On 20 Mar 2007, Karl Wuensch wrote (about www.giveatoss.com): > Is even more amusing if one knows what a "tosser" is -- I suspect many > in the United Snakes do not. Hint: he has hair on his palms and can't > see very well.
I'm not sure what Karl is alluding to here, but I certainly missed another meaning for "tosser". When I checked, I learned that "toss off" is British slang for masturbation and "tosser" is "a term of abuse for a masturbator" [see: wanker]. Isn't TIPS educational? BTW, the background to the website is that the UK passed a law last April removing the right to anonymity for sperm donors, a law which had been under discussion for a number of years previous. So your little sperm, all grown up, so to speak, can come back to haunt you. Coincident with this development, sperm donations in the UK (ahem) dried up, which may or may not have really been a coincidence (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5230890.st ) So the website was a (lighthearted) attempt get people to give a toss. Not everyone was amused. For example two Canadians (of all people) in the business huffed that "a serious sperm donor recruitment campaign is not the place to employ adolescent humour to disparage sperm donation (see http://www.bionews.org.uk/commentary.lasso?storyid=3379 ) Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
