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

[Dave Monroe]

... possibly a joke in passing?  "Waistlines and [waste]baskets"? A la
Richard M. Zhlubb's "athletic [supporters]" later on?

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:
> possibly stomachs  = breadbaskets (look it up as slang)
> waist lines and bellys - checking out how trim they are
>
> On 13/10/2015 03:42, Mike Jing 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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