Why does Red Dwarf hate the penis?

[Rushy]

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[Warbodog]

Rob and Doug used to be seriously repressed, but now they’re able to go out and enjoy some serious cock guilt-free.

[Future Producer of Series IX – aaaaany day now]

[Technopeasant]

Bear in mind, the latter one would be about Felis sapiens penis.

This does raise the question on if all cats are creationists or if some understand their selective evolution. Probably would be some evidence about. What did cats do with their dead?

[Warbodog]

What did cats do with their dead?

[loadoftottnumb]

Rob and Doug used to be seriously repressed, but now they’re able to go out and enjoy some serious cock guilt-free.

Yuma Yuma Yuma 

[cwickham]

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

[sleepey]

[Technopeasant]

I mean, maybe that is how things are in her universe.

[Dave]

I mean, maybe that is how things are in her universe.

[Technopeasant]

She seems quite pleased.

[Ian Symes]

Bear in mind, the latter one would be about Felis sapiens penis.

I wonder if they’re barbed in Doug-Dwarf, or if that’s just a Rob only thing. Did they discuss Cat penises prior to Rob writing Backwards? Did they sit down at some point in the mid-80s to lay out all the biological details of the species they invented?

[Future Producer of Series IX – aaaaany day now]

Was the Zardoz reference too obscure, then?

[Moonlight]

I got it but only because I saw a show parody the movie once.

[Meteo]

Does this have any connection to Zardoz?

…And yes, I’ve seen Rob & Zardoz. Best Photomanip I’ve seen this month.

[International Debris]

It was a fairly common target among alternative comedians, Ben Elton did a whole routine that’s quite similar to the DNA stuff in The Man from Auntie.

[Cardinal_Hordriss]

I don’t particularly mind. Comedians and writers are always making jokes about the peculiar look of human genitalia. I don’t particularly mind penises but then I’m a homo. It isn’t something that stood out to me. I can only think of two stand out occasions it came up… so to speak.

In the case of Kryten becoming human it makes sense in a way as it was apparently new to him. That said, during that scene he demonstrates a surprising amount of ignorance re human anatomy that doesn’t really make sense except for laying the groundwork for those jokes.

In the case of Kochanski I think the – no control line was a giggle. Her character brought a female perspective to the show so it makes sense that there might come a few detrimental jokes about her experience of men.

Other than those two occasions nothing really stands out.

[Warbodog]

Red Dwarf is a sausage fest, so it can have a go at the penis. Would have been a different vibe if Holly had become human.

[Future Producer of Series IX – aaaaany day now]

Does this have any connection to Zardoz?

Well, aside from one of its best-known quotes being “The gun is good, the penis is evil”, I suppose not.

There, I explained the joke, you ingrates. I hope you’re satisfied.

[Jenuall]

[Dave]

Red Dwarf is a sausage fest, so it can have a go at the penis. Would have been a different vibe if Holly had become human.

Presumably the conversation went differently in the Parallel Universe.

[Moonlight]

[RunawayTrain]

Well they’re not exactly aesthetically pleasing, are they?  Neither are female genitalia, but given the way society is and the fact Red Dwarf was written by and mostly starring men, it would have been in poor taste for them to write disparagingly about those.

There’s a reason the phrase is ‘bumping uglies’ not ‘bumping pretties’.

[Moonlight]

Can we just agree as a society to keep sex above the belt. Then everyone’s happy.

[Cardinal_Hordriss]

Can we just agree as a society to keep sex above the belt. Then everyone’s happy.

How would that work? 

[sleepey]

Pull your trousers down before you start

[Cardinal_Hordriss]

Pull your trousers down before you start

Oh of course! 

[Technopeasant]

Was the Zardoz reference too obscure, then?

I got it, but only because I happened to watch it in February.

[Ian Symes]

Presumably the conversation went differently in the Parallel Universe.

The last bacon sandwich in the shop look.

[Dave]

The last bacon sandwich in the shop look.

[Ben Saunders]

I don’t want to know what would require a woman to take two pictures of her vagina when one is the standard. I’m choosing not to think about it.

[Dave]

one is the standard

Implying that you have a regular procedure for this situation.

[Ben Saunders]

I have internet access, I’ve seen pictures

[Ian Symes]

[Dave]

[Asclepius]

Doug, G+T have finished having a laugh at Chris’ health issues, and now they’re having a go at fannies. Can you get them to stop, please?

[Ben Saunders]

If I wanted to have a go at fannies I’d, uh, start a fight at an Oasis concert, or something.

[clem]

I don’t want to know what would require a woman to take two pictures of her vagina when one is the standard. I’m choosing not to think about it.

“Let wideons be wideons”

[Dave]

Between this and Zardoz it’s really become the thread for spelling out the gag.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

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[Jonathan Capps]

It seems unfair that this thread has happened in a post-John Hoare era. 

[Warbodog]

[Ridley]

Can we just agree as a society to keep sex above the belt. Then everyone’s happy.

How would that work? 

69, dudes.

[International Debris]

Well they’re not exactly aesthetically pleasing, are they?  

I dunno, I’ve seen some nice ones in my time.

[Ben Saunders]

Sometimes a dick looks pretty good, honestly. Maybe 5% of the time.

[RunawayTrain]

I was going to say about when they’re relaxed vs when they’re … standing to attention, because of the reference to ‘the last chicken in the shop look’, but IIRC Kryten had also seen his own double Polaroid when he made that comment so it’s not really relevant.  And the cats will almost certainly have seen them in all states.

[Technopeasant]

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That is distressingly final.

[Meteo]

A Batshit Insane Movie, and one of the best Trippy Dystopian Future Movies ever made.

[Android 72264Y]

A shame, really. They have great aerodynamic properties.

[Cardinal_Hordriss]

Well they’re not exactly aesthetically pleasing, are they?  
I dunno, I’ve seen some nice ones in my time.

It depends on proportion. Huge ones can look a bit odd. It’s like how the ancient Greeks believed smaller ones were more artistic – that’s why naked heroes on vases always have dinky bits.

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