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Ian David

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19. The caption pretty much explains that yes, this is a sexual act.

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Reply #18)

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 08:51 PM

Apr 2012

Also, the digital audio tour comes in two versions-- adult and family.

If you give the child the little digital headset gizmo, it will only read the "family" exhibits and descriptions.

That mural was marked only for the "adult" audio tour.

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Oral Sex Etymology [View all] Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 OP

I wonder what pipi_k Apr 2012 #1

I'm not going there...n/t Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #6

The cat swears Chaucer is his slave name. His real name in Kunta Kitteh. n/t davsand Apr 2012 #24

Latin could have been more interesting in school jakeXT Apr 2012 #2

One whorehouse in Pompeii had an especially rich assortment of graffiti. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #4

I visited the Pompei exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. Ian David Apr 2012 #9

Let's see those photos, please, Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #12

Probably a bed.. I assume jakeXT Apr 2012 #13

I saw that documentary! "Pompeii: Sex with Ancient Aliens?" n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #16

Here you go. Ian David Apr 2012 #15

I can just hear the conversation at the museum. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #18

The caption pretty much explains that yes, this is a sexual act. Ian David Apr 2012 #19

early waterbed Kali Apr 2012 #21

Heh heh. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #23

That act is, as they say, like American beer - fucking close to water. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #29

LOL. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #34

The Romans had a swear word "fellator" meaning "cock-sucker" Odin2005 Apr 2012 #3

fellator, fellatoris Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #5

Fellator sounds like a superhero name. Especially if you put the emphasis on the "a." n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #10

Faster than a horny teenager, Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #11

That's why happy Romans were called retread Apr 2012 #45

This thread is making me horny Boops Apr 2012 #7

I'd recommend having sex with another person, Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #8

This is not a sex thread. rug Apr 2012 #14

Cunning linguists are a lot of fun, Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #20

You have brought this subject to a head. retread Apr 2012 #17

This can be a deeply spurtual experience. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #22

"Colonel Angus can be very messy" Denninmi Apr 2012 #25

Yes, but the women can't seem to get enough of him. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #26

The etymology of the word etymology is particularly apropos in your usage here. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #27

It's so popular, the Cranberries wrote a song.... WCGreen Apr 2012 #28

art kentauros Apr 2012 #30

What about "lickety split"? RedCloud Apr 2012 #31

It is the educational side of DU that I enjoy most rurallib Apr 2012 #32

You're welcome. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #35

I read where fuck came from "Found under carnal knowledge" LynneSin Apr 2012 #33

In olden times, if you were "found under carnal knowledge", Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #36

FUCK Fornication Of Unusual Carnal Knowledge crunch60 Apr 2012 #37

Fornication Of Unitarian Carnal Kindness Bucky Apr 2012 #39

No, fuck goes way back to Anglo-Saxon roots. It's not an acronym. Bucky Apr 2012 #38

Right. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #42

The Latin and Germanic terms almost certainly share IndoEuropean roots Bucky Apr 2012 #40

Maybe so, Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #41

Kunte Rockne: "Let's win one for the Gipper." Amerigo Vespucci Apr 2012 #43

Ronald Raygun kept repeating that phrase during his campaigns. Lionel Mandrake Apr 2012 #44