AtD excerpt - "lilywhites"

[Joe Allonby]

No?

You're fucking kidding me!


On 8/4/06, jbor at bigpond.com <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> And the "lilywhites" would be Young Willis's unhardened city hands.
>
> best
>
> On 05/08/2006:
>
> > Way I read this, Young Willis has pulled out from his gripsack an
> > osteopathic massage instrument, like a little metal wheel, which Jimmy
> > Drop mistakes for a pinking machine (or roller) used to make
> > decorative imprints in leather saddles (amongst other things).
> >
> > http://home.att.net/~saddle_tool_dude/tool_pages/pinking_machine.htm
> >
> >>> >     "Damned idiot, o' course it's my back. Oh mother of all
> >>> > misfortune--and worst than last time too."
> >>> >     "I can fix that," offered Willis.
> >>> >     "Beg your pardon, what in hell business of any got-damn
> >>> > pinkinroller'd this be, again?"
> >>> >     "I know how to loosen that up for you. Trust me, I'm an
> >>> > osteopath."
> >>> >     "It's O.K., we're open-minded, couple boys in the outfit are
> >>> > evangelicals, just watch where you're putting them lilywhites now--
> >>> > yaaagghh--I mean, huh?"
> >>> >     "Feel better?"
> >>> >     "Holy Toledo," straightening up, carefully but pain-free.
> >>> >     "Why, it's a miracle."
> >
>
>
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