Re: Blowjobs and pant legs in Dutch

John Cowan wrote:


>Almaran Dungeonmaster scripsit:
>
>> "Pijp" comes from the same root as English "pipe", and it is used for
almost
>> any long, hollow tube, such as a tabacco pipe or a pant leg. I think the
>> verb variant used in the other meaning comes from the shape made by the
>> lips, tongue and oral cavity at that time.
>
>Is this verb "pijpen" also used to mean "to play a wind instrument"?  The
>metaphor of "playing the flute", though not used in English, seems to be
quite
>usual.

This occurred to me as well, after checking the woordenboek.
Some Engl. speakers, it seems, are acquainted with the "skin flute", not to
mention the "mouth organ".  And I recently came across "laying pipe" for
'f*cking'.