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Terry Quist's avatar

1. Olive oil can't have sex, so how is virgin olive oil a thing?

2. So, he was willing to plight her troth on a trial subscription basis but didn't renew?

3. In my experience, when someone has lost his or her virginity, it can be found and put back in its place. Why, some people have lost their virginity several times.

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Michael D. Purzycki's avatar

I am now planning to write fan fiction where Pam books a stay at Fawlty Towers.

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Pete Williams's avatar

String vests are a type of loose mesh tank top traditionally associated with pasty middle aged men (Rab C Nesbitt wears a string vest), but in the context of the Pam song a mauve string vest will be the sort of mesh garment you’d see at a Pride march. Whether this suits a 40 year old woman is probably not for me to say.

(Sorry to once again be the British explainer but apparently I just can’t f*cking stop myself).

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy's avatar

I appreciate this explanation! So more like the Lena Dunham on "Girls" mesh tank top. I just risked a coffee-shop google-image search and now see what's meant, and am thinking *no one* suits a mauve one of these.

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Pete Williams's avatar

Did a cheeky Google for "Lena Dunham Girls mesh tank top" and: yes, I believe that's the one. Mauve's a tricky colour for sure, there's a lady who walks up and down the High Street wearing a purple string vest and a massive parka but I don't think she's very well.

We drove through Hampstead the other day so I was keeping a eye out for Lena because I know she lives round there these days. No sign, but I'll keep everyone updated.

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Mario Rustan's avatar

Thank you for the deep dive on Kat's article. Phoebe pondered about sexuality in Britcom, where male characters are often presented as sexually fluid, I think to the point that "Is he gay or just British?" was a running joke in the MTV golden era.

I would like to know from Phoebe or any other Britcom watcher here, what about the female characters, besides Wood's Pam? Are there female characters who seem flirtatious to women instead of men?

1:35, "How she would feel should this penis manifest itself" is a perfect modern Britcom line.

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy's avatar

"Are there female characters who seem flirtatious to women instead of men?" There are women who seem lesbian-coded in self-presentation but are chasing after men. This you find in plenty of the shows, women who don't primp or diet or anything like that, women with swagger, but it's men they're after. Maybe because the shows didn't let them be lesbians, or maybe because some straight women really do be like that.

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David McCune, MD, MPH's avatar

The “trough discourse” provoked a mid-deadlift snort as I listened to this one in the gym. If that spot was still open on your BINGO card, you can now cross it off.

Chaos: Accomplished

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Dogmatic Fetus's avatar

I'm glad to see some recognition on the pod that virginity is a spectrum. I myself was assigned virgin at birth (AVAB) but have never identified as one. That's why it doesn't bother me when I get bullied for (purportedly) still being one. People just don't get the difference between a virgin and a hymen-haver.

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Sophie Scott's avatar

When the Major is asked about German Women he immediately replies ‘good card players!’

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