In Which We Venture Into Anatomically Incorrect Territory

[snurri]

So, as Holly and Gwenda have reported, there's a controversy over the Newberry Award winning novel The Higher Power of Lucky. Some librarians (a minority, I assume) are considering banning the book based on the use of the word "scrotum," which appears once in the book. (EDIT: In reference to a dog. Who is bitten by a snake. On the scrotum. Perhaps the real lesson here is to SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS.)

Clearly the problem here is not a puritanical discomfort with any mention of genitalia within six blocks of a child, or a climate in which librarians and educators are besieged by complaints from parents who would rather protect their children from the world than prepare them for it. No, obviously the real difficulty is the lack of workable euphemisms for the scrotum! In this spirit, we here at Mumble Herder (that's the schizophrenic, not the royal "we") present a poll for your discomfort enjoyment:

[Poll #930291]

Comments

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

"Éiden, stop pulling on my Gladys."

Hmmm. I'll try to explain the change to Arie.