Little dirty joke that will go completely over many heads!
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lakealice — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 08:59 PM)
When I read the book years ago, I was shocked by this, because it is a children's series . I thought it was jarring to put this double-entendre sexual phrase into a children's book, and I couldn't believe my eyes. I still think it's in bad taste, and it makes me wonder about the author's motives. It seems he was snickering to himself, thinking he was putting one over on the readers, because none of them would know the meaning. Well, he was wrong, and it has a faint whiff of creepiness, IMO
I also was dismayed and made uncomfortable by the plot point of Count Olaf attempting to marry 14-year old Violet. This was also bad taste for a children's book. I really wonder about Daniel Handler.
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prydain17 — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 10:09 PM)
^ lol, seriously? I'm trying to think of any kids books or movies I've read lately (I happen to enjoy kids stuff quite a bit even though I'm 30) that DIDN'T have at least one or two double entendres and I'm coming up blank. Even the stuff I grew up with had it. And guess what? I never picked up on the adult humor until I was much older. When the appropriate age group is reading it maybe 0.01% of them would suspect they're reading a sexual joke. It's for the adults who have to read with their kids or who simply like to enjoy more "innocent" books. And overall children's literature can be very dark and mature, period because most of it doesn't talk down its audience.
Even all the CGI Disney and Dreamworks movies coming out these days have several sexual jokes in them, Shrek had a LOT of adult humor that went over my head until I was about 15.
"No! He is imprinted on you like a gay duckling. If you don't wean him off you slowly, he'll die."
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veryveryplain — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 10:13 PM)
I agree. I think it's pretty well known that children's books/movies add a few adult jokes here and there. Who reads books to children? Who takes kids to the movies? Adults. So books and movies give them a little nod. The kids most likely aren't going to notice anyway so it's not a huge deal.
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lakealice — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 07:22 AM)
I am, of course, aware of all that and don't need to be told. I happen to think the two examples I gave aren't funnythey are creepy and cross the line in a children's book: an adult is reading an otherwise delightful book about children and suddenly comes across a French phrase that means "orgasm", put in there for no reasonweird, isn't it? You can hear the author snickering. The movies you mention wouldn't go that far.
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CarbonFiber — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 01:29 PM)
Wow! Overreact much? Talk about being overly sensitive. The jokes sail right over the kids heads and most,I mean the vast majority of adults, would take them as a few innocuous Easter eggs and not try to turn their inclusion into some kind of attempted mind rape.Truly, ugliness is in the mind of the beholder.
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Mr_Fluffykins — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 07:35 PM)
oh nooo think of the children!!!!
geeze, if you are old enough to understand the various vocabulary in the book, then you are old enough to be mature enough to handle the joke
which will go over most kids heads
remember the theme song, look away, look away,
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johnmichael-2 — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 10:24 PM)
I am, of course, aware of all that and don't need to be told. I happen to think the two examples I gave aren't funnythey are creepy and cross the line in a children's book: an adult is reading an otherwise delightful book about children and suddenly comes across a French phrase that means "orgasm", put in there for no reasonweird, isn't it? You can hear the author snickering. The movies you mention wouldn't go that far.
Methinks you doth protest too much
A phrase which here means: "It sounds like you're projecting. Many children's books and almost ALL children's films have plenty of double entendres. The only thing that's creepy is how fixated you are on it." -
jbaker1-2 — 2 months ago(January 04, 2026 09:07 AM)
You're entitled to your opinion. The rest of us are entitled to think you're a prudish twit who never gets invited to parties.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it. -
zack_attack120 — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 11:03 PM)
I also was dismayed and made uncomfortable by the plot point of Count Olaf attempting to marry 14-year old Violet. This was also bad taste for a children's book.
But that's the
plot
. That's the whole point. It's supposed to be uncomfortable.
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mondobrin — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 12:04 AM)
There was also the line "I don't care if you have an audition for Equus! Get over here!" in Reptile Room.
For those that aren't familiar, Equus is a play about a young man with an unhealthy obsession for horses who gouges out their eyes after he tries to screw a girl in the stable and can't maintain an erection.
