I don’t know why I’m inspired to start this thread - it’s my first for the pit, but I thought it might balance nicely the Straight Dope quest for knowledge, with the BBQ Pit’s quest for obscenity.
I was looking through some CDs last night, and discovered that the band The Thrown Ups have a song called ‘Felch’. All of their song titles are more or less obscene/toilet humour, so it’s not too much of a surprise. BTW, the band also included a couple of the guys from Mudhoney.
I was wondering if anyone else had come across the word in a context other than message board flaming. Maybe it will lead people to be more creative in THEIR use of the word.
Feltch… hmmm… I don’t know if this is right or just some perverted urban legend. The way I understand it is when two men engage in anal sex and a …shall we say “culmination” is reached… the stool packer then procedes to to suck out his seed via a straw for his lovers anus… don’t know if it is right but everytime I hear or see that word by stomach churns and a gag reflex hits me… hope I could help
Thanks, Darth. Perhaps you should learn the meaning of the word “lurk” a but before your next enlightening post.
There is a long portion in Chuck Paluchuk’s (sp?)book Invisible Monsters. He’s the fellow that wrote Fight Club. Good, wierd book, as one would expect from any piece of fiction that includes a section on felching.
“Lurk” verb - To hang out in a message base and actually get a fucking clue as to a) what people are talking about and b) how many people understand a relatively unusual word (such as “felch”) before throwing yourself in and making yourself look like a complete ignorant asshole.
I think that’s the dictionary definition. Don’t have it handy, though.
OP…John waters used the word “felch” in a book of his essays when musing on how much he’d love to meet a sweet little old lady with a raging case of verbal Tourettes. I read it in 1991 and it had been out for a couple of years.
Ahhh… I see. so what you are saying that it is better to sit back watch than to participate and attempt to learn… interesting prospect but not my style… oh well
Don’t mention it, Darth. A word of advise though: this is the Pit, where people come to vent, rant and duke it out. Not exactly the warmest welcome, usually. But still, I don’t understand why that would piss people off so much.
Check out the other, more civil fora, like MPSIMS, GQ, GD, IMHO. You’ll soon get the hang of things here.
Why am I being a bitch? Why don’t I cut the guy/chick some slack? Because from the moment I got on here I was warned repeatedly not to go in the pit if I wanted to leave with any of my ego intact. It was actually a bit of an experiment, and my hypothesis was correct: even in the Pit you’ll get people jumping in your shit if you’re not sunshiny and happy and welcoming and all Strawberry-Shortcake-Care-Bear-Smurfy at people.
Excuse the hell out of me. I’ve been nothing but nice thus far. Now I see that I’m going to have to keep it up, areas be damned. I’ll leave the swearing and insults to the old, seasoned posters who actually matter. :rolleyes:
At least I (in my other post) referenced the OP, for chrissake.
Trust my ego is far from being as fragile as a 90 year old mans hip. I was more curious by the reaction I got… I have done my share of reducing people to quivering masses of jelly… just seemed ironic that in one of the few time I actually try to be helpful… I get torn down… If I had said something stupid(ie. “wow it’s cold and rainy here… how about where you are at?”) I would expect(assuming that I was intelligent enough to assume after a comment liek that) to get ripped apart and handed my testicles in a pickling jar. Anyway… this seems fun. I enjoy a good banter and comraderie. Have fun
Oh, come on. Nobody’s saying you’re not allowed to swear! It just doesn’t seem very nice to shout at someone who is:
a) Obviously brand spanking new here, and;
b) Actually trying to be helpful with regard to the OP.
That was all. And nobody here matters more than anybody else.
