Heard on Springer: "Sex?" "No."

[Jonathan Lighter]

He did not have sex with that woman.

I think we've discussed this before.  There seems to be a growing norm in
America that "oral sex" is not "sex."  There was an article about it in
Harper's or the Atlantic at least five years ago.

Even during the impeachment I knew people who believed that while Clinton
hadn't told the whole truth, he hadn't outright lied either. In fact, I
wasn't sure whether I was one of those people or not. And I was born long
before ca1985.

Different strokes for different folks.

JL


On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Mid-twenty-ish black, male speaker:
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> "She comes over to me, Jerry. She unbottons my shirt and starts
> rubbing my chest. Then, Jerry, she unzips my pants!"
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> Jerry:
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> "And then you had sex."
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> Guest:
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> "No, Jerry. I got a blowjob."
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> Extra, added attraction
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> Jerry:
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> "Do you have any feelings for him?"
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> Twenty-ish, white, female speaker:
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> "No."
>
> Jerry:
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> "So, it was just a one-time thing."
>
> Guest:
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> "No. It was a few-times thing."
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>
> Nothing to see, here, folks. I just thought it was cute. :-)
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