John Thomas = penis
Colin Caulkins
"And there is John Thomas as a slang term for the penis; this is known in
print since the 1870s, but since it was rude it had probably been in
circulation for a time before anyone wrote it down (there's a story that
there was a real John Thomas about 1400 who was extremely well-endowed,
but it seems to be just a legend; it's more probable that it derives from
the use of the same phrase as a generalised term for a servant)."
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-joh1.htm
John, were your parents unaware of this usage?
Colin
samir golescu
[snipped]
O.T., not-funny, and irrelevant.
Bob Lombard
<gol...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>[snipped]
>
>
>O.T., not-funny, and irrelevant.
Agreed. I am also puzzled by the tie-in between the
appendage and 'servant'. It has been my experience and
observation that, for a considerable portion of a typical
male's life, the appendage is more master than servant.
bl
samir golescu
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Bob Lombard uttered with profundity:
> >[snipped]
> >
> >O.T., not-funny, and irrelevant.
>
> Agreed. I am also puzzled by the tie-in between the
> appendage and 'servant'. It has been my experience and
> observation that, for a considerable portion of a typical
> male's life, the appendage is more master than servant.
Well, this is O.T. and irrelevant, but at least *is* funny...(-:
Matthew B. Tepper
news:3bf41...@news.nwlink.com:
I already chided him about this, and then (too late) felt sorry I had done
so. Perhaps now you will too.
I may not always agree with John, but he has contributed admirably to this
newsgroup, and I consider him a member in good standing. For servicing us
so well, er, I mean for services rendered, I propose that he be awarded not
some puny knighthood such as mine, but a middle name: how about "Charles"?
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John Thomas
B. Tepper) wrote:
> I may not always agree with John, but he has contributed admirably to
> this newsgroup, and I consider him a member in good standing. For servicing
> us so well, er, I mean for services rendered, I propose that he be awarded
> not some puny knighthood such as mine, but a middle name: how about
> "Charles"?
Your memory is failing - you already "awarded" me that name in the
earlier posting. And I've been hearing about it since grammar school.
It wasn't until my 20th Century English Literature course at UCLA that I
found out about the other one.
It's interesting, though, that a half-century ago even small children
knew the names of classical singers. Lily Pons, John Charles Thomas and
Helen Träubel appeared on popular radio variety programs and sang
(accompanied by José Itúrbi) in movies. The dumbing of America is a
fairly recent phenomenon. (Just showing that I can make *anything^
on-topic.)
--
-Regards,
John Thomas
jwth...@sonic.net
ESH Tooter
<< [snipped]
O.T., not-funny, and irrelevant. >>
Ouch!
Paul Goldstein
factoid.
Paul Goldstein
Matthew B. Tepper
news:no-spam-47ED5A...@news.sonic.net:
> In article <9t1bu...@enews3.newsguy.com>, oyþ@earthlink.net (Matthew
> B. Tepper) wrote:
>
>> I may not always agree with John, but he has contributed admirably to
>> this newsgroup, and I consider him a member in good standing. For
>> servicing us so well, er, I mean for services rendered, I propose that
>> he be awarded not some puny knighthood such as mine, but a middle
>> name: how about "Charles"?
>
>
> Your memory is failing - you already "awarded" me that name in the
> earlier posting. And I've been hearing about it since grammar school.
> It wasn't until my 20th Century English Literature course at UCLA that
> I found out about the other one.
Oh, I know perfectly well that I had; it just seemed appropriate to honor
you for your contributions in order to try to get *something* positive out
of this thread. Also it was an excuse for me to get in those "member in
good standing" and "servicing" remarks.
> It's interesting, though, that a half-century ago even small children
> knew the names of classical singers. Lily Pons, John Charles Thomas
> and Helen Träubel appeared on popular radio variety programs and sang
> (accompanied by José Itúrbi) in movies. The dumbing of America is a
> fairly recent phenomenon. (Just showing that I can make *anything^
> on-topic.)
Sad but true!
Matthew B. Tepper
@mb-mq.aol.com:
At least it wasn't "illegal, immoral, and fattening"!
John Thomas
<oyţ@earthlink.net> wrote:
> John Thomas <no-...@sonic.net> wrote in
> news:no-spam-47ED5A...@news.sonic.net:
>
> > In article <9t1bu...@enews3.newsguy.com>, oyţ@earthlink.net (Matthew
> > B. Tepper) wrote:
> >
> >> I may not always agree with John, but he has contributed admirably to
> >> this newsgroup, and I consider him a member in good standing. For
> >> servicing us so well, er, I mean for services rendered, I propose that
> >> he be awarded not some puny knighthood such as mine, but a middle
> >> name: how about "Charles"?
> >
> >
> > Your memory is failing - you already "awarded" me that name in the
> > earlier posting. And I've been hearing about it since grammar school.
> > It wasn't until my 20th Century English Literature course at UCLA that
> > I found out about the other one.
>
> Oh, I know perfectly well that I had; it just seemed appropriate to honor
> you for your contributions in order to try to get *something* positive
> out of this thread. Also it was an excuse for me to get in those "member in
> good standing" and "servicing" remarks.
>
I do appreciate your supportive testimony and kind remarks,
especially the scabrous ones.
> > It's interesting, though, that a half-century ago even small children
> > knew the names of classical singers. Lily Pons, John Charles Thomas
> > and Helen Träubel appeared on popular radio variety programs and sang
> > (accompanied by José Itúrbi) in movies. The dumbing of America is a
> > fairly recent phenomenon. (Just showing that I can make *anything^
> > on-topic.)
>
> Sad but true!
And I forgot to mention Lawrence Tibbett, who often appeared with the
Phil Harris Orchestra on the Jack Benny show singing "Tre sbirri, una
carrozza."
Matthew B. Tepper
> And I forgot to mention Lawrence Tibbett, who often appeared with the
> Phil Harris Orchestra on the Jack Benny show singing "Tre sbirri, una
> carrozza."
Would you mind giving me an example of one show on which he did this? I've
been listening to dozens of the Benny shows (mostly downloaded via
Morpheus, which in some ways is Napster-done-right, but sadly about as
classical-unfriendly as the defunct service was), and haven't heard it yet.
John Thomas
<oy兀earthlink.net> wrote:
> John Thomas <no-...@sonic.net> wrote in
> news:no-spam-57A756...@news.sonic.net:
>
> > And I forgot to mention Lawrence Tibbett, who often appeared with the
> > Phil Harris Orchestra on the Jack Benny show singing "Tre sbirri, una
> > carrozza."
>
> Would you mind giving me an example of one show on which he did this?
> I've
> been listening to dozens of the Benny shows (mostly downloaded via
> Morpheus, which in some ways is Napster-done-right, but sadly about as
> classical-unfriendly as the defunct service was), and haven't heard it
> yet.
You mean I forgot to put in the smilley AGAIN?