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October 9, 2016
Decidedly phallic funerary memorials have been common since ancient (probably prehistoric) times — presumably, representing aspirations to ascend in death to a new plane of being — but occasionally you come across a funereal erection that seems just remarkably phallic, like this gigantic memorial from Nisky Hill Cemetery in Bethlehem PA:
Hat tip to Ned Deily. And to Frank McQuarry for the tag in the title.
As for that tag: ribbed, studded, and other textured condoms are widely advertised as providing more pleasure for women. Anecdotal reports suggest that some women get no pleasure from them (even finding them irritant), and some get considerable pleasure from them, while men strongly prefer no condoms or extra-thin ones.
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October 9, 2016
About square-jawed as a (high-) masculine physical characteristic, last discussed here back in August (in “Give me some men who are square-jawed men”), with reference to actors in the tv series Murdoch Mysteries (set in Toronto), especially Dylan Neal. Now it’s the series Longmire (set in northern Wyoming), featuring two lead actors with strongly masculine faces, physiques to match, and a strong silent presentation of self as well: Robert Taylor (no, not that Robert Taylor, but the Australian Robert Taylor) as Sheriff Walt Longmire of (the fictional) Absaroka County and Bailey Chase as his deputy Branch Connolly. (A third leading male character, the Cheyenne Indian Henry Standing Bear, is played by Lou Diamond Phillips, appreciatively discussed in a 11/22/15 posting that also outlines the Longmire show.)
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Posted in Language and the body, Masculinity, Movies and tv, My life, Shirtlessness | 2 Comments »
October 8, 2016
(Racy-gaysexy, but, I think, no more than that.)
Today’s Daily Jocks ad (for their Underwear Club, “Fresh underwear every month”), with my caption:
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Sharp Suave
Stepped from the
Screening of
Rude Valentino at
Rough Flicks to
Saunter among the
Seats, giving
Himself to his
Hungry fans
The film meme is of the character who steps out of a film’s fantasy world and into the real world.
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October 8, 2016
(Sexually suggestive, but not explicit.)
From Daily Jocks on 9/14, with its ad copy (which an Austraian friend found deeply embarrassing) and my caption:
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Aussie Essence captures the spirit of living in the great land of Australia. From sweating it out on the land, to closing the big deal in the city and catching all the waves in between, we celebrate the diversity of backgrounds we all come from whilst being proud of the aussie culture.
Sweating on the station, he was known as
Ned (the Outlaw) — in the city, where he was
Made by tons of Aussies, they called him
AbsFab and PecMate — on Bondi Beach he was just
Salty Dog
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Posted in Art, Books, Captions, Gender and sexuality, Male art, Shirtlessness, Underwear | Leave a Comment »
October 7, 2016
Today’s Rhymes With Orange, playing nicely on a small but significant ambiguity in the noun garden:
NOAD2 gives two relevant senses of garden:
[a] a piece of ground, often near a house, used for growing flowers, fruit, or vegetables.
[b] (gardens) ornamental grounds laid out for public enjoyment and recreation: botanical gardens.
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October 7, 2016
A recent One Big Happy has Ruthie, once again, coping with an expression unfamiliar to her — the negative polarity item (NPI) have the vaguest idea, under the scope of negative n’t in doesn’t have the vaguest idea — by interpreting vaguest as a phonologically close item familiar to her from watching daytime television: Vegas, short for Las Vegas.:
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October 7, 2016
(About gay porn, but without explicit images — these are in an AZBlogX posting — or even detailed discussion of man-man sex, but men’s bodies and sex between men are certainly topics of this posting, so it’s not for children or the sexually modest.)
Yes, a racy portmanteau, of bareback (referring to condomless sex) and Dracula (the legendary vampire), naming a gay porn flick from the Michael Lucas studio in which the legend of Count Dracula is re-worked with cum instead of blood as the life essence. (On the name, compare the 1972 American blaxploitation horror film Blacula.) Front and back covers of the DVD (featuring man-man sex and heavy eye shadow) on AZBlogX.
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Posted in Gay porn, Gender and sexuality, Language and medicine, Language of sex, Movies and tv, Pop culture, Portmanteaus | 1 Comment »
October 6, 2016
In recent sporting news, from the Financial Times on the 4th, a story by Primrose Riordan on
a minor scandal in Malaysia, where Australians have been arrested for wearing Malaysian flag-themed budgie smugglers to the Formula One grand prix.
Nine Australians stripped down to their underwear at the event in Kuala Lumpur and drank alcohol out of shoes after Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, who won the race, drank champagne from his boot in celebration.
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Caption: Nine Australian revellers at Malaysia’s Formula 1 racing circuit have been jailed after stripping down to reveal underpants themed on Malaysia’s national flag. Photo credit: New Straits Times Press/Osman Adnan
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Posted in Gender and sexuality, Language and the body, Language play, Music, Slang, Underwear | 3 Comments »
October 6, 2016
A Cyanide and Happiness cartoon passed on by Facebook friends:
Dog reduces linguist to tears. (Note: talking dog. In fact, dog that speaks English.)
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October 6, 2016
Today’s Bizarro:
(If you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Dan Piraro says there are 2 in this strip — see this Page.)
The cartoon combines two cartoon memes: Noah’s Ark (note the shepherd’s staff, or shepherd’s crook) and the meme of the clown and his balloon animals.
As a bonus, it’s a wordless cartoon.
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