The raciest thing I was reading in 4th grade was probably Gone With The Wind, but I was definitely seeking out the naughty bits of Piers Anthony and Heinlein books by the time I was in middle school. In retrospect, absolutely terrible source material for learning anything about actual sexual relationships between human adults, but, well, puberty.
I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Feb 18, 2015 9:06:05 am PST #19670 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sophia Brooks - Feb 18, 2015 9:10:30 am PST #19671 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just want to go back in time and erase Piers Anthony from my brain. VC ANdrews and CLan of the Cave Bear are far superior, Piers Anthony just makes me feel icky now.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2015 9:17:31 am PST #19672 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In more oversharing, I discovered masturbation by accident one night. Then I was mortified that I had sinned, because at one point I had tried to read the whole bible so I was familiar with Onan and God smiting him because Onan committed Onanism.
Zenkitty - Feb 18, 2015 9:22:37 am PST #19673 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Onan's sin wasn't masturbation, or even spilling his seed, so young tommyrot didn't need to worry! I remember this argument from Bible class in HS.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2015 9:24:18 am PST #19674 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I was told that later. So now I feel free to wank away!
meara - Feb 18, 2015 9:30:35 am PST #19675 of 30000
"Damn, that ass!" (The last can be favorable commentary about your own ass, or as a means of drawing your attention to another fine, fine ass. Either way it's a win.)
Another point where commas are crucial! "Damn that ass" without a comma would say to me you are wishing hellfire on a jackass...
-t - Feb 18, 2015 9:39:47 am PST #19676 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also in the bible iirc.
Although maybe that was just a talking donkey who was not damned. There was a cursed fig tree, I'm pretty sure.
Connie Neil - Feb 18, 2015 9:40:54 am PST #19677 of 30000
brillig
Didn't Balaam's Ass run into some trouble?
Atropa - Feb 18, 2015 9:42:53 am PST #19678 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I read Judy Blume's Forever when I was in 4th grade, with Mom's full knowledge. The older girls in the class (it was mixed 4th/5th/6th grade) had been taunting me that I was "too little" to read such things. Little did they know I had been reading racy and questionable sci-fi and horror for a few years. And Flowers in the Attic, of course.
A lot of stuff in adult books went right over my head at that age, because I had no frame of reference. I remember re-reading some romantic mysteries many years later and being boggled at what I'd completely glossed over as a kid.
Same here. I understood it in an academic sort of way, but didn't have any real idea what I was reading. And I'm a big hypocrite, because I would be alarmed and scandalized if I knew Tickybox was reading the same sort of stuff now.
Jesse - Feb 18, 2015 9:46:59 am PST #19679 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
1. Has anyone purchased SLate Plus? I listen to podcasts ALL DAY, and I need more! I also pretty much prefer the format of something like Culture Gabfest or Pop Culture Happy Hour-- I like discussions. Is there enough extra podcast content?
I did. It's not a ton more content than the free ones, although now every single podcast is automatically going into my iTunes, so if you just want to listen to EVERYTHING (the Gist, the Better Call Saul recaps, the sports show, the politics show, the parenting show, etc., etc.), it's easier, at least?