2008-04-19 Sodomy

In the idle hours of spring, the mind wanders... There’s a slight difference between the English word “Sodomy” and the German word “Sodomie” – even Wikipedia mentions it: “From this biblical narrative the word ’Sodomy’ is derived and has henceforth come to be synonymous with anal intercourse (particularly between two males) and sometimes also to describe human-animal sexual intercourse (also known as bestiality or zoophilia); this is the primary meaning of the cognate German language word Sodomie.” ¹

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Anyway, today I was looking for music by The Pogues. One of their albums is called *Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash* (1985). Today I also looked at the iTunes store. And guess what they call the album? If you guessed “Rum S_****_y & the Lash” you win as many laundry machines as you can carry.

The Pogues

Hilarious.

There’s even a Wikipedia article about the album: Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash – Wikipedia claims that the title is “adapted from a quote often attributed to Winston Churchill” and provides this quote: “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers, and the lash.”

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash

I love it.

The quote. I’m talking about the quote.

• Update*: Finally I found that Churchill did not utter these words. On Wikipedia’s page on The Pogues there’s a note pointing to Quotes Falsely Attributed To Him by the Churchill Centre, which says that “Churchill’s assistant, Anthony Montague-Browne said that although Churchill had not uttered these words, he wished he had.”

The Pogues

Quotes Falsely Attributed To Him

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You don’t even like rum?

– Marco 2008-04-19 18:57 UTC