Teppy, it's sort of like coming up with a roller derby name.
That's what I was thinking, too!
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2012 7:26:56 am PST #838 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2012 7:28:05 am PST #839 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
MC Chancroid.
Yo, I'm MC Chancroid / and I'm here to say / check that junk out close up before you hit it, okay?
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 7:34:53 am PST #840 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think Pustulence and Pestilence is just begging to be used as a Regency romance.
meara - Nov 14, 2012 7:35:20 am PST #841 of 30001
Yo, I'm MC Chancroid / and I'm here to say / check that junk out close up before you hit it, okay?
Hah! I kind of love this. Though I would also vote for any weird oldtimey nickname for chancroids. (All I can think of is "The Clap", but that's not the right STI, and I dont' remember what the others are called...I'm not even sure if that one is gonnorhea or waht)
erikaj - Nov 14, 2012 7:38:38 am PST #842 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
like "the pox"?
meara - Nov 14, 2012 7:40:50 am PST #843 of 30001
like "the pox"?
Yes! I am slow this morning. Still getting the coffee in me (plumber of course came at exactly 8AM, though since it only took him about 15 minutes, it makes sense)
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 7:48:03 am PST #844 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Clap is always syphilis!
Anybody see Play For Germs?
It's pretty funny and horrible. (Gonorrhea and Syphilis argue about who had a bigger effect on human history by all the famous people they infected. Edward Albee one-act play.)
Cashmere - Nov 14, 2012 7:57:05 am PST #845 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I thought the Clap was Chlamydia.
erikaj - Nov 14, 2012 7:58:21 am PST #846 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
ew...but kind of fascinating. I've read that Hitler had (possibly was just worried he had?) neurosyphillis Is that a Godwin's Law moment?
meara - Nov 14, 2012 7:58:32 am PST #847 of 30001
So what are the others? The clap, the pox...I feel like there were more.
(ETA: Wikipedia only lists "the clap" (which is indeed gonorrhea) and "trich", in addition to "crabs" as colloquialisms)