Viva your Vulva - in Edinburgh

If you try that recipe at home, I hope your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's".

Bwah hah hah! There are some of Fanny Craddock's old cookery programmes in the BBC iPlayer Archives, I'll have a look to see if that's amongst them! love schoolboy humour!

For the Fanny Green gigglers in the back row - some of you may remember Fanny Craddock on TV, on the episode where she made donuts. One of the closing comments from a commentator who might have been her husband or I may have got that bit wrong went something like " If you try that recipe at home, I hope your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's".

I can remember sniggering, my Dad has to suddenly water the vegetables while my mum nearly died trying not to laugh out loud.

Oh dear Granny23. I'm glad you're coping.

Far North I'm afraid that in spite of great advice and support from the Continence Nurse, and faithfully doing the exercises every day the problem has steadily got worse. I am one of the few who was badly stitched back together after difficult births, but have a coping strategy (which involves never leaving the house without spare pants, pads and trousers, never running, knowing the location of every public toilet, and keeping a sense of humour about it all). Most of my friends, neighbours and acquaintances have no idea I have this problem, though if the topic comes up I am not embarrassed to talk about.

Chewbacca

^Can’t help,thinking of that joke….. vicar to curate “is that Fanny Green in the front row ?” “No sir it’s just the way the light is shining through the stained glass window”^

12 hours later and I'm still giggling at this!

I thought that was lovely too! Great to have something to giggle at.

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Here's the promo info for Elaine Miller's gigs :

My children were taught vagina, penis, clitoris, testicles and breasts. My daughter has continued using that naming with her children along with other body parts.
I’ve never seen the point in making up names, it’s just confusing.

Granny23 I hope you got some help with that, such as Elaine Miller talks about.
Leaking is not inevitable.

Ltl Eve said "I find it amazing how many women believe that urine comes out of the same opening as period blood.

When, following the Menopause, I started to leak a little urine if I jumped or sneezed, I began to wear little pads. DH thought they were disgusting and wanted to know why I didn't just use tampons as I did when menstruating!

I found it a very strange question from a man who had had a regular, very close up and personal acquaintance with my 'bits' for more than 30 years, Maybe we should have kept the lights on?

Can’t help,thinking of that joke….. vicar to curate “is that Fanny Green in the front row ?” “No sir it’s just the way the light is shining through the stained glass window”

12 hours later and I'm still giggling at this!

there’s evidence it was used throughout the ancient East and West—and not as a pejorative. For example, in The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality, published in 2003, Catherine Blackledge noted that kunthi referred to female genitalia in sanskrit. A Hindu nature goddess bore the name Kunti as well.

In addition, the word kunt was found in the writings of Ptah-Hotep, an Egyptian vizier who lived in the 25th century BC. It referred to women and appears to have been a term of respect.

My source for that is watching "GPs behind closed doors".

I'm sure they're able to work with a wide range of people, of varying intelligence, reticence, and so on.

Unfortunately Miss A, GPs expect patients to be conventional unless the patients are 'mentally ill'.

Well, the gp would be in no doubt if you told him you had an itchy one.

It's interesting that Anglo Saxon four letter words are in 2022 still as impolite as they were in 1067 .

I don't think having a nickname for a part has anything to do with being a prude, necessarily.
If you got to the gp with something wrong, the first thing they'll do (if you can get a face to fanny consultation) is ask to have a look, anyway.

Ive seen plenty of stuff online that gps are happy for people to use what language they're comfortable with.

Besides, a flange sounds a lot more fun than a vulva.
Or, we could use that good old fashioned word; c***t
None of it matters, as long as people make themselves understood when needed.

In their own interest people should know how their bodies work. Women should know that orgasms can be learned . Anatomical knowledge is a great help in learning orgasms.

Parents' shyness or prudishness transfers to their kids . Adults who are self-directed can overcome the stupifying influence of ignorant parents.

My GD used to say noo noo. We were in a tea shop and there were copies of Roman statues some holding their skirts in a provocative way. She kept asking why they were showing their Noo Noo and such dirty looks came our way.
Maybe we are all a bit guilty of being coy, and if we used the biological name we would be less embarrassed. Some people are very adept at this others are not.
My worst experience was having to sit at dinner next to the Surgeon who had done my gyni operation. He put me at my ease by saying we meet again in better circumstances.
When I told the tale at work someone piped up, "Oh I wouldn't worry he's used to it, I've been to dinners where his hands have been in all the knickers at the table". The staff room erupted.

FarNorth Than you so much for that link to the YouTube video of Elaine Miller. Absolutely brilliant?

Kittye

Baggytrazzas

V3ra

Ladyleftfieldlover

My children were taught the correct words and my granddaughter has as well. I have a friend who refers to her lady garden and another who talked about front bottoms.

My former neighbour used to refer to her daughter's "moneybox" ?

Yes, I think I might have heard it referred to as " sitting on her tuppence" .

I wonder why we have so many names for such a tiny and generally usually well concealed body part?

My nanna used to tell me to “ keep your hand on your ha’ penny “ ?

So did mine, Kittye - I think it was a music hall song way back. That GM died in 1978 IIRC, in her late 80s, so would have been familiar with MH songs.
Another related thing she used to say was, ‘It only takes a minute!!’

She also once told me that she’d ditched one young man she used to ‘walk out’ with, because, ‘He tried to get his hand down my placket fastener!’ ?

Baggytrazzas

V3ra

Ladyleftfieldlover

My children were taught the correct words and my granddaughter has as well. I have a friend who refers to her lady garden and another who talked about front bottoms.

My former neighbour used to refer to her daughter's "moneybox" ?

Yes, I think I might have heard it referred to as " sitting on her tuppence" .

I wonder why we have so many names for such a tiny and generally usually well concealed body part?

My nanna used to tell me to “ keep your hand on your ha’ penny “ ?

Fanny the vulva is the external female genitalia which includes labia, clitoris, vaginal opening etc.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva

apparently the vulva is the outer labia, the inner labia, the clitoris and the entrance bit to the vagina. I'm sorry if I have made it sound like a package holiday