From: occam@invalid.nix   
      
   On 21/09/2020 15:30, Tim Wright wrote:   
   > On 09/21/2020 06:14, occam wrote:   
   >> On 20/09/2020 21:43, Les Albert wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:16:20 -0700 (PDT), Beaver Fever   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> How is this supposed to work now?   
   >>>> Not that I ever had any idea how it worked before.   
   >>>   
   >>> I think it must have to do with onanism.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Onanism, which most people today understand as masturbation, was more   
   >> than just that. People who study the bible say that is was a form of   
   >> protest by Onan, who preferred to waste his seed rather than make love   
   >> to his deceased brother's wife - a custom of the day. "Wanking for   
   >> effect" would be closer than plain old masturbation.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Just to clear up any potential confusion, it was Onan's brother who was   
   > dead.  The brother's wife was still live and kicking.   
   >   
   > I do this because I am not the only serial misunderstander in the group.   
      
   Ooh! It feels like I'm posting in AUE (alt.usage.english) all over again.   
      
   Point taken. "The wife of his deceased brother". She was alive, but not   
   sure if she was kicking.   
      
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