More on "moist"

[Victor Steinbok]

Sounds like the cross between the mythical spaghetti test and a
behaviorist joke--1974 is a bit late for behaviorist jokes, no? Classic
behaviorist humor dates from the 1950s.

    VS-)

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Just so future ages (if any) be not misled about the history of humor.
>
> In 1974-75 my next-door neighbor observed that a girl who'd "had a good time
> on a date" could tell by flinging her panties against the wall. If they
> stuck, she'd had a good time.
>
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