Comments on: Librarians Unclear on the Concept http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/ performs a blog dance for your amusement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick Pricken http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-1584 Patrick Pricken Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:19:38 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1584 <i>The scrotum is not the nuts or the balls. It’s a little like confusing the labia with the ovaries.</i> Well, where I hail from (Germany), being bitten in the nuts or the balls is perfectly understandable despite being not anatomically correct in any dog attack out there. And it is only a little like confusing the labia with the ovaries, because the snake in question might have actually hit the balls in biting the scrotum, whereas it would have to be a magical bite in the league of the JFK bullet to hit the ovaries when biting the labia. The scrotum is not the nuts or the balls. It’s a little like confusing the labia with the ovaries.

Well, where I hail from (Germany), being bitten in the nuts or the balls is perfectly understandable despite being not anatomically correct in any dog attack out there. And it is only a little like confusing the labia with the ovaries, because the snake in question might have actually hit the balls in biting the scrotum, whereas it would have to be a magical bite in the league of the JFK bullet to hit the ovaries when biting the labia.

]]> By: Phoenician in a time http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 Phoenician in a time Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:11:34 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1478 <i>Librarians are generally the first line of defense against censorious idiots, but apparently they’re letting just anybody learn the Dewey Decimal System these days:</i> Actually, we bloody *push* the DDC on anyone who wants to learn it - makes our job so much easier. <i>What did they go and used scrotum, anyway? They should have used balls, nuts, or any other kind of technical term.</i> The scrotum is not the nuts or the balls. It's a little like confusing the labia with the ovaries. Librarians are generally the first line of defense against censorious idiots, but apparently they’re letting just anybody learn the Dewey Decimal System these days:

Actually, we bloody *push* the DDC on anyone who wants to learn it – makes our job so much easier.

What did they go and used scrotum, anyway? They should have used balls, nuts, or any other kind of technical term.

The scrotum is not the nuts or the balls. It’s a little like confusing the labia with the ovaries.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Aaron Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:27:26 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=21#comment-1153 I assume this is the same type of librarian who uses a bottle of white-out to paint underwear on the boy in "In the Night Kitchen". Not that anyone would dare call that particular children's classic "quality literature". I assume this is the same type of librarian who uses a bottle of white-out to paint underwear on the boy in “In the Night Kitchen”. Not that anyone would dare call that particular children’s classic “quality literature”.

]]> By: Miss Robyn http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Miss Robyn Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:15:56 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=21#comment-531 “But you won’t find men’s genitalia in quality literature.” What "quality literature" has this lady been reading? “But you won’t find men’s genitalia in quality literature.”

What “quality literature” has this lady been reading?

]]> By: Patrick Pricken http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Patrick Pricken Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:45:09 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=21#comment-480 What did they go and used scrotum, anyway? They should have used balls, nuts, or any other kind of technical term. Not this dirty word. Somewhat fitting: A recent children's book in Germany about human anatomy had an explorer traveling through the body in a miniature craft. It was quite nicely written, until you came to the part where the genitalia were described – and noticed that there was not part where the genitalia were described. That's right, Timmy, people look like barbie dolls down there. And if they do, scrotum is a nonsensical word, anyway. What did they go and used scrotum, anyway? They should have used balls, nuts, or any other kind of technical term. Not this dirty word.

Somewhat fitting: A recent children’s book in Germany about human anatomy had an explorer traveling through the body in a miniature craft. It was quite nicely written, until you came to the part where the genitalia were described – and noticed that there was not part where the genitalia were described. That’s right, Timmy, people look like barbie dolls down there.

And if they do, scrotum is a nonsensical word, anyway.

]]> By: johnchx http://www.mythago.com/blog/2007/02/18/librarians-unclear-on-the-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-447 johnchx Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:40:02 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/?p=21#comment-447 It occurs to me that, once upon a time, in <i>actually</i> rural America, knowledge of the reproductive anatomy and functions of common farm animals was understood to be more or less universal among children who had reached walking age. Only in a country of <i>pretend</i> rural-ness is such fastidiousness even thinkable. It occurs to me that, once upon a time, in actually rural America, knowledge of the reproductive anatomy and functions of common farm animals was understood to be more or less universal among children who had reached walking age. Only in a country of pretend rural-ness is such fastidiousness even thinkable.

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