[Ads-l] QOTY? multiple positions (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Laurence Horn]

Here's one in which it's reported as having been used to describe Jimmy Carter, so back to the late 70s or so:
http://tinyurl.com/jn2oacp

Appropriate, I suppose, given the Lto-do about Carter's admission during one of the debates that he "lusted after women in [his] heart".

LH



> On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL> wrote:
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>> The dates below suggest a shift from squid to humans rather than the other way 'round.
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>> I would be very interested in the earliest application(s) to politicians, however.
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> Elyria OH _Chronicle-Telegram _  27 Feb 1983 p B2 col 3 [newspaperarchive.com]
> [syndicated column, referring to Gary Hart]
> "He has more positions than the Kama Sutra."
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>>      From: ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 8:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] QOTY? multiple positions
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>> Bill Mullins wrote
>>> _Chicago Tribune_ 3 Dec 1982 sec 3 p 13 col 2 [article about martial
>>> arts studio] "They fight with everything at Degerberg; all parts of
>>> the body in more positions than the Kama Sutra."
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>> Below is an instance of the phrase in 1981. The domain of application was shifted from humans to squid.
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>> Date: July 31, 1981
>> Newspaper: Santa Cruz Sentinel
>> Newspaper Location: Santa Cruz, California
>> Article: Squid: From Bait to Plate
>> Author: Greg Beebe (Sentinel Staff Writer) (Continuation title) From Bait to Plate Start Page 17, Quote Page 26
>> Database: Newspapers.com
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>> [Begin excerpt]
>> "Did you know that squid have both male and female sex organs? How kinky."
>> "Squid are instinctively driven — they have to mate. They have these 72-hour sex marathons. Each has 10 arms and tentacles — hey, that's
>> more positions than the Kama Sutra. When they're through, they're so exhausted the fishermen just pick 'em up off the surface of the sea."
>> [End excerpt]
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