"Stinky pinky"

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 29, 2004, at 4:57 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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> Like I said in the email, I am an amateur student of words, in all
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Well and truly said!

-Wilson

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>> From: Wilson Gray [mailto:wilson.gray at RCN.COM]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:32 PM
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>> Subject: Re: "Stinky pinky"
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>> On Sep 29, 2004, at 12:44 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:
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>>> I believe in the movie "Dazed and Confused" (a really good look at
>>> underachiever high school life in the late 1970's, from 1993), the
>>> character Wooderson (Matthew McConaughey) uses the phrase.
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>>> Do a Google search for "one in the pink, one in the stink" for more
>>> info than you really wanted.  See also "one in the coot and
>> one in the
>>> boot".
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>> My word, Bill! Is that what your parents sent you to school
>> for?! Because I *know* that you didn't learn that kind of
>> language at home!
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>> -Wilson
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Wilson Gray [mailto:wilson.gray at RCN.COM]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:00 AM
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>>>> Subject: "Stinky pinky"
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>>>> Poster:       Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
>>>> Subject:      "Stinky pinky"
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>>>> A woman on today's Springer show used this phrase, which
>> I've never
>>>> heard before. Unfortunately, I missed the context in which
>> the term
>>>> was used. Does anybody know what it means?
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>>>> -Wilson Gray
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