Inquiring minds want to know...

[paul johnson]

paul johnson wrote

how, Silicon Vally/Japanese crossbreeding hybrids.
> Wait a minute..vegetables don't have any...so how can you...how can they...?
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> Aaah, forget about it.
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> JL
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> 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.
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>>>>> JL
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>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LH
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