Talk:Pussy (horse)

A fact from Pussy (horse) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1834 Epsom Oaks was won by a filly named Pussy?

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Yes, she really did win a race against a horse named "Dick" and was related to a horse named "The Steamer," poor mare. Froggerlaura ^ribbit 03:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And her grandsire was Bob Booty!

"Did you know that Pussy beat Dick in 1833?"

#failedDYKnomination

Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 20:52, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alas, I proposed something similar in 2012 but as the submission occurred during one of the perennial "Let's get rid of DYK for being un-encyclopedic" crusades, I changed it to something less risque. Froggerlaura ^ribbit 00:28, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The mare's name is all the more remarkable because the connotation was so well-established by then. But it's a word that often skirts censorship. I remember John Waters talking years ago about how difficult it was to get "Pecker" approved by the MPAA as a film title, that they wanted to give it an NC-17 rating on that basis alone and they had meeting after meeting to dissuade them. "I'm still trying to figure out how they approved 'Octopussy'," he said. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 09:11, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just buying popcorn and watching the show! LOL! Montanabw ^(talk) 02:30, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]