29 April 2009

You're doing it wrong


"The Fatal Consequences of Masturbation."
From Le Livre sans Titre (The book with no title), 2nd ed. (Paris, 1844)
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2 comments:

  1. JBWApril 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    "He stiffens in anticipation of coming death."An apt description, as the orgasm is sometimes known as la petite mort, or "the little death". The tie-in jokes for the words "stiffens" and "coming" write themselves, I think.

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  2. Rich HApril 29, 2009 at 9:06 PM

    And not a word about him going blind or getting hairy palms!

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