Re: Charmed, I'm Sure

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Or, perhaps, dropping one down a Mineshaft?


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 10:26 AM
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I take it this is your oblique admission that you've reset the TiVo, ogged.


Posted by: SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 10:45 AM
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This is another one of those situations, though, where exactly who is being insulted is up for debate. Perhaps hotdog guy is telling his buddies, "It was like banging a mayonnaise jar."


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 10:53 AM
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Yeah, I'm surprised you've never heard this before, Ogged, but it's generally a comment about the woman.


Posted by: Toadmonster | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:04 AM
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i think this is pretty clearly an insult to a woman rather than to the man -- after all, comparing a penis to a hot dog isn't all that ludicrous, although most are larger, it's not by multiple factors. totally not the same as comparing a woman's vagina to a hallway.


Posted by: silvana | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:29 AM
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Huh. In the context in which I saw it, it was used to insult the man (I think).


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:31 AM
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Cf. broomstick, garbage can, where the implict comment on cleanliness renders the insult clearly directed toward the woman.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:32 AM
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6: seems in that case the person was trying to use it to insult them both, but i think that's an incorrect use of the expression.


Posted by: silvana | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:34 AM
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It may well have been misused. It does make more sense that way.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:36 AM
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I'm going to title my autobiography "Hallway Sized Hot Dog"


Posted by: Josh | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 1:17 PM
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"chucking bananas at the Finchley Road" was the version I heard, though the lass in question immediately retorted "up to a scaling factor, yeh".


Posted by: dsquared | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 4:30 PM
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First, I'm shocked that this was actually said to someone, second, I don't know what a "scaling factor" is, and third, I'm not sure if "yeh" means "yes" or "you."

Walid Jumblatt, I got.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 4:34 PM
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Scaling factor: "You have correctly identified the problem, that our genitalia are incommensurate in size. Nonetheless, I contend that it is inaccurate to describe your penis as roughly banana-sized, while my vagina is much larger. Rather, it appears to me that my vagina is of conventional dimensions, and your penis is unusually diminutive."

I'm not sure about 'yeh', but I'd take it as 'yes'.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 4:42 PM
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Ah, good comeback!


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 4:44 PM
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Erudite and concise.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 4:53 PM
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Also recently observed on "Family Guy", where it was addressed to a prostitute:

"So, is there any tread left on the tires, or is it like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"


Posted by: DonBoy | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 6:06 PM
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I recall the phrase from a Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" skit that mocked the Whoopi Goldberg/Ted Danson courtship by not-so-subtly invoking race-size stereotypes.


Posted by: | Link to this comment | 08-25-05 11:43 PM
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Hi charmed my name is angela but i like being called angel. When i grow up my best friend tantoo and i want to ge famous and talented witches,charmed has really given us some insperation. Charmed is our favourite show we have got the complete seasons 1,2,3 and 4 and 5 isn't out in australia yet but when it comes out we are getting it. Tantoo and i are performing a lot of wicca latly we are actually becoming really talented already, we love it! Weve even got our own altar and everything it's really cool. I have been reading the fiona horne books that gave us th eidea to run a Coven we called it Cats three because there is three of us, Me, Tantoo and Crystal. Bye for now!

Blesses be*


Posted by: angel | Link to this comment | 02-25-06 8:59 PM
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