Comments on: Venomous Gearflies and Clockroaches: the Durable Natural History of Mademoiselle Porkshanks http://www.webomator.com/2007/12/03/venomous-gearflies-and-clockroaches-the-durable-natural-history-of-mademoiselle-porkshanks/ Swell News, Hype & Hyperbole from the Secret Laboratory at Webomator.com Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:34:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bradley W. Schenck http://www.webomator.com/2007/12/03/venomous-gearflies-and-clockroaches-the-durable-natural-history-of-mademoiselle-porkshanks/#comment-308 Bradley W. Schenck Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:36:42 +0000 http://www.webomator.com/2007/12/03/venomous-gearflies-and-clockroaches-the-durable-natural-history-of-mademoiselle-porkshanks/#comment-308 <p>Au contraire, mon ami; in fact, had you but gazed pensively at your shoe for even the briefest of moments you would have intuited how incorrect such an idea must be, in view of its French origins. A demoiselle is a young, unmarried woman whose romantic expertise is not specified; a madame, in contrast, is a married woman, and we assume her expertise as a matter of course.</p> Au contraire, mon ami; in fact, had you but gazed pensively at your shoe for even the briefest of moments you would have intuited how incorrect such an idea must be, in view of its French origins. A demoiselle is a young, unmarried woman whose romantic expertise is not specified; a madame, in contrast, is a married woman, and we assume her expertise as a matter of course.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.webomator.com/2007/12/03/venomous-gearflies-and-clockroaches-the-durable-natural-history-of-mademoiselle-porkshanks/#comment-307 anonymous Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:44:15 +0000 http://www.webomator.com/2007/12/03/venomous-gearflies-and-clockroaches-the-durable-natural-history-of-mademoiselle-porkshanks/#comment-307 Small correction, good sir: It is my understanding that 'mademoiselle' refers to a woman of real or notional virginity- and while I am certain that your subject is flattered it is a gross distortion of the truth. While the respectability of your publication prevents me from mentioning specifics, I shall only note that the Turkish Affair was quite a bit wilder and more sordid than reported in the Times... Small correction, good sir: It is my understanding that ‘mademoiselle’ refers to a woman of real or notional virginity- and while I am certain that your subject is flattered it is a gross distortion of the truth.

While the respectability of your publication prevents me from mentioning specifics, I shall only note that the Turkish Affair was quite a bit wilder and more sordid than reported in the Times…

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