The Wisdom of Whores

One of the joys of 2008 was the revival of swaffelen, an old English verb that describes swinging your wabber (another fine word; penis, to the uninitiated) in the open air and bumping it against something. Such as the Taj Mahal.

The Dutch voted it word of the year. I thank Maarten Kok for bringing it to my attention. Really.

Talking of pricks, this from the Pope’s New Year address:

“It also happens that countries afflicted by some of these pandemics find themselves held hostage, when they try to address them, by those who make economic aid conditional upon the implementation of anti-life policies. It is especially hard to combat AIDS, a major cause of poverty, unless the moral issues connected with the spread of the virus are also addressed. First and foremost, educational campaigns are needed, aimed especially at the young, to promote a sexual ethic that fully corresponds to the dignity of the person; initiatives of this kind have already borne important fruits, causing a reduction in the spread of AIDS.”

Anti-life policies, eh? Such as opposing the use of condoms that would prevent a fatal, sexually transmitted infection?