How does he sharpen his shoulder blades?

I’m tammed if I understand.

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The Bachelor’s Dream

Then give us the dances of days long gone by,

With plenty of clothes and steps not so high;

Oust turkey-trot capers and buttermilk glides,

The hurdy-gurd twist and the wiggle-tail slide.

Then let us feast our tired optics once more

On a genuine woman as sweet as of yore;