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chained_bear commented on the word he's-at-home
"An island tradition claims that Nantucket women dealt with their husbands' long absences by relying on sexual aids known as 'he's-at-homes.'"
--Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 17
May 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word he's-at-home
This calls out for a pictorial representation.
May 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word he's-at-home
I totally agree, s. If it helps, I found it described as "six inches of cold hard plaster" :D
May 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word he's-at-home
Plethora's right. The book continues:
"Although this claim, like that of drug specifically opium use, seems to fly in the face of the island's staid Quaker reputation, in 1979 a six-inch plaster penis (along with a batch of letters from the nineteenth century and a laudanum bottle) was discovered hidden in the chimney of a house in the island's historic district."
(same page)
That's all he says about it, though.
May 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word he's-at-home
Along with a faded, confessional manuscript: "I was a godemiche model on Nantucket", by Sybian O' Lisbos.
May 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word he's-at-home
It makes one wonder if perhaps the phrase whalebone corset isn't really a euphemism for something completely different.
"Why was Eulalia looking so blissful during Parson Weems's sermon?"
"Oh, it's that new whalebone corset that Ishmael carved for her; she's still breaking it in!"
May 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word he's-at-home
Uhh, no. I can testify that whalebone corsets really are whalebone corsets. They are not all that comfortable, given that their purpose was to rearrange the location of your internal organs so you'd look prettier.
May 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word he's-at-home
Surgery would do that more comfortably, no doubt.
May 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word he's-at-home
Some women actually did have lower ribs surgically removed for that purpose. In the 20th century.
(Does anyone really wonder why I'm a raging feminist?)
May 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word he's-at-home
So you're a feminist. How cute. ;-)
May 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word he's-at-home
You forgot "raging."
;)
May 2, 2008
sionnach commented on the word he's-at-home
Why do you hate freedom so much?
May 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word he's-at-home
So you're a raging feminist. How enragingly cute.
May 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word he's-at-home
Oh great, NOW I'm craving ribs...
May 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word he's-at-home
Sionnach, why do say "why do you hate freedom"? Do you hate freedom?
May 3, 2008
oroboros commented on the word he's-at-home
oooooh! Meta!
May 4, 2008
sionnach commented on the word he's-at-home
So, what would be the definition of a she's-at-home?
May 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word he's-at-home
... a beer and a remote control?
May 4, 2008