...in the form of rhymed couplets. A typical opening dozen is cited above. Another favorite opening is: I hate to talk about your mother, she's a good old...soul She got a ten-ton pussy and a rubber asshole. Both of these initiating dozens have "disclaiming" or retiring first lines, with second lines which...

...titty in a poker game." "Least my mother ain't no cake; everybody get a piece." The other might reply: I hate to talk about your mother, She's a good old soul. She's got a ten-ton pussy And a rubber asshole. She got hair on her pussy That sweep the floor. She...

...offered in short rhymed stanzas. This also characterizes exchanges in the dozens, as in the following: I hate to talk about your mother, She's a good old soul. She's got a ten-ton pussy And a rubber asshole. She got hair on her pussy That sweep the floor. She...

...insults is illustrated by a sound collected by William Labov, upon whose analysis I draw at length: I hate to talk about your mother, she's a good old soul She got a ten-ton pussy and a rubber asshole (1972:307). One fundamental rule holds for the delivery of insults: the insult "must not represent...

...asshole. 14. I like your mama She's a good old soul She's got a rubber-tire pussy And a brass asshole. 15. I hate to talk about your mother She's a good old soul She has a leather-lined pussy And a brass asshole. 1 6. I hate to talk about your mother She's a good old...

...only a nickel. ' Iron is iron, and steel don't rust, but your mama got a pussy like a Greyhound bus. I hate to talk about your mother, she's a good old soul; she got a ten- ton pussy and a rubber asshole. How widespread ritual insults are in gay communities, we don't...

...mother ain't no doorknob, everybody gets a turn. It might also include more elaborate rhyming assaults: I hate to talk about your mother, She's a good old soul. She's got a ten-ton pussy And a rubber asshole. She got hair on her pussy That sweep the floor. She...