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Oh, how can I put this delicately? It's just that I'm not really in the vagina business.

— Peter  ·  Peter's Friends

A miniature shop has a pink striped awning, green shutters, a lace curtain and flowerpots against mint green.
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An editorial interpretation.

The speaker asks how to phrase something delicately, then describes sexual interest through the blunt language of anatomy and business. The proposed delicacy immediately collides with the chosen expression. The commercial metaphor offers an indirect way to decline while making the refusal strikingly undiplomatic.

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