Feb 26, 2022 09:46
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English term
Sunfish
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Hi All,
One Major has an appointment with a whore. This is what he hears:
“Good luck,” said Trapper. “Don’t break your stem.”
“Y’all watch out when she sunfishes,” warned Duke.
Sunfish? A blowjob?
Thank you!
One Major has an appointment with a whore. This is what he hears:
“Good luck,” said Trapper. “Don’t break your stem.”
“Y’all watch out when she sunfishes,” warned Duke.
Sunfish? A blowjob?
Thank you!
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English term (edited):
when she sunfishes
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when she starts having an epileptic fit / epileptic spams /convulsions
here just the most literal meaning of convulsions, jerky movements, like a fish under the sun (freshly pulled out of the water).
As shown in the contemporary references found by Althea Draper
"...
"If I were you, I'd search the waterfront," suggested Trapper. "He might be looking for mermaids."
"How about you fellows helping out? You said he meant everything to you. I should think you'd help me find him before he harms himself or someone else."
"If he's all that crazy, the hell with him," said Trapper. "Yeah," the Duke said. "We got appointments with the epileptic whore anyway."
"*** I'm tired of hearing about the epileptic whore ***," stated the Major. "What's it all about anyhow?"
"Epileptic whore hava yes, Major," smiled Mrs. Lee. "Velly clean, school teacher. Finest Kind."
Major Haskell perked his ears at the last expression, but before he could draw any conclusions Trapper started talking.
"Major," he said, "a guy in your business really should take a crack at this broad out of professional interest. It's an opportunity that's unlikely to come your way again. You could make a name for yourself writing papers about her."
The Major sat down, ordered a drink and excused the M.P.'s. "You may have a point, gentlemen. Can you fix me up? It should be quite an interesting case."
"The fastest ride in the Far East Command," Trapper assured him.
"And y'all may have my reservation," Duke told him. "I was on for three o'clock, but I can see that it'll mean more to you all."
"That's very kind of you, Captain," replied Major Haskell.
They had a few more drinks, ate an extended lunch, and at 3:00 p.m. Major Haskell went to keep his appointment.
"Good luck," said Trapper. "Don't break your stem."
"Y'all watch out when she sunfishes," warned Duke.
Within fifteen minutes the Major, looking somewhat pale and drawn, reappeared and nervously ordered a double Scotch.
"That was quick," said Duke. "Major, y'all must be one of them short-time skivvy boys."
The Major did not reply.
"Come on, Major," urged Trapper, "how was it?"
"*** I don't think it's epilepsy. I think it's a purely hysterical convulsion ***," replied the Major.
"Yeah, but how was it?" insisted Duke.
"Tremendous," said the Major and departed...."
http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/general/Hooker/MASH_11.html...
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https://www.epilepsydiagnosis.org/seizure/epileptic-spasms-o...
As shown in the contemporary references found by Althea Draper
"...
"If I were you, I'd search the waterfront," suggested Trapper. "He might be looking for mermaids."
"How about you fellows helping out? You said he meant everything to you. I should think you'd help me find him before he harms himself or someone else."
"If he's all that crazy, the hell with him," said Trapper. "Yeah," the Duke said. "We got appointments with the epileptic whore anyway."
"*** I'm tired of hearing about the epileptic whore ***," stated the Major. "What's it all about anyhow?"
"Epileptic whore hava yes, Major," smiled Mrs. Lee. "Velly clean, school teacher. Finest Kind."
Major Haskell perked his ears at the last expression, but before he could draw any conclusions Trapper started talking.
"Major," he said, "a guy in your business really should take a crack at this broad out of professional interest. It's an opportunity that's unlikely to come your way again. You could make a name for yourself writing papers about her."
The Major sat down, ordered a drink and excused the M.P.'s. "You may have a point, gentlemen. Can you fix me up? It should be quite an interesting case."
"The fastest ride in the Far East Command," Trapper assured him.
"And y'all may have my reservation," Duke told him. "I was on for three o'clock, but I can see that it'll mean more to you all."
"That's very kind of you, Captain," replied Major Haskell.
They had a few more drinks, ate an extended lunch, and at 3:00 p.m. Major Haskell went to keep his appointment.
"Good luck," said Trapper. "Don't break your stem."
"Y'all watch out when she sunfishes," warned Duke.
Within fifteen minutes the Major, looking somewhat pale and drawn, reappeared and nervously ordered a double Scotch.
"That was quick," said Duke. "Major, y'all must be one of them short-time skivvy boys."
The Major did not reply.
"Come on, Major," urged Trapper, "how was it?"
"*** I don't think it's epilepsy. I think it's a purely hysterical convulsion ***," replied the Major.
"Yeah, but how was it?" insisted Duke.
"Tremendous," said the Major and departed...."
http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/general/Hooker/MASH_11.html...
etc
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Note added at 14 hrs (2022-02-27 00:20:50 GMT)
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https://www.epilepsydiagnosis.org/seizure/epileptic-spasms-o...
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Guilherme Reichert
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Someone you can use and then throw away when you don't need anymore
I've found this on urban dictionary, but it seems to fit quite well in this context.
Definition: "A man you can catch and throw back when you’re done"
Example: “Emily, I need to find myself a sunfish for the night”
So maybe they're joking about the whore using the Major, instead of him using her services.
Definition: "A man you can catch and throw back when you’re done"
Example: “Emily, I need to find myself a sunfish for the night”
So maybe they're joking about the whore using the Major, instead of him using her services.
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Daryo
: "maybe they're joking about the whore using the Major" - in some other context - maybe. But definitely NOT in this story.
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Discussion
"...thousands of visitors and residents thrill while cowboys and cowgirls, professional and amateur, jounce across arenas on whirling, frothing, sunfishing, wild-eyed cayuses, or race neck and neck with longhorned..."
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Wyoming_a_Guide_to_It... (page 4 )
Brave Against the Enemy from 1949
"A favorite rider was sticking burrlike to his sunfishing horse ."
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Brave_Against_the_Ene... (page 14)
Boys' Life (Jan 1933)
"Halfway across the yard the horse started sunfishing, his head and tail nearly meeting as he twisted his body at the top of each jump"
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4Z0lb8rCiecC&pg=PA45&dq=... (page 45)
All prior to the Korean War
OK - found it
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors is a 1968 novel by Richard Hooker (the pen name for former military surgeon H. Richard Hornberger and writer W. C. Heinz[1]) which is notable as the inspiration for the feature film M*A*S*H (1970) and the TV series of the same name (1972–1983). The novel is about a fictional U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea during the Korean War.
So we are talking of (1) Army slang (2) dated 1968. Half a century later, a contemporary dictionary of urban slang might not be the most reliable source?
http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/general/Hooker/MASH_11.html...
the whole book
http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/general/Hooker/
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/meaning-of-sunfish#:~:text=Sunfish...
As Althea says, it's quite a disturbing image here if it is referring to a woman having seizures during sex
So, it may be that the Duke's comment means that Major Haskell is to be careful if the woman has a seizure during sex or simply that she's very 'energetic' during sex - you can decide!
http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/general/Hooker/MASH_11.html
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunfisher
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/he-sunfished.3439057...
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sunfish
Dumping after a one-night stand sounds to me like a plausible option, though there are others