# "You'll find it in Balzac!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-find-it-in-balzac/783632 "2017-04-03T03:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-find-it-in-balzac/783632/21 "2017-04-04T14:20:48Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The dutch word for scrotum is balzak. Well, yes, but the Dutch are like that. The word for penis is roobspeeyer, and the anus is called the deykart (man, they hated that guy). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-find-it-in-balzac/783632/22 "2017-04-04T16:51:47Z")
When I was a little kid, our local library had statues and busts of famous authors. The statue of Balzac was a classical pose, nude with a figleaf. By the time I got around to seeing _Music Man_, I assumed Balzac must have been one of those people who went on[picnics without wearing any clothes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_D%C3%A9jeuner_sur_l%E2%80%99herbe), and certainly scandalous enough to upset Mrs. Shinn. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-find-it-in-balzac/783632/23 "2017-04-04T17:41:41Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Marion and Howard were on Happy Days. Same little red-headed boy, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youll-find-it-in-balzac/783632.md?page=1)