tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8111767853604388874..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: A Few Discreet Words About Caesar's Penis--Reb MacRathKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-85580702600411532492015-05-13T02:41:18.775+01:002015-05-13T02:41:18.775+01:00Thanks for the kind words, all, and the interest i...Thanks for the kind words, all, and the interest in the book. The second draft's been, er, hard on me...but, having suffered for my research sins, I'm now a firm believer in penile reform. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30675933435040761022015-05-12T15:43:38.399+01:002015-05-12T15:43:38.399+01:00I can't add to these comments because they'...I can't add to these comments because they're making me laugh so much. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-81637819348658947852015-05-12T11:41:43.744+01:002015-05-12T11:41:43.744+01:00but not as a job description, i imagine...
but not as a job description, i imagine...<br />Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73218859675656966772015-05-12T11:31:05.177+01:002015-05-12T11:31:05.177+01:00it would be fellatrices Janit would be fellatrices JanLydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-67346898748960834162015-05-12T11:30:19.119+01:002015-05-12T11:30:19.119+01:00Classical style statues are rather ill-endowed, bu...Classical style statues are rather ill-endowed, but that must either be stylistic or the result of posing in chilly studio surrounded by cold blocks of marble (yes I said blocks!) I do know Caesar's penis got around, him being famously 'every man's woman and each woman's man', so they could have had a vote on it perhaps... the Greeks and Romans went in for giant phalluses as comedy props, finding sex hilariously funny and a kind of joke the gods played on us. Perhaps a healthier attitude than monotheistic religions' guilt tripping. Look forward to reading the book Reb!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-52997622944138277172015-05-12T11:27:21.230+01:002015-05-12T11:27:21.230+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-60601692247218723002015-05-12T11:21:29.571+01:002015-05-12T11:21:29.571+01:00NB if you write about 'average johnsons' i...NB if you write about 'average johnsons' in the context of penises (penae?) in Britain, Reb, a writ might well soon follow.<br /><br />And on a more literary point, resolving such penile dilemmas ‘in two strokes’ might seen as a bit de trop (or perhaps not trop enough?) And what has left- or right-handed got to do with the price of fish in Grimsby, pray?<br /><br />Finally, Cleopatra may well have been full of tricks, as we plebeian scum might say, but what’s the plural of fellatrix? I only ask because I can’t imagine.<br /><br />Oh, by the way, I want a signed copy, possibly bound in vellum. I cannot wait…<br />Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-11361569000307257632015-05-12T10:08:47.634+01:002015-05-12T10:08:47.634+01:00If only you'd been my Latin teacher at school,...If only you'd been my Latin teacher at school, Reb.<br /><br />But I agree totally with your comparison between online and 'real library' research. For my WIP, I need to know the time of high water on July 9th 1841. The only leads I've found online so far have all directed me to a book, which I don't have and which isn't in any of Aberdeen's libraries.<br /><br />I also need information on the use of messenger pigeons at the same time. The web's teeming with tidbits about them but none relates to the exact point I'm seeking.<br /><br />And put me down for a copy.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-12068317023176106432015-05-12T09:53:01.064+01:002015-05-12T09:53:01.064+01:00Made me laugh, Reb. It's amazing what things y...Made me laugh, Reb. It's amazing what things you suddenly HAVE to know when you start writing a book.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com