DP

[Sojourner]

At 08:33 AM 9/15/97 -0700, Greg Montalbano wrote:


>A couple of years ago, when my charming wife was working at the northern
>regional offices of Kaiser Permanente HMO, she & some "fellow" female
>employees were having some difficulties being heard over their male
>counterparts in the meetings.
>She finally came up with the idea of bringing in a huge ("family size")
>dildo to be passed around the table, the idea being that whoever "has the
>penis" gets to speak & be heard.
>
>--worked great, she tells me.
>

I imagine that it did... amazingly, this has roots in many cultures'
practices.  As a child, I spent a few summers in an alternative community
(dont ask unless youre serious) and one thing we quickly assimilated
was use of the "power stick".  It wasn't a dildo or phallic per se, but
simply some token we chose as a group to be the "power stick", and
only the holder of the PS could speak.  

Consider that a judge has his gavel, the speaker of the house and
president of the senate likewise, and on many talk shows the host
is miked and must "pass" the mike to someone before they literally
can "speak" (or at least be heard).

Your wife's idea for the dildo was an original twist on an ancient
practice.

As for Kaiser, they are HMO non-permanente in my household --
i don't like them at all.