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Terry I should have said in brackets envy rather than fear. Oh well I might also have to accept an element of fear somewhere. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Terry Burridge <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 05 May 2000 18:00 Subject: Penis envy > I was wondering what it is about the penis that women might want to envy. >Thinking about it, one comes with an interesting list of attributes. It has >a mind of its own; raring to go when one is young and inexperienced, sulky >and unreliable when one acquires some degree of understanding about how to >use all this energy! It is a metaphor for any number of disparaging >images."Don't be a dickhead all your life." "He's a complete wanker". "What >a prick." Hardly enviable epiphets- although I'm well aware that my opposite >number, as it were, falls victim to an equal number of disparaging remarks. >Then there's the problem of how to contain things neatly- Boxer shorts or >briefs? Hanging loose or uptight? Next come all the issues of size and >performance-The2 inch, 2 minute man or the 6 inch 30 minutes man? Plenty >more items could be added but these illustrate my point. What is there in >that little lot that women might be expected to envy? (Having said all that- >I wouldn't want to part with mine!!) >Yours without envy >Terry B. >"Words strain, >Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, >Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, >Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, >Will not stay still. > >Burnt Norton: T.S.Eliot > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%