Pimp talk

[Wilson Gray]

As Richard Pryor once put it, "Unreal. An' I ain't goin' faw it." Which is
to say that I find the continuing misuse of fine old items of guy-talk by
the fair sex to be a great annoyance. Next thing you know, women will be
saying that they have turned men out. But, what can you do? Sigh! On the
other hand, I'm still embarassed by the ease with which Adam ratted out Eve.

-Wilson

On 3/6/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Wilson, you olde traditionaliste, you need to start hangin' on campus
> more, kickin' with the peeps, gettin' down like Chinatown.
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>   Any shorty under forty could drop the science that phat chix now "pull"
> dudes. It's the Big 21, dawg !   Babes even vote !
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>   JL
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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> As is so often the case, I have no documentation. But, as my
> Canadian buddy says, "What the hell, eh?"
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> The other night, on one of the dating-contest shows, one of the
> participants bragged that she could _pull_ any man.
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> That ain't right. _Pimps_ pull women in order to _turn_ them _out_
> as prostitutes.
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> On the other hand, boys being boys, a woman, prostitute or not,
> can often _catch_ a man simply by wearing _catching clothes_.
> As a woman on another dating show insightfully noted, "Skin
> will win."
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> In Los Angeles in the '60's, the first customer of the night was
> known as _luck_. Catching that first customer was called
> _breaking luck_.
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> -Wilson Gray
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