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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait
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Name » Geoff
Your Score » 90 out of 100 Points
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I loved some of those. Put wood in the hole, indeed!
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Blummin’ Bostin’
Well, michty me! :beer:There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
I did enjoy, on my due date, wandering into several shops near to home and on being asked, inevitably "When's it due?" replying "TODAY!" and getting the looks of panic from those who feared they might suddenly be pushed into midwifery....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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I dunno. I guess it ends up seeming that way. But we all began this conversation happy to acknowledge that it's a good idea to keep the mother & baby separate from the general populace for a little while "to keep germs at bay" - both from population to mum/baby and the other way round. I don't think either the ancient Jewish or mediaeval Christian post-birth rituals are really very different from our modern idea that midwives should wear gloves - maybe future generations will look back and condemn us for regarding the new mother as too filthy for the midwife to touch with bare hands?
It was more than that, though. The whole thing about pain and difficulty in childbirth being because of Eve's sin, and the number of people (all men, I think) who were against the use of pain relief in childbirth because it was immoral to negate women suffering from Eve's sins, as they were supposed to do. I think a lot of them piped down about it in this country after Queen Victoria made it known that she'd used pain relief in her third or fourth birth?
And, of course, the whole medieval Catholic idea that women were more lacivious and wanton than men, and made impure by sex in a way that men weren't. The Madonna / Prostitute dichotomy.
By contrast, while traditional Judaism has always been against pre-marital or extra-marital sex, it's in favour of the marital variety - consensual, mutually-enjoyable marital sex is a Mitzvah (sort of a good deed) and counts for double points on the Sabbath. Although Judaism certainly regarded menstruation, and menstruating women, as unclean. As with all Jewish practices, there are a thousand and one different views, but the most common one is no touching of any kind from the start of a period until the ritual immersion in a special bath.
Jewish weddings have to be fixed, therefore, in conjunction with the future wife's menstrual cycle, and changed if the cycle changes. I remember OH's mother talking to me of her irritation when the Rabbi enquired, in detail, as to her cycle!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I've got a mate from Dudley/Stourbridge .... but still only got 90/100. I failed on the sweeties question.lemonjelly wrote: »
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That just means you're forced to speak, as you're the only one guaranteed to understand.... so if we get bored, we can slide into the background and leave you to ithttp://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/usercertificate.php?id=36991413&qid=439771&uname=zag
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Well, michty me! :beer: 0 -
I might not be a practising catholic, but I suppose some aspects of baptism run deep. The church got me pegged, huh?neverdespairgirl wrote: »It was more than that, though. The whole thing about pain and difficulty in childbirth being because of Eve's sin, and the number of people (all men, I think) who were against the use of pain relief in childbirth because it was immoral to negate women suffering from Eve's sins, as they were supposed to do. I think a lot of them piped down about it in this country after Queen Victoria made it known that she'd used pain relief in her third or fourth birth?
And, of course, the whole medieval Catholic idea that women were more lacivious and wanton than men, and made impure by sex in a way that men weren't. The Madonna / Prostitute dichotomy.
By contrast, while traditional Judaism has always been against pre-marital or extra-marital sex, it's in favour of the marital variety - consensual, mutually-enjoyable marital sex is a Mitzvah (sort of a good deed) and counts for double points on the Sabbath. Although Judaism certainly regarded menstruation, and menstruating women, as unclean. As with all Jewish practices, there are a thousand and one different views, but the most common one is no touching of any kind from the start of a period until the ritual immersion in a special bath.
Jewish weddings have to be fixed, therefore, in conjunction with the future wife's menstrual cycle, and changed if the cycle changes. I remember OH's mother talking to me of her irritation when the Rabbi enquired, in detail, as to her cycle!0 -
Do you mean, LIR, that some part of you regards sex, menstruation and childbirth as unclean?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Do you mean, LIR, that some part of you regards sex, menstruation and childbirth as unclean?
No:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: lascivious and wanton :rotfl:
Would be quite happy to do without menstruation however.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »No:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: lascivious and wanton :rotfl:
Would be quite happy to do without menstruation however.
Tough luck on the menstruation, I think.
I'm not lascivious or wanton, pure as the driven snow, that's me. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Edited to say - LIR, your PM box is full...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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