[lbo-talk] [Fwd: Re: newbery medal controversy: the power of "scrotum"]

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 21 14:26:32 PST 2007



>
>Really, some of the most ardent
>defenders of the canon haven't read a word of it, have they? They
>should all be forced to listen to a dramatic reading of The
>Canterbury Tales.
>
>Doug

And to take a tour of the back room at the natural history museum:


>April 14, 2005 ­ German archaeologists have
>found what they believe is Europe's earliest
>known clay figure of a male, along with a female
>figure that they think once was attached to the male in a sexual position.
>
>Together, the two finds could represent the
>earliest three-dimensional depiction of a
>copulating human couple, according to the archaeological team.

[...]


>The first fragment attributed to the male shows
>an enlarged, erect penis and the scrotum at the
>front, both of which are bent slightly forward.
>The back of this same object shows a clearly defined buttocks.

http://www.archaeology.ws/2005-4-18.htm



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