WORDS: Loss of Innocence
"So, people are actually upset at the word "scrotum" being used in a book?"
"Yes."
"It's a kids' book?"
"Uh-huh."
"Is it a picture book?"
"No, it's aimed at 9-to-12 year olds."
"Man, those parents shouldn't let their kids watch E.T. then."
"What?"
"One of the kids calls another one Penis Breath."
"Ah."
"This haunted me for weeks when I was a kid."
"How so?"
"Well, I knew what a penis was, obviously, but I couldn't figure out what could happen to make your breath smell like one. And whatever it was, could it happen to me?"
You know, I think almost everyone my age remembers that phrase from E.T. ... it really was pretty memorable. In the past few months, it's come up in conversation more than a few times, and every time, it's one of the few exact quotes people remember from it. The other's being, "E.T. phone home" and "Ouuuch..."
ReplyDeleteI see you're still fixated on male genitalia.
ReplyDeleteWhat's absolutely awesome about that is my sister and I are having a quote war via email today, and that was the first quote I sent her. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI see you're still fixated on male genitalia.
ReplyDeleteI see you're still fixated on reading about my fixation. :P
I read some reviews when they re-released ET a few years back, and I think they removed "penis breath", or at least made an edit where it wasn't present. I googled it, and some reviews commented that it WAS removed and some commented that it WASN'T contrary to rumour and so I don't know which is actually true but it hurts my feelings that they even may have possibly thought about it.
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