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1. 

   Varnes said, about 1 year ago

   Oh, I get it! That’s where the agent works, now that he got canned from the not so Secret Service…
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   rvernon said, about 1 year ago

   @Varnes

   I’m pretty sure Lemont landed the interview by suggesting they meet at the strip club.
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   SusanSunshine said, about 1 year ago

   Aaaaggghhh….. I make a point of never grammar-checking or spell-checking cartoonists or other posters….
   
   But Lemont is always doing it, poking his perfectionist nose into other character’s conversations.
   I interpret that as an extension of Bell’s grammarian persnickety-ness….
   so I just have to say it, sorry:
   The expression is “BUCK naked,” not “butt!”
   
   “Butt naked” is one of those modern mishearings that seem like they ought to be correct.
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   HippyChippy said, about 1 year ago

   I am pretty sure that the rules of grammar do not count when you are naming a business.
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   Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, about 1 year ago

   @SusanSunshine

   Maybe only their butts are naked. An ultra-select fetish.
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   Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, about 1 year ago

   It wasn’t hard to land that interview since the ex-agent wasn’t hard to find. It was just hard lines on him, in these hard times, to be cracked down on so hard for having a hard on.
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   QuiteDragon said, about 1 year ago

   @SusanSunshine

   Susan, you might want to reconsider. There is reason to believe that the original might have been “butt naked”. Personally, I would just as soon see the demise of “buck” naked, as it likely has some very negative racial connotations
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   Tacopielvr said, about 1 year ago

   @Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist

   LOL!!!
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   rvernon said, about 1 year ago

   @SusanSunshine

   “butt naked” is funnier than “buck naked,” AND it’s the name of a business so it can be whatever the owner wants it to be.
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    rvernon said, about 1 year ago

    @QuiteDragon

    I had no idea how awful “buck naked” is. I wouldn’t be surprised if either Darrin knew that, or the syndicate edited it.
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    kaecispop said, about 1 year ago

    Maybe Lemont wasn’t supposed to mention the interview.
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    SusanSunshine said, about 1 year ago

    “Butt Naked Girls” would hardly be the name of a business….
    It’s a sign in the window, just like banners that say “Live Music,” which you wouldn’t take for the club’s name.
    
    Anyhow, the page that QuiteDragon linked to is marked by Wikionary as citing no references or sources.
    
    Apparenty there’s controversy over these terms, but quotes using “buck naked” tend to be far older than “butt naked.”
    More trusted sources say “butt naked” is a folk etymology for “buck naked.”
    It’s cruder and less likely to be used in polite or educated company.
    
    I’ve always believed that “buck” referred to the color of buckskin, scraped hairless,
    but I see newer research saying it refers to some racial stereotypes, which I had never heard before, and which, as reverse etymology, might be suspect.
    
    In any case I say “stark naked”….
    and were I making that sign, it would probably just say “Naked Girls!”, which sounds ….um, a bit classier.
    LOL
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    rvernon said, about 1 year ago

    @SusanSunshine

    True, I completely agree. But sounding classier would kind of ruin the joke.

    Also, maybe you’re right about it not being the name of the club, since every store in Candorville seems to end in the word “ville.” But I still think it’s the name of the club, since it’s the only writing on the building.
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    Ray Thomas said, about 1 year ago

    People, this is a COMIC! Who cares if it’s “butt” or “buck.” Just enjoy the joke.
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