“Sex is emotion in motion.”
Mae West
“Emotion is sexual motion.”
Mabel
Maude thinks I should understand carte blanche, since I always act as if I have it. Contrary to what dearest M thinks, however, the meaning of this expression is not what it seems. Though it is true, the characters in these stories would appear to have a free hand. In the old game of piquet a carte blanche (as opposed to carte blanche) is a hand without royal cards, only numbered cards. Personally, I always feel lucky with a seven of spades, and a ten of diamonds. But there are always times when you need to risk it and pull another card from the top of your stocking. So I would agree you always need a free hand to beat a royal flush. But don’t think it won’t cost you the odd blush.