Re: [tips] Toilet talk
I'm pleased to see such enthusiasm for caganerology, even if a tad belated. And I'd like to correct a serious omission in my toilet talk post. In the previous post where I first listed the caganer, I referenced a BMJ report on toilet training. An alert TIPster wrote me to note that that this journal name is particularly appropriate for such a topic. Yes indeed. And then Mike Palij wrote: > > Second, for those of you who are like me and are unfamiliar with > the term "caganer", there is a Wikipedia entry on it with > "amusing" pictures of examples. See: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer I'm not gonna miss this one. The Wikipedia essay which Mike refers us to has this as one explanation for the psychological significance of the caganer "The Caganer, by creating feces, is fertilizing the Earth. However, this is probably an a posteriori explanation" You bet it is! Mike then accuses me of cultural appropriation. > Fourth, what the hell is Canadian doing using a Catalan cultural > concept? Bucking for the "new cultural dude" on Tips? ;-) > In reply, I note that while the Caganer is unquestionably of Catalan heritage, its charm can be enjoyed by all, its use in American culture (no, not an oxymoron) included. See, for example: http://www.caganer.com/caganer-roger-federer-p-478.html (scan down and ignore the tennis players) Bobble-headed political figurines, eat your heart out. Stephen Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6173 or send a blank email to leave-6173-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Toilet talk
Absolutely hilarious!!! You know, I think we should start a trend and get some of these to give as holiday gifts. Miguel - Original Message - From: "Marie Helweg-Larsen" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Monday, November 1, 2010 3:09:50 AM Subject: RE: [tips] Toilet talk Quite a selection of caganers available http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1C1CHMB_enDK360DK360&q=caganers&qscrl=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=S2fOTNegJMqcOoXavb8B&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQsAQwAQ&biw=1280&bih=651Mari Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 1:36 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Toilet talk Oh dear ... I have Catalan roots (actually, Ibiza; my father's side - Roig) and I totally missed it. Thanks, Stephen. I will have to get one of those. I wonder whether the caganer collector represents the quintessential anal retentive character. ;-) Miguel - Original Message - From: "Mike Palij" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: "Mike Palij" Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:08:58 PM Subject: re: [tips] Toilet talk On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:32 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: [snip] >BTW, speaking of toilet talk, I can't believe that no one on this >list reacted to my slipping in a mention of caganers among the >things that men collect, in my recent post on collecting. If we >can't have a little toilet humour on this list from time to time, >what good is it, anyway? First, how DARE you use such a word on this list!?! Why, I would have missed it completely if you had not brought it up now. And now I had to look up the meaning of the dang thing. I didn't even know there was a word for such a thing. Second, for those of you who are like me and are unfamiliar with the term "caganer", there is a Wikipedia entry on it with "amusing" pictures of examples. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer Third, I've had one girlfriend and a family member who were into collecting Christmas ornaments and cannot remember them ever referring to a caganer let alone having one. I've seen my share of Christmas nativity scenes over the decades and don't ever remember seeing such a figure in any of them. I will have to check out the creche at St. Patrick's cathedral in midtown though I have a feeling that I am more likely to see a caganer in Old St Patrick's cathedral in Little Italy. Fourth, what the hell is Canadian doing using a Catalan cultural concept? Bucking for the "new cultural dude" on Tips? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=6137 or send a blank email to leave-6137-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: helw...@dickinson.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=6138 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-6138-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=6150 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-6150-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6155 or send a blank email to leave-6155-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Toilet talk
Quite a selection of caganers available http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1C1CHMB_enDK360DK360&q=caganers&qscrl=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=S2fOTNegJMqcOoXavb8B&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQsAQwAQ&biw=1280&bih=651Mari Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 1:36 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Toilet talk Oh dear ... I have Catalan roots (actually, Ibiza; my father's side - Roig) and I totally missed it. Thanks, Stephen. I will have to get one of those. I wonder whether the caganer collector represents the quintessential anal retentive character. ;-) Miguel - Original Message - From: "Mike Palij" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: "Mike Palij" Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:08:58 PM Subject: re: [tips] Toilet talk On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:32 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: [snip] >BTW, speaking of toilet talk, I can't believe that no one on this >list reacted to my slipping in a mention of caganers among the >things that men collect, in my recent post on collecting. If we >can't have a little toilet humour on this list from time to time, >what good is it, anyway? First, how DARE you use such a word on this list!?! Why, I would have missed it completely if you had not brought it up now. And now I had to look up the meaning of the dang thing. I didn't even know there was a word for such a thing. Second, for those of you who are like me and are unfamiliar with the term "caganer", there is a Wikipedia entry on it with "amusing" pictures of examples. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer Third, I've had one girlfriend and a family member who were into collecting Christmas ornaments and cannot remember them ever referring to a caganer let alone having one. I've seen my share of Christmas nativity scenes over the decades and don't ever remember seeing such a figure in any of them. I will have to check out the creche at St. Patrick's cathedral in midtown though I have a feeling that I am more likely to see a caganer in Old St Patrick's cathedral in Little Italy. Fourth, what the hell is Canadian doing using a Catalan cultural concept? Bucking for the "new cultural dude" on Tips? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=6137 or send a blank email to leave-6137-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: helw...@dickinson.edu<mailto:helw...@dickinson.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=6138 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-6138-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-6138-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6150 or send a blank email to leave-6150-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Toilet talk
Oh dear ... I have Catalan roots (actually, Ibiza; my father's side - Roig) and I totally missed it. Thanks, Stephen. I will have to get one of those. I wonder whether the caganer collector represents the quintessential anal retentive character. ;-) Miguel - Original Message - From: "Mike Palij" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: "Mike Palij" Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:08:58 PM Subject: re: [tips] Toilet talk On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:32 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: [snip] >BTW, speaking of toilet talk, I can't believe that no one on this >list reacted to my slipping in a mention of caganers among the >things that men collect, in my recent post on collecting. If we >can't have a little toilet humour on this list from time to time, >what good is it, anyway? First, how DARE you use such a word on this list!?! Why, I would have missed it completely if you had not brought it up now. And now I had to look up the meaning of the dang thing. I didn't even know there was a word for such a thing. Second, for those of you who are like me and are unfamiliar with the term "caganer", there is a Wikipedia entry on it with "amusing" pictures of examples. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer Third, I've had one girlfriend and a family member who were into collecting Christmas ornaments and cannot remember them ever referring to a caganer let alone having one. I've seen my share of Christmas nativity scenes over the decades and don't ever remember seeing such a figure in any of them. I will have to check out the creche at St. Patrick's cathedral in midtown though I have a feeling that I am more likely to see a caganer in Old St Patrick's cathedral in Little Italy. Fourth, what the hell is Canadian doing using a Catalan cultural concept? Bucking for the "new cultural dude" on Tips? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: roig-rear...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=6137 or send a blank email to leave-6137-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6138 or send a blank email to leave-6138-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
re: [tips] Toilet talk
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:32 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: [snip] >BTW, speaking of toilet talk, I can't believe that no one on this >list reacted to my slipping in a mention of caganers among the >things that men collect, in my recent post on collecting. If we >can't have a little toilet humour on this list from time to time, >what good is it, anyway? First, how DARE you use such a word on this list!?! Why, I would have missed it completely if you had not brought it up now. And now I had to look up the meaning of the dang thing. I didn't even know there was a word for such a thing. Second, for those of you who are like me and are unfamiliar with the term "caganer", there is a Wikipedia entry on it with "amusing" pictures of examples. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer Third, I've had one girlfriend and a family member who were into collecting Christmas ornaments and cannot remember them ever referring to a caganer let alone having one. I've seen my share of Christmas nativity scenes over the decades and don't ever remember seeing such a figure in any of them. I will have to check out the creche at St. Patrick's cathedral in midtown though I have a feeling that I am more likely to see a caganer in Old St Patrick's cathedral in Little Italy. Fourth, what the hell is Canadian doing using a Catalan cultural concept? Bucking for the "new cultural dude" on Tips? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6137 or send a blank email to leave-6137-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu