grgr (21): two of the waiters ... /: a french amplification

Lycidas at worldnet.att.net Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Sat Mar 4 20:17:58 CST 2000



Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:
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>   "two of the waiters kneel on deck lapping at the juicy genitals of a blonde in
>   a wine velvet frock, who meantime is licking ardently the tall and shiny
>   french heels of an elderly lady in lemon organza busy fastening felt-lined
>   silver manacles to the wrists of her escort, a major of the yugoslav artillery
>   in dress uniform, who kneels with nose and tongue well between the bruised
>   buttocks of a long-legged ballerina from paris, 

This is a nasty condemnation, "the ship of all nations." 
Note the racism:  "Pardon me boy" and the the Jap is not
even masturbating, "pretty inscrutable, you know, those
Japs." Asian stereotypes--sexless, inscrutable.



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