Well defended, CN. And not offensive, at least not to anyone who hangs around here. :-)

It actually strikes me as really funny, too, now that you explain it. I guess I have forgotten what it's like to be 20 and not very picky about partners. Those were the days...

PS -- Wasn't it "a cigar is just a cigar?" But your example is even more apt--if everything else is symbolic of sex, why would sex be symbolic of something else?