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Ptah
(33,455 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Response to Ptah (Reply #1)
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Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Funny thing is, I learned this in Latin class...in high school. My teacher was hilarious. Figured the best way to get Latin into our heads was to make it 'interesting'. That and 'agricolae' were the only things I retained. Oh, and 'veni, vidi, vici'. But, that one was just fun to say.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...I didn't catch that!
In_The_Wind
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MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts).
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... any of us misspelled it, we were going to fail her course.
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When she taught us brainstorming for writing projects, she said, "I'm going to propose a subject near
and dear to every college student's heart -- SEX!!!"
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"GO!!!"
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We were all so shy and cautious and politically correct.
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"Caresses." "Moans." "Lubrication." "Breasts." Etc., etc. etc.
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She had done this before. She let us go on in this dull (with two l's) uncreative fashion for
a coupla minutes before she shouted, "STOP!!!"
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She took some chalk and, in GIGANTIC letters, wrote across the board -- ORANGE. FLAVORED. ORGY. BUTTER.
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"GO"!!!"
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And we were off to the races... never to look back.
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Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I never had the opportunity to go to college, but I was in all honors courses in HS, which meant I got the crazy teachers. My Psych teacher was a sex therapist, so we spent most of the time discussing Freud (I was the only girl in class...and the most outspoken student...heh). My History/Constitution teacher was a hippy that would take off her shoes as soon as she came in the room and would sit crosslegged on her desk. She would start debates in class that helped form my opinions today. My Journalism teacher looked like she stepped off the bus in the mid 50's, but was a huge fan of my writing and cried when I told her I was dropping out of school. She's also the one that had my article on the legalization of marijuana printed on the front page of the school newspaper. Yeah, that was a bit trippy.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts).
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In the undergrad course, we were all FAIRLY professional, quoting Kinsey and the like... except
for one guy who was (there's a word for "monitoring" a course for no credit) not really a student.
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He WAS sincere, though. And his main source was, I shit you not... "Penthouse Letters"!!!
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The professor LOVED (and we shared his emotion) to call on this guy. He was absolutely serious
and clueless. Nobody made fun of him, but we all enjoyed the hell out of his contributions.
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For a Journalism course, I did an article about a friend of mine who was a pretty big pot grower
in the area (my... did we have some adventures). The prof liked it so much that he wanted me
to submit it to the Philadelphia Inquirer for publication.
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I opted not to. I would never have given up my friend and I didn't feel like going to jail to protect
a source -- the publication didn't mean that much to me.
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Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)No all day, every day?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Gwynann
(38 posts)...it's really awkward being banned from McDonalds :0
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)There is a way to ... shall we say ... cover the activity at hand. [img][/img]
Completing any unfinished matters later. Like in the car!
Gwynann
(38 posts)...then plainly you're not trying hard enough :p
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Anyway I can as long as it doesn't upset me while I'm doing whatever floats his boat.
Fair enough
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)In_The_Wind
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Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Pretty wiped out from working every night , 12 hour shift. I can't even see straight :/
My next day off is Monday and I plan on going to Tampa weeeeeeee!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)[img][/img]
Tampa is great!
Callmecrazy
(3,066 posts)Or did you really mean multi-pal?
I mean, I'm cool either way.
Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)Callmecrazy
(3,066 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)What could be bad about that? [img][/img]
bike man
(620 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! <----- 'cause this just wasn't enough!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Good to keep in mind for my next escorting job south!
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts).
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... from about the age of 6 or so. She had gone to American schools and had moved back-and-forth
between Germany and America with her stepdad's postings. Her German accent, while I could hear
hints of it now and then, was virtually nonexistent for most people.
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Now I get personal (but cute, I hope). Her name for, ahem... Li'l MiddleFingerMom was Fido. For the
longest time, I just accepted that... but one day asked her, you know... why.
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She had read a book and had been impressed with one of the character's explanation of the Sicilian
version of "La petite mort".
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The book? "The Godfather". The character? Vito Corleone.
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You know... ... ... ... Fido.
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)SEMOVoter
(202 posts)Oh, yeah. And their real.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)bluesbassman
(19,762 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)bluesbassman
(19,762 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)Aristus
(68,052 posts)But I'm posting to add: "As often as possible!"
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)[img][/img] imo: should be repeated as often as necessary.
Aristus
(68,052 posts)But we should keep striving...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Aristus
(68,052 posts)one gets so good at it!...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,727 posts)anyway, I'd celebrate the body electric.
The "celibate" thing? it's a fancy word for a dry spell.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)This was on page 8 in My Journal ~> http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018320145
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Or have I missed something interesting again?
Plz enlighten me.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I was aware of freedom fries in 2003. I don't hate everything French.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)The name-change thing was ludicrous from the beginning, and even the GOP Rep. who started it later recanted.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I know very little of the French language.
Ah. But the language of amorous adventures is endless and very fascination to me.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Alas, both my French studies and my dream fell by the wayside...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Sad
But you did learn to speak the language of love.
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and that must be a plus
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)My life turned out quite differently from what I imagined. Yet, I'm content. I took some knocks and learned some valuable things along the way, and I ended up having an opportunity to do some good things I never imagined.
I count myself lucky to be where I am, despite the hard knocks.
840high
(17,196 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I remember what that felt like.
I believe that I will again feel la petite mort daily.
Response to In_The_Wind (Original post)
freshwest This message was self-deleted by its author.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I Believe That My Voice Should Be Heard.
perhaps you will agree with me freshwest
In my lifetime I have been:
An Investigator for Child Protective Services.
The Chair for a twelve-step program for Sex Addicts Anonymous: Court mandated pedophiles had no choice but to hear what their evil despicable acts caused to everyone of their victims.
I cannot allow my voice to become silenced again.
Definition of IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO
1: in the very act of committing a misdeed : red-handed
2: in the midst of sexual activity
Origin of IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO
Medieval Latin, literally, while the crime is blazing
First Known Use: 1772
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)Comes from a book by Jack London called The Star Rover.
http://www.booklore.co.uk/PastReviews/LondonJack/TheStarRover/TheStarRoverReview.htm
Used to describe the out of body experience or astral travelling used by an inmate to survive prison torture.
Not familiar with the sexual reference. My bad.
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Karl Grammer
Affiliations LudwigBoltzmann-Institute for Urban Ethology, c/o Institute of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria
Abstract
Olfactory communication is very common amongst animals, and since the discovery of an accessory olfactory system in humans, possible human olfactory communication has gained considerable scientific interest. The importance of the human sense of smell has by far been underestimated in the past. Humans and other primates have been regarded as primarily optical animals with highly developed powers of vision but a relatively undeveloped sense of smell. In recent years this assumption has undergone major revision. Several studies indicate that humans indeed seem to use olfactory communication and are even able to produce and perceive certain pheromones; recent studies have found that pheromones may play an important role in the behavioural and reproduction biology of humans. In this article we review the present evidence of the effect of human pheromones and discuss the role of olfactory cues in human sexual behaviour.
More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm or to a short period of melancholy or transcendence as a result of the expenditure of the "life force", the feeling whereof is caused by the release of oxytocin in the brain after the occurrence of the orgasm. Literary critic Roland Barthes spoke of la petite mort as the chief objective of reading literature. He metaphorically used the concept to describe the feeling one should get when experiencing any great literature.
A recent study of brain activation patterns using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) give some support to the experience of a small death:
"To some degree, the present results seem to be in accordance with this notion, because female orgasm is associated with decreased blood flow in the orbitofrontal cortex, a part of the brain that is crucial for behavioural control."[1]
The term "la petite mort" or "the small death" does not always apply to sexual experiences. It can also be used when some undesired thing has happened to a person and has affected them so much that "a part of them dies inside". A literary example of this is found in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles when he uses the phrase to describe how Tess feels after she comes across a particularly gruesome omen and meeting with her own rapist:
"She felt the petite mort at this unexpectedly gruesome information, and left the solitary man behind her."
'La petite mort' has been referenced in other art forms as well. In 1993 Jake and Dinos Chapman created a piece called "Little Death Machine (Castrated)". The sculpture is part of an installation at the Tate Britain gallery in London, which explores some of the overtly sexual views of the Surrealist movement. Surrealists such as Salvador Dali explored the links between sex and death through their art.
In the 1973 musical A Little Night Music is a song titled "Every Day a Little Death", written by Stephen Sondheim.
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Aerows
(39,961 posts)Le petite mort
Anything worth achieving once is worth achieving twice. Three or more if you are really blessed
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)multiple times
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I'm not sure what made me think of it.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Clearly you see how I feel too. [img][/img]