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Post by virgoscorpio on Mar 10, 2012 19:06:24 GMT -5
I always found this scene really strange in Jessi and the Troublemakers "Right now there playing doctor." "Excuse me?" said Mary Ann startled. "Danielle is Dr. Frankenstein the evil scientist and Greg is her assitant Nurse Igor" "Right." Mary Ann said swallowing hard. Wow... that might be one of the ONLY directed/intended sexual references in the series! I might be having a bit of a blonde moment but I don't get it
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Post by celaeno on Mar 10, 2012 22:07:22 GMT -5
^I guess it's referring to the idea that some kids have used the term 'playing doctor' as an excuse to explore each other's bodies. Like, a kid who is more 'curious' than others might ask a friend to play doctor, and then he/she will tell the friend that you have to remove your clothes when the doctor examines you, and then the parent walks in and catches them, etc.
IDK, I've just heard these stories in a second (or third, or fourth...) hand way - like, I've heard stories of people saying they were taken advantage of sexually as kids because someone else suggested pretending they were at the doctor's office. It's not something I ever experienced as a kid or when I babysat or anything. The quote makes it sound Mary Anne was worried at the idea of kids 'playing doctor', but then was relieved when she found out it was genuinely just an innocent game of doctor. I don't know if that's really how the writer intended it to come out, but I guess I can see how someone could interpret it that way.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Mar 11, 2012 12:46:48 GMT -5
^ OK, thanks for clarifying! That makes more sense.
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 18, 2012 19:18:22 GMT -5
Logan's Story. Nicky had to do...something. Ok, he had to poop. The looking and blushing at Jessi made me think he would be sneaking into Mal's room later in life to "borrow" a picture of Jessi.
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Post by valuemeal2 on Sept 28, 2012 18:09:43 GMT -5
I just have to post to say that I just read this ENTIRE thread, from page 1. I will definitely be on the lookout for more awkward quotes from the series from now on!
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Post by wanderingfrog on Oct 12, 2012 17:12:22 GMT -5
From The Truth About Stacey:
I know Stacey fills out her bikini top well, but isn't thirteen a bit young for breast-reduction surgery?
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Post by Kylie90210 on Nov 20, 2012 21:44:54 GMT -5
^ LOL
This has probably already been posted, but from MA Saves the Day:
"Want to come over for a while?" I asked Dawn. The day had turned gray and drizzly. I thought we could spend the rest of the afternoon fooling around in my room.
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Post by starrynight on Nov 20, 2012 23:50:38 GMT -5
^ Ann used "fooling around" more than once in the early books to mean "goofing off." Maybe it was like "thong" and didn't have quite the same connotation back then!
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Post by Kylie90210 on Nov 24, 2012 7:38:51 GMT -5
Haha I think so. We call things what you call flip flops, so I guess it's also a cultural and also time thing.
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Post by sillybillygoogoo on Jan 26, 2013 15:00:55 GMT -5
From Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym):
"Ms. Walden gave the cease-fire. 'Well done, Ms. Pike,' she said in front of the whole class. 'It seems a shame to pull it out. Too bad we don't have a camera.'"
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Post by celaeno on Jan 26, 2013 21:11:51 GMT -5
^Ha ha, that's a great one!
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Post by starrynight on Jan 27, 2013 0:10:13 GMT -5
^ How have we not caught that one already???
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Post by wanderingfrog on Jan 31, 2013 20:52:16 GMT -5
From Karen's Brothers:
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 1, 2013 11:23:10 GMT -5
^by itslef that's so wierd
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Post by wanderingfrog on Feb 1, 2013 14:19:23 GMT -5
Honestly, a game where you try to tag someone on the lips with a piece of Kleenex is still pretty weird in context, just not sexual!
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