arm:leg =? penis:vagina

[Douglas G. Wilson]

On 8/16/2011 5:29 PM, Darla Wells wrote:
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> In the 80's in Southern California, my mixed bag of friends on the carnival
> circuit were always offering "to lick your leg" ie whatever sex act was
> being impulsively thought of at the time.
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I used to hear this sort of thing occasionally from young men/boys in
the 1960's. IIRC the usual application was along the lines of "Let me
lick your leg" (meaning roughly "I find you attractive") or "I want to
lick her leg" (meaning roughly "I find her attractive"). I think it was
generally light/humorous, and I don't know exactly what "leg" meant (if
anything) although there are the obvious possibilities.

-- Doug Wilson

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