Inquiring minds want to know...

[Jonathan Lighter]

Wait a minute..vegetables don't have any...so how can you...how can they...?

Aaah, forget about it.

JL

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:34 PM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:

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> paul johnson wrote
> Perhaps instead of a "Clockwork Orange" we could have a "Battery
> Operated Cucumber"
> On 8/3/2012 8:16 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> > On Aug 3, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Jeff Prucher wrote:
> >
> >> Possibly more context in this interview:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/rashida-jones-celeste-and-jesse-forever-interview.html
> >>
> >> "We do sometimes go on jags where we jerk off vegetables and then, like,
> >> four hours have gone by. And weâ•˙ve done nothing, but thereâ•˙s a lot
> of,
> >> like, chafed Asian cucumbers."
> >>
> >> Jeff Prucher
> > Aha. Thanks for helping us sort it out. So the Times was right and Jon's
> and my guesses (jack/jerk off *with*), though plausible, were off-base.
>  Rubbing Asian cukes raw--who knew?  On the other hand, they're really not
> that spherical.  (I wonder if vegans would object to this sort of activity.)
> >
> > LH
> >>
> >>
> >>> Well, there's "jerk off with" and "jack off with," but my impression
> was
> >>> that these must have eliminated from consideration for some reason.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> JL
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
> >wrote:
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> >>>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Try "screw" or the equivalent.
> >>>> So "[masturbate]" is a euphemism for "screw" or the equivalent?  I'm
> not
> >>>> convinced it is, even in metaphorical contexts.
> >>>>> See, strictly speaking vegetables don't have...so you can't...but
> it's
> >>>>> metaphorical.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also, do "spherical" vegetables really work best?
> >>>> I wondered about that too ("vegetables and other spherical
> objects"?), but
> >>>> I guess we'll have to see the movie and decide for ourselves.
> >>>>
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