This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Janitor: Slight edit there. Please no "this editor", "this troper", or "I" above the examples.
Cassius335: Will the current version do?
Janitor: The fear thing gave it a better hook, I thought. Less in-joke-y without the Troper bit, too.
Cassius335: The "fear thing" ruins the joke, actually... it's hooking too early, if you will. It also screws the context somewhat.
LATER: If I understand the original intent correctly, you may wish to cross-reference this page
Janitor: I see your point. That bathos was what I was thinking of; the analytics about castration fear fairly formally stated, then bang, the zinger. I'll give a try all joined up, to see if that comes on stronger. // shortly later: Well, it seems to work better, for me, that way.
Cassius335: edited it slightly, to try and get back the original context (the 'fear' that it's going to hurt still seems kinda silly. Of course it's going to hurt)
Janitor: bingo!
Red Shoe: Yes, I know We Are Not Wikipedia. Still think it was funny.
CA Lieber: Makes the joke, I think
Count Spatula: That Scott Anderson page really bugs me, because its really easy to understand why women would not evolve dentata from an evolutionary standpoint.
fleb: Bugs me, too. Cutting it, since it contributes basically nothing.
why women do not have these.
fleb: Um, for what definition of "teeth," '07/15/08 at 08:13 AM by me 58.179.122.199'? Cutting for now. Sounds like one of those urban legends.
Cambias: A question: why does the article specifically mention "Northern Native American" as the source of the myth. Given that it has a Latin name and shows up in cultures as diverse as Guinea and the Maori, couldn't that be, um, cut? I await discussion before, um, snipping it off. Out. Whatever.
Later: Since nobody has rushed to defend it, I'm, um, cutting it.
Rothul: Original author here. I took the phrasing from the wikipedia article which has since been changed. I suspect the Latin name is a neologism, however.
