that would be bad. It is all being shown in Darlington, you can find info here, https://www.facebook.com/flipbooks

Thanks for the story-so I was right about the labia connection! I'll have to find another video about the entrapment idea..

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Seph, it isn't quite so Freudian as all that, but still a rather interesting story. From Sarracenia.com:
"The true reason that Venus is part of this plant's name due to the dirty minds of the kooky naturalists and nuserymen (such as John & William Bartram, Peter Collinson, William Darlington, Arthur Dobbs, John Ellis, and Daniel Solander). When they looked at the plant, they saw in its amazing behavior and attractive form (two red, glistening lobes, surrounded by hairs, sensitive to the touch), something that reminded them of female genitalia of their own species. Indeed!

Amongst themselves, this cabal of learned perverts referred to the plant as a "tipitiwitchet" (or "Tippity Twitchet"). It was subsequently assumed by historians that this was a Native American term, but linguistic experts have eliminated that as a possibility.

Tipitiwitchet, it appears, was a naughty euphemism of their own devising. I like to imagine a few of them coining the term one night as they were slamming down beers in a pub or in a sumptuous study. I'm guessing that the originator of the term was probably John Bartram. For while you might expect a scientist to express wonder or astonishment upon seeing the plant, Bartram wrote to Collinson on 29 August 1762 that "my little tipitiwitchet sensitive stimulates laughter in all ye beholders"."

Seph, it isn't quite so Freudian as all that, but still a rather interesting story. From Sarracenia.com:
"The true reason that Venus is part of this plant's name due to the dirty minds of the kooky naturalists and nuserymen (such as John & William Bartram, Peter Collinson, William Darlington, Arthur Dobbs, John Ellis, and Daniel Solander). When they looked at the plant, they saw in its amazing behavior and attractive form (two red, glistening lobes, surrounded by hairs, sensitive to the touch), something that reminded them of female genitalia of their own species. Indeed!

Amongst themselves, this cabal of learned perverts referred to the plant as a "tipitiwitchet" (or "Tippity Twitchet"). It was subsequently assumed by historians that this was a Native American term, but linguistic experts have eliminated that as a possibility.

Tipitiwitchet, it appears, was a naughty euphemism of their own devising. I like to imagine a few of them coining the term one night as they were slamming down beers in a pub or in a sumptuous study. I'm guessing that the originator of the term was probably John Bartram. For while you might expect a scientist to express wonder or astonishment upon seeing the plant, Bartram wrote to Collinson on 29 August 1762 that "my little tipitiwitchet sensitive stimulates laughter in all ye beholders"."

Small world! I went school there. biology/chemistry. Who did you work for?

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“Hah! Research assistant at Francis Marion University; I tracked all kinds of snakes. Not bad for a first job, if a bit swamp-water-y

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“EEK! Tracking snakes for what? You work for the forestry commission or a zoo?

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“Swamps of SC, huh? My first job was tracking snakes around the swamps of Darlington county. Small internet. ”””

Hah! Research assistant at Francis Marion University; I tracked all kinds of snakes. Not bad for a first job, if a bit swamp-water-y

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“EEK! Tracking snakes for what? You work for the forestry commission or a zoo?

In reply to your comment:
“Swamps of SC, huh? My first job was tracking snakes around the swamps of Darlington county. Small internet. ””

EEK! Tracking snakes for what? You work for the forestry commission or a zoo?

In reply to your comment:
“Swamps of SC, huh? My first job was tracking snakes around the swamps of Darlington county. Small internet. ”

Swamps of SC, huh? My first job was tracking snakes around the swamps of Darlington county. Small internet.