butt-hole = intestine as sausage casing

[J P Maher]

Reading "butt" as arse is anachronistic. Like the kid who comes home from school and tells her mom how they learned about A. Lincoln getting shot in Ford's Theater while watching a movie. We kids of the 1940s said "can, ass, behind" and for kiddies "hiney", but not "butt". In the 1960s came "get off your [lazy] butt" and by the 1980s  "butt-shot" for a photo focusing on the derriere. It was brilliant of Warren Brewer to spot the repartee between Archie and Betty: she mentioning "prime [sc. beef] " and he retorting  "butt-hole", for intestine used as sausage casing. "Betty's "prime  and Archie's "butt-hole" (hot-dog meat, sausage) are antonyms. Remember Bismarck:  politics is like sausage making. Sausage may be tasty, but you won't want to eat any if you ever saw what went into the making of it. Earlier, Jean Paul on "Wurst"."eine Goetterspeise - divine meal", since only God knows what's in there.

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