Russia has produced wondrous, if often grotesque, fairy tales.<\/p>\n
Within the last few days you might have run into the term, “Golden Shower.” Could it be a Russian fairy tale? If not, what is it?<\/p>\n
For those of us who have led relatively sedate sexual lives, I bring you an incident from decades ago, when I first heard the term “Golden Shower,” and probably said “Huh?” and I guess someone explained it to me, because I know what it means.<\/p>\n
I was working at Paramount Pictures. For some reason I was asked to stay late one night to cover the phones (don’t you love that phrase, COVER THE PHONES?!) while two of our big time executives, who trusted me completely, met to have a discussion about some grand plan, I don’t remember what.<\/p>\n
Because the only important thing I recall from that meeting was…<\/p>\n
“Golden Showers.”<\/p>\n
Sorry, guys, but I think I might<\/em> have been eavesdropping, just a teeny-weeny little bit. So much for trust. Maybe I’m slightly ashamed. But only slightly. Or maybe the door wasn’t closed entirely. And I’m pretty sure they wanted me to hear.<\/p>\n After a few hours, they went off on a boy-talk tangent. (I won’t mention their names because one of them is still alive, and I liked both of them. Although I’m not sure either would be embarrassed by this exposure, both should be. Shame on youse, shame on youse. At least by my prim reckoning.)<\/p>\n They were doing that sexual bragging stuff that guys use as guy-to-guy intimate conversation, once they get past the introductory sports talk. The act in question came up in their dialogue. Somewhere, amid the sniggers, I picked up on “Golden Showers” and learned what it meant:<\/p>\n There you have it, gentle readers. “The Golden Shower.” Or, in Russian, “zolotoy dush<\/em>.” Couldn’t have been paid for by a more deserving character than The Twittler or video-ed by a more dedicated spy agency than the Russian FSB.<\/a><\/p>\n (Apologies. If you click on the Newsweek link above, you might have to sit through ten seconds of a Raymour & Flanigan commercial. No furniture purchase is required.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Russia has produced wondrous, if often grotesque, fairy tales. Within the last few days you might have run into the term, “Golden Shower.” Could it be a Russian fairy tale? If not, what is it? For those of us who … Continue reading \n
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