>   31.27f "he wants _A Boy for Pleasure_ but would settle for
> the _The Slender Slut_"

> This is the "middle line" of the old proverb
>
>         A wife to bear you children
>         A boy for pleasure
>         A goat for ecstasy
> (last line varies)
>
>John

There was a hit for a variant:

A woman for duty,
A boy for pleasure,
But a melon for ecstasy.
           - Old Turkish proverb

Is the proverb known as a Turkish one or just well known also in the West?
If it is considered originally Turkish, it could be associated with the
Othello-strangling theme.

Akiko