The Joy of Sex

Philip Larkin wrote that
Sexual intercourse began
In nineteen sixty-three (Which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Chatterley ban
And the Beatles' first LP.
Many women shave their armpit hair, conditioned as they are by the idea that hairlessness is sexy. Opinions are divided on this one -- fashion dictates armpits should be bare, but in my opinion shaving is simply ignorant vandalism.
The word for one particular position is negresse. Senator Lott probably ought to denounce that too, as part of his rehabilitation.
· 30 Years Later, No Way to Treat a First Lady. [NY Times]
· Mating Czechs: Kundera Told Us So [The Globe and Mail]

The Joy of Parla

Pollies’ Contempt
Alex Mitchell has written an accurate, and by definition a highly cynical account of our politicians striving to get elected in March (Sun-Herald, December 29, 2002)
He omitted contempt for constituents, which I often saw while working as a media officer for two Liberal, four Labour, three National politicians over 24 years. One day a constituent was accidently put through to the politician I worked for, on his direct phone line. Peremptory dismissal followed.
Then to his secretary: ‘That was a [expletive] constituent. If that happens again, you won’t have a [expletive] job.’ The door slammed behind him and he returned to studying the daily double and his subsidised smoked salmon.
-Bill McLean
Kingsford
Letters, Sun Herald 5 Jan 2003