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20 July, 2008
An Old Wives’ Tail
When you’re having a low day, there’s nothing better to do than read a bit of Mahinder Watsa. Reader Nandu writes in to point me to this gem, which I’d somehow missed:
Q. A lot of women approach me for a physical relationship since I have a good physique. However, I am scared. My instructor says that sex reduces physique due to loss of semen since semen is a kind of blood. Is that true or just an old wives’ tale?
Watsa: The instructor badly needs sex education. It is an old wives’ tail.
Rarely is a pun so masterfully used.
PS.: Oh, and just to clarify, when I said ‘low day’, I was not punning. Thank you.
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9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
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