Nonsexual lickety-split

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 8, 2005, at 10:23 AM, George Thompson wrote:

> My freshman year in college, Boston U., 1959, I took Biology 101,
> along
> with all the other freshmen.  The lectures, in a hall the size of
> Fenway Park, were delivered by a middle-aged female professor.  In one
> lecture she described the cell as being a large box.  Afterwards, two
> of my roommates debated whether she chose that comparison in full
> knowledge that the word "box" meant "cunt".  If I recall, they agreed
> that she must have known.

once people get into B&B mode, not much is safe.  "human beings are
tool-using animals."  "some people get crotchety in old age."
"everything gets sucked into a black hole."  "seedling beds require
great care."  and on and on.

arnold