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View submission: People who draw penises on everything, why?
I went to Naples and the street sellers sell literal carvings of penises. Life sized and all
Comment by den2k88 at 25/02/2022 at 11:22 UTC
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It's widespread in Italy but it's exclusively for tourists.
Yes, we do have a very bodily sense of humor, it comes from the Romans who got it from the Greeks.
I mean, noble roman homes had sex depicted on the doorways leading to the bedroom.
Comment by Lingering_Dorkness at 25/02/2022 at 16:06 UTC
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In the Naples museum, which houses all the best stuff uncovered in Pompeii and Herculaneum, there's an entire section devoted solely to all the phallic carvings, statues and paintings. It is a rather large section. There's a lot of dicks. My favourite was a small copper bust of a man with a dick sticking out the top of his head. Literally a dickhead.
Comment by seabass4507 at 25/02/2022 at 16:26 UTC
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Same with the tourist shops in Indonesia.
Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 16:14 UTC
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I would've thought it would be nipples.
Comment by Maxsdad53 at 25/02/2022 at 15:39 UTC
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Just like on Sunset Blvd.
Comment by cheddlescheez at 26/02/2022 at 04:50 UTC
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Went to Italy a few years back, and my brother came back with a few of these as a joke for his friends, and he was unlucky enough to have his luggage checked by security at the airport on the way back. Needless to say that was a bit awkward