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When Zappa went to the [[San Bernardino County Jail]] in 1969 he saw an enormous Afro-American man whose name was "Slicks". His name was derived from the fact that his lips looked like big soft racing wheels: "cheater slicks". Zappa mentions him on page 52 of [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] and was astonished that this man was doing time for the theft of copper.
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Revision as of 13:09, 10 December 2010

When Zappa went to the San Bernardino County Jail in 1969 he saw an enormous Afro-American man whose name was "Slicks". His name was derived from the fact that his lips looked like big soft racing wheels: "cheater slicks". Zappa mentions him on page 52 of The Real Frank Zappa Book and was astonished that this man was doing time for the theft of copper.