Some musings about GSHA mythology...specifically the Taint fin

My bro-in-law hipped me to this picture, concerning "taints," and it got me to thinking about the image crucial to our beloved organization. I am talking, of course, about the legendary taint fin, first proposed (as I remember) by Danny Coy. He said something to the effect that he would enjoy having a shark-style fin on his taint. This suggestion quickly erupted into a major burst of creative outpourings, with people talking about illuminated taint fins that would show what mood their were in, special pants to accomodate a taint fin, taint fin smacking as a greeting, a theme song ("Tainted Love...smack,smack"), taint fin tatoos to express important images of each individual, ad infinitum. Even the ironing board sported a taint fin on the ouroboros. It was, indeed, a heady time.


Then came the purges and everything went to hell...