e.phemera: With A Dildo

September 2, 2011

e.phemera: With A Dildo

I was driving along quite happily yesterday, listening to Radio 3 (I’m an old man according to Iszi Lawrence). Imagine my surprise when they played this song:

Go to 1 hour and 24 minutes.

Because that’s only going to be available for a few more days, here’s another version of the same song.

And yes, a dildo meant the same thing back in Shakespeare’s day, and they sold them on carts out in the street.

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