From: boyd@acsu.buffalo.edu (Daniel F Boyd)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.folklore.science,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: folklore and computing article
Summary: Simple substitution
Date: 13 Oct 92 01:47:16 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

Vulgarity is the spice of life...

[You know what...]

                          Questionnaire

1.   Do you know of any ways in which people believe a penis
     enhances their health?

2.   Do you know of any ways in which people believe a penis
     harms their health (damage to vision, radiation, etc.)?

3.   Do you know of any ways in which people believe a penis
     will affect the birth of a child?

4.   Have you heard any stories about penises being in love,
     jealous, etc.?

5.   Have you heard any remarks about people using penises to
     affect their own love relationships, to encourage courtship
     or promote marriage?

6.   Have you heard any references to penises and death (either
     preventing or causing it; affected by it)?

7.   Do you know of any stories about penises and sports?

8.   Have you heard of penises having an effect on other types
     of recreation?

9.   Do you know of any instances where people believe that a
     penis had affected travel?

10.  Do you know of any instances where people believe that a
     penis had affected the weather?

11.  Do you know of any instances where people believe that a
     penis has been affected by the weather?

12.  Do you know of any stories about animals and penises
     (around the penis, in the penis, affected by the
     penis, etc.)?

13.  Do you know of any stories about ghosts and penises?

14.  Do you know of any instances where people claim that magic
     has affected the penis?

15.  Do you know of any instances where people claim that they
     have used the penis to perform magic?

16.  Do you know of any stories about witches or other
     supernatural beings (elves, etc.) and the penis? 

17.  Do you know of any instances where someone claims that a
     penis has affected their dreams?

18.  Have you ever heard someone say that they dreamt of a
     penis and it meant something?

19.  Have you ever heard someone claim that a penis has
     foretold an event?

20.  Have you ever heard someone claim that they used a penis
     to foretell an event?

21.  Do you know of any numbers that people cite as significant
     in relation to penises (e.g., 3, 7, 9, 666, etc.)?

22.  Do you know of any stories of devils or demons and
     penises?

23.  Do you know of any stories of angels and penises?

24.  Have you ever heard a person say that a penis has
     affected a plant?

25.  Have you ever heard a person say that a penis has been
     affected by a plant?

26.  Have you ever heard a person say that they have a personal
     magnetic field that has affected a penis?

27.  Do you know of any instance where someone claims that a
     penis has affected a personal item (purse, belt, jewelry,
     etc.?)

28.  Do you know of any instance where someone claims that a
     penis has been affected by a personal item (purse, belt,
     jewelry, etc.)?

29.  Do you know of any beliefs about viruses and penises?

30.  Do you know of any practices that people perform with items
     associated with a penis (e.g., disks, tractor feed on
     penis paper, printers, etc.)?

31.  Do you know of any special dates that people associate with
     penises?

32.  Do you know of any special dates (e.g., Friday the 13th,
     April Fool's day, Easter, Christmas, birthdays, Halloween,
     New Year's Day/Eve, etc.) that are supposed to affect
     penises?

33.  Have you heard anyone say that a penis affected their
     ability to make love (e.g., infertility, sterility,
     aphrodisiac, etc.)?

34.  Do you know of any customs that connect eating and the
     penis?

35.  Do you know of any special colors that people associate with
     a penis (e.g., lucky, unlucky, works better, etc.)?

36.  Do people advise others to wear any special type of clothing
     while working on a penis?

37.  Do you know of anyone who carries anything related to a
     penis with them as a lucky piece?

38.  Do you know stories about anyone with a specific occupation
     that is associated with a penis (e.g., gambler, banker,
     prostitute)?

39.  Have you heard any stories that emphasize a person's ethnic
     group (e.g., Black, Hispanic, Native American, Chinese,
     Japanese, Korean, etc.) that are associated with a penis?

40.  Do you know any special times of day that people say are
     significant when speaking about penises?

41.  Do you know of any religious beliefs associated with
     penises (e.g., bibles, missionaries, warnings not to use
     penises on religious grounds, etc.)?

42.  Do you know of any stories about God and the penis?

43.  What anthropomorphic terms have you heard associated with
     the penis (e.g., dying, eating, thinking, etc.)?

44.  Do you know of any rituals people perform around or using
     penises?

45.  Do you know of any prayers people say around penises?

46.  Do you know of any sayings about penises?

47.  Do you know of any practical jokes people play with
     penises?

48.  Do you know any stories about penises and transportation
     (e.g., cars, trains, airplanes, etc.)?

49.  Have you heard any taboos about buying, giving or receiving
     penises?  Do you know any way to counteract the negative
     effects?

50.  Have you heard anyone offer special advice about how to get
     rid of an old penis (e.g., bury it, burn it, etc.)?

51.  Have you heard anyone offer special advice about how to make
     an inoperative penis work (e.g., talk nicely to it, hit
     it, get the tech support guru to walk into the room, place a
     phone call to tech support, etc.)?

52.  Have you heard any urban legends that involve penises?

53.  Have you heard any proverbs about penises?

54.  Do you know any other folk stories about penises?

55.  Do you know any penis myths?

56.  Do you know of any other customs or beliefs related to
     penises?



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