Be it resolved that, whereas the entomological community presently refers to the fecal material of insects as "frass," and the orifice from which said frass emerges as the "anus;" and whereas students and laypersons not in the entomological community may find the terminology difficult to remember and understand, dull, or otherwise problematic; said community is hereby ordered, on the authority of Mr. Subjunctive and any of his blog commenters as may see fit to undersign this resolution, to immediately modify all internal or public documents, including press releases, textbooks, published papers, or other communication, in which the individual or collective anuses of any insect or group of insects are referred to, in such a way that all instances of the word "anus" are replaced with the word "frasshole." This action is to be completed no later than 1 July 2011.
Mr. Subjunctive
3 January 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Biological Terminology Idea
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Frunny.
And I vote "ay," or affix my seal, or whatever is required.
I'll second that.
Are you going for the post of Emperor of San Francisco?
I'd vote for that (not being American should be no barrier to voting, Emperor Norton I was British, too) and I vote for this.
I'm so on board... and I'm going to have to send this to all my entomology friends.
Love it! It's a better expletive than frak.
But how then would [english-speaking] insects pose Uranus jokes?
I mean, when's the last time you heard a good club-sandwich joke out of asia minor?
(I'm going to Hell for the last bit, so I hope someone gets it.)
So say we all!
Don
I love this blog! Where else can you find a crowd that loves gardening as much as it loves watching all my favourite sci-fi shows! The neat thing is that I actually "get" about 95% of the references (I google the rest!).
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