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Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Among other things

  The gourd is used traditionally to administer enemas. Along the upper Congo River an enema apparatus is made by making a hole in one end of the gourd for filling it, and using a resin to attach a hollow cane to the gourd’s neck.[52]

  which sounds… splintery…

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  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok now you got my attention

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    • rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s also a 13th century persian poem called The Importance of Gourd Crafting that offers other rather intimate uses for the produce.

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  • chtk@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If only we had told this to Aleksey Tartarov sooner.

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  • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is always risk in any medical procedure. Or sexy time fun…

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• PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That first image deffo looks like a sex toy.

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