Strokin' (Was: Re: WOTY)

[Neal Whitman]

One time I said, "Well, different strokes for different folks," and my mom
said, "You know, for years I never realized that was a sexual reference."

I said, "Really? Wow, I always thought it referred to swimming!"

Neal

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From: "LanDi Liu" <strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: WOTY


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> I've never heard "strokin'" used referring to sex (aside from jerking
> off).  Has anybody else?
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> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at yahoo.com>
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>>  I second that emotion.
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>>  RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
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>>  I vote for "sassified" ... See
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>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVnH39UzI8
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