Pompeii: Monumental Erection? Or Monuments to Erections?

[shereads]

Exciting novel:

Pompeii, by Robert Harris.









Novel architecture:

 

[minsue]

Insomnia strikes again, Sher?

 

[lucky-E-leven]

*mwah*




I do so love a good Poll before bedtime.



~lucky

 

[minsue]

*mwah*




I do so love a good Poll before bedtime.



~lucky

Isn't it a school night, young lady? <insert stern face here>

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Isn't it a school night, young lady? <insert stern face here>

Cut me some slack, already! Sher posted a new Poll! You know I can't resist a good Poll! (please note spelling)

Your face is gonna be stern as hell when you see me dredging up the I Can't Sleep thread here pretty soon.

This is what happens to a non-baptist-lesbian college student when she has 14 pages of bible reading to do.

~lucky

 

[minsue]

Cut me some slack, already! Sher posted a new Poll! You know I can't resist a good Poll! (please note spelling)

Your face is gonna be stern as hell when you see me dredging up the I Can't Sleep thread here pretty soon.

This is what happens to a non-baptist-lesbian college student when she has 14 pages of bible reading to do.

~lucky

Gee, seems to me that'd put you right to sleep no problem!

I'd say I feel your pain, hun, but I've nothing in my experience to compare that to.

Have a flower?

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Gee, seems to me that'd put you right to sleep no problem!

I'd say I feel your pain, hun, but I've nothing in my experience to compare that to.

Have a flower?

I see your flower and raise you a *lick* .

It's no big deal, really. I've got a very strong feeling there's gonna be a quiz tomorrow a.m. and I am way less than not interested in reading the book of Hebrews tonight.

P'raps I need to read some porn to psyche me up for it?

Sher? You're the expert here. What's the proper course of action, lady?

~lucky

 

[Edward Teach]

I see your flower and raise you a *lick* .

It's no big deal, really. I've got a very strong feeling there's gonna be a quiz tomorrow a.m. and I am way less than not interested in reading the book of Hebrews tonight.

P'raps I need to read some porn to psyche me up for it?

Sher? You're the expert here. What's the proper course of action, lady?

~lucky

I think Sher's gone to bed, Lucky, but for what it's worth, porn usually gets me up.

Ed

 

[lucky-E-leven]

I think Sher's gone to bed, Lucky, but for what it's worth, porn usually gets me up.

Ed

EGGSZACHARY, my point, Ed! If I sit down to read the Bible without first wiring myself up with something else, I'll wake up in a very unattractive puddle of drool soaked scripture.

It's really not a pretty picture.

So, porn it is! *hip-hip-hooray* Three cheers for Porn!



~lucky

 

[Edward Teach]

EGGSZACHARY, my point, Ed! If I sit down to read the Bible without first wiring myself up with something else, I'll wake up in a very unattractive puddle of drool soaked scripture.

It's really not a pretty picture.

So, porn it is! *hip-hip-hooray* Three cheers for Porn!



~lucky

Good luck, good looking! I'm headed to bed.


Ed The Sleepy

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Good luck, good looking! I'm headed to bed.


Ed The Sleepy

Thanks, sleepy hEaD. I'm right behind you.

~lucky the tease

 

[oggbashan]

Architecture

The erect phallus was a common theme in Roman architecture representing the god Priapus.

This sort of display was similar to the modern fad of 'lucky horseshoes' and meant little more than a wish for good luck for the occupants of the building.

Many such images were destroyed by Christians, not because they were obscene, but because they represented a pagan God.

Og (being boring)

 

[shereads]

Cut me some slack, already! Sher posted a new Poll! You know I can't resist a good Poll! (please note spelling)

Your face is gonna be stern as hell when you see me dredging up the I Can't Sleep thread here pretty soon.

This is what happens to a non-baptist-lesbian college student when she has 14 pages of bible reading to do.

~lucky

Posting polls gives me a brief rush of power over space and time. For a moment, I'm godlike. Plus, the more responses I get, the more colorful the stripes become!

Bored? No. I have tons of work to finish. I just don't like to work.

 

[shereads]

Re: Architecture

The erect phallus was a common theme in Roman architecture representing the god Priapus.

That being the case, what did Roman junior high school students giggle about?

This sort of display was similar to the modern fad of 'lucky horseshoes' and meant little more than a wish for good luck for the occupants of the building.

I'll say!

Many such images were destroyed by Christians, not because they were obscene, but because they represented a pagan God.

Og (being boring)

Not boring at all. This stuff fascinates me. If I get one trip to Europe in my adult life, I'm torn on where to go. Pompeii and Herculaneum have been on my list for as long as I can remember.

I'm not sure whether Ashcroft's Christian objection to the exposed breast on the statue of Justice is based on its obscenity or its association with paganism (aka "not Pentacostalism.") Pompeii was lucky they had Vesuvius, and not him. At least their penises survived intact.

Pompeii also had a thriving prostitution district. They used naughty murals instead of neon signs. There are some lovely mosaics. Og, I thought this penis was pointing the way to a house of ill repute. Does the enormity of the penis indicate a building of more significance?

Impressive, isn't it?

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Re: Architecture

Pompeii also had a thriving prostitution district. They used naughty murals instead of neon signs. There are some lovely mosaics.

I've read that the prostitutes left signed, painted footprints on the streets leading to their brothels in Pompeii. I've always thought that was a better indication that prostitution was more than simply tolerated than the naughty murals and mosaics were.

 

[shereads]

Re: Re: Re: Architecture

I've read that the prostitutes left signed, painted footprints on the streets leading to their brothels in Pompeii. I've always thought that was a better indication that prostitution was more than simply tolerated than the naughty murals and mosaics were.

All buried under 20 feet of hot volcanic ash. The Rev. Jerry Falwell would have had a field day with this one.

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Re: Architecture

Pompeii also had a thriving prostitution district. They used naughty murals instead of neon signs. There are some lovely mosaics. Og, I thought this penis was pointing the way to a house of ill repute. Does the enormity of the penis indicate a building of more significance?

Impressive, isn't it?

The phallus was a fairly common symbol and the size of the representation (as opposed to the size of the real thing) wasn't important. They were erected ('orrible pun) at crossroads as good luck charms for travellers.

I visited Pompeii in 1960 while on my way by ship to Australia. Two coach loads of first class passengers (about 60 people) visited Pompeii at dawn (long before normal opening) and had the place and the guides to ourselves for three hours. That was a wonderful experience even if the guides needed donations to let us see the more erotic symbolism. Usually a US citizen obliged with the donation because us Brits were restricted to a limited amount of foreign currency. We might have money but our government wouldn't let us spend it abroad. Thank goodness that sort of nonsense is long gone.

The graffiti was really interesting e.g. 'Chloe fucks like a rabbit' (in Latin of course) even if that and others were like prostitutes' cards in telephone boxes advertising particular services.

Og