This very entertaining post by Lime reminded me of an old story. You should go read her post first — not because it makes my story any better; you just should.

A graduate student in anthropology brought a young co-ed up to his apartment. While he excused himself to the kitchen [probably to open a new box of wine, but that wasn't in this story when I learned it -- I just like the digression] she perused the decor in the tiny living room. On nearly every horizontal surface there were… anthropological artifacts.

“What are these?” she asked.

“Those are phallic symbols from different cultures around the world,” he explained.

“Oh, thank goodness,” she sighed relief. “You know what they look like?”

Bah-DUM-bum….

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