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OK so this one is not inna swimsuit - but aren't they lovely together?

lovely

Really for

westernind and of course

charlie_mouse after conjecture on Sunday.

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kneeshooter

That second one is a bit "oysters or snails" isn't it!

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kathbad

I do't understand.

I know that this may be my cold-addled brain, but I do not get it.

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kneeshooter

It was a line removed from Spartacus because of homosexual content - hence I use it to poke fun at pseudo-homoerotic content such as two grown men in swimming costumes in close proximity with each other about to indulge in stroking action.

"The original version included a scene where Marcus Licinius (Laurence Olivier) attempts to seduce Antoninus (Tony Curtis ). The Production Code Administration and the Legion of Decency both objected. At one point Geoffrey Shurlock, representing the censors, suggested it would help if the reference in the scene to a preference for oysters or snails was changed to truffles and artichokes. In the end the scene was cut, but it was was put back in for the 1991 restoration. However, since the soundtrack had been lost in the meantime, the dialogue had to be dubbed; since Olivier had died, Anthony Hopkins read his lines."

"Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters?
Antoninus: When I have them, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails?
Antoninus: No, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?
Antoninus: No, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Of course not. It is all a matter of taste, isn't it?
Antoninus: Yes, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: And taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.
Antoninus: It could be argued so, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: My robe, Antoninus. My taste includes both snails and oysters. "