News on the Loos
hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Mon Aug 5 19:45:02 CDT 1996
On Sun, 4 Aug 1996 LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:
>
> Perhaps it's an American thing. One of the reasons that Freud said
"America is
> a mistake" is apparently because he couldn't find a place to pee in
NYC (this
> being before the common use of stairwells, telephone booths, and
especially the > subways).
>
> Then again, it's of perhaps some interest that urination is so often a
theme in
> Sigmund's writings--his memories of being chastized by daddy for
wetting his > nightie, his theories on the discovery of fire, etc.
I wonder if SF's most peculiar perversion -- preferring American women --
was somehow connected to this?
Heikki(-The-Old-Perv-Who-Likes-American-Women-Himself)
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