Half a pair of buttoxes

Thu Feb 14 16:07:23 UTC 2008

On Feb 14, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

> At 10:31 AM -0500 2/14/08, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>> Why go for them French guys when there are good examples in AmerEng?
>
> I note dInIs's use of the sex-neutral referential "guy" here, since
> as we all know the single-buttocked character in Candide was of the
> female persuasion.  (Did she have a name, or was she just "la
> Vielle"?)

just "la vielle Dame" in the broadway show.  played wonderfully by
Irra Petina in the original broadway case.  "I Am Easily Assimilated"
is her star turn.

arnold

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