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And everybody had them. I remember reading a quote in a
history book about Julian the Apostate, in Constantinople's
highest level of personal hygiene, having them skipping around in his beard.
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And weren't those fancy powdered wigs of yore to cover up the shaved heads? One of the few 'cures' for lice. There were also pubic wigs (at least in restoration times) called merkins. Ah, the good old days.
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And an alternative to gummirings, there is Prince Albert piercing, male infibulation of the frenulum. I have seen a picture of an African native with chicken feathers through the frenulum, said to enhance sensation. Weird. http://www.piercingpleasure.com/piercing_history.htm
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"Haribo macht Kinder froh, / Und auch die Eltern ebenso."-jheemIt's "Haribo macht Kinder froh, und Erwachsene ebenso". -hibernitcussThere's some pickin' and grinnin' goin' on here, y'all 
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formerly known as etaoin...
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And at the bottom of the page, the Oath of Strasbourg is mentioned. One of the first texts in a kind of Romance language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_Strasbourg
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There were also pubic wigs (at least in restoration times) called merkins.OMG! He said the word! Dr Bill will explode! Run away! Run away!  
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Run away! Run away!
To the concert hall?
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Dear Sparteye: the only thing I got perturbed about was
ignorant use of "merkin" as sly anti-American allusion.
Anyone interested in that can look it up in Quinion.
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> sly anti-American
nah, we only tease those we love, Bill :)
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