Pimp talk

[Wilson Gray]

As is so often the case, I have no documentation. But, as my
Canadian buddy says, "What the hell, eh?"

The other night, on one of the dating-contest shows, one of the
participants bragged that she could _pull_ any man.

That ain't right. _Pimps_ pull women in order to _turn_ them _out_
as prostitutes.

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."

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_.

-Wilson Gray

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