Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
"He served several stretches in jail, and most recently a stint in prison. He's out now, and I understand the testicles have started to appear on fences again."
NYTimes: "The word 'scrotum' does not often appear in polite conversation. Or children's literature, for that matter. Yet there it is on the first page of 'The Higher Power of Lucky,' by Susan Patron, this year's winner of the Newbery Medal, the most prestigious award in children's literature. [...] 'The word is just so delicious,' Ms. Patron said."
I saw that book on the shelf yesterday when Sylvia and I were shopping for some new reading material. It looked too stupid to spend even a moment looking at -- had I but known to look at the first page! We got "Julie of the Wolves" and "My Side of the Mountain" instead.
Posted by: Clownæsthesiologist at February 18, 2007 01:33 PM'The word is just so delicious,' Ms. Patron said.
Oh sure, if you have a Newbury award, it's delicious. When you're giggling it over the phone to a Kinko's employee, it's profane and immature.
Posted by: Cangrejero at February 18, 2007 07:19 PM