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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Donnie and Terry


Donnie Kay and Terry Hunt posed together for several Troy Saxon pictures, and here they have 
their hands in some sort of clasp.  Did physique models have a secret double handshake?

 

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  1. Looks like Donnie is examining the vascularity to Terry's forearm. Wish I could have a look. Two beautiful men!

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    1. I hadn't thought of that, but it sure looks that way now that you mention it.

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  2. Perhaps they did, but I would put this pose down to the influence of the sword and sandals films so prevalent and popular at the time. They nearly always have Romans shaking hands in this way - palm to forearm. I don't know where this misconception came from because we know from both illustrations and the written word that the Roman handshake was just like ours - which I suppose ought properly to be thought of as ours being like the Roman: an open palm demonstrating that you had no weapon.

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    1. Good point. I had forgotten that popular culture element.

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  3. Ausserergewonlicher Korperbau bei den Herren Kay und Hunt, sie sind eine schone Paarung. Was den romischen Handschlag angeht, Konnen sie das von Hollywood und anderen Filmindustrien erwarten.
    -austriche

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    1. You are correct about Hollywood, and they even pay people supposedly to check for historical accuracy. Then they put off to artistic license when they get it wrong.

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  4. Troy Saxon avait l'oeil pour les beaux jeunes hommes, tout comme Douglas Juleff et Clifford Oettinger. Donnie Kay et Terry Hunt prouvent ce fait avec cette image, deux beaux jeunes en pleine floraison. J'adore les formes dimunitives de noms que vous donnez aux jeunes hommes en Amerique, si doux. Vous demandez Terry et Donnie, s'attendent a voir des infantes, et ces deux jeunes hommes se presentent. Amusant !


    Gentilhomme a Paris

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    1. Such naming is more common in the South of the USA. My name, Jerry, can be derived from Jerome or Gerald, but my birth certificate says "Jerry." When filling out legal forms, I'm often told to put my actual name, so I have to explain to them that Jerry IS my actual name.

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