Well, that’s a rather traditional opening. I see you’re tying to get me into Knip. But I’m to clever for that and will Back Double.
Bayswater.
Meanwhile, in stupid human/animal interactions, “Colorado man dies after bite from Gila monster he illegally kept as a pet.”
Ward’s girlfriend called 911 just before midnight February 12 after she entered the room where the reptiles were kept and found that one of them had “latched onto Ward’s hand,” LPD Animal Control officer Leesha Crookston wrote in the report. Ward immediately started showing symptoms, vomiting several times before he passed out, and his breathing stopped, the report said.
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Ward was taken to a local hospital, where he was put on life support and was later “declared brain dead,” according to the report. He died February 16, LPD Public Information Officer John Romero told CNN on Wednesday. The cause of death has not been released.
I’m going to hazard a guess here:
“Cause of Death: Bitten by Gila Monster”
Perhaps they are trying to claim the oral high ground.
Exactly, that’s why I suggested that “crotch” or “groin” would be accurate, since it applies to an area and not a particular anatomical part.
Or “privates” if you’re being delicate.
I’d say the declaration was a few years too late.
Anyone keeping a Gila monster for a pet is already brain dead long before they’re bitten
I was waiting for someone to make that point.
I once ate at Adobe Gila’s.*
*motto: This Place Bites.
Oh thank goodness! The Gila monster’s okay. I hate when they don’t tell you what happened to the animal.
Agreed. No doubt the other Gila monster and the 26 spiders have all found a better home.
I had no idea about this:
The venom from a Gila monster is as toxic as that of a western diamondback rattlesnake, the Smithsonian says.
And it goes on to say that although they only produce a relatively small amount, there is no antivenom. Presumably because they are slow moving and it takes determined effort to get seriously bitten, so it’s not worth the resources to make antivenom.