Comments on: Is ’scrotum’ really a dirty word? http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/ The Wichita Eagle Editorial Department Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:03:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: political_mom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128912 political_mom Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:34:13 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128912 Don't forget the new killing for God video games. That's awesome! Can't watch war on the tv, but we can send our sons to live it. And now this interesting related story: They're looking to ban bull balls from vehicles. <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/16760615.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/16760615.htm</a> Don’t forget the new killing for God video games. That’s awesome!

Can’t watch war on the tv, but we can send our sons to live it.

And now this interesting related story: They’re looking to ban bull balls from vehicles.

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/16760615.htm

]]> By: brian http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128911 brian Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:01:53 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128911 Can someone help me understand this?Bible thumpers get worked up when a proper scientific name for a body part appears in a book at school, but you never hear them throwing a fit about violence on television or real violence in any number of places around the world (Iraq, Africa, etc.) or about helping those less fortunate that cannot help themselves.The Bible has a lot to say against violence and killing. And a lot more to say about loving everyone, especially 'the least of those among us.' To my knowledge there is nothing in the Bible about not saying scrotum, or any other word aside from the name of God. This seems like a real inconsistency. Can someone help me understand this?Bible thumpers get worked up when a proper scientific name for a body part appears in a book at school, but you never hear them throwing a fit about violence on television or real violence in any number of places around the world (Iraq, Africa, etc.) or about helping those less fortunate that cannot help themselves.The Bible has a lot to say against violence and killing. And a lot more to say about loving everyone, especially ‘the least of those among us.’ To my knowledge there is nothing in the Bible about not saying scrotum, or any other word aside from the name of God. This seems like a real inconsistency.

]]> By: brian http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128910 brian Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:55:44 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128910 Ah, the lovely prudism and hypocrisy of conservatives in America.Scrotum is a bad word, and public institutions should not allow adolescents to be exposed to words like that.On the other hand, there are no qualms about send troops to foreign lands to kill. And reporting it on the news where kids of all ages are exposed to it. Ah, the lovely prudism and hypocrisy of conservatives in America.Scrotum is a bad word, and public institutions should not allow adolescents to be exposed to words like that.On the other hand, there are no qualms about send troops to foreign lands to kill. And reporting it on the news where kids of all ages are exposed to it.

]]> By: TRACY http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128909 TRACY Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:27:30 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128909 Polmom,what about a SILK PURSE? Polmom,what about a SILK PURSE?

]]> By: political_mom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128908 political_mom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:01:00 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128908 I'm sure they'd make a lovely set of earrings. SNip snip. I’m sure they’d make a lovely set of earrings.

SNip snip.

]]> By: RD http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128907 RD Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:48:47 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128907 If Sandman/Golfnutz sees us in his dreams, he'll be holding that prized possession of his in his hands (no that that's unusual), while running from the knives we're carrying. You HAVE been circumcized, right, SM/GN? If not, we can obliged you, whether in your dreams or... If Sandman/Golfnutz sees us in his dreams, he’ll be holding that prized possession of his in his hands (no that that’s unusual), while running from the knives we’re carrying.

You HAVE been circumcized, right, SM/GN? If not, we can obliged you, whether in your dreams or…

]]> By: RD http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128906 RD Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:46:26 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128906 Sandman/Golfnutz, you need to get that itching problem attended to. Jock itch is hazardous to your health. Sandman/Golfnutz, you need to get that itching problem attended to. Jock itch is hazardous to your health.

]]> By: SandMan http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128905 SandMan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:45:36 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128905 "Yes, please, I do so want two crumpled up hairy prunes between my legs to sweat and scratch too. Oh please can I can I?" If that's the best you can do, then I'm turning in for the night. Got get my beauty rest so I can wake up ready scratch! Well, good night gang. You're all in my dreams. “Yes, please, I do so want two crumpled up hairy prunes between my legs to sweat and scratch too. Oh please can I can I?”

If that’s the best you can do, then I’m turning in for the night. Got get my beauty rest so I can wake up ready scratch!

Well, good night gang. You’re all in my dreams.

]]> By: political_mom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128904 political_mom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:45:11 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128904 Only then could I quote my idol, Eric Cartman... "Suck mah balls, b*tch". Only then could I quote my idol, Eric Cartman…

“Suck mah balls, b*tch”.

]]> By: political_mom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128903 political_mom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:40:51 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128903 Yes, please, I do so want two crumpled up hairy prunes between my legs to sweat and scratch too. Oh please can I can I? Yes, please, I do so want two crumpled up hairy prunes between my legs to sweat and scratch too. Oh please can I can I?

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128902 Jed Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:38:49 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128902 Actually, internships are mostly a good way for companies to get the gruntwork done for cheap.I wasn't an intern, I was a teletype operator, and the skills I learned on the job have been obsolete for more than a couple decades. I did put my free time there to good use though, and learned quite a bit from other employees, not that management was too pleased. Actually, internships are mostly a good way for companies to get the gruntwork done for cheap.I wasn’t an intern, I was a teletype operator, and the skills I learned on the job have been obsolete for more than a couple decades. I did put my free time there to good use though, and learned quite a bit from other employees, not that management was too pleased.

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128901 Jed Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:38:28 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128901 Actually, internships are mostly a good way for companies to get the gruntwork done for cheap.I wasn't an intern, I was a teletype operator, and the skills I learned on the job have been obsolete for more than a couple decades. I did put my free time there to good use though, and learned quite a bit from other employees, not that management was too pleased. Actually, internships are mostly a good way for companies to get the gruntwork done for cheap.I wasn’t an intern, I was a teletype operator, and the skills I learned on the job have been obsolete for more than a couple decades. I did put my free time there to good use though, and learned quite a bit from other employees, not that management was too pleased.

]]> By: SandMan http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128900 SandMan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:17:13 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128900 "SandMan" = KSGolfnut KSGolfnut??? That's too cryptic, too cerebral for me...remember that we males don't have enough blood circulating properly operate our brains. “SandMan” = KSGolfnut

KSGolfnut???

That’s too cryptic, too cerebral for me…remember that we males don’t have enough blood circulating properly operate our brains.

]]> By: popup! http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128899 popup! Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:10:44 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128899 "SandMan" = KSGolfnut “SandMan” = KSGolfnut

]]> By: SandMan http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128898 SandMan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:04:23 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128898 "Sounds like sandman wishes he had a woman.-Already have a wonderful one with a better sense of humor than you have. "Cream filled sac o' love? EW!"Sounds like 'political mom' a serious case of scrotum envy. “Sounds like sandman wishes he had a woman.-Already have a wonderful one with a better sense of humor than you have.

“Cream filled sac o’ love? EW!”Sounds like ‘political mom’ a serious case of scrotum envy.

]]> By: political_mom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128897 political_mom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:41:29 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128897 Cream filled sac o' love? EW! Sounds like sandman wishes he had a woman. Cream filled sac o’ love? EW!

Sounds like sandman wishes he had a woman.

]]> By: SandMan http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128896 SandMan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:37:47 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128896 "The problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and onlyenough blood to run one at a time."True. But at least he gave us a brain, which is something he forgot to give women. “The problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and onlyenough blood to run one at a time.”True. But at least he gave us a brain, which is something he forgot to give women.

]]> By: fleettwood http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128895 fleettwood Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:57:05 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128895 jed-But wouldn't you agree that internships are an excellent way for young people to learn a skill? jed-But wouldn’t you agree that internships are an excellent way for young people to learn a skill?

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128894 Jed Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:52:28 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128894 Flint,I did that number about 35 years ago, thank you. And no, they didn't pay well! Flint,I did that number about 35 years ago, thank you. And no, they didn’t pay well!

]]> By: KSGolfnut http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128893 KSGolfnut Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:51:36 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128893 Pmom,You can call me testicles, balls, testes, nuts, scrote, scrotum-breath or cream-filled-sac-o-love if you like. I'm impervious to name calling. Pmom,You can call me testicles, balls, testes, nuts, scrote, scrotum-breath or cream-filled-sac-o-love if you like.

I’m impervious to name calling.

]]> By: fleettwood http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128892 fleettwood Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:35:45 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128892 jed-Perhaps you could get a job as an intern at the Eagle. I hear they pay well. jed-Perhaps you could get a job as an intern at the Eagle. I hear they pay well.

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128891 Jed Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:26:10 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128891 Reminds me of the James Joyce novel "Finnegan's Wake," which was banned for a while by U.S. Customs because it contained the "F" word, not once, but four times! Of course anyone dumb enough to go looking for the word would immediately find that it's one of the most difficult books in the English language to read. It's also one of the most influential. Reminds me of the James Joyce novel “Finnegan’s Wake,” which was banned for a while by U.S. Customs because it contained the “F” word, not once, but four times! Of course anyone dumb enough to go looking for the word would immediately find that it’s one of the most difficult books in the English language to read. It’s also one of the most influential.

]]> By: political_mom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128890 political_mom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:34:30 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128890 Do we actually live in 2007 or are we in some alternate 1780's flashback? This reminds me of the "hoohaw monologues". SOB posted about Delores....and interestingly so does Fleets. It's the one thing I get from enema, a reference to Jerry Seinfeld's show. I can hear it now, all the little fundie kids asking mom and dad "what's a scrotum"...and them freaking out. LOL Testicles (I get to call you that for this thread only :P) I laughed out loud at your little man in the boat. Don't forget the boat! Do we actually live in 2007 or are we in some alternate 1780’s flashback?

This reminds me of the “hoohaw monologues”.

SOB posted about Delores….and interestingly so does Fleets. It’s the one thing I get from enema, a reference to Jerry Seinfeld’s show.

I can hear it now, all the little fundie kids asking mom and dad “what’s a scrotum”…and them freaking out.

LOL Testicles (I get to call you that for this thread only :P) I laughed out loud at your little man in the boat. Don’t forget the boat!

]]> By: RD http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128889 RD Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:22:03 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128889 Again, it depends on the context in which it was used. I'm sure we'll see this book on the Banned Books list in September/October. I wonder if these librarians understand that the more you tell a middle reader (that's the approriate term for that age group) that they CANNOT read a certain book, that's the book that's checked out all the time. Again, it depends on the context in which it was used.

I’m sure we’ll see this book on the Banned Books list in September/October.

I wonder if these librarians understand that the more you tell a middle reader (that’s the approriate term for that age group) that they CANNOT read a certain book, that’s the book that’s checked out all the time.

]]> By: fleettwood http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_real/#comment-128888 fleettwood Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:00:19 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2007/02/is_scrotum_realhtml/#comment-128888 "I think the point is not that scrotum is "dirty" but it's not necessary." junior- I'm not upset, are you OK? “I think the point is not that scrotum is “dirty” but it’s not necessary.”

junior- I’m not upset, are you OK?

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