Re: GR translation: checking out tits ‘n’ asses, waistlines ‘n’ baskets

[Dave Monroe]

Best ... P-List ... subject line ... ever ...

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Mike Jing
<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> V653.4-14   But he gets no farther than Nürnberg, where his valise, with
> Byron wrapped inside in an alb, is ripped off by a transsectite, a Lutheran
> named Mausmacher who likes to dress up in Roman regalia. This Mausmacher,
> not content with standing in front of his own mirror making papal crosses,
> thinks it will be a really bizarre kick to go out to the Zeppelin field to a
> Nazi torchlight rally in full drag, and walk around blessing people at
> random. Green torches flaring, red swastikas, twinkling brasses and Father
> Mausmacher, checking out tits ‘n’ asses, waistlines ‘n’ baskets, humming a
> clerical little tune, some Bach riff, smiling as he moves through the Sieg
> Heils and choruses of “Die Fahne Hoch.”
>
> What is the basket in "waistlines ‘n’ baskets"?
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