It may seem creepy to some, but I didn’t read it that way. It’s a fairly common and old phrase (the wiktionary entry is over 10 years old) and to me it doesn’t have any sexualizing connotations, or other connotations I’d associate with being creepy. I’ll grant you that it’s vulgar, but do you see it as any creepier than any other vulgar phrase?
i found the joke out of tone in this piece, and not funny enough to justify the offense. (indeed, the only “humor” is the shock value.) i believe the writing would be stronger without it.
to flip the question around: what does the vulgarity add, for you? why does this essay need vulgarity?
It is one of several early morning expressions employed in Britain. Others include, ‘The crack of bird fart’, or Sparrow’s fart, or ‘Up with the larks and down with the mucking out.’ Note in Britain we’d typically say the ‘arse’ crack of dawn. As a marathoner, the phrase perfectly captures for me the sensibilty of early morning distance training runs.
hey! if i may: that’s a creepy way to phrase it!
It may seem creepy to some, but I didn’t read it that way. It’s a fairly common and old phrase (the wiktionary entry is over 10 years old) and to me it doesn’t have any sexualizing connotations, or other connotations I’d associate with being creepy. I’ll grant you that it’s vulgar, but do you see it as any creepier than any other vulgar phrase?
i found the joke out of tone in this piece, and not funny enough to justify the offense. (indeed, the only “humor” is the shock value.) i believe the writing would be stronger without it.
to flip the question around: what does the vulgarity add, for you? why does this essay need vulgarity?
It is one of several early morning expressions employed in Britain. Others include, ‘The crack of bird fart’, or Sparrow’s fart, or ‘Up with the larks and down with the mucking out.’ Note in Britain we’d typically say the ‘arse’ crack of dawn. As a marathoner, the phrase perfectly captures for me the sensibilty of early morning distance training runs.