I’ve been fortunate in so many ways in life. Thank you for the brave reminder that others have not and do not have a safe home. And love the tone of the dialogue here.
It is all a matter of culture. How many of you with penises have had genital body modifications? Circumcision is so “normal” people don’t often see it for what it is. Then add consent to the equation…
I think the “Um” is catching himself from saying “balls”. “Pucks” was the next best thing that didn’t imply testicles, but in hindsight didn’t convey the full intent of what he was trying to say.
And because this is Frazz, I suspect a double meaning to imply recently enough that people are talking seriously about women being better than men.
As a kid, I was digging a tunnel in a few feet of snow. Laying on my belly, scooping armfuls of snow and dragging them backwards out of the tunnel. I didn’t realize I was digging downhill and I eventually dug further in than I could back out.
I had that exact same sense of panicky few hours that lasted a few real time minutes. I eventually flailed my arms enough that I was able to scramble out. In hindsight, I’m pretty sure I could have just stood up to break through the relatively thin layer of snow above me.
Alternate meanings for those 2 letters…Q, Ku, and a vulgar body part from:https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/[replace this with those 2 letters]