the truth (and other things) in strange places
Fark dot com posted a link to an article in the Telegraph about how English store chain Asda (aka Walmart UK) has a habit of hiding away products with names which might be construed as purile double entendres so as not to provoke childish laughter from patrons.
Amongst all the squirrel photos and links to images of even more potentially dirty-sounding products, there is to be found a certain nugget of wisdom:
The longer I live, the more I realize that life is like 6th grade.
This is, to a large extent, true. Adults still laugh at childish body part and function jokes – it’s the way we’re wired. Life would be a lot easier and possibly more fun if a small minority of people didn’t decide that they’re too embarassed by their more childish tendencies and as such, feel it’s their duty to protect the rest of us from the threat to societal order inherent in the occasional references to genitalia that sometimes crop up in day-to-day life.
…and for the record, cock flavoured soup is delicious.
