_Box_ = "vagina"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I don't know what to make of this.  Back around 1990 I saw young mother in
NYC leading a little kid about three years old who (i.e., the kid) was
wearing a store-bought kid-sized T-shirt that said "MUFF DIVER."

Otherwise they looked normal.

Is it just me? Or is there layer upon layer of weirdness here?

JL

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Martin Kaminer <martin.kaminer at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I remember this as a derogatory term I overheard from frat boys in college;
> I recall them referring to "Box Lacrosse"  ( = Women's Lacrosse).  Good to
> see it re-appropriated I guess.
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> > Sign carried by a woman at a women's-rights/pro-choice demonstration:
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> > "Think Outside MY Box!"
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> > Yes, I've read HDAS on this topic. I note it only for its value as a
> > pun. I've also seen "Eat Out Daily!" tattooed across a young woman's
> > lower abdomen and, back on the '70's, a Radcliffe student working
> > behind Widener's circ desk in a T-shirt that read, "Lickety-Split! I
> > Love It!"
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> > It's a good thing that we keep them in their place. Otherwise, chicks
> > would be as gross as guys.
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