Last week, I found that the only thing lacking in my life was a wall calendar, so I gave myself a challenge – I wanted to create a minimalistic one on Photoshop (probably not the BEST program for the job but it’s the one I know best). It is just under 3x A4 pages when [...]
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Time
Posted in Nerd, photoshop, tagged calendar, download, gradient, pdf, photoshop on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tailpipe
Posted in Babble, Nerd, tagged history, linguistics, penis, words on November 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The other day, I was watching a TV series on the development of the English language, and they provided the most wonderful list of euphemisms for ‘penis’, from the 18th C:
tailpipe
pilgrim’s staff
Captain Standish
silent flute
pike of pleasure
mutton dagger
Cupid’s torch
chink stopper
Nimrod the mighty hunter
His Majesty and purple cap
beloved guest
picklock
pleasure pivot
pump handle
dear morsel
Dr Johnson


