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« on: Mar 02, 05, 03:12:55 pm CST »
Greetings,

I've been lurking on the boards now for quite some time, waiting for an adequate gift to offer to you all.

I found this while rummaging through some old books and thought you'd might enjoy:

Swings by his thigh most magical!
Below the belt, beneath the folds
of his clothes it hangs, a hole in its front end,
stiff-set and stout, but swivels about.

Leveling the head of this hanging instrument,
its wielder hoists his hem above the knee:
it is his will to fill a well-known hole
that it fits fully when at full length.

He has often filled it before. Now he fills it again.
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« Reply #1 on: Mar 02, 05, 03:52:10 pm CST »
That would be a flagon... :lol:
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« Reply #2 on: Mar 02, 05, 03:56:00 pm CST »
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That would be a flagon... :lol:


IMHO, it's a possible interpretation, but according to my source – nope, not a flagon. :)
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« Reply #3 on: Mar 02, 05, 04:06:38 pm CST »
Uh...it seemed obvious to me it was a schlong but I didn't think it was a question. 8)
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« Reply #4 on: Mar 02, 05, 04:13:51 pm CST »
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it seemed obvious to me it was a schlong

::cwm4::

Okay, now you're just making it too easy for us.  :D
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« Reply #5 on: Mar 02, 05, 04:21:25 pm CST »
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Uh...it seemed obvious to me it was a schlong but I didn't think it was a question. 8)


lol. Nope, not a schlong. :D
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« Reply #6 on: Mar 02, 05, 04:32:34 pm CST »
Bullshit. Read that again and tell me it's not about a dick. :wink:
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« Reply #7 on: Mar 02, 05, 04:33:27 pm CST »
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Okay, now you're just making it too easy for us.  :D


You're starting to make me think YOU'RE the one with the gay side.  :wink:
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« Reply #8 on: Mar 02, 05, 05:02:11 pm CST »
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Bullshit. Read that again and tell me it's not about a dick. :wink:


well, let's see....

stiff-set and stout, but swivels about.

if yours swivels about, methinks you might want to consult a healthcare professional....
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« Reply #9 on: Mar 02, 05, 05:35:52 pm CST »
Maybe you can't understand this having a wee one and all but mine swings about. And swivel could be just another way of saying swing.

Basically it's clear it's about a Scotsman and his unit gettin' some. Gettin' some from a fairly promiscuos lass at that...based on...

it is his will to fill a well-known hole.

I think it's pretty clear. :P
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« Reply #10 on: Mar 02, 05, 06:17:45 pm CST »
Let's just say that it's not a dick . . . but the author wanted you to think it was - that whole double entendre thing.

Tho that was the first thing I thought of when I first read this riddle.

:lol:[/i]
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« Reply #11 on: Mar 02, 05, 06:50:18 pm CST »
erm, part of me wants to say it's a lock and key... though I'm not sure why. ~L~
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« Reply #12 on: Mar 02, 05, 07:06:35 pm CST »
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erm, part of me wants to say it's a lock and key... though I'm not sure why. ~L~


That's a good part to listen to. It is a key (and a lock).

It's a riddle from the Exeter Book, a collection of Anglo-Saxon poems, riddles, gnomic verses and such. I liked it because it's a reminder that the "sexual revolution" of the '60's wasn't so much as forward motion as it was returning to our roots. :)
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« Reply #13 on: Mar 02, 05, 08:31:47 pm CST »
::shokbigtime::

holy shit batman.  I got it??

pick me up off of the floor, please.

cool sounding book.  I'll have to look for it at the bookstore!
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« Reply #14 on: Mar 02, 05, 09:16:09 pm CST »
The Exeter book is actually a collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, and there is a copy in the original Old English lurking about, but it's a hard find and OE is as much like English as German is IMO.

However, if you look for the following, you should do okay:

Alexander, Michael (trans), The Earliest English Poems, London, Penguin 1991 (ISBN0140445943)
Crossley-Holland, Kevin (trans), The Exeter Riddle Book, London, Penguin 1993 (ISBN0140433678)
Raffel, Burton (trans) Poems From the Old English, Lincoln, U Nebraska P: 1964 (ISBN 0803251548) (Dr. Raffel was my professor's professor - I guess that makes him my "grand professor," though it also dates me considerably).
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