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Given that the ''Kama Sutra'' was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has ''any'' references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the ''Kama Sutra'' so much that they refuse to change it. | Given that the ''Kama Sutra'' was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has ''any'' references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the ''Kama Sutra'' so much that they refuse to change it. | ||
| − | The title text refers to {{w|Crisco}}, a brand of shortening that is used in baking as well | + | The title text refers to {{w|Crisco}}, a brand of shortening that is used in baking as well as a sexual lubricant. It has been mentioned before in [[330: Indecision]] and later in [[557: Students]]. |
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Revision as of 23:58, 8 September 2018
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 Title text: Oh, I think this word might mean 'Crisco'! |
Explanation
The Kama Sutra is a well-known work on human sexual behavior originally written in the language Sanskrit, in India sometime between 400 BC and 200 AD. It's not exclusively a "sex manual", as it also contains a guide to virtuous and gracious living, but in the Western world, it's primarily thought of as a manual of exotic sex positions.
Given that the Kama Sutra was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has any references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the Kama Sutra so much that they refuse to change it.
The title text refers to Crisco, a brand of shortening that is used in baking as well as a sexual lubricant. It has been mentioned before in 330: Indecision and later in 557: Students.
Transcript
- [A bed sits on the ground in the middle of the frame. At the left of the frame, Cueball stands atop a skateboard jump ramp twice his height, one foot on the back of a skateboard poised over the coping. At the bottom of the ramp is a small kicker ramp which will launch him over the bed. Megan to the right of the frame stands on the roof of a house grasping a rope which is affixed directly over the bed. They are both poised to begin their motion.]
- Our copy of the Kama Sutra has a couple mistranslations.
- Which we refuse to fix.
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My copy of the Kama Sutra used to be next to my copy of the Bible. Then I decided to get rid of that disgusting book, now I don't have a Bible anymore. -- The Cat Lady (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
...all jokes aside, I do wonder what's about to happen. Nafedalbi (talk) 18:57, 15 April 2022 (UTC)Nafedalbi
WhatDoWeDoNow (talk) 03:57, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
Why did you post nothing but signature? Omg omg omg Бельков (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) (UTC)
