Putting things in perspective

[cosmolinguist]

Maybe I'll write about my weekend, but in the meantime, there's this, which I found because I belong to a community for collecting cool things on LiveJournal. This is cool.

I'm arguing in a community with someone who is really a massive case of "can dish it but cannot take it" and singularly incapable of doing anything other than trying to talk his way out of ridiculous assertions.

My first thought is "what a pussy".

Then I got to thinking: why a pussy?

Pussies are astonishingly resilient: can you think of any other part of human anatomy that can go through what a vagina can go through and not be destroyed at the end of the process? Seriously, anything that can stretch to 50 times its own size and be intact has my respect.

Now speaking as the owner of a nutsack, I can tell you that it is the wimpiest part of human anatomy. Hell, if you LOOK at it cross-eyed, it will double over in pain. If there is any part of human anatomy that embodies not being able to handle it, it is the nutsack.

So I am advocating a change in the lingo: from now on, if someone is being an utter wuss, don't call him a pussy. Call him a Giant, Quivering Nutsack.

Thank you.

Comments

[jasonmichaels.livejournal.com]

hahaha. That is logical!

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

LOL...thanks for posting that...I enjoyed it immensely.

[kingnuthing.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I've never looked at it that way... You're onto something!!

[autumnsshadow.livejournal.com]

That makes sense...

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Well you what they say... You are what you eat.

[parakleta.livejournal.com]

I always thought calling someone a pussy referred to them being like a pussy cat. Small, fluffy, easily squashed, skittish, evasive. Have you ever seen a cat endure discomfort, they'd rather tear your face off, so they can give it, but they can't take it. At least that's what I think of when I call someone a pussy, I've never before made the reference to genitalia, nor have I known anyone else to.

Actually, looking into it a bit more. Pussy used to be a term of endearment for a girl, according to the Websters(1913), so it probably was used as an insult to a guy calling him weak like a girl. The use of pussy to refer to genitalia is a much more recent thing, and probably originated from the word being used to refer to a girl.