Word: onan
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...considered acceptable, Linden said. The second part of the event centered on a discussion of Genesis 38:1-11, a Biblical passage used by some Christian and Jewish scholars to justify religious prohibitions on masturbation and other non-procreative sexual activities. The passage tells the story of the character Onan, who engages in “coitus interruptus” and is killed by God as a punishment...
...movie "classics" are Caddyshack and Porky's, not Earth Girls Are Easy and Clueless), and since the jokes they make often have a pretty deep misogynist streak, they play to the one audience they think will appreciate them: their male friends, which is to say, themselves. To each his Onan...
...trailers make up 80% of RVs sold, but the big money is still in motor homes, which account for roughly two-thirds of industry revenue. RVs are made with components from many companies--say, a chassis from Workhorse Custom Chassis, slide-out gear from Actuant and a generator from Onan, a division of Cummins. Back in 2001, RV demand fell so low that some assembly lines and entire plants had to be idled. Industry leader Winnebago of Forest City, Iowa, avoided layoffs with four-day workweeks and a short production halt late in the year. But as demand shot...