AtD excerpt - "got-damn pinkinroller"

[Charles Albert]

No, Willis pulls out his Colt.....I think the pinkinroller refers to WIllis'
saddle, likely
thus ornamented (dandified), and a "masseur"....offsetting and amplifying
"lilywhites".

love,
cfa


On 8/4/06, terrance fitzgerald < fitzgerald_terrance at yahoo.com > wrote:
>
> http://history.osteopathic.org/index.shtml
>
> http://www.kcom.edu/newmuseum/atstill.htm
>
> *jbor at bigpond.com* wrote:
>
> 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
> <http://home.att.net/%7Esaddle_tool_dude/tool_pages/pinking_machine.htm>
>
> best
>
> On 04/08/2006:
>
> >> > "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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