Comments on: So, Erm, Mary, http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 24 May 2012 17:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mike paahana http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-13058 mike paahana Wed, 28 May 2008 04:51:52 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-13058 my ex is mary an sex is great with her my ex is mary an sex is great with her

]]> By: Dave Tufte http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12741 Dave Tufte Wed, 21 May 2008 00:33:45 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12741 Aargh - my first try disappeared in the ether. I'm going back 25 years to the Roman Civ class I took through the Classics department, but the practice of the Romans, and the word for it is intracrural. It's presumably a bit less ... hmmm ... "intense" than what you'd envision for being on the catching rather than the pitching side: http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/intracrural%20intercourse Aargh – my first try disappeared in the ether.

I’m going back 25 years to the Roman Civ class I took through the Classics department, but the practice of the Romans, and the word for it is intracrural.

It’s presumably a bit less … hmmm … “intense” than what you’d envision for being on the catching rather than the pitching side:

http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/intracrural%20intercourse

]]> By: Dave Tufte http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12740 Dave Tufte Wed, 21 May 2008 00:29:19 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12740 I'm going back 25 years to my Roman Civ class (taught through the Classics department). The word used by the eminent Classicist who taught the class was intracrural. This is a bit different from what we now think of as being on the catching rather the pitching end, but it is apparently what the Romans ... um ... liked to do: http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/intracrural%20intercourse I’m going back 25 years to my Roman Civ class (taught through the Classics department).

The word used by the eminent Classicist who taught the class was intracrural.

This is a bit different from what we now think of as being on the catching rather the pitching end, but it is apparently what the Romans … um … liked to do: http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/intracrural%20intercourse

]]> By: Simon Jester http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12718 Simon Jester Tue, 20 May 2008 15:25:01 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12718 Bish, Surely "tops" and "bottoms" are BDSM-specific terms for dominant and submissive partners? I thought the classical term for someone on the receiving end of the Bulgarian vice was "catamite". PB, "Discussing Ugandan affairs in Greek"? Bish,

Surely “tops” and “bottoms” are BDSM-specific terms for dominant and submissive partners?

I thought the classical term for someone on the receiving end of the Bulgarian vice was “catamite”.

PB,
“Discussing Ugandan affairs in Greek”?

]]> By: John A http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12673 John A Tue, 20 May 2008 03:15:57 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12673 That's not what I've heard about classicists - obsessed with ancient sexual terms and innuendo is more like it. That’s not what I’ve heard about classicists – obsessed with ancient sexual terms and innuendo is more like it.

]]> By: mary http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12658 mary Mon, 19 May 2008 16:12:34 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12658 I think we classicists are almost always coy I think we classicists are almost always coy

]]> By: Plastic Banana http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12651 Plastic Banana Mon, 19 May 2008 15:28:12 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12651 "Discussing Ugandan affirs"? “Discussing Ugandan affirs”?

]]> By: Bishop Hill http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12650 Bishop Hill Mon, 19 May 2008 14:57:14 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12650 "Tops" and "bottoms" are the scientific terms du jour for the active and passive partners (or so I'm told). “Tops” and “bottoms” are the scientific terms du jour for the active and passive partners (or so I’m told).

]]> By: Obnoxio The Clown http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12649 Obnoxio The Clown Mon, 19 May 2008 14:14:22 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12649 A taxpayer? A taxpayer?

]]> By: So Much For Subtlety http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-12645 So Much For Subtlety Mon, 19 May 2008 13:32:23 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/19/so-erm-mary/#comment-12645 "What my Husband calls the Sunday Special"? “What my Husband calls the Sunday Special”?

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