why are they associated with sexual passion? i remember that they are, from Othello (Desdemona's handkerchief was embroidered with them, remember?), but why?Ÿ
I always understood it to be because of the resemblance between strawberries and the female nipple. Remember that the big strawberries we grow today are not natural -- wild strawberries are much smaller (and much tastier, too, in my opinion). Raspberries are favoured in the same way for the same reason.
The strawberry was a symbol for Venus, the Goddess of Love, because of its heart shapes and red color.
In provincial France, strawberries were regarded as an aphrodisiac. Newlyweds were always served a cold strawberry soup.
Have you every eaten a double strawberry? Legend says that if you break the strawberry in half and share it with a member of the opposite sex, you will soon fall in love with each other.
Very well, Shufitz, but why do you suppose we (at least in the USA) refer to a cacaphonous sound made as a symbol of displeasure a "raspberry?" Also called a "Bronx cheer" at times, but why?
quote: ...a cacaphonous sound made as a symbol of displeasure a "raspberry?"
Oh, dear Lord! You should hear my 6 month old granddaughter making raspberries! She is an expert at it. And for her, it is not a sound of displeasure, it is a sound of pleasure, as it gets everyone around her to laugh!
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also, strawberries are perfect for the skin. you just hold the green cap and bite off the sweet parts and rub the white part on your face or wherever (allusions of arnie^^).
quote: also, strawberries are perfect for the skin. you just hold the green cap and bite off the sweet parts and rub the white part on your face or wherever (allusions of arnie^^).
Yes, but, if it is a really good, really ripe, homegrown strawberry, then it is red and juicy all throughout. There is no white. To rub it on your "wherever" would make one very sticky and sweet! Hmmmmmm......interesting concept......
(Ummmmmm...you did say to do this with a partner, didn't you? )
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well i just got dissed on "another site". i don't mind being attacked by a single person, but when that person tries to gather around an angry mob with torches, ta hell with that. not that he had any success.
i work in a professional capacity that doesn't allow me to EVER say anything like what i say here and this is a great release. if y'all feel i'm too gross to be here, somebody please tell me. it is a pleasure to come here and that is all i have room for in my life now. D
wild, in the spirit of this thread, maybe not where it started, but where it has lead, I promise you, if you ever get too gross for me, the worst I will do is give you one of our wonderful Razz's ( )in public!
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inside the ones i get at the grocery, there's a little hollow at the top and a "pistil", very pink and longish, that hangs down into that hollow. hmmmm........–
[QUOTE]Originally posted by wildflowerchild: well i just got dissed on "another site". ================================================ Check out that site again. You have quite a few supporters.
Originally posted by Leenol: what is the site called?
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to answer. The site is the Apostrophe Protection Society and here is their home page, and here is the APS forum. It was the first board I posted on, under my own name, Richard Tinsley. It was an interesting board, but pretty stodgy and limited. It seemed that most all discussions were limited to apostrophes and nothing else, so it got a little tiring. When wildflowerchild showed up it was like a breath of fresh air. She liked to talk about things beyond apostrophes. She used hip-hop slang and "unconventional" punctuation. Notably she wrote most everything in lowercase. I don't believe she ever started a sentence with a capital. Her posts were a little hard to follow at times, but I enjoyed them. They rambled a bit and talked about things that weren't related to words, which was anathema to some on the board. Someone criticized her a little harshly and she felt "dissed." The Wordcraft forum was just starting about that time and she switched to it.
Shortly thereafter I signed up for the Wordcraft forum. I left that note for wildflowerchild, signing it "Tinman," since that is what she called me on the ASP board. I wanted her to know that there were many on the board besides me who appreciated her posts. I thought the particular post that she thought "dissed" her was uncalled for, but I also think she overreacted.
She had some type of computer or ISP problems and no longer posts here. I miss her posts and wish she was still with us.
The ASP board has run through some problems and has been revamped a couple times. Check it out and see if you like it.
I miss wfc too. I enjoyed her posts in the APS forum and was overjoyed when she switched to the Wordcraft forum. Her off-beat posts were a breath of fresh air.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
She is definitely a Southern belle; New Orleans/Louisiana rings a bell. She gave a hotmail address when registering and I've sent an e-mail to her, but don't hold out too much hope of it reaching her.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
We did exchange PMs for a while then she told me she was losing her internet connection (I wondered whether she had money troubles). I begged her to keep in touch with us all but have heard nothing from her for a couple of years at least.
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Originally posted by Caterwauller: A very good point, Doad, and a great reason to exercise caution when "trusting" those you meet online. We could all be terrible criminals!
Aha, FatStan, that's why you haven't posted in so long!
I will always remember Jerry's first words to me when I met him in Hawaii: "You're a courageous woman. How do you know that I am not an axe murderer?" Fortunately for me he wasn't!
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kalleh: Aha, FatStan, that's why you haven't posted in so long! [/QUOTE
I have to confess that my absence was not due to incarceration. I've been setting up a new business which has taken up a lot of my time. I've popped in a few times, but really, I'm not a literary aficionado and there aren't many threads that I can usefully contribute to. It's good to see you all still plugging away - and lots of new members!
Originally posted by Caterwauller: A very good point, Doad, and a great reason to exercise caution when "trusting" those you meet online. We could all be terrible criminals!
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Originall posted by FatStan: Indeed. Here I am - just out of prison!
Maybe if you wern't so terrible as a criminal you wouldn't have been caught!
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
Back to strawberries. I first saw the innocent strawberry as an erotic fruit when I saw the film 'Tess of the D'urbivilles' as a young boy. Naive I may have been but the suggestive nature of the strawberry scene was not lost on me and I've loved strawberries ever since.
So what you're saying is that now you are worldly-wise but not very subtle whereas when you were a young girl you still weren't very subtle and naive to go with it!
Hmmmmmm......interesting concept...... 
-berries to you! 
Guess that would depend upon how close you two were! 
I'm a good gel, I am!
