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Given that the ''Kama Sutra'' was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has ''any'' references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the ''Kama Sutra'' so much that they refuse to change it.
 
Given that the ''Kama Sutra'' was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has ''any'' references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the ''Kama Sutra'' so much that they refuse to change it.
  
The title text refers to {{w|Crisco}}, a brand of shortening that is used in baking as well as as a sexual lubricant. It has been mentioned before in [[330: Indecision]] and later in [[557: Students]].
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The title text refers to {{w|Crisco}}, a brand of shortening that is used in banking as well as as a sexual lubricant. It has been mentioned before in [[330: Indecision]] and later in [[557: Students]].
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==

Revision as of 17:44, 25 May 2017

Mistranslations
Oh, I think this word might mean 'Crisco'!
Title text: Oh, I think this word might mean 'Crisco'!

Explanation

The Kama Sutra is a well-known work on human sexual behavior originally written in the language Sanskrit, in India sometime between 400 BC and 200 AD. It's not exclusively a "sex manual", as it also contains a guide to virtuous and gracious living, but in the Western world, it's primarily thought of as a manual of exotic sex positions.

Given that the Kama Sutra was written almost 2,000 years ago, it's doubtful that it has any references whatsoever to a skateboard ramp, but Cueball and Megan enjoy their badly-translated version of the Kama Sutra so much that they refuse to change it.

The title text refers to Crisco, a brand of shortening that is used in banking as well as as a sexual lubricant. It has been mentioned before in 330: Indecision and later in 557: Students.

Transcript

[A bed sits on the ground in the middle of the frame. At the left of the frame, Cueball stands atop a skateboard jump ramp twice his height, one foot on the back of a skateboard poised over the coping. At the bottom of the ramp is a small kicker ramp which will launch him over the bed. Megan to the right of the frame stands on the roof of a house grasping a rope which is affixed directly over the bed. They are both poised to begin their motion.]
Our copy of the Kama Sutra has a couple mistranslations.
Which we refuse to fix.


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Discussion

My copy of the Kama Sutra used to be next to my copy of the Bible. Then I decided to get rid of that disgusting book, now I don't have a Bible anymore. -- The Cat Lady (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

...all jokes aside, I do wonder what's about to happen. Nafedalbi (talk) 18:57, 15 April 2022 (UTC)Nafedalbi

WhatDoWeDoNow (talk) 03:57, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Why did you post nothing but signature? Omg omg omg Бельков (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) (UTC)