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  • Bakahenzie Moonspirit was a mighty magician who, if competent to effect the magic he had already displayed, was capable of looking after himself; moreover, as he had recalled the Unmentionable One, he stood as the incarnation of the tribe, the god, therefore beyond human consideration.

    Witch-Doctors Charles Beadle

  • One is called Poop, a Natural History of the Unmentionable and the other is Jurassic Poop.

    Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009

  • Schwabe's "Unmentionable Cuisine" describes it as "the beef stomach…actually all four stomachs of cattle, sheep and other ruminant animals."

    No Need to Gripe About Tripe Charlotte Druckman 2011

  • As the Guardian said: in 1994 Upward enjoyed a literary revival at the age of 90 when three parallel works - a revised edition of Journey to the Border, a first collection of the original Mortmere Stories with Isherwood, and a new volume of stories, drily titled An Unmentionable Man, were issued by Enitharmon Press.

    Edward Upward 2009

  • Peace activists such as the Berrigan brothers, and of course Thomas Merton, became advocates for taming the Unmentionable.

    Printing: Speaking of the Unspeakable 2010

  • Peace activists such as the Berrigan brothers, and of course Thomas Merton, became advocates for taming the Unmentionable.

    Speaking of the Unspeakable 2010

  • I have been reading a fascinating and informative book by Rose George called The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable Wo ...

    Debra Shore: World Toilet Day: A Modest Proposal 2009

  • I have been reading a fascinating and informative book by Rose George called The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable Wo ...

    Debra Shore: World Toilet Day: A Modest Proposal 2009

  • At one point early on, I decided to deal with The Great Unmentionable at the heart of that career, so I wrote:

    Terry Krepel: Media Research Center Takes Ted Kennedy-Related Quote Out of Context 2009

  • Bloom had affairs with the latter three actors of varying degrees of intimacy and pleasure (Olivier was the worst, Burton the longest, Brynner the most fun), as well as marrying Rod Steiger, and then having an affair with and marrying Steiger's low-life (he is referred to as "The Unmentionable") producer friend.

    Stanton Peele: Great Artists Can Be Cads, But Can They Not Be? 2009

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