Richard wrote:
>
> On another topic, some of you may be selling Ms
Thompson short on her
> bird/penis theory. There is a slang expression for
masturbation:
"choking
> his chicken."
I am familiar with the expression (the power of Hollywood/US
media in general should not be underestimated). I also recall
a famous image from Classical Roman times which is literally
a penis with wings (it looks a lot like a plucked - and
beheaded - chicken, in fact). I still believe it's a big
stretch (ahem) to think that an author who names a female
character Birdie had dicks in mind, either consciously OR
subconsciously.(Nobody so far has brought up the alternative
word for rooster, I notice. Perhaps that would just
complicate the issue further).
Rene - PS When I said I recall the image from Classical
times, I didn't mean to imply I'd actually been around at the
time.
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