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"You've got flour on your whatchamacallit!"


I burst out laughing when Sophie, the old woman cook, tells Karl that he has flour on his whatchamacallit after he sat upon the kitchen table.

Then Gilbert asks the old woman to help get it off, jumps off the table and naughtily bends over to expose his rear end to her. She then playfully pats it off his behind.



Another good line is when talking about Albert's sideburns to Anna: "They do tickle, don't they?", and they both break up in bawdy laughter. Very risque!



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i hate when that happens. 




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kelkyl, I can't tell if you understood the sexual significance behind those scenes or if you just found those lines amusing.

In the one with Sophie, Karl's already spotted her wad of cash and has decided to come on to her. She's an older woman so he figures if he gets fresh she'll crumble easily. Clearly, his flirtation works because she ends up in his bed and ready to give him whatever he wants.

In the other scene I think Karl is trying to get a feel for how kinky Anna and Albert's sex life is. She giggles but clearly has no idea what he's talking about (as in Albert's sideburns tickling her inner thighs). Karl knows he wants her so he has to take it to a whole other level. He knows Anna's very naive.

As we learn in the beginning of the movie, he provided the Countess 'complete satisfaction'. Obviously, he does the same for Anna. That's why she later tells Albert she's discovered 'there's a kind of way of making love that drives you wild and crazy...'


Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

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