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[erastes]

I'm sure a lot of you have seen the hoo-ha about the word SCROTUM (OMG don't read that your eyes will melt) in a children's book and the call to have the book banned as a result

http://publishersweekly.com/article/CA6416737.html?nid=2788

There has been wank. Unsurprisingly. LitWank. LibraryWank. Sigh. Sometimes I think fandom is sane.

Anyhoo. Charles Finlay asked people to post poems including the word Scrotum on this post.

http://ccfinlay.livejournal.com/80360.html#comments

Go read. I lost my tea several times. There are limericks. There are Odes. There's a fucking SONNET for goodness sake. All ... brilliant.

I've missed the deadline but I was inspired to write:

"It's a scrotum, dear boy," said his mother.

"But it's rude so you must use another,

"Call them cobblers or balls,

"Or male profiteroles,

"But use scrotum and you'll annoy Big Brother"