DH is on mumsnet aibu. ..

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.... so I told him to Google "sootikins"

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That'll larn him!

Well played

FFS thanks for that. I just googled that, and now I can't unsee it!

Direct him to penguin bollards next. Those fuckers will stalk his browser forever.

Jesus, I've just googled that. Every day is a school day.

Ah! That!

Arrrghh my eyes!!

Penguin bollards???

Penguin Bollards.

The MN solution to most parking disputes.

Why the hell is it mouse shaped?!

Also 😂 at the Urban Dictionary example about it hanging out of a skirt.

Why do people do this???
I fell for it once, never again, but... I... am... so... curious...now...

What are sootikins?! And please don't tell me to Google it if it's gross, easily

'One entry defines a "sootikin" as a small mouse-shaped deposit formed in the vaginal cleft of poor women who did not wear undergarments - common until the 19th century. A sootikin built up over several weeks, even months, of not washing.'

Weirdly I've always wondered how gross it would have been then when people didn't wash - well now I know ha ha

However, it may be apocryphal. Note the similar spelling.
'A sooterkin is a fabled small creature about the size of a mouse that certain women were believed to have been capable of giving birth to. The origin of this initially jocular fantasy lies in the 18th century, and some eminent physicians of the day considered it factual. It is attributed to a tendency of Dutch women to frequently sit on stoves or use them under their petticoats to keep warm, hence causing the breeding of a small kind of animal that would mature and be born.'

Feelingaggrieved that's just what DH said 😀😀😀😀

I'm not sure I wanted to know that, but it's oddly fascinating.

Thanks CockacidalManiac, bet you never thought you'd get the chance to type something like that!

I'm amazed the human race survived before we invented showers. Shagging someone on the third day of a festival is grim enough.

I'm really glad I get a preview when I google something and it doesn't end up on my search history-dragon blood, wtaf??

The wiki page that is the first hit for the search mentions a man "falling in love at first sight" with a chimp, getting her drunk and then being locked in his suite with her for 48 hours before dying of a strain of pnuemonia known only in apes!

I've ordered the book now.

.... so I told him to Google "sootikins"

I'd not heard of this until 30 seconds ago, now I know. You're evil!! 🙈