I have to link together two thoughts that are just fated to be a couple.

Miss Ginger recently reminded some of us in internetland of the intrigue of high-cut leotards vis-a-vis a video clip of classics from none other than the Solid Gold Dancers.

After watching said clip (posted for your convenience, below) I was reminded of a joke from The Gong Show uttered by the always-outrageous Jaye P. Morgan after witnessing an act in which a woman in a leotard did a handstand while spreading her legs open in a straddle.

When asked to offer her assessment of the "performance," Jaye P. responded, "She looks like she's ready to play stoop tag in the asparagus patch!"

I have no idea why she let me watch the show with her, but after that ribaldry, my mom was howling with laughter. And of course, that vulgar (and positively perfect) remark has been etched in my brain ever since.

Think of asparagus as you watch these professional slinksters do their thang (especially the choregraphy to Blondie's "Rapture"):