Abrasive Language

Person Out of Frame, holding tennis balls: “Excuse me.” Sheila: “G’day, sir, how can I help?”
Person Out of Frame: “ Will these balls lose their fuzz quickly?” Sheila: “Well, sir, if you play vigorously, any balls will lose their fuzz pretty quickly. Would you consider yourself a slow hand?”
Person Out of Frame: “Medium, I suppose. Unless the play gets really exciting; after that, I start smacking my balls pretty hard.”
Theo: “And he wasn’t trying to pick you up?” Sheila: “Worse – he asked his wife to pick his balls for him.” Lightfoot: “Let’s hope his fuzz holds out.”

This one pushes the PG envelope just a bit, but having overheard this conversation in a local branch of a national sporting goods store (and, somehow, managing to avoid howling with laughter at the time), I simply could not resist retelling it through Sheila’s patient and helpful customer service smile. Besides, we’ve not had a chance to see her at work in a while.

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  • Miscellaneous Goodies

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Darevenin
March 3, 2020, 2:03 pm
Funny how innocent conversation sounds weird when it’s about balls 😉
 
Edgard Aedo
March 5, 2020, 1:03 am
Only a bounder would find anything dirty in this conversation… 😉
 
Nebs
September 9, 2020, 8:00 pm
I’m pretty sure this would be approaching an R rating in the States. Then again, Space Balls said the F-word and got a PG rating.

 

Tristan Black Wolf
September 10, 2020, 4:20 pm
In this usage, the term is merely risque and suggestive. It’s the sort of joke that one could get away with even on ordinary American television as far back as the 1970s. It’s been used, in its more direct form, on American television within the past decade or so. Thanks for your concern!