X marrying Y <> Y marrying X?

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:44 PM -0400 9/12/07, James Harbeck wrote:
>>"(REDACTED) jobs"? Why on earth ...
>
>I too find that funny (sort of like "assh*le" or "ass****", which
>I've seen on occasion). It seems to me that if that transcript had
>been circulated a little more widely at the time (to the right
>people, in new sources), "redacted job" could have become a joking
>term for a blow job for a short while...
>
>Though few guys would want redaction on their penises.

Maybe not, but I get three or four spams a day offering just that...

>  Most, however,
>wouldn't mind some red action, I suppose.
>
;-)



LH

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