tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3586055672160647512..comments2024-03-28T14:16:42.371+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Good Smut - the Threshing MachineBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14687711434196889762013-10-06T21:02:14.069+01:002013-10-06T21:02:14.069+01:00@MCB - Yes, RSR is very amusing - I think I linked...@MCB - Yes, RSR is very amusing - I think I linked to 'Green grows my bogling fork' in the comments a while back. In fact I like those 1960s Kenneth Horne radio programmes (such as Round the Horne - which featured RSR each week) - I got a few CDs of them for Christmas a few years ago. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30957425160116911842013-10-06T20:29:36.050+01:002013-10-06T20:29:36.050+01:00If you want to talk about double entendre you can&...If you want to talk about double entendre you can't go past Kenneth Williams. E.g. Kenneth Williams as Rambling Syd Rumpo - The Ballad of the Wogglers Moulie (http://angelophile.tumblr.com/post/19851052820/kenneth-williams-as-rambling-syd-rumpo-the)Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-24846602247117601082013-10-03T03:32:26.577+01:002013-10-03T03:32:26.577+01:00To sustain a culture like this you need a populati...To sustain a culture like this you need a population with a considerable native wit, enough to enjoy the joke without needing to strain at it.<br /><br />It's a pity to lose that.<br /><br />But intelligence is the least of what makes us us. It was gained; it is being lost; it can be gained again.Titus Didius Tacitusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-75834313888783081072013-09-30T05:55:00.054+01:002013-09-30T05:55:00.054+01:00@MW - I think it depends on context, motivation, f...@MW - I think it depends on context, motivation, frequency etc. CS Lewis and the Inklings talked this way sometimes - in context it seems like a natural and healthy thing. There are many things which are potentially harmful, or harmful to some or even most people; which in other people are an expansion of life and a pleasant relaxation - alcohol for one (I personally don't drink at all for health reasons, but happily take a sip of communion wine!). But I would agree that sometimes it is better overall when such things are prohibited altogether - for example alcohol among Amerindians.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-42547497130303674312013-09-29T23:27:10.157+01:002013-09-29T23:27:10.157+01:00How can you speak of "good smut?" It is ...How can you speak of "good smut?" It is a contradiction in terms. you might as well speak of "safe poison." I fail to understand how you can condemn immodesty (and rightly so,) and yet find amusement in filthy talk. The Bible speaks of "whatsoever is pure," and counsels us to "think on these things," and, we are further told in the Bible that "evil communications corrupt good manners."Mrs. Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33412693260308626952013-09-29T20:05:11.836+01:002013-09-29T20:05:11.836+01:00@WmJas - Sure it does. It means harmless crudity o...@WmJas - Sure it does. It means harmless crudity of the type characterized by Donald McGill seaside postcards (look them up on Google Images - Orwell wrote an essay about them) - or in modern times Benny Hill, Frankie Howard (referenced by dearieme above) and the Carry On movies, the Two Ronnies and so on.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90341897675005310302013-09-29T19:52:42.915+01:002013-09-29T19:52:42.915+01:00Does smut really mean that, even in England? None ...Does <i>smut</i> really mean that, even in England? None of my dictionaries, British or American list that sense. Perhaps it's a bit of local dialect? Etymologically, of course, <i>smut</i> means "filth."Wm Jashttp://wmjas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-24518412566323889352013-09-29T15:49:53.635+01:002013-09-29T15:49:53.635+01:00Titter ye not.Titter ye not.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59048945147010344782013-09-28T20:03:23.912+01:002013-09-28T20:03:23.912+01:00@EA - Two nations divided by a common language...@EA - Two nations divided by a common language...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-74902294154931431052013-09-28T19:52:02.795+01:002013-09-28T19:52:02.795+01:00"Smut" - at least in American English - ..."Smut" - at least in American English - refers more to pornography than to clever double entendres.Elijah Armstronghttp://elijahlarmstrong.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com